Jolliffe Banks & Co
Other Business Names:
- Banks, Sir Edward
- Jolliffe, Hylton
- Jolliffe, William
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Merstham, Surrey, Surrey, South East, England
Sectors:
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Non metallic mineral products manufacture
Cement, concrete, plaster & lime manufacture
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Construction
Inland navigations construction & civil engineering
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Construction
Other construction & civil engineering exc railways, roads & inland navigations
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Construction
Railways construction & civil engineering
Notes:
Traced origins to (Sir) Edward Banks, 1770-1835, and Hylton Jolliffe, who, in early 19th century, established a limeworks at Merstham, near Croydon. Banks had already established himself as a contractor building canals, railways, etc. In 1807, with William J Jolliffe, 1774-1835, moved into construction of docks, bridges, dockyards, public buildings, drainage, etc, and emerged as leading contractors. Closed 1834
Publications:
- Jolliffe & Banks, civil engineering contractors and inland waterways by Greenwood, Jeremy
- Jolliffe & Banks, civil engineers of Merstham, 1807-32 by Sowan, Paul W
- Jolliffe & Banks, contractors by Dickinson, H W
- 'Sir Edward Banks, 1770-1835' in H Fergusson & M Chrimes, The Contractors by Fergusson, Hugh, & Mike Chrimes
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Banks, Sir Edward
- Jolliffe, Hylton
- Jolliffe, William
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Merstham, Surrey, Surrey, South East, England
Sectors:
- Non metallic mineral products manufacture Cement, concrete, plaster & lime manufacture
- Construction Inland navigations construction & civil engineering
- Construction Other construction & civil engineering exc railways, roads & inland navigations
- Construction Railways construction & civil engineering
Notes:
Traced origins to (Sir) Edward Banks, 1770-1835, and Hylton Jolliffe, who, in early 19th century, established a limeworks at Merstham, near Croydon. Banks had already established himself as a contractor building canals, railways, etc. In 1807, with William J Jolliffe, 1774-1835, moved into construction of docks, bridges, dockyards, public buildings, drainage, etc, and emerged as leading contractors. Closed 1834Publications:
- Jolliffe & Banks, civil engineering contractors and inland waterways by Greenwood, Jeremy
- Jolliffe & Banks, civil engineers of Merstham, 1807-32 by Sowan, Paul W
- Jolliffe & Banks, contractors by Dickinson, H W
- 'Sir Edward Banks, 1770-1835' in H Fergusson & M Chrimes, The Contractors by Fergusson, Hugh, & Mike Chrimes