Blackwall Yard
Other Business Names:
- East India Co
- Johnson, Sir Henry
- Perry & Co
- Perry Sons & Green
- Wells, John & William
- Wigram, Robert
- Wigram & Green
- Wigram & Sons
- Green, R & H
- Green, R & H, Silley Weir Ltd
- River Thames Shiprepairers Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Poplar, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Transport equipment production
Shipbuilding & repairing exc small craft
Notes:
Shipbuilding site whose origins date to before the 17th century. Yard operated by East India Co from 1610s for building and repairing their ships. 1650s acquired by Johnson family, notably (Sir) Henry Johnson, d1719, and sold by his heirs in 1724. By then reckoned to be largest yard on Thames. From 1724 managed by Perry family, trading variously as Perry & Co and Perry Sons & Green, and purchased by them in 1779. 1798-1803 yard sold to John and William Wells, established shipbuilders, who soon sold on to Sir Robert Wigram, 1743-1830, sometime trading, inter alia, as Wigram & Green. 1843 split into two units, one operated by Money Wigram & Sons until its closure in c1876. The other operated by R & H Green, later R & H Green & Silley Weir Ltd, which focused on ship repair from 1907. Remained in being through to 1977 when nationalised as part of British Shipbuilders when merged with London Graving Dock Co Ltd to form River Thames Shiprepairers Ltd
Publications:
- Blackwall Frigates by Lubbock, Basil
- Blackwall Yard by Ellmers, Chris, & Alex Werner
- 'Blackwall Yard' in S Porter (ed), Survey of London. Volumes 43-4. Poplar, Blackwall and the Isle of Dogs by Porter, Stephen
- Chronicles of Blackwall Yard. Part 1 by Green, Henry, & Robert Wigram
- Day at a shipyard by Unknown
- Iron Shipbuilding on the Thames, 1832-1915. An economic and business history by Arnold, A J
- Shipbuilders of the Thames and Medway by Banbury, Philip
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- East India Co
- Johnson, Sir Henry
- Perry & Co
- Perry Sons & Green
- Wells, John & William
- Wigram, Robert
- Wigram & Green
- Wigram & Sons
- Green, R & H
- Green, R & H, Silley Weir Ltd
- River Thames Shiprepairers Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Poplar, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Transport equipment production Shipbuilding & repairing exc small craft
Notes:
Shipbuilding site whose origins date to before the 17th century. Yard operated by East India Co from 1610s for building and repairing their ships. 1650s acquired by Johnson family, notably (Sir) Henry Johnson, d1719, and sold by his heirs in 1724. By then reckoned to be largest yard on Thames. From 1724 managed by Perry family, trading variously as Perry & Co and Perry Sons & Green, and purchased by them in 1779. 1798-1803 yard sold to John and William Wells, established shipbuilders, who soon sold on to Sir Robert Wigram, 1743-1830, sometime trading, inter alia, as Wigram & Green. 1843 split into two units, one operated by Money Wigram & Sons until its closure in c1876. The other operated by R & H Green, later R & H Green & Silley Weir Ltd, which focused on ship repair from 1907. Remained in being through to 1977 when nationalised as part of British Shipbuilders when merged with London Graving Dock Co Ltd to form River Thames Shiprepairers LtdPublications:
- Blackwall Frigates by Lubbock, Basil
- Blackwall Yard by Ellmers, Chris, & Alex Werner
- 'Blackwall Yard' in S Porter (ed), Survey of London. Volumes 43-4. Poplar, Blackwall and the Isle of Dogs by Porter, Stephen
- Chronicles of Blackwall Yard. Part 1 by Green, Henry, & Robert Wigram
- Day at a shipyard by Unknown
- Iron Shipbuilding on the Thames, 1832-1915. An economic and business history by Arnold, A J
- Shipbuilders of the Thames and Medway by Banbury, Philip