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NickyJim

This message was updated on 4/10/2006 8:26:30 PM by NickyJim

Ironworks
replied on: 4/10/2006 8:24:36 PM

I've been doing some family history research as I'm related to the Frosts of Pickersgill & Frost. The following directory entries appear for P&F:

White’s 1874 directory - Devonshire Street & Siddalls Road, Derby.
Kelly’s 1891 directory - 1-7 Siddals Road, Devonshire Street & 25 Cockpit Hill, Derby.
Kelly’s 1895 directory - same 3 Derby addresses and also Star Foundry, Langley Mill.
Kelly’s 1899 directory - only Star Foundry, Langley Mill.

This fits in with the 1895 date in suzard's original post.

As for the size of the company, the 1881 census has Samuel Pickersgill's occupation as "Iron Founder employing 90 men [&/8] boys", so 130 in 1895 is quite plausible, although I think suzard's point was about the size of the site itself rather than the company :-)

I think Samuel Pickersgill died in 1890, although I'm not sure about this, so he's not on the 1891 census for us to see the size of the company then. John Wiliiam Frost didn't die until 19 May 1893, so he does show on the 1891 census, but unfortunately his occupation is just down as "Iron Founder". Maybe their deaths was part of the reason for the move to Langley Mill?? As far as I know, John Arthur Frost & Albert Booker Frost (John William Frost's sons) took over management of the company, I'm not sure about the Pickersgill involvement though.

Hope this is of some help. If anyone has any other information about P&F or the Frost family I'd love to here about it.

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