Lewis Bentley & Co






 

Location and period of operation:

Lewis Bentley & Co

Longton

1891?

1894

(See sources)

Earthenware manufacturer at the Baltimore Works, Albion Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent

  • Recorded as bankrupt in the November 1891 edition of the Pottery Gazette - 
    evidently Bentley managed to continue in business as he was advertising in the February 1892 edition of the Gazette.

  • William Morley was also operating at the  Baltimore Works in the period 1880-82 and it is probable that they shared the works. 

 

Concurrently: William Morley

Subsequently: J W Beswick

 

 

Bankruptcy notice 
The Pottery Gazette - 2nd November 1891

 BENTLEY, LEWIS, trading as LEWIS BENTLEY & Co., Baltimore Works, Albion-street, Longton, and Argyle-terrace, Florence, earthenware manufacturer. 

Liabilities: Unsecured, 1.%/. 5s.; property after deducting secured claims*, 489/. 19s. 7d. ; partly secured, 156/. 5s. Assignment. 
Trustee, Elijah Waine, Normacott Works, Longton. Dated September 24. Filed October 1. 

The following are creditors :—Stirrip & Pye, Adderley Green, 96/. ; Wm. Malkin (Exors of), Cheadle, 15/. ; Devon & Courtney Clay Company, Devon, 19/.; Lane End Works, Fenton, 19/.; Leak & Aynsley, Fenton, 14/. ; Harrison & Son, Hanley, 29/. ; J. & C. Waine, Hulme, 35/. ; Beech & Sons, Longton, 41/.; Thomas Heath, Longton, 50/. ; Park Hall Colliery, Longton, 12/. ; Whitfield & Sons, Newcastle, 23/. ; I. Jones, Stoke, 10/. ; J. H. Myatt, Stoke-on-Trent, 153/.; West of England Clay Company, Stoke-on-Trent, 12Z. ; and creditors under 10/.—Total, 489/. 19s. 7d. Secured, 156/. 5s. Net assets, 156/. 5s.

 

 

 


advert for L. Bentley & Co.
Pottery Gazette - Feb 1892

"MANUFACTURERS OF EARTHENWARE (PRINTED AND DECORATED) 
SUITABLE FOR COLONIAL AND FOREIGN MARKETS. 
PRICE LISTS ON APPLICATION"
 

 

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