| Entry Type | Corporate |
| Corporate Name | Pickersgill and Frost |
| Place | Langley Mill |
| Place | Langley Mill |
| Epithet | iron founders |
| Dates | c1873-1969 |
| History | The business was founded in the early 1870s by Samuel Pickersgill (1828-1890) and John William Frost (1831-1893). The manufacture of stove grates and fireplaces was undertaken at the Star Foundry, Eagle Street, Derby with a showroom at Siddals Road, Derby. In 1895, under the management of John William Frost's sons, Albert Booker Frost (1864-1913) and John Arthur Frost (1869- 1961) the business moved to a foundry at Langley Mill, previously occuipied by the Langley Mill Steel and Iron Works Company. The business closed in 1969. |
| Source | - Derbyshire Historic Environment Record, Monument MDR11517
- British Newspaper Archive
- Wright's Directory of South Derbyshire (1874) |
| Authorised Form of Name | Langley Mill; Pickersgill and Frost; c1873-1969; iron founders |
| Cataloguing Notes | History researched and written by cataloguing volunteer Roger Jennens, December 2021. |
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