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Alan7636
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Hello folks 
I have just found evidence that my Great Grandfather Samuel Hicks was apprenticed as a Iron Moulder to a Lincoln company Penistans (sometimes spelled Penistons) in the mid 1800's
Evidently they were not only ironfounders but also engineers and machine makers.
Does anyone have any information on the company, where in Lincoln they were situated, what did they manufacture, did they survive into the 20th century etc.
In fact any details would as usual be greatfully received.
Many thanks
Alan
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CatOne
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http://www.direct-resources.uk.com/lincoln.htm
A couple of Penistans on this sample of a directory from the 1850's. addresses St Rumbolds Lane and Melville Street..... a starting point anyway.....
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Catherine 
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Alan7636
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Hi Catherine
Many thanks for the reply. I found a Michael Peniston and family in the 1851 census living at 6 Pelham St. He states he is an Iron Founder employing 25 Men. I believe this area was primarily engineering works.
In 1861 he and his family are living at 351 High St and he is now an Engineer employing 60 men.
Looks as if he had a sizable business.
Alan
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Hogan (Lambeth, Southwark, Ireland) Maddigan (Lambeth, Southwark, Ireland) Masters (Lewisham, St Pancras, Clerkenwell) Knowles (Salford, Manchester) Farrow (Staffordshire, Manchester) Atkinson (Lincolnshire) Ball (Lincolnshire) Hicks (Lincolnshire) Wheatley (Lincolnshire) Pearson (Lancashire, Cheshire, Pawtucket USA) Wilson (Yorkshire) Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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GeoffE
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The 1900 Kelly's Directory for Lincoln has only ...
PENISTAN Edward Flint, Ironmonger, 6 Melville St
1933 Directory
PENISTAN & Co, Motor Engineers, Coulson Rd
PENISTAN Herman Reginald, Wireless Engineer 195, and Greengrocer 197, Monks Rd.
1936 Phone book
PENISTAN Fredk, Haulage Contractor, 198 Boultham Park Rd, Lincoln
By 1939, all 3 of those businesses were in the phone book.
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Alan7636
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Hi Geoff
Yes I also saw the 1871 census in Kings Lynn and at first thought they were visiting until I saw Michael and Ann listed as 'Assistants in House' That year my Great Grandfather was still a Moulder in a Foundry so perhaps Penistons had been bought out or perhaps folded.
I did a search of the Lincoln Archives on line and they have an engineering section where they list the major companies such as Duckerings.
Later this month I'm planning on visiting the Archives so perhaps a search of the Engineering section may pull up some information.
Thanks anyway.
Alan
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Hogan (Lambeth, Southwark, Ireland) Maddigan (Lambeth, Southwark, Ireland) Masters (Lewisham, St Pancras, Clerkenwell) Knowles (Salford, Manchester) Farrow (Staffordshire, Manchester) Atkinson (Lincolnshire) Ball (Lincolnshire) Hicks (Lincolnshire) Wheatley (Lincolnshire) Pearson (Lancashire, Cheshire, Pawtucket USA) Wilson (Yorkshire) Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Alan7636
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Just as an aside to this subject, whilst my Great Grandfather would have been apprenticed to Penistans from when he left the Christ's Hospital School at the age of 15 in 1846 until I presume he was 21 in 1852, (the 1851 census shows him as an apprentice in Lincoln) by 1861 he is an 'Iron Moulder' but in St Neots in Cambridgeshire.
By 1871 he is back home in Lincoln still in the Iron foundry trade.
I think a message on the Cambs board may pull up a few answers.
Alan
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Hogan (Lambeth, Southwark, Ireland) Maddigan (Lambeth, Southwark, Ireland) Masters (Lewisham, St Pancras, Clerkenwell) Knowles (Salford, Manchester) Farrow (Staffordshire, Manchester) Atkinson (Lincolnshire) Ball (Lincolnshire) Hicks (Lincolnshire) Wheatley (Lincolnshire) Pearson (Lancashire, Cheshire, Pawtucket USA) Wilson (Yorkshire) Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Alan7636
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Many many thanks Margaret, looks as if like so many Lincoln industrial concerns around that time their business was agricultural machinery
Thanks again for that useful information.
Alan
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Hogan (Lambeth, Southwark, Ireland) Maddigan (Lambeth, Southwark, Ireland) Masters (Lewisham, St Pancras, Clerkenwell) Knowles (Salford, Manchester) Farrow (Staffordshire, Manchester) Atkinson (Lincolnshire) Ball (Lincolnshire) Hicks (Lincolnshire) Wheatley (Lincolnshire) Pearson (Lancashire, Cheshire, Pawtucket USA) Wilson (Yorkshire) Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Alan7636
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Cheers Geoff
The 'Broadgate Iron Works' fits in nicely with the address of St Rumbolds Lane that Catherine found yesterday.
Alan
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Alan7636
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Once again Geoff thanks for the valuable information.
I have the 1905 Ordnance Survey map and the current A to Z street Atlas for the City, the 1905 map shows St Rumbolds Street and a heavy concentration of small to medium size factories.
As you say we have the Lincolnshire Archives on one side and opposite where the factories were is now the car park. Thats what I love about Lincoln, unlike some city's its still possible to walk the streets of our ancestors even if some of the architecture has changed.
Alan
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Hogan (Lambeth, Southwark, Ireland) Maddigan (Lambeth, Southwark, Ireland) Masters (Lewisham, St Pancras, Clerkenwell) Knowles (Salford, Manchester) Farrow (Staffordshire, Manchester) Atkinson (Lincolnshire) Ball (Lincolnshire) Hicks (Lincolnshire) Wheatley (Lincolnshire) Pearson (Lancashire, Cheshire, Pawtucket USA) Wilson (Yorkshire) Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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