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Glasshouses
Most of London's later glasshouses have not been recorded. Indeed, most of them no longer exist. If you have any evidence for a 19th-20th century glasshouse, or even an early one not listed below, please let me know.
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To Investigate Later Firms that Worked with Glass but were not Glass Makers CLICK:- Glass Working
GLASSHOUSES IN LONDON 1575 – 1878
Below in alphabetical order of the name of the site is my current list of recorded glass houses etc. Except for the Chelsea glasshouse they are all examined in detail in my book.
For the Managers and Owners of each glasshouse and the type of glass produced see the corresponding entry numbers in Part 2 below.
| Location | Established | Closed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackfriars, off Ludgate Hill | 1596 | perhaps by 1746 (Rocque's map) |
| 2 | Charterhouse Yard, North London | c. 1661 | ? |
| 3 | Chelsea (next to the Physic Garden) | before 1675 | 1681 |
| 4 | Cockpit, Gravel Lane, Southwark | by 1693 | Before 1815, possibly by 1790 |
| 5 | East Smithfield (Rocque's map) | ? | ? |
| 6 | Falcon Millpond, Gravel Lane, Sthk. | c.1768 | c. 1803 |
| 7 | Falcon, Gravel Lane, Southwark | by 1693 | Before 1815, possibly by 1790 |
| 8 | Fulham | 17th century | ? |
| 9 | Glass House Fields, Ratcliffe 1 | from c.1540 | 1795 fire |
| 10 | Glass House Fields, Ratcliffe 2 | 1856 | by c. 2000 |
| 11 | Goodman's Yard, Minories | before 1641 | c.1699 |
| 12 | Greenwich 1 | c. 1575 | Perhaps taken over in 1606 |
| 13 | Greenwich 2 | c. 1595 | ? |
| 14 | Greenwich 3 | 1641 | Closed by Mansell until 1642 |
| 15 | Greenwich 4 | 1661 | after 1673 |
| 16 | Kings Arms Stairs, Lambeth | c. 1700 | perhaps 1729, but before 1836 |
| 17 | New Falcon, Gravel Lane, Sthk. | 1803 | 1878 |
| 18 | Pye (Pike) Green, Bankside | ? | 1773 |
| 19 | Red Maid Lane, Hemitage Dock. | probably c. 1661 | before 1801 |
| 20 | Salibury Court, off Fleet Street. | ? | ? |
| 21 | Saltpetre Bank, off Royal Mint St. | 1678-1684 | c. 1802 |
| 22 | Savoy | 1673 | ? |
| 23 | Savoy | 1683 | Before 1775 (John Strype's accnt.) |
| 24 | Stony Street, Southwark | 1703 - 1710 | c. 1766 |
| 25 | White glasshouse, Stony St, Southwark | by 1732 | c. 1766 |
| 26 | The Bear Garden, Bankside 2 | 1671 | Before 1741 (Rocque's map); 1759 site a foundry |
| 27 | The Bear Garden, Bankside 1 | ? | 1671 |
| 28 | Upper Ground, Southwark | c. 1718 | c. 1769 |
| 29 | Vauxhall (Spring Garden) | 1661 | Before 1792 (Horwood map) |
| 30 | Vauxhall (Bridge foot) | 1675 | c. 1681 then late 18th century |
| 31 | Vauxhall (Saracen Inn) | c. 1616 | ? |
| 32 | Whitefriars, Water Lane, Fleet St. | 1702? But from 1720 | 1923 |
| 33 | Winchester Hse, Southwark 1 | before 1661 | by 1661 |
| 34 | Winchester Hse, Southwark 2 | 1661 | 1700 |
| 35 | Woolwich | c. 1621 | c. 1700 - 1703 |
PART 2 - Managers and Owners
| Glasshouse Managers and Owners | products | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Jerome Bowes with Robson | White glass |
| 2 | Martin Clifford and Thomas Pauldon | Cristal glass |
| 3 | John Baker | Mirror plates (perhaps some tableware. Possibly a maker of Ravenscroft's sealed glasses.) |
| 4 | Francis Jackson and John Straw, later Hughes and Hall | White and green glass |
| 5 | Unknown, perhaps associated with Saltpetre Bank glasshouse | ? |
| 6 | Wm. Barnes later Cox and Farquharson, later probably Green and Pellatt | Tableware and coloured enamels |
| 7 | Francis Jackson and John Straw | Bottles |
| 8 | Sir Nicholas Crisp (London Archaeologist 12, Supp, 1, (2008) pp 16-17.) | Beads |
| 9 | John Smith, later Mansell, later John Bowles and family | white glass, later crown window glass |
| 10 | Thomas Ide, became T&W Ide, later James Hetley in 1991 | Bending and decorating plate glass |
| 11 | Bevis Thelwell, later Edmund Lewing, Later Michael Rackett | Bottles, later white and green glass |
| 12 | Jacob Verselini (d. 1606) | Venetian tableware |
| 13 | Madelin and Isaac Bongard (doubtful if established) | Window glass |
| 14 | Jeremiah Bagg (Bague) and Francis Bristow | Tableware |
| 15 | Buckingham, Duke of (ownership evidence uncertain. See Charleston's English Glass) | Venetian tableware |
| 16 | John Gumley, with John Turing from 1727, later uncertain | Mirrors |
| 17 | Apsley Pellatt | Crystal tableware |
| 18 | Messrs. Armistead and Philpot | Cut and coloured tableware |
| 19 | Duke of York who became James II | crystal |
| 20 | Unknown | Crystal tableware |
| 21 | Dallow family, later Richard Russel | Green glass, later flint and mirrors |
| 22 | George Ravenscroft, Bishopp from 1683 | Bijouterie (calcedonio) and lead crystal |
| 23 | Henry Holden | Tableware, possibly opaque white glass (no poisonous ingredients) |
| 24 | Francis Jackson | Bottles and vials |
| 25 | Francis Jackson, later Benjamin Bowles by 1744 (White Glasshouse) | crystal, coloured and opaque white glass |
| 26 | John Bowles and Wm. Lillington from 1671; Hookes/Dodsworth syndicate from 1691 | Green, window glass and white (crystal ware) |
| 27 | Unknown (from the contract to Bowles and Lillington and a possible 1667/8 visit by Gustav Johan Jung) | Probably white and green glass from separate furnaces |
| 28 | Strype, later Flower And Barrass | Bottles (perhaps green glass) |
| 29 | Buckingham, Duke of, later John Bowles | Mirror plates (perhaps some tableware) |
| 30 | John Baker and George Ravenscroft, Bellingham from 1681 | Mirror plates (perhaps some tableware) |
| 31 | Sir Edward Zouche | Window glass |
| 32 | Anthony Seal from 1720, later James Powell | White and coloured glass |
| 33 | Unknown (mentioned in the first contract for the St. Mary Overy Great Bottlehouse) | Possibly the 1st coal-fired furnace making window glass |
| 34 | St. Mary Overy Great Bottle House | Bottles |
| 35 | Ananias Henzey, from c. 1691 Robt. Hookes and Chris. Dodsworth | Broad window glass, later mirrors and ruby glass |