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Feb 24^th, 2010 at 4:18pm

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Does anybody know anything about this Australian foundry?
Hilltop & Co. Foundry.

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Reply #1 - Feb 24^th, 2010 at 5:19pm

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Yes, there's an oval boiler made by them on eBay...
pod

When I die I hope my missus doesn't sell my camp ovens for what I told her I paid for them. pd

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Reply #2 - Feb 24^th, 2010 at 6:57pm

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poddy dodger wrote on Feb 24^th, 2010 at 5:19pm:

Yes, there's an oval boiler made by them on eBay...
pod

Thats why I am asking...............
Does not answer my question............

KD

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Reply #3 - Feb 26^th, 2010 at 7:12am

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I have a 2 gallon one but I was'nt aware it was Aussie.
I sent him a message but he really does'nt know either he was just guessing. I would say it was made in the UK.
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Yes....I always thought Hilltop & Co hailed from the black country in England.

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Reply #5 - Feb 27^th, 2010 at 7:37am

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A bit of a dig in the Googlesphere finds this...

A firm of ironfounders, established c1818 by Luke and Jesse Siddons at the Hill Top Foundry, West Bromwich. The firm was later known as Joseph and Jesse Siddons.

Wednesbury Forge

Wednesbury Forge was leased by Edward Elwell in 1817 and purchased by him in 1831. His father, William Elwell, an ironfounder at Walsall became Mayor of the town in 1778 and 1787. Edward trained as a surgeon and served with the Royal Artillery from 1807 to 1811. After returning to Walsall and practicing there for a while he set himself up as a maker of edge tools at Sparrow’s Forge in Wednesbury.

Elwell's Pool and Forge. http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/articles/Wednesbury/Industry.htm

The Elwell family had another industrial link with the town because Edward’s uncle, Edward Elwell established an ironworks in Wednesbury producing cast iron holloware. It later became Hill Top Foundry.

HILL TOP FOUNDRY Ltd.
Smith Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands
WS10 0PD

Newby Foundries, Smith Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, England, UK WS10 0PB. Tel 0044 (0)121 556 4451. Fax 0044 (0)121 505 3626.info@newbyfoundries.co.uk

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Reply #6 - Feb 27^th, 2010 at 7:38am