Jones & Willis Ltd (established about 1847)

Birmingham firm who manufactured church furnishings. Newton, Jones & Willis won medals for embroidery at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and later international exhibitions.

Jones & Willis became well established as one of the biggest church furnishing firms in the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century, opening premises in Liverpool and in London. They supplied stained glass from the 1880s, and came to reflect 'the self assertive commercialism of the end of the century' (Birkin Haward, 1989). Some of their work in the 1920s and 30s was designed by the architect F.E. Howard, a pupil of Ninian Comper.

Pattern books and catalogues from about 1847 to 1931 are held at the Birmingham Archives and Heritage Service.

Further reading

Birkin Haward, Nineteenth Century Suffolk Stained Glass, (Woodbridge: Boydell, 1989), p. 166.

Joyce Little, Stained Glass Marks and Monograms, (London: National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies, 2002), p. 72.

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	The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and St John firm/studio: Jones & Willis Ltd about 1900 Church of St Sannan, Llansannan, Conwy east wall of the north nave (Lady Chapel)
	Christ Preaching with St Peter and St Paul firm/studio: Jones & Willis Ltd 1892 Church of St Peter, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire nave
	The Risen Christ Appearing to St Mary Magdalene firm/studio: Jones & Willis Ltd probably early twentieth century Church of St Mary, Betws-y-coed, Conwy south wall of the south aisle
	Hope firm/studio: Jones & Willis Ltd probably early twentieth century Church of St Mary, Betws-y-coed, Conwy south wall of the south aisle
	The Ascension firm/studio: Jones & Willis Ltd 1896 Church of St Paul, Pentre Broughton, Wrexham east wall of the chancel
	The Resurrection firm/studio: Jones & Willis Ltd 1896 Church of St Tysilio, Menai Bridge, Anglesey east wall of the chancel
	The Crucifixion with Christ the Light of the World and the Good Shepherd firm/studio: Jones & Willis Ltd 1897 Church of St Tecla, Llandegley, Powys east wall of the chancel
	Hope firm/studio: Jones & Willis Ltd about 1898 Church of St Carannog, Llangrannog, Ceredigion south wall of the chancel
	St Winefride, St Cecilia and Charity firm/studio: Jones & Willis Ltd 1898 Church of St Winifred, Penrhiwceiber, Rhondda Cynon Taff east wall of the chancel
	The Risen Christ, Christ the Light of the World and Christ the Good Shepherd firm/studio: Jones & Willis Ltd about 1900 Church of St John the Baptist, Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil (liturgical) north wall of the transept

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