Foundry started in about 1869 by Jonathan Davy who had previously worked as a moulder at Newton Chambers in Chapeltown. Family business which worked until 1980 (administrative history of J Dairy and Co (Elsecar) Ltd, iron founders - www.a2a.org.uk [accessed 30/08/07]). The buildings are reused as the base of a building firm. There is no legibility of the former piecemeal enclosures shown on 1855 maps.