Burland, Ellis & Co, a cutlery manufacturer, was active by the 1930s. The chief partner was Francis Thomas Burland (1900-1985), who was born at Barnsley. He was the son of Thomas Arthur Burland, a drayman and later insurance agent, and his wife, Lydia. In the Census (1939), Francis Thomas Burland was enumerated as a cutlery manufacturer, living at Springvale Road.
Burland, Ellis & Co was located at Pitt Street and during the Second World War was listed as cutlery manufacturer (&lsquo....