A trade advertisement published in 1845 announced this firm as a merchant and manufacturer of table knives and forks, fine pen knives, razors and tools.  It was based in Canada Place, Carver Street, and the partners were Arthur Linley (b. 1817) and George Bennet Parker.  Arthur was the son of Thomas Linley, a spirit merchant, and his wife, Harriet.  By 1849, the business address was Union Street, but the partnership was dissolved in that year.

By 1852, Arthur Linley & Co was trading in Union Street.  Linley lived in Jordanthorpe, Norton.  In the early 1850s, several partners, besides Linley, were involved: Benjamin Vickers, William Waterhouse Cutts, and John Walter Staniforth.  The firm was a merchant and manufacturer of lamps and gas fittings.  This partnership was dissolved in 1857.  Linley moved his family to Warwick and later to south London.  He partnered William W. Cutts in Linley, Cutts & Co, which operated from Carver Street with offices in London and Birmingham.  Samuel Hardy became the firm’s agent, selling hardware and supplying stores and signals to the railways.  This partnership was dissolved in 1865.  Arthur Linley & Co continued to be listed at Carver Street, but in 1878 it became insolvent.  Arthur Linley died in Bournemouth on 13 January 1883, leaving £4,926.