Burlison and Grylls is an English company who produced stained glass windows from 1868 onwards. The company of Burlison and Grylls was founded in 1868 at the instigation of the architects

George Frederick Bodley George Frederick Bodley (14 March 182721 October 1907) was an English Gothic Revival architect. He was a pupil of Sir George Gilbert Scott, and worked in partnership with Thomas Garner for much of his career. He was one of the founders of Watt ...

and

Thomas Garner Thomas Garner (1839–1906) was one of the leading English Gothic revival architects of the Victorian era. He is known for his almost 30-year partnership with architect George Frederick Bodley. Early life Born at Wasperton Hill Farm in Warw ...

. Both John Burlison (1843–91) and Thomas John Grylls (1845–1913) had trained in the studios of

Clayton and Bell Clayton and Bell was one of the most prolific and proficient British workshops of stained-glass windows during the latter half of the 19th century and early 20th century. The partners were John Richard Clayton (1827–1913) and Alfred Bell (1832 ...

. After Thomas John Grylls' death in 1913, the firm was continued by his son Thomas Henry Grylls (1873-1953), a founder Fellow of the British Society of Master Glass Painters. Its London premises were bombed and records destroyed in 1945 during

WW2 World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

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* Lady Chapel Windows, Rochester Cathedral, Rochester, Kent * St. Mary Magdalene's Church,

Bolney Bolney is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, north of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester, near the junction of the A23 road with the A272 road. ...

, West Sussex * St Chrysostom's Church, Manchester * Church of the Holy Angels, Hoar Cross *St. Aldhelm's Church, Branksome, Poole * St Mary's Church, Eccleston, Cheshire *All Saints, Wokingham, Berkshire *

St James' Church, Swarkestone St James’ Church, Swarkestone is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Swarkestone, Derbyshire. History The church dates from the 12th and 16th centuries. It was rebuilt between 1874 and 1876 by Frederick Josias Robinso ...

, Derbyshire: east window of three lights, 1876 *

St Michael's Church, Camden Town St Michael's Church is the principal Anglican church for Camden Town in north London. The present building, built in the late 19th century, was designed by George Frederick Bodley and Thomas Garner in a Gothic Revival style. History Saint Micha ...

, London: a three-light window facing the resurrection chapel * St Peter's Church, Winchester: south chapel windows * St Nicholas Chapel, Little Coggeshall, east window *

St Mary's Church, Portsea St Mary's Church is the main Church of England parish church for the areas of Portsea and Fratton, both located in the city of Portsmouth, Hampshire. Standing on the oldest church site on Portsea Island, the present building, amongst the largest ...

*St Mary's Church,

Hartley Wespall Hartley Wespall is a civil parish in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. It is near the larger village of Hook, which lies approximately 2.5 miles (4.1 km) south-west from the hamlet. St.Mary Church is flint with a Til ...

, Hampshire: windows following restoration by George Gilbert Scott in 1868 * St Andrew's Church, Jarrom Street, Leicester: two light window with circular light above, 1910 *

Radley College Radley College, formally St Peter's College, Radley, is a public school (independent boarding school for boys) near Radley, Oxfordshire, England, which was founded in 1847. The school covers including playing fields, a golf course, a lake, an ...

, Oxfordshire: a sequence of nine windows in the chapel, designed and installed between 1894 and 1917Boyd, 1947. ''The history of Radley College. Oxford'' * Auckland Castle, County Durham: a series of windows in the chapel depicting the lives of the Northern Saints and of St Peter, installed in the 1880s.

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