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===Kilner connection=== In 1863, the [[Kilner jar|Kilner]] company opened a glass-making plant in Conisbrough.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kilner Brothers|publisher=Grace's Guide|accessdate= 4 February 2017|url= http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Kilner_Brothers}}</ref> "The bottles made at Conisbrough are chiefly mineral water, spice, confectionery, wine and spirits, pickle, medicine, and chemists. and druggists bottles of all descriptions."<ref>{{cite web|title=Messrs. Kilner Brothers Jubilee: 50 Years in the Glass Bottle Trade|access-date= 4 February 2017 |url= http://conisbroughanddenabyhistory.org.uk/article/kilners-jubilee/}}</ref> In 1866, Caleb Kilner was sent to manage it, along with his cousin Kilner Bateson.<ref>Death of Caleb Kilner β Business Genius. ''Mexborough Times''. 5 March 1920.</ref> In 1937, the Kilner company went bankrupt. Rights to the Kilner Jar product line were sold to the [[United Glass Bottle Manufacturers]] in the same year.<ref>{{cite web |date=14 October 2006 |title=The Brothers Five : Kilner Brothers - Providence Bottle Works |url=http://www.brothersfive.ca/sb_kilner_brothers.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003050146/http://brothersfive.ca/sb_kilner_brothers.html |archive-date=3 October 2018 |access-date=4 February 2017 |work=Dewsbury Reporter |location=Yorkshire}}</ref>
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