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Burlison & Grylls (1868-1953)

The firm of Burlison and Grylls was founded in 1868 at the instigation of the architects G. F. Bodley and Thomas Garner. Both John Burlison (1843-91) and Thomas Grylls (1845-1913) had trained in the studios of Clayton & Bell, and by the 1890s Burlison & Grylls were among the most successful stained glass firms in England. Thomas Grylls' son, Thomas Henry Grylls (1873-1953),was a founding Fellow of the British Society of Master Glass Painters, and oversaw the survival of the firm into the post-war period. The firm closed after his death.

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	The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St John, St Michael and St Peter restorer: Burlison & Grylls 1546 Church of St Mary, Cilcain, Flintshire east wall of the chancel
	Virgin and Child and the Annunciation firm/studio: Burlison & Grylls about 1871 Church of St Mary, Nercwys, Flintshire west wall of the north aisle
	St Michael Slaying a Red Dragon firm/studio: Burlison & Grylls about 1878 Church of St Curig, Llangurig, Powys
	Virgin and Child with Local Historical Characters firm/studio: Burlison & Grylls 1878 Church of St Curig, Llangurig, Powys north wall of the north aisle
	St Michael with the Seven Acts of Mercy firm/studio: Burlison & Grylls Church of St Curig, Llangurig, Powys
	St Elidan and St Maurice firm/studio: Burlison & Grylls Church of St Curig, Llangurig, Powys
	St Dunawd with Heraldry firm/studio: Burlison & Grylls 1879 Church of St Curig, Llangurig, Powys
	St David with Heraldry firm/studio: Burlison & Grylls 1880 Church of St Curig, Llangurig, Powys west wall of the tower
	Ascension with Christ as Sower and Reaper firm/studio: Burlison & Grylls 1881 Church of St John, Porthmadog, Gwynedd east wall of the chancel (window number: I)
	The Crucifixion with the Adoration of the Magi firm/studio: Burlison & Grylls restorer: Burlison & Grylls 1883, with glass from about 1483-5 and 1500 Church of St Mary, Nercwys, Flintshire east wall of the chancel

Michael Hall, George Frederick Bodley and the Later Gothic Revival in Britain and America (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014), pp. 157–60, 235–6 and further references.

Joyce Little, Stained Glass Marks and Monograms (London: National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies, 2002), p. 20.

Martin Harrison, Victorian Stained Glass (London: 1980), pp. 43, 60, 76 and further references.

William Waters, Angels & Icons: Pre-Raphaelite Stained Glass 1850–1870 (Abbots Morton: Serapim Press, 2012), p. 103.