Kilner jar The company was forced to close down to convert to gas furnaces and struggled along for a 66 years despite 3,000 people losing their jobs. In 1937, there was a bankruptcy sale, in which the patent rights to the "Kilner Jar" were sold to the United Glass Bottle company along with the rights to the very similar "Mason" jar that had also been made by Kilner. In 2003, The Rayware Group purchased the design, patent and trademark of the original Kilner jar and continues to produce them today in China. A more detailed history of the companies by the Society
Barron Kilner Barron Kilner Barron Kilner (11 October 1852 – 28 December 1922) was an English rugby union footballer who played in the 1880s, and rugby union administrator of the 1890s. He played at representative level for England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (were a rugby union club at the time, so no Heritage № is allocated), as a forward, e.g. front row, lock, or back row. Prior to 27 August 1895, Wakefield Trinity was a rugby union club. Barron Kilner was also Mayor of Wakefield in 1899. Barron Kilner was born in Thornhill Lees, West Riding of