Kilner jar for Historical Archeology. In an episode of the BBC's "Who Do You Think You Are?", the former "Top Gear" television presenter Jeremy Clarkson found out that he was a great-great-great-great grandson of John Kilner. The various names of the Kilner companies were: Kilner jar A Kilner jar is a rubber-sealed, screw-topped jar used for preserving (bottling) food. It was first produced by John Kilner & Co., Yorkshire, England. The Kilner Jar was originally made by a firm of glass bottlemakers from Yorkshire called Kilner. The original Kilner bottlemakers operated from 1842, when the company was first founded, until 1937, when
Roy Kilner the game, possessed a cheery temperament and stood out among players for his personality, while his obituary described him as modest and generous. His "Times" obituary described him as "not only a notable exponent of the game, but a man of rare charm. Few modern professionals commanded such a measure of esteem and kindly regard from his own immediate colleagues and his opponents in the cricket field as did Roy Kilner". Kilner was a favourite of cricket writer Neville Cardus, who attributed several sayings to him in his prose. For example, Cardus described Kilner as saying about Yorkshire and Lancashire