The foundry which is still in existence today as a private house and was established by Thomas William Burton who owned an iron mongers shop in North Walsham.
In around 1880 he decided to use the existing quadrangle of buildings in Church Street as the base for his new operations.
With the closure of the first foundry there were experienced foundry men available to employ. It only took slight modifications to the buildings to install a cupola furnace and the necessary patterns and mould boxes. Some equipment was brought over from his store in North Walsham and with the purchase of patterns from Cubitts he was set up to start making ploughs, the Cubitt and also the Hutson Gallas plough.
Both makes originally used wooden beams and handles with the wheels and share being made of metal, but later in production metal beams and handles were introduced.
The carpenters under the guidance of Frank Golden prepared the wooden components and were brought to the wheel house shop for final assembly.
The Burton family ran the new foundry alongside their iron mongers business in North Walsham for more than 50 years, producing various metal products mostly for agricultural purposes.
Around 1934 Burton decided to sell the business to Randells who mainly was interested in taking over the remaining manufacturing side of the business and this was transferred over to Randells well established foundry in North Walsham.
The foundry and associated buildings were of no interest to Randells so they were sold to Frank Golden.
The furnace and casting operations continued under Golden ownership for several years thereafter until the foundry finally ceased in 1938.
The site was an existing iron foundry which was established sometime after 1840 by Edmund Curties, until his death when Burton bought the business.
The Gallas plough example can be seen in the Church.
Originally powered by steam, being replaced by an oil engine later on. Structural drawings and plans indicate the presence of a forge, saw pit and wheelwrights shop.
The foundry is noted in several directories including White's and Kelly's from 1836 to 1937. According to these, the firm expanded into general engineering at the beginning of the 20th century.
The site is also marked as "Iron Foundry" on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map and as the same on the 25 inch Ordnance Survey map.