1882 Bicycle and Tricycle Manufacturers
Bicycle and Tricycle Manufacturers listed by the 1882 Post Office London Directory
BICYCLE MAKERS.
- Aves, William Owen, 46 Barbican E C
- Batten, James, 324 Kennington park road S E
- Beach, Charles Edward, 58 Cale st.Chelsea SW
- Bicycle and Tricycle Supply Association., sole inventors and makers of the celebrated 'Matchless' - rubber cushion bicycle, 27 Holborn viaduct E C
- Bramley, John Laughton & Co. 170 Ebury street SW; the 'Desideratum' bicycle & tricycle (registered)
- Centrecycle Co. 75 Mansell street E C
- City Bicycle School (School), Chequer yard, Aldgate High street E
- Coventry Machinists' Company Limited, 151 Holborn viaduct E C
- Coventry Tricycle Co. 50 Queen Victoria st E C
- Crocker, John Henry, 2 Amersham vale S E
- Cumber, Charles, 10 All Saints' rd. Notting Hill, W
- Cycle Company (The), 51 New Kent road S E
- Davis, Solomon & Co. 8, 13 & 15 Blackman st S E ; 10 Hackney rd E ; 125 Tottenham. ct. rd W; 18 Commercial rd. ea E & 67 & 68 Cheapside E C
- Ellis and Co, 165 Fleet st E C & 10 Johnson's court E C
- Fuller and Watts, Tower chambers. Finsby pvrnt E C
- Gann, Joseph Horlock, 61 Holborn viaduct E C
- Hancock, Thos. 108 Bishopsgate without E C
- Harrington, John & Co. 18 & 20 Norman's buildings, St. Luke's EC
- Hillman, Herbert and Cooper, patentees & manufacturers of the 'D.H.F.' (double hollow fork) & other bicycles; the 'premier' (double driver) & 'flying dutchman' tricycles; also tricycles for children of all ages; the 'duplex' spring & adjustable step for bicycles; screw pocket wrenches; Cooper's patent lamps; perambulator wheels etc. 97 Cheapside E C; West end depot, 5 Lisle street, Leicester square W; Premier works, Coventry
- Hucklebridge, Frank, 78 Lower Sloane st SW
- Humber, Marriott and Cooper, 78 Richmond rd S W
- Hutchings, Tom, 23 High rd. Knightsbridge, SW
- Hutchins and Hickling, 30 Queen Victoria street E C & 1 Moor lane E C
- Hyde & Wigfull Limited, 2 Praed street W
- Jenner John, 7 King street, Kensington W
- Jones, Richard, 6 Croydon st. Bryanston sq W
- Keen. W. & Co. Empress bicycle works. Norwood junction S E
- Lillywhite (James), Frowd and Co, 4 & 6 Newington causeway S E; 73 & 74 Borough road S E & 18 Cockspar street SW; general bicycle & tricycle agents
- Lloyd, Wm. Arthur & Co. bath st. Birmingham
- Markham, Arthur, 345 Edgware road W
- Maynard, Harris and Co. 126 Leadenhall street E C & 1 Bevis marks E C
- Mockford and Co, 7 Victoria warehouse, Mansell st E
- Moss and Williams, 3 George yard, Wardour st W
- Otto Safety Bicycle Company (The), 118 Newgate street E C
- Richardson and Ellson, 17 & 18 Brownlow street, High Holborn WC ; 243a High Holborn W C & 53 Lamb's Conduit street W C
- Royal (The) & Universal Bicycle & Tricycle Agency (late S. Peake), 5 Lisle street, Leicester square W; sole agents for the 'royal' bicycle as supplied to H. R. H. Prince Albert Victor of Wales; the 'grand' and 'settle' bicycles; also the West end depot for the celebrated 'premier' bicycles and all other leading machines; repairs executed on the premises by skilled workmen
- Rucker, Martin Diederich jun. & Co. 6 Letchford's buildings, Three Colt lane, Bethnal green E
- Sargent and Petts, Grafton mews, Prince of Wales road N W
- Singer and Co. 17 Holborn viaduct E C
- Smith, Thos. & Sons, 61 Holborn viaduct E C
- Snelling, George, 90 Kentish town road NW
- Sparrow, Thos. 23 Queen's gardens, Brompton rd SW
- Strange, Alfred, 29 Waterloo road S E
- Strange, James, 18 Upper Kennington la S E
- Surrey Machinist Company (John Smith, manager), 85 Blackman street. Borough S E ; manufacturers of the patent 'invincible' bicycle, awarded the highest prize medal at the Paris Exhibition 1878, for lightness,rigidity and elegance; wheels & all other requisites for the bicycle supplied to the trade, & inventions carried out. Price lists post free
- Trigg, James Edward, 2 Dorset st. Essex rd N
- Wheaton, Charles, 35 Long acre W C
- Weston Dvd_Geo. 38 Myddleton st. Clerkenwell E C
- Wilson (Newton) and Co. 141 High Holborn W C & 144 Cheapside E C
BICYCLE FITTINGS MANUFACTURER
- Bown W. Summer lane, Birmingham; sole maker of patent 'bolus' ball bearings and general bicycle fittings & stampings
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