Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Ashley and Sims

From Graces Guide

of 2, Green Terrace, Rosebery Avenue (close to Finsbury Town Hall), London, E.C.

Watch Manufacturers

Established, in 1799 by Manser and Ashley. Became Ashley & Sims in 1897.

1914 Present Principal: George E. Sims. One of the oldest firms in the trade. Speciality: Highest Class Watches, adjusted for all climates (Actual Makers). Awards: Grand Prix (B.H.I. Exhibit) Franco-British Exhibition, 1908, three times first at Kew, and first at Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

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