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Brown and Green of 72, Bishopsgate Street, London; of Luton.
Iron and Brass Founders.
1869 Patent. '1651. To Frederick Brown, of the firm of Brown and Green, of Luton, in the county of Bedford, Ironfounder, for the invention of "improvements in velocipedes called bicycles."'[1]
1900 Incorporated as a private company
1944-46 Acquired by Mellor, Bromley and Co[2]
By 1954 was a subsidiary of Bentley Engineering Co
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