Langdon-Davies Motor Co




Langdon-Davies of Southwark Works, Deverall Street, London.
Presumably successors to Langdon-Davies Electric Motor Co
1903 The Soames Car was shown at the 1903 Motor Show (SMMT January) by the Langdon-Davies Motor Co. (A. Soames and W. Langdon-Davies patents).
1904 Catalogue issued
1904 The company demonstrated a car with a new type of gearbox and a friction clutch at the 1904 Crystal Palace Motor Show[1]
1905 The company was reconstructed on 20 January, the capital being greatly reduced in the reconstruction. [2]
1905 The (previous) company was wound up and liquidator disposed of the property and assets[3]
1905 The company offered single, two and three phase electric motors, friction clutch motors, direct current motors and the Langdon-Davies petrol engine.[4]
1909 Issued a catalogue of single and three phase motors
1910 revised price list for 50 cycles poly-phase motors and single phase motors operating between 40 and 100 cycles
1911 The company was voluntarily wound-up[5]. Walter Langdon-Davies became unemployed
1912 The business was to be sold as a going concern with the approbation of the court[6]
1917 Catalogue of single-phase and poly-phase electric motors
Later became Brittain's Electric Motor Co.
1929 The company name was removed from the register