Lawton and Parker
of Britannia Works, Ardwick, Manchester.
1899 "A few words might be interesting on the home of the engines illustrated. The Britannia Works, Ardwick, Manchester are excellently planned for their manufacture. At the entrance are the offices, behind which on the ground floor are the fitting and erecting shops, some views. On the first floor are also erecting and fitting shops for small engines and here we saw over thirty being completed for one order. On the second floor are the pattern shops. The works are fitted throughout with modern machine tools, and every appliance available for enabling work to be turned out at minimum cost. The London Offices of the firm are at St. Ann's Chambers, Orchard Street, Westminster." - The Engineering Times 1899-1900 Jul-Jan
1900 Advert: 'THE LAWTON GAS ENGINE, THE SIMPLEST MOTOR IN THE MARKET. Different sizes to be seen working, and prices on application, at the Chief Office, St. Ann's Chambers, Orchard-street, Gt. Smith-street, Westminster, S.W.; Works, Ardwick, Manchester. LAWTON AND PARKER, Engineers.'[1]
Early 1900s producing gas engines [2]