of Wandsworth Bridge Road, London
1901 May 14th. Company founded. See John James Mann and John Thomas Overton
1902 Agent for Georges Richard light cars and Marshall's Belsize cars
1903 Agents for Richard-Brasier and Mercedes Simplex
1905 Agents for Unic and Richard-Brasier cars.
1907 Brasier chassis.
1908 Mann and Overtons (Ireland) Ltd was voluntarily wound up[1]
1913-1917 For a list of the models and prices for G. R. / Georges Richard and Ross cars see the 1917 Red Book
1913-1917 Importer of Atterbury (American). For a list of the models and prices of Petrol Motor Commercial Vehicles see the 1917 Red Book
1935 Prospectus for a Public company Mann and Overton Ltd. Directors are: John Thomas Overton, William Overton, Robert Clifton Hills Overton, Herbert Wilfred Nichols and Harry Tilling. Agents for the Austin taxi cab for the Metropolitan Police area of London.[2][3]
1961 London Taxi cab specialists and motor engineers. Own agency for Austin taxi cab chassis for the Metropolitan Police area of London. Suppliers of taxi cabs for cash and hire purchase. 100 employees. [4]
1977 23 percent of the equity was acquired by Lloyds and Scottish Finance[5] who subsequently acquired the company.
1984 Acquired by Manganese Bronze Holdings, maker of taxi bodies[6]