Quinton Cycle Co
From Graces Guide
of Coventry
1891 Company formed when Wolverhampton brothers Samuel Gorton and Bernard Gorton established S. and B. Gorton at Quinton Road and Hertford Street, Coventry
1896/7 Directory: Listed under cycles. More details
1896 The New Beeston Cycle Co was formed by Harry Lawson; the first works to be taken over would be Quinton Cycle Co; Rowland Hill, a director of Quinton, would be a director of the new company[1].
1896 The company was wound up voluntarily; liquidators were Maurice Pollack of Yardley and Rowland Hill[2]
1901 Mention of Arthur Clay.[3]
See Also
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Standard, 18 June 1896
- ↑ The London Gazette 14 August 1896
- ↑ The Autocar 1901/02/23
- Peck's Trades Directory of Birmingham, 1896-97: Cycles
- Coventry’s Motorcycle Heritage by Damien Kimberley. Published 2009. ISBN 978 0 7509 5125 9