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Smith, Parfrey and Hitchings

From Graces Guide
1880

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1880

of Pimlico Wheel Works, Buckingham Palace Rd, London

of Rannoch Street, Hammersmith, London, W

1835 Company established by Octavius H. Smith

Early 1840s Smith was joined by Youngs Parfrey

1845 Smith and Parfrey, of Pimlico Wheel Works, 33 Upper Belgrave Place[1]

1850 Octavius Henry Smith was of Pimlico Wheel Works[2]

1855 Listed as Smith, Parfrey and Smith[3]; of 33 Upper Belgrave Place, London, exhibited wheels at the Paris Universal Exhibition[4]

1861 Youngs Parfrey, of the Pimlico Wheel Works, in the county of Middlesex, has given the notice in respect of the invention of " improvements in the construction of carriage wheels"[5]

Later became Smith, Parfrey and Hitchings

1872 Youngs Parfrey died

1879 Richard Neville Hitchings died

1886 List of prices. A folding sheet. Printed in red and black. With engraved illustrations. [6]

became Smith, Parfrey and Co

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Sources of Information

  1. 1845 Post Office Directory of London and Birmingham with Warwickshire
  2. Post Office London Directory 1850
  3. The London Gazette Publication date:23 January 1855 Issue:21653 Page:262
  4. The London Gazette 23 January 1855
  5. London Gazette 10 September 1861
  6. [1] British Library