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Stockall, Marples and Co

From Graces Guide

of 6, 8 and 10. Clerkenwell Road, London, EC1. Telephones; Clerkenwell 2781-5, Clock Manufacturers

1858 Business established by J. J. Stockall. See J. J. Stockall and Sons

At some point Thomas James Stockall was managing director of the J J Stockall company[1]

1908 R. M. Marples joined the business

1910 Meeting of the creditors of Stockall, Marples and Company Limited[2]

Before 1912: G. H. Gledhill and Sons took over the time recorder section of J. J. Stockall and Sons[3].

1912 Stockall, Marples and Co (1912) Ltd was incorporated as a Limited Company

1913 The Dey Time Register Co brought an action against the company and deposited funds in court as security for the defendants but these were still unclaimed in 1933[4]

1914 Directors: J. J. Stockall, junr., Edgar Smart, and H. Lacy Taverner. Specialities: Time Recorders, Turret and other English Clocks.

1947 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Manufacturers of Fusee Types wall Clocks for Railways, Offices, Schools, etc. Time Recorders for Factories, Spring Driven or Synchronous Electric Type. Special Mechanism and gear cutting of every description. (Olympia, Ground Floor, Stand No. E.1763) [5]

1974 Company removed from the register of companies[6]


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Sources of Information

  1. The London Gazette 25 January 1918
  2. London gazette 11 October 1910
  3. [1] Engineering and Boiler House review
  4. The London Gazette 10 March 1933
  5. 1947 British Industries Fair p264
  6. London Gazette 2 May 1974