UK Manufacturers: Road Vehicles: Motorcycles: Pre-WWI

See also -

• UK Manufacturers: Road Vehicles: Electric
• UK Manufacturers: Road Vehicles: Internal Combustion: Pre-WWI
• UK Manufacturers: Road Vehicles: Steam

A List of Motorcycle Manufacturers and Assemblers in the UK up to 1914 inclusive. There are ca.380 motorcycle brands listed.

Marque or Brand Name	Location	First	Last		Manufacturer
ABC	Weybridge	1913	1914		All British (Engine) Co
Acacia		1909
Abingdon	Birmingham	1903	1915		Abingdon Works Co
Acme	Coventry	1901	1922		Acme Motor Co
Addison	Liverpool	1904
Advance	Northampton	1906	1912		Advance Motor Manufacturing Co
Aeolus	London	1903	1905		Motor Transport Co
AJS	Wolverhampton	1911	1969		AJS
Alert	Coventry	1903	1906		Smith and Molesworth
Alldays	Birmingham	1903	1915		Alldays and Onions
Alp	London (Alperton)	1912	1917		Moto-Reve
Anglian Motor Co	Beccles	1903	1912		Anglian Motor Co
Arden	Halifax	1912	1920		Arden Motor Co
Argyle	Birkenhead	1913
Arion	Peterborough				W. R. Heighton
Armstrong	London (Paddington)	1902	1905		Armstrong Cycle Works
Arno	Coventry	1906	1914		Arno Motor Co
Arrow	Birmingham	1913	1917		Kirk and Merifield
Ascot	London	1905	1906		Ascot Motor Co
Ashford	Ashford, Mddx	1905
ASL	Stafford	1907	1915		Associated Springs
Atlas	Coventry	1913	1914
Aurora	Coventry	1902	1907
Austen	Lewisham	1903	1906
Auto-Wheels	London (Kensington)	1909	1922
Baines and Sons	Gainsborough	1901	1902
Bamber	Southport	1903	1905
Barnes	Deptford	1904
Barry
Barter	Bristol	1902	1905
Basil	London	1911
BAT	Penge	1902	1926
Beau-Ideal	Wolverhampton	1905	1906
Beeston	Coventry	1898	1910
Bentinck	Nottingham				E. G. Young and Co
Berkswell	Meriden	1912
Charles Binks	Nottingham	1903	1906
Bitton and Harley	Great Yarmouth	1905
Birch and Co	Coventry	1901	1905
Blackford	London (Tottenham)	1902	1904
Blumfield	Birmingham	1908	1914
Booth	London	1901	1903
Bord	London	1902	1906
Borham Engineering Co	London	1902	1905
Bounds-JAP	London (Kilburn)	1909	1912
Bowden	London	1902	1905
Bradbury	Manchester	1901	1925
Brough	Nottingham	1908	1926
Brown	London	1902	1919
Brown-Bicar / Midget Bicar	Reading	1907	1913
Brown and Buckton	Halifax	1897
BSA	Birmingham	1906	1971
Buck	Nottingham	1910	1912		Buckman Engineering
Burford	London	1914	1915
Calcott	Coventry	1910	1915
Calthorpe	Birmingham	1911	1939
Calvert	London (Stoke Newington)	1899	1904
Camber	London (Camberwell)	1908
Campion	Nottingham	1901	1926
Carlton	Coventry	1913	1940
Castell	London (Kentish Town)	1903
Caswell	London	1904	1905
Cayenne	St. Leonards on Sea	1913
Celeripede	Barnet	1902			J. L. Thomas
Celtic		1910	1914
Centaur	Coventry	1901	1915
Century	London (Willesden)	1902	1905
Charlton		1904	1908
Chase	London (Anerley)	1902	1906
Chater Lea	Letchworth	1900	1937
Clarendon	Coventry	1901	1911
Clement-Garrard	Birmingham	1902	1911
Cleveland	Middlesbrough	1911	1914
Cheviot		1910
Clifton		1907
Clyde	Leicester	1898	1912
Clyno	Wolverhampton	1911	1924
Colonial	Coalville	1911	1913
Condor	Coventry	1907	1914
Connaught	Birmingham	1910	1927
Contrast-JAP		1912
Corah	King's Norton	1905	1914
Cornelius Crastin	London (Islington)	1896
Corona	Maidenhead	1901	1904
Corydon	Croydon	1904	1908
Coventry-Challenge	Coventry	1903	1911
Coventry-Eagle	Coventry	1901	1939
Coventry Motette	Coventry	1899	1903
Coxeter and Sons	Abingdon	1901
Crownfield	London (Leyton)	1903	1904
Crypto	London	1902	1908
Dalm	Birmingham	1914	1915		J. C. Dalman and Sons
Dart	Kingston-on-Thames	1901	1906
A. C. Davison	Coventry	1902	1908
Day-Leeds	Leeds	1912	1914
Dayton	London (Shoreditch)	1913	1920
Deacon		1907
Dene	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	1903	1922
Dennell	Leeds	1903	1908
Diamond	Wolverhampton	1910	1938
Dot	Manchester	1903	1974
Douglas	Bristol	1907	1964
Dreadnought	Nottingham	1902	1910
Dunedin	Edinburgh	1910	1912
Dunkley	Birmingham	1913	1915
Dux	Coventry	1904	1906
Eadie	Redditch	1898	1903
Eagle-Tandem	Altringcham	1903	1905
EBO	Leicester	1910	1914
Eddie and Walter Cripps Spirac		1901	1904
Eddington		1904
Edmonton		1903	1910
Edmund	Chester	1907	1924
Edwell	Bromyard	1911
Eland		1905
Elf-King	Handsworth	1907	1909
Eli	Bristol	1911	1912
Elswick	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	1903	1920
Empire	London	1903			Empire Motor Cycle Co
Endrick	Birmingham	1911	1915
Endurance	Coventry	1909	1924
English Mechanic		1902
Energette	Birmingham	1907	1911
Evart-Hall	Nottingham	1903	1905
Excelsior	Birmingham	1896	1964
Eyme
Exmouth		1910
Faceler		1903
Fairfield	Warrington	1914	1915
Fairy	Bristol	1902	1907
Farnell	Bradford	1901
FB	Birmingham	1913	1922
Featherstone	London (Bethnal Green)	1903			G. Featherstone and Son
Fee	Bristol	1902	1907
Fly Carlton of London		1901
Forward	Birmingham	1909	1915
Frays	Birmingham	1910	1911
G. and W.		1902	1906
Gaby	Birmingham	1914	1915
Gamage	London	1905	1924
GB	London (Sydenham)	1905	1907
George Eliot	Nuneaton	1903	1904
Gerrard		1913	1915
Gibson	Birkenhead	1898
Givaudan		1908	1914
Globe	Coventry	1901	1911
Graphic		1903	1906
Graves	Sheffield	1914	1915
Greville Motor and Cycle Co	London (Highgate)	1903
Greyhound	Ashford, Mddx	1905	1907
Griffon Motors	London	1903
Haleson	Bristol	1912
Hamilton	Coventry	1901	1907
T. W. Hammond	Croydon	1903
Hampton	King's Norton	1912	1914
Hazel	London (Forest Gate)	1906	1911
Hazlewood	Coventry	1905	1923
Heighton	Peterborough	1903	1905		W. R. Heighton
Hercules	Derby	1903
Hewitson		1903
Hillsdon		1904
Hobart	Coventry	1901	1923
Hockley	Birmingham	1914	1916
Holden	London (Kennington)	1898	1903		Motor Traction Co
Holloway	Shoreham-by-Sea	1902	1905
Howard	Coalville	1905	1907
Hubbard	Coventry	1904	1905		Hubbard's Motor and Engineering Co
Hulbert-Bramley	London (Putney)	1903	1906
Humber	Coventry	1900	1930
Imperial	London (Streatham)	1901	1910
Invicta Light Locomotive Co	Orpington	1896
Invicta	Coventry	1902	1923
Iris	London (Brixton)	1902	1906
Ivel	Biggleswade	1901	1905
Ivy	Birmingham	1908	1932
Ixion	London (Loughborough Junc.)	1901	1903
Jackson	Pangbourne	1902	1908
James	Birmingham	1902	1964
JAP	London (Tottenham)	1904	1908
JES	Gloucester	1910	1924
Jesmo	Hull	1911	1939
Jesmond	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	1899	1907
JH	Oldham	1913	1915
Jones	Coventry	1911	1913
Johnson	Scunthorpe	1901	1902		Johnson Cycle Works
JP	London (Cheapside)	1912	1914
Juckes	Wolverhampton	1910	1926
Juno	London	1904	1923
Kerry	London (Shoreditch)	1902	1960s
Kestrel		1903
King	Cambridge	1901	1907
Kitto	London (Chiswick)	1901			Kitto Automobile Co
Kumfurt	Maidenhead	1914	1916
Kyma	London (Peckham Rye)	1903
Kynoch	Birmingham	1912	1913
Kyrle	Ross-on-Wye	1903
LAC		1896	1906
Lagonda	Staines	1902	1905
Lancer	Coventry	1904
Lea Francis	Coventry	1911	1926
Leadbitter	London	1903
Leader	Bristol	1903
Leonard	London (Long Acre)	1903	1906
Levis	Birmingham	1911	1939
Lily	Clay Cross	1906	1914		Richard Marshall
Liberty	Birmingham	1903			J. C. Meredith
Lincoln-Elk	Lincoln	1902	1924
Lion Cycle Co	Lowestoft	1900
Little Giant	Uxbridge	1913	1915
LMC	Birmingham	1903	1923
Lloyd Thomas	Wales	1905	1910
Lugton	London	1912	1914
Lyle	Portsmouth	1912	1913
M. and M.	London (Streatham)	1914
Mab	London	1909	1910	A. G. Fenn and Co
Mabon	London	1903	1908
Mars	Coventry	1905	1908
Marshall	Clay Cross	1905			Richard Marshall
Martin	Croydon	1911	1922
Marvel-JAP		1909	1912
Mason and Brown	Leicester	1903	1908
Matchless	London (Plumstead)	1901	1969
May Brothers	London	1903	1906
MCC	London	1903	1910
Mead Cycle Co	Liverpool	1911	1916
J. C. Meredith	Birmingham	1903
Meri	Coventry	1911	1913
Metro	Birmingham	1912	1919
Millenium	Braintree	1903	1906
Millford	Coventry	1904
Millionmobile	Cheltenham	1902
Mitchell		1903
MMC	Coventry
Mohawk	London (Chalk Farm)	1903	1925
Money’s Prim	High Wycombe	1906	1907
Monopole	Coventry	1911	1924		Monopole Cycle Co
Montgomery	Bury St. Edmunds	1902	1939		W. Montgomery and Co
Morris	Oxford	1902	1905		Morris
Mountaineer	Coventry	1902	1926		Rex Motor Manufacturing Co
Moveo	Preston	1910	1911		Bert Houlding and Sons
M.R.		1911
Neall	Daventry	1910	1914		Neall Brothers
Nestor	Blackpool	1913	1914		Nestor Motor Co
New Comet	Birmingham	1905	1932		A. H. Haden
New Bowdon	Altrincham	1902			Cragg and Sons
New Hotspur	London (Tottenham)	1913	1914		Strutter and Abrey
New Hudson	Birmingham	1909	1957		New Hudson Cycle Co
New Imperial	Birmingham	1910	1939		New Imperial Cycle Co
New Ryder	Birmingham	1913	1922		New Ryder Cycle Co
New Scale	Manchester	1906	1925		New Scale Motor and Engineering Co
New Sheffield	Sheffield				J. G. Graves
Nicholas	London	Pre-WWI			Nicholas Motor and Cycle Co
NLG	London (Highbury)	1905	1912		North London Garage
Noble	London (Blackfriars)	1901	c1906		Noble Motor Co
Norfolk		1902			Stanley Norfolk
Norvic	Norwich	1908
Norton	Birmingham	1902			Norton Manufacturing Co
N.U.T.	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	1914			Newcastle-upon-Tyne Motor Co
Nye	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	1914			R. G. Nye and Co
Nymph	London	1903			Nymph Motor Cycle Co
Ogston	London (Acton)	1911	1913		Ogston Motor Co
O.K.	Birmingham	1899	1939		Humphries and Dawes
Olympic	Wolverhampton	1903	1923		Frank H. Parkyn
Omega	Wolverhampton	1909			Omega Motor Cycle Co
Onaway	Watford	1904	1908		Onaway Motor Engineering Co
Orbit	Wolverhampton	1913	1924		Orbit Motors
Orlestone	Ashford, Kent	c1902	1905		J. Caffyn and Son
Ormonde	London	1900	c1906		Ormonde Motor Co
Ortona	Egham	1904	1906		Ortona Motor Co
Osbourne		1904
Osmond	Birmingham	1902	1924		Osmond Cycle Co
Overseas	Birmingham	1909	1915		Overseas Motor Co
Oxted		1911
Pacer and Ladies Pacer	Guernsey	1914			Millard and Co
Pallion		1905	1914
PB	London	1903			Pitcher and Bartlett
Panther	Cleckheaton	1900	1967		Phelon and Moore
PDC	London (Streatham)	1903	1906		Imperial Motor Co
Pearson	Southsea	1903	1904		Pearson Brothers
Pearson and Cox - Steam	London (Shortlands)	1912
Pebok	London	1903	1906		Pebok Motor Cycle Co
Peco	Birmingham	1913	1915		Pearson and Cole
Pedersen	Dursley	1903
Peerless	Oldham	1902	1908		Bradbury and Co
Pennington	Coventry	1897			Humber
Perfect	Birmingham	1913	1914		Runwell Cycle Co
Perks and Birch	Coventry	1899	1901		Perks and Birch
Phoenix (J. Van Hoydonk)	London	1900	1908		J. Van Hooydonk
Phoenix Motors	King's Cross	1900			Phoenix Motors
Pick	Stamford	1908			Pick Motor Co
Pilot	Birmingham	1903	1915		Pilot Cycle and Motor Co
PMC	Birmingham	1908	1915		Premier Motor Co
Portland		1910	1911
Powerful	Coventry	1903	1906		H. W. Clarke and Co
Precision	Birmingham	1902	1919		F. E. Baker
Premier	Coventry	1908	1920		Premier Cycle Co
Premo	Birmingham	1908	1915		Premier Motor Co
Princeps	Northampton	1903	1907		Princeps Autocar Co
Progress	Coventry	1902	1908		Progress Cycle Co
Pumphrey		1905	1908
PV	London (Forest Hill)	1910	1925		P. V. Motor Cycles
Quadrant	Birmingham	1901	1929		Quadrant Cycle Co
R. and P.	Liverpool	1902	1906		Robinson and Price
Radco	Birmingham	1913	1932		E. A. Radnall and Co
Radmill	London	1912	1914		Bradbury, Rinman and Co
Raglan	Coventry	1909	1913		Raglan Cycle Co
Raleigh	Nottingham	1899	1970s		Raleigh Cycle Co
Raynal	Birmingham	1914	1953		Raynal Manufacturing Co
Regal	Birmingham	1909	1915		Ernest Smith and Woodhouse
Regina	London (Lewisham)	1903	1915		Ilford Motor Car and Cycle Co
Revolution / New Revolution	Birmingham	1904	1906		New Revolution Cycle Co
Rea	Birmingham	1905			Minstrel Cycle Co
Rex	Coventry	1900	1933		Rex Motor Manufacturing Co
Rex-JAP	Birmingham	1908	1915		Premier Motor Co
Richards-Precision		1914
Riley	Coventry	1901	c1908		Riley
Rip	London (Stratford)	1905	1908		Rip Motor Manufacturing Co
Roc	Birmingham	1904	1915		A. W. Wall
Rolfe	Birmingham (Smethwick)	1911	1914		Rolfe Manufacturing Co
Romp	Birmingham	1913	1914
Rover	Birmingham	1902	1925		Rover
Royal Ajax (London)	London	1901	1908		Silver Queen Cycle Co
Royal Ajax (Liverpool)	Liverpool	1904			British Cycle Manufacturing Co
Royal Eagle	Coventry	1901	1939		Coventry-Eagle Cycle and Motor Co
Royal Enfield	Redditch	1901	1970		Royal Enfield
Royal George	London	1903			Bransom, Kent and Co
Royal Ruby	Manchester	1909	1933		Royal Ruby Cycle Co
Royal Rydal	Wolverhampton	1902	1904		Royal Rydal Motor and Cycle Co
Royal Sovereign	London (Kingsland)	c1902			London Machinists Co
Royal Wellington	Birmingham	c1902			Shakespeare, Kirkland and Frost
Rudge	Coventry	1911	1940		Rudge-Whitworth
Rudge-Wedge	Wolverhampton	1902	1904
Runwell	Birmingham	1910			Runwell Cycle Co
Russell		1913
Scott	Saltaire	1909	1960s		Scott Motor Cycle Co
Seal	Manchester	1914	1921		Haynes and Bradshaw
Shaw	Crawley	1904	1922
Sherbourne Co	Birmingham	1902
Sheffield Minor	Sheffield	1907	1909		J. G. Graves
Silver		1907	1909		Thomas Silver
Singer	Coventry	1900	1915		Singer
Slinger	Settle	1900	1901		Slinger
Smith	Camberley	1904	1905		J. Smith and Sons
SMS	Birmingham	1913	1914		S. M. Swingler
Southey	Berkhamsted	1905	1925		Southey and Co
Spark	London	1903	1904		Spark Motors
Sparkbrook	Coventry	1912	1925		Sparkbrook Manufacturing Co
Speed-King-JAP	Sheffield	1913	1914		J. G. Graves
Stag	Nottingham	1912	1914		Stag Co
Stanley	Coventry	1902			Stanley Bicycle and Motor Co
Star	Wolverhampton	1898	1914		Star Cycle Co
Starley	Coventry	1903			Starley
Stellar	Henley-on-Thames	1912	1914		Stuart Turner and Co
Stevens	Wolverhampton	1903			Stevens Motor Manufacturing Co
Stoke	London (Stoke Newington)	1903			Stoke Newington Motor Co
Strettons	Cheltenham	1903			Strettons
Stuart	Henley-on-Thames	1911	1912		Stuart Turner and Co
Sun	Birmingham	1911	1961		Sun Cycle and Fittings Co
Sunbeam	Wolverhampton	1912	1957		Sunbeam Motor Car Co
Swift	Coventry	1898	1915		Swift Motor Co
Symplex	Birmingham	1913	1922		Symplex Motors
TAC	London (Acton)	1910			Wilkinson Sword: Automotive
Tee Bee	Glasgow	1908	1911		Templeton Brothers
Thomas	Barnet	1904			J. L. Thomas
Thorough	London (Bethnal Green)	1903			G. Featherstone and Son
Torpedo	Barton-on-Humber	1910	1920		F. Hopper and Co
Townend	Coventry	1901	1904		New Townend Brothers
Trafalgar	London	1902	1905		G. Lyons and Co
Tredagh		1902			P. J. Fulham
Trent	London (Shepherd's Bush)	1902	c1906		Trent and Co
Triumph	Coventry	1902			Triumph Cycle Co
Trump-JAP	Liphook / Byfleet	1906	1923		Liphook Motor and Engineering Works > Trump Motors
Unecar	Maidstone	1909	1912		W. W. Bannister and Co
Val	Birmingham	1913	1914		Val Motor Co
Velocette	Birmingham	1904	1968		Taylor, Gue / Veloce
Verdel		1912
Victa		1912	1913
Victoria	Glasgow	1902	1926		Victoria Motor and Cycle Co
Vinco	Peterborough				W. R. Heighton
Waddington	Middlesbrough	1902	1906		Waddington and Sons
Wakefield	London (Clapham)	c1902			Wakefield Motor and Cycle Works
WD	Coventry	1911	1913		Wartnaby and Draper
Wearwell	Wolverhampton	1901	1906		Wearwell Motor Carriage Co
Wenlock	Hull	1913			Wenlock Motors
Weller	London (West Norwood)	1902	1905		Weller Brothers
Westfield	London	1903			Rising Sun Motor Works
Westlake	London	1905	1906
Westovian	South Shields	1914	1916		R. V. Heath
Whippet	London (Clapham Junction)	1903	1906		Whippet Motor and Cycle Co
Whirlwind	Northampton	1901	1903		Dorman Engineering Co
White and Poppe	Coventry	1902	1922		White and Poppe
White Heather	Coventry
Whitley	Coventry	1902	1906		Whitley Motor Co
Wilbee	Rickmansworth	1902	1906		Wilbee
Wilkinson	London (Acton)	1909	1916		Wilkinson Sword
Wilkinson-Antoine	London (Chelsea)	1903	1906		Cadogan Garage and Motor Co
Wilkinson-T.M.C.	London (Acton)	1909	1916		Wilkinson Sword
Williamson	Coventry	1912	1920		Williamson Motor Co
Win	London (Saffron Hill)	1908	1914		Wincycle Trading Co
Wizard	Birmingham	1908	1914		Fowler and Bingham
Wolf	Wolverhampton	1901	1939		Wearwell Motor Carriage Co
Wooler	London (Harrow)	1911	1955		Wooler Engineering Co
Wulfruna	Wolverhampton	1911			Wulfruna Engineering Co
Young	Nottingham	1904	1908		E. G. Young and Co
XL-All	Birmingham	1902	1906		Eclipse Motor and Cycle Co
Zenith Motors	London (Hampton Court)	1904	1950		Zenith Motors

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