Quinton Cycle Co: Difference between revisions

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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].

1901 Mention of Arthur Clay.^[2]

Peck's Trades Directory of Birmingham, 1896-97: Cycles
Coventry’s Motorcycle Heritage by Damien Kimberley. Published 2009. ISBN 978 0 7509 5125 9

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 /7 Directory: Listed under cycles. [[Peck's Trades Directory of Birmingham, 1896-97: Cycles|More details]]
-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<ref>The Standard, 18 June 1896</ref>.
+The [[New Beeston Cycle Co]] was formed by [[Harry Lawson]]; the first works to be taken over would be [[Quinton Cycle Co]]; [[Rowland Hill (1848-1930)|Rowland Hill]], a director of Quinton, would be a director of the new company<ref>The Standard, 18 June 1896</ref>.
 Mention of [[Arthur Clay]].<ref>[[The Autocar 1901/02/23]]</ref>