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of 53 Kingsland Road, E.2., Gas Apparatus Manufacturers.
1818 W. H. Tilley began making gas lamps in Stoke Newington, and in Shoreditch in the 1830s.
His son, William H. Tilley, developed a successful gas fitting and plumbing business.
c.1895 After William's death, the business of W. H. Tilley was taken over by his sons Frederick Charles Tilley and William Henry Tilley
By 1909 the business had become Tilley Brothers[1]
1909 The Tilley High-Pressure Gas Syndicate Ltd. was incorporated as manufacturers of high pressure gas lighting equipment; it was operated by Frederick Charles Tilley, William Henry Tilley and others [2] but whether and when it incorporated Tilley Brothers is not known.
1915 The company had employed between 20 and 250 men since 1895.[3]