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Difference between revisions of "Bevington, Topham and Courtauld"

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May have previously been Bevington and Topham.
May have previously been Bevington and Topham.


1866 Supplied a four column beam engine to Dorchester Waterworks. Photographed and described by George Watkins. The photograph indicates a high standard of design and workmanship, and the engine was very well cared for <ref>'The Stationary Steam Engine' by George Watkins, David & Charles, 1968</ref>
1866-7 Supplied a four column beam engine to Dorchester Waterworks. Described and illustrated in The Engineer (see image)<ref>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Special:MemberUsers?file=e/ea/Er18690226.pdf] The Engineer, 26 Feb 1869, pp.150-1</ref>Photographed and described by George Watkins. The photograph indicates a high standard of design and workmanship, and the engine was very well cared for <ref>'The Stationary Steam Engine' by George Watkins, David & Charles, 1968</ref>


1867 Partnership change. '...the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, [[Thomas Bevington]], [[John Topham]], and [[Sydney Courtauld]], in the business of Manufacturing Engineers, Boiler Makers, and Founders, carried on at the Spa-road, in the parish of Saint Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, in the county of Surrey, under the style or firm of [[Bevington, Topham and Courtauld|Bevington, Topham, and Courtauld]], has been dissolved by mutual consent, as from the 31st day of December, 1867; and that all debts due and owing to or by us in respect of the said business will be received and paid by the said Thomas Bevington and Sydney Courtauld; and that the said business will in future be carried on at the Spa-road aforesaid by the said Thomas Bevington, Sydney Courtauld, and Mr. [[Charles Stuart Baker]], under the style or firm of Bevington, Courtauld, and Baker...'<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/23358/page/1460 The London Gazette Publication date:3 March 1868 Issue:23358 Page:1460]</ref>
1867 Partnership change. '...the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, [[Thomas Bevington]], [[John Topham]], and [[Sydney Courtauld]], in the business of Manufacturing Engineers, Boiler Makers, and Founders, carried on at the Spa-road, in the parish of Saint Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, in the county of Surrey, under the style or firm of [[Bevington, Topham and Courtauld|Bevington, Topham, and Courtauld]], has been dissolved by mutual consent, as from the 31st day of December, 1867; and that all debts due and owing to or by us in respect of the said business will be received and paid by the said Thomas Bevington and Sydney Courtauld; and that the said business will in future be carried on at the Spa-road aforesaid by the said Thomas Bevington, Sydney Courtauld, and Mr. [[Charles Stuart Baker]], under the style or firm of Bevington, Courtauld, and Baker...'<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/23358/page/1460 The London Gazette Publication date:3 March 1868 Issue:23358 Page:1460]</ref>


1868 Bevington & Topham Pumping engine commissioned at Bedford Waterworks<ref>Bedfordshire Mercury - Saturday 12 September 1868</ref> The firm had successfully tendered in 1865.
1868 Bevington & Topham Pumping engine commissioned at Bedford Waterworks<ref>Bedfordshire Mercury - Saturday 12 September 1868</ref> The firm had successfully tendered in 1865.
1868 Supplied pumping engine for Dorchester Waterworks


1869 The firm became [[Bevington and Courtauld]]
1869 The firm became [[Bevington and Courtauld]]

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1869.

of Bermondsey, London

May have previously been Bevington and Topham.

1866-7 Supplied a four column beam engine to Dorchester Waterworks. Described and illustrated in The Engineer (see image)[1]Photographed and described by George Watkins. The photograph indicates a high standard of design and workmanship, and the engine was very well cared for [2]

1867 Partnership change. '...the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, Thomas Bevington, John Topham, and Sydney Courtauld, in the business of Manufacturing Engineers, Boiler Makers, and Founders, carried on at the Spa-road, in the parish of Saint Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, in the county of Surrey, under the style or firm of Bevington, Topham, and Courtauld, has been dissolved by mutual consent, as from the 31st day of December, 1867; and that all debts due and owing to or by us in respect of the said business will be received and paid by the said Thomas Bevington and Sydney Courtauld; and that the said business will in future be carried on at the Spa-road aforesaid by the said Thomas Bevington, Sydney Courtauld, and Mr. Charles Stuart Baker, under the style or firm of Bevington, Courtauld, and Baker...'[3]

1868 Bevington & Topham Pumping engine commissioned at Bedford Waterworks[4] The firm had successfully tendered in 1865.

1869 The firm became Bevington and Courtauld


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Sources of Information

  1. [1] The Engineer, 26 Feb 1869, pp.150-1
  2. 'The Stationary Steam Engine' by George Watkins, David & Charles, 1968
  3. The London Gazette Publication date:3 March 1868 Issue:23358 Page:1460
  4. Bedfordshire Mercury - Saturday 12 September 1868