Bevington, Topham and Courtauld
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 The following tenders have been accepted by the St. Thomas' [Exeter] Local Board in connection with their waterworks : —Engines and pumps, Messrs. Bevington, Topham, and Courtald (Bermondsey); pipes, Mr. Kerslake (Exeter), building engine-house, Mr. White, St. Thomas./[3]
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...'[4]
1868 Bevington & Topham Pumping engine commissioned at Bedford Waterworks[5] The firm had successfully tendered in 1865.
1869 The firm became Bevington and Courtauld