W. H. Tilley
of 53 Kingsland Road, E.2., Gas fitters and plumbers.
1818 W. H. Tilley began manufacturing lamps at their works in Stoke Newington, and in Shoreditch in the 1830s. [1]
Presumably the business of William Henry Tilley (1809-1867)
1864 Advertisement. 'W. H. Tilley. Gas Fitter and Street Lamp Contractor. 161 Kingsland Road, late of 4 Edward Street, Kingsland Road.'[2]
1869 Partnership dissolved. '...the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, William Henry Tilley and Thomas Henry Tilley, of No. 58. Kingsland-road, in the county of Middlesex, carrying on business as Gas Fitters, under the style of William Henry Tilley, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent ....[3]
William Henry Tilley (1834-1896) was a successful gas fitter and plumber in Shoreditch
William's sons, Frederick and William, worked in the business
1895 After William's death, his sons, Fredrick C. Tilley and William Henry Tilley, took over the running of the business.
By 1909 the business had become Tilley Brothers[4]