Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Hobbs and Co

From Graces Guide
Brass padlock.

of Cheapside, London

1851 Business established by Alfred Charles Hobbs.

1855 Exhibited locks at the 1855 Paris Exhibition

1857 Introduced strong room

Successor presumably Hobbs, Ashley and Co

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