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 173,764 pages of information and 249,942 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.

Kingsbury Engineering Co

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1920. 216cc. Exhibit at Glasgow Museum of Transport.

of Kingsbury Works, Kingsbury, London, N.W.

See London and Midland Motors

1920 Share issue. To acquire the business and assets of Barningham carried on at the Kingsbury Engineering Works, covering 109 acres close to Marble Arch. Around 800 employees. Directors: Adml. Sir P. Scott, Bt. (Chairman), Cecil Langham Reed, Ernest Barningham, W. O. Garbutt, Philip Lake.[1]

Produced light Kingsbury cars with the Koh-i-Nor engine from Kennedy Motor Co

1920 Manufacturers of “ Kingsbury ” Motor Cars, Motor Cycles and Motor Scooters

1922 Directors: Adml. Sir P. Scott, Bt. (Chairman), C. L. Reed, E. Barmingham, P. Edelstone and P. Luke (Managing) Sec.: H. N. Gunn

1923 The factory became home to Vanden Plas

WWII Manufactured parts for the De Havilland Mosquito [2]

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Sources of Information

  1. Pall Mall Gazette - Wednesday 07 January 1920
  2. Mosquito by C. Martin Sharp and Michael J. F. Bowyer. Published by Crecy Books in 1995. ISBN 0-947554-41-6