Thomas Taylor and Sons (of Leicester)
of Gladstone Street, Leicester
Engineer and machinist who manufactured Favourite printing presses which were copies of Model presses
1875 Founded by Thomas Taylor
1877 Thomas Taylor, engineer & machinist, 47 Gladstone St.[1]
1879 Property sale. 'Lot 2. A DWELLING HOUSE, containing four bed rooms parlour, houseplace, passage, pantry, kitchen, and private yard, being No. 47, Gladstone-street, Leicester together with substantially-built and well MACHINE SHOP, 55 ft, 6 in. by 27 ft. 3 in. Pattern Boom, and chimney shaft, at the back of the said house also yard and gateway thereto, in the occupation Mr. Thomas Taylor, Engineer and Machinist, at annual rent of £50.'[2]
1890 Advert. 'Thomas Taylor, Gladstone-street Engine and Machine Works'.[3]
1900 Thomas Taylor, engineer, elastic web machinist & printing machine maker, 47 Gladstone St.[4]
1916 Thomas Taylor and Sons, engineers, elastic web machinists, and printing machine makers, 47 Gladstone St.[5]
1922 Thomas Taylor and Sons. Partners are William Taylor and Thomas Taylor (sons of the founder of the firm).