W. F. Stanley and Co
of 286 High Holborn, London, WC. (1914); of New Eltham, London S.E.9. (1949)
of New Eltham, London, SE9. Telephone: Eltham 3836. Cables: "Turnstile, London" and "Polaris, London"
formerly W. F. Stanley, the business of William Ford Stanley.
1885 Won Gold Medal in the Inventions Exhibition.
1900 Incorporated as a limited company.
1906 Description of Bellamy's 'road tracer, an instrument devised by C. V. Bellamy, Director of Public Works at Lagos, West Africa,[1]
1914 Opticians, surveying and mathematical instrument manufacturers. Specialities: surveying, meteorological and drawing instruments, spectacles and other instruments for scientific purposes. Employees 550. [2]
By 1937 had incorporated Heath and Co
1947 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Manufacturers of Theodolites, Levels, Surveying Equipment Planimeters, Pantagraphs, Integrators, Drafting Machines, Drawing Instruments, Drawing Office Equipment, Binnacles, Compasses, Binoculars, Sextants, Sounding Machines, Navigational Equipment, Thermometers, Barometers, Meteorological Equipment, Optical Components, Light Engineering. (Olympia, Ground Floor, Stand No. A.1068) [3]
1954 Stanley, W. F., and Co., Ltd. (incorporating Heath and Co.) Avery Hill Road, New Eltham, London, S.E.9. T.: Eltham 3836. Instrument manufacturers.[4]