From Village Pumps: "Samuel Phillips was making fire engines by 1760; in 1797 the firm became Phillips & Hopwood; in 1811 it was James Hopwood; by 1818 it was Hopwood & Tilley; by 1825 Tilley & Co; and around 1853 Shand, Mason & Co. Merryweather & Sons Ltd took them over in 1928."
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Phillips & Hopwood
We understand "the neighbouring fire officers" to mean the four fire assuranc...
From Dartford Archive: "In the early days the company specialised in heavy fo...
From Stow: "...Birchin Lane. . . . This lane, and the High Street, near adjoi...
