British Sewing Machine Makers
British Sewing Machine Makers
| Maker | Location | Dates |
Models Produced |
| Allbrook & Hashfield | 54 Redcross Street, London EC | Fur-sewing Machines | |
| William Andrews | Birmingham | 1878 |
Sanspareil, Wheeler & Wilson-type machines |
| Allen & Sons (agent) | Pant, Alnwick, Northumberland | Wheeler & Wilson | |
| American Buttonhole, Overseaming and Sewing Machine Company | 87, Queen Victoria Street, London EC | 1877 |
American, No. 8 Hand |
| American Sewing Machine Company | London, 7 Ludgate Square, London EC | 1898 |
Todd's Champion of England, E. Todd Chainstitcher (Guhl & Harbeck), Nelson, Tittel & Nieß machines |
| Army & Navy Stores (retailer) | London | Victoria | |
| Aster Brothers | Colchester | - | |
| Atlas Sewing Machine Company | London | Atlas A, Atlas B, Countess, Una, Atlas C (Grimme Natalis), Atlas D (New Home) |
| Maker | Location | Dates |
Models Produced |
| G. W. Bacon & Company (retailer) | London | Beckwith | |
| D. Bateman | Bradford | ||
| Thomas Beecroft & Company | Leeds | Dolly Varden | |
| Bellow Machine Company Ltd | Leeds | Industrial machines | |
| E. G. Benford (retailer) | Brighton | badged Jones, White 'Prize' | |
| W. Benscher | 44 Fore Street, London | agent for Carl Schmidt & Hengstenberg of Bielefeld | |
| Andre Serton Berg (retailer) | Exeter | - | |
| Isaac L. Berridge | Gallowtreegate, Leicester | agent for American Buttonhole & Overseaming SM Co | |
| Daniel Berry | Northampton | Shoe-stitching machine | |
| S. Bettmann & Company (agents) | 10, Golden Lane, London EC | 1888 |
Biesolt & Locke machines |
| Sydney S. Bird | Poole | Vulcan Toy Sewing Machines - Regal, Countess, Classic, Senior, Junior, Minor etc | |
| Bishop's Cluster Company Limited | 147, Aldersgate Street, London EC | 1877
- 1898 |
Gloria, (Agents for J. Silberberg, Hamburg) |
| Charles Bradbury (agent) | 37, Torrens Road, Brixton, London SW | 1886 |
Grimme, Natalis & Company machines, Original Princess, Improved Family, Natalis D, Medium B & C, Family A |
| Bradbury & Company Ltd | Wellington Works, Oldham | 1852
- c.1929 |
Magic, Lancashire Corset Stitcher, Thomas-system, Wellington, Progress, Belgravia, Empire, Letter 'S' Family & Medium, Rotary B2, Rotary B4, No.1, No.2, Number 5, Number 6, Bradbury's Family High Arm TS, Family Low Arm TS, No. 45, Soeze, Family VS, Medium VS, Westerian, Westerian Premier, Universal Feed, A1, Plain Spool, Family & Medium Improved Singer, Family W & G System, Beatrice Chainstitcher, Howe System 1, 2 & 3, Wheel Feed 2 & 3, Arm Machines 1 1/2, 2, & 3 Single, Practical Tailor Top & Bottom Feed, Wax Thread Leather Machine |
| Thomas Bradford & Company | Salford | Anchor, Royal Anchor, Fleet Anchor, Shuttle Anchor, | |
| Britains Petite Ltd | Nottingham | Petite | |
| Britannia Manufacturing Company | Colchester | 1877 |
Britannia, Tom Hood, Improved Wheeler & Wilson, Nos 6, 19, 20 Singer Sytem Machines, New Family Singer System, No. 13 Thomas System, Willcox System Silent Sewing Machine |
| British United Shoe Machinery Company | Leicester | 1899 - ? | Shoe-sewing machines |
| Bromley, Downey & Crossley | Old Church Street, Oldham | 1875 |
Howe principle (No 1A, No2B) machines, Oldham Domestic, Improved Oldham Domestic, Oldham Medium |
| Benjamin Brown & Sons | Birmingham | - | |
| Breech Action Mfg Co. | Birmingham | Fearnaught | |
| BSM (British Sewing Machines) | London (Distributors) | ||
| Thomas Bull | Newark | Shoe-stitching machine |
| Maker | Location | Dates |
Models Produced |
| Campion & Johnston | Nottingham | - | |
| Canada Sewing Machine Company | 46, Wood Street, Liverpool | 1877 |
Empress of India |
| Alexander Carr (?retailer) | Darlington | - | |
| J. E. Carver | Aldersgate Street, London EC 6, Gray's Inn Road, Holborn, London WC |
- 1886 |
Phoenix, New Phoenix (German import) |
| William Carver & Company | Park Works, Cheetham Hill, Manchester (W.C. died Jan 1877, Company taken into receivership June 1877) | ? - 1877 |
Crown Family Machine, No.2 Medium, Lancashire, British Sewing Machine, Wheeler & Wilson-system |
| Chadwick & Jones | Oldham & Ashton-under-Lyne | - | |
| J. R. Chislett | Plymouth | - | |
| The Cinemaker Company Ltd | Nottingham | Astor | |
| Arthur Clegg & Company | 48 Fore Street, London EC | 1884 |
Clegg |
| Clerkenwell Eng Co. | London | The London | |
| Cole & Company (agent & retailer) | Davenport | Howe, England's Queen, Challenge, Raymond | |
| Collier & Son | London | Swift & Sure, badged Jones Hands, Collier's Romance, Farrington, German imports | |
| James W. Columbine | London | Weir Machines | |
| Combination Sewing Machine Company | London | Albion | |
| A. F. Conant (agent) | 150, Regent Street, London W | 1878 |
Grover and Baker Shuttle Machines |
| Cookson Lockstitch Sewing Machine Co. Ltd | Lozells Road, Birmingham | Cookson | |
| Coventry Sewing Machine Company | Coventry | Queen of Hearts, European, Godiva, Express, Swiftsure | |
| William Crow | Birmingham | Royal Mail, Period |
| Maker | Location | Dates |
Models Produced |
| S. Davis & Company (agents & manufacturers) | 15, Blackman Street, London SE | 1877 |
Davis Circular Feed, Davis Hand, Rose, Abigail, Beaumont (Atlas A), Empress, Move with the Times, Junker & Ruh, Singer, Willcox & Gibbs, Thomas, Howe |
| Fred Dickson | 23 Bucklersbury, London EC. | agent for Gritzner | |
| Dorman Engineering Company | Northampton | Dorman lock-stitch, Whirlwind, Minerva, Junker & Ruh machines | |
| Duff & Rowntree (agent) | Bishop Auckland | New American |
| Maker | Location | Dates |
Models Produced |
| Éclair Button-hole Machine Company | London | - | |
| Eclipse Machine Company (formerly Shepherd, Rothwell & Hough) | Cromwell Street, Oldham | Eclipse Hand, Family & Medium | |
| E. M. G Ltd | ? | Super Comet | |
| Essex Engineering Works | Wanstead | Essex., Essex Miniature | |
| European Sewing Machine Company | Coventry | European |
| Maker | Location | Dates |
Models Produced |
| Faudels (retailer) | London | German machines | |
| Feather & Thurlow | 39, Chester Street, Hulme, Manchester | 1877 |
W & G Principle Machine |
| H. Ferrabee (distributor) | London | British Sewing Machine | |
| J. R. Foot & Son | London | Matchless | |
| Y. J. Foot & Son (agent) | London | Busy Bee | |
| Forward | Manchester | Forward of Manchester | |
| John Fox & Co | Birmingham | - | |
| P. Frank (agent) | 11, Mount Pleasant Liverpool | 1882 |
Raymond, Raymond Household |
| F. Frank (agent) | London | Raymond | |
| Franklin Sewing Machine Company | Birmingham | 1870 |
Agenoria, Royal Franklin |
| The "Frieda"
Sewing Machine Agency |
17, Great St. Helen's, London EC | 1886 |
The Frieda 10s 6d Machine |
| Maker | Location | Dates |
Models Produced |
| Gamages (retailer) | London | Sophast | |
| Gibson & Co | 196 Icknield Street, Birmingham | Neptune, Ruby, Countess | |
| Gordon & Gotch (agent) | 15, St Bride Street, Ludgate Circus, London EC | 1886 |
Reliable, Little Domestic, American Domestic |
| Gough, Jno & Company | Swan Street, Manchester | 1898 |
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| E. L. Grain | Nottingham | Toy machines | |
| J. G. Graves (retailer) | Sheffield | Vibra | |
| Graves, Rushton & Company | Liverpool | - | |
| H. Greenaway (agent) | Oxford | Home Companion | |
| Greenwood & Batley | Albion Works, Leeds | Keats | |
| Gresham & Craven | Craven Iron Works, Ordsall Lane, Salford | 1869
- 1883 (last known gazette entry) |
Heron, Seymour, Gresham, Reversable Feed Gresham, Improved Gresham |
| G. Griffiths | Birmingham | - | |
| W. G. Guinness & Company | London | Guinness |
| Maker | Location | Dates |
Models Produced |
| Hankey & Company (retailer) | London | Shakespear | |
| Charles & William Harewood | Birmingham | makers of W. F. Thomas & Co's patent machine | |
| Harpur & Mason | Manchester & Birmingham | Cookson, Handy | |
| Joseph Harris & Sons | Oriel House, 41 Bull Street, Birmingham | Imperial, Angenoria, Challenge, Birmingham, Eureka, Little Wanzer | |
| W. J. Harris (retailer) | Haymerle St, Peckham, London SE | Defiance (Grimme Natalis), Defiance C (New Home), Premier, Brunswick, Stoewer, badged Frister & Rossmann, National/Eldredge, L. O. Dietrich, New Home, Jones machines | |
| Joseph Harris | Franklin Works, Park Road, Soho, London + Oriel House, 41 Bull Street, London | Angenora (c.1875) | |
| Harrison Brothers & Company | Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester | 1876 - 1895+ | The Jewell |
| Heberling R.S. Sewing Machine Company | 46, Cannon Street, London EC | 1878 -
1882 |
Heberling Running Stitch, Princess Waldeck |
| W. C. Heighton | ? | Original Brunonia | |
| Gustave Herzfeld (agents) | 116 Cheapside, London EC | Baer & Rempel (Family, Vertical Cylinder), Seidel & Naumann |
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| George Higgins (agents) | 12, Wardrobe Chambers, Queen Victoria Street, London EC | 1889 |
Gritzner machines |
| Hillman & Herbert | Premier Works, Coventry | Little Maid | |
| John Holme | Manchester | Ariel | |
| John Holroyd | Tomlinson Street, Hulme, Manchester | 1886 |
Moldacot, Holroyd Hem-stitch, Heberling |
| Frederick & Leonard Hopkinson | Doncaster | Hopkinson | |
| Howe Sewing Machine Company | Avenue Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow + Holborn Viaduct, London |
began production 1873. Letter A, B, C, D & E, Swiftsure, Little Howe (Reciprocating Shuttle), Little Howe (Rotary) |
| Maker | Location | Dates |
Models Produced |
| Ideal Sewing Machine Company | 1910 |
Ideal | |
| Imperial Sewing Machine Co. | Franklin Works, Birmingham | 1875 |
Agenoria, Challenge |
| Imperial Watch Company | Imperial Buildings, Ludgate Circus, London EC | 1898 |
Universum |
| Maker | Location | Dates |
Models Produced |
| William Jackson & Sons (former Newton Wilson employee) | Warlingham, Surrey
and 1a Caroline St. Eaton Square, London, SW |
1867
- 1872 |
Automaton, Duchess of Edinburgh |
| G. W Jennings | 35 Newgate Street, London | 1877 |
The ABC |
| Jones' Sewing Machine Company Ltd. | Guide Bridge | 1859
- c.1968 |
Model A, Model B, Model C, Busy Bee, Family TS , Medium TS, Hand (first type), Hand (second type), Hand (third type), Hand (fourth type), Medium Spool, Spool Hand, Spool, Family CS (first type), Family CS (second type), Family CS (third type), Family CS (fourth type), Medium CS, No.35 CS, CS Model E, Central Bobbin (CB), Central Bobbin B, D53, D59, D63 Consort, D65, D68, Model K, Popular, + many badged Hand, Family & Medium CS and Spool machines including Federation (for CWS)- 1, Federation - 2, The Avenue, Collier's No.2, Collier's No.4, The Bedford, CSCS, Cestrian, Cocks' Royal Leader, City of London, St. Edmunds, Avenue, Cowper, E. G. Benford, Rowntree, Joseph Watson Soap Works, Kildare, Martlet, New Gresham, Vibra, Vichand, Longford, The Lee, G. Davis, Bradbury's Family VS, British Harrodia, Empress, The Lightning, Nelson's, Paragon, Pentagon, Victoria, Walter Hale, Thomas Gaffer (Norwich), Holiday, Our Own, Arrow, etc. |
| Johnson, Clark & Company (Boston) | 83, Queen Victoria Street, London EC | 1877 |
Home Companion, Home Shuttle, Improved Home Shuttle |
| H. Jowett & Co | Idle, nr. Bradford | ||
| Charles Judkins | Ludgate Hill, London EC | 1866
- 1867 |
Raymond-type machines, Judkins |
| Daniel Judson & Co | 77, Southwark Street, London SE | 1886 |
Tabitha |
| Maker | Location | Dates |
Models Produced |
| Katz & Lobl | 72 Aldersgate St. London EC | 1898 |
Herman Köhler importer, Baer & Rempel (Phoenix) |
| Kay & Company (retailer) | Worcester | Junker & Ruh and other German machines, Paragon, Kay's VS | |
| Kimball & Morton | 82 (later 21) Bishop Steet, Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland Bothwell Circus, Glasgow |
1867 -
1889 |
Family, Family Hand, New Family, Medium (Black), Medium (Red), Domestic, Oscillator, Stitch-in-Time, Lion, Glasgow, Family, Morton |
| King's Cycle Works (agents) | Wimbourn & Poole | Gritzner-Kayser machines | |
| J. Knight | Oxford Street, London | 1866 - 1867 |
The Wonder |
| Maker | Location | Dates |
Models Produced |
| Lakeman & Company | Manchester | 1848 |
Cousobrodeur (Thimmonier) |
| George Lamb | Birmingham | - | |
| Lancashire Sewing Machine Company | Manchester | 1853 |
'Patent Sewing Machine', Grover & Baker-type machines |
| Leigh & Crawford (retailer) | London | Rapid, German machines | |
| S. Loewe (agent) | London | Frister & Rossmann | |
| C. Lohmann | 43, London Wall, LondonEC 22, Jewin Street, London EC |
1862 - 1889 |
Agent for Biesolt & Locke, Baer & Rempel, Dürkopp, Koch and Mundlos, Phoenix, La A No. 8, La B No.10, La C, La Silencieuse, Defiance A (Baach & Klie), Defiance B (Baach & Klie) |
| Hermann Loog (agent) | 126, 127 & 128, London Wall, London EC | 1876 |
Frister & Rossmann machines |
| Maker | Location | Dates |
Models Produced |
| Maxfield & Company | Birmingham | Maxfield, Agenoria | |
| McClelland & Stibbe | 40, Union Street, Glasgow | 1886 |
Agents for Pfaff machines |
| David J. MacDonald | Dundee | 1892 - 1984 |
Chainstitch , Embroidery & Lockstitch Machines. Overhead handstitch floating barrel sewing machines. Multi-needle lockstitch machines. |
| MacKenzie & Company | Glasgow | MacKenzie Cylinder Machine | |
| Luke McKernan | London | Agent for Howe Machines 1860 - 1861 | |
| Charles McQuinn | Neptune Works, Icknield Street, Birmingham | McQuinn | |
| Meccano Ltd | Liverpool | Starlet, Jones-Meccano Lockstitch | |
| Moldacot Pocket Sewing Machine Company | London | Moldacot | |
| John G. Murdoch & Company (maker and retailer) | 57d Hatton Garden EC1 London 91 Farringdon Road, London EC |
1898 |
Electra (Wertheim), Original Princess (Grimme Natalis) |
| Maker | Location | Dates |
Models Produced |
| I. Nasch (agent) | 16, Finsbury Pavement, London EC | Grimme, Natalis & Co Ltd - Washington Hand, Lincoln Hand, Cylinder Elastic, Express Single Thread. Singer, W & W, Howe, W & G Sytems |
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| National Sewing Machine Company (agent & retailer) | 37, Fetter Lane, London EC | 1886 |
Boston Star, National, National Express, Magician, Willcox & Gibbs |
| Robert Nelson (incorporated with J.G.Murdoch) | London | Serata, Nelson's (badged Jones CS), Wertheim Machines | |
| New Home Sewing Machine Co | 99 Fenchurch Street London 24 & 26 Denman St. London Bridge, London, SE |
1898 - 1909 |
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| Newton Wilson & Company | Birmingham & Great Central Depot, 144 High Holborn, London WC |
1877 |
Wilson's Patent Whistler, Wilson's Patent Singer, Blake, Cleopatra, Dorcas, Penelope, Queen Bess, Queen Mab, Queen O'Scots, Princess of Wales, England's Queen, Boudoir, Tower, Perfection, Wallace Ash, Grover & Baker, American Buttonhole Overseaming & Sewing Machine |
| W. Nicholson (retailer) |
59, Newport Street, Bolton | Bradbury Machines | |
| C. Noble | Notting Hill, London | - | |
| North British Machine Company | Glasgow | High-arm TS Machines | |
| Nussey & Pilling | Leeds | Little Stranger, Noiseless Tudor, Wheeler & Wilson-style machines, Family |
| Maker | Location | Dates |
Models Produced |
| Frederick Parker | Sheffield | - | |
| W. Pearson & Co | New Dock Machine Works, Chadwick Street, Crown Point, Leeds | 1877 |
The Pearson Nos. A1, 1, 2, 3 & 3A Waxed Thread Leather Machines, No. 4 Mill Band Machine |
| Pendleton Machine Co. | Pendleton, Manchester | - | |
| Perkins & Marshall | Northampton | - | |
| W. Pierssene (agent) | London | Frister & Rossmann | |
| Pitt Brothers | Alma Foundry, Liversedge, Yorkshire | 1852 -
1882 |
Princess, |
| Planet Sole Stitcher Company | 44, Finsbury Square, London EC2 | Sole-stitching machines | |
| Thomas Potter | 47 Dunlace Road, Clapham, London E | König & Company's New Rotary Shuttle Machine | |
| J. Poyser (patentee) | ? | Pocket Lockstitch Sewing Machine |
| Maker | Location | Dates |
Models Produced |
| O. Quitmann (agent) | London | Frister & Rossmann |
| Maker | Location | Dates |
Models Produced |
| E. Rausnitz | 184 Aldersgate Street, London, EC 72 Finsbury Pavement, London, EC |
1898 |
agent for Clemens Müller, Gebr. Nothman |
| Raynor & Lincoln Machine Co. | Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester | - | |
| Redditch Sewing Machine Co. | Redditch, Birmingham | Rival | |
| Robert Reid | Bristol | Imperatrix | |
| Richardson | Kettering | - | |
| Rennick, Kemsley & Company | 4 Finsbury Circus, London | The Light Running Standard | |
| Robert Renshaw & Company | Manchester | - | |
| Ad. Ries & Company | 45 Hatton Garden, London EC | 1888 - 1898 |
agent for Junker & Ruh, Rotating Shuttle Two Spool Machine, Gritzner |
| Owen Robinson & Company | Champion Works, Kettering | 1857 -
1877 |
No.1 Family, New Medium, No.2B & No3C Champion Wheelfeed Machines, No.4 Backstrap Cylinder Machine, Robinson's Front Strap Beading Machine, Little Treasure, Family Treasure, Champion |
| Royal Sewing Machine Company Ltd | Herbert Road, Small Heath , Birmingham | 1860 -
1877 |
Shakespear, Royal, Milton, Eugenie, Windsor, Challenge, The Avon, Times, Monarch, Regent, South Kensington |
| W. Rushby | Louth | - |
| Maker | Location | Dates |
Models Produced |
| St. George's Engineering Company | Birmingham | The Queen | |
| Silas Covell Salisbury | Coventry | Lock-stitch machines, Grover & Baker-system | |
| Leslie Salter | London | Ideal | |
| Sawstone & Anderson (retailer) | London | - | |
| Seidel & Naumann | 23 Moor Lane, Fore Street, London EC | 1898 |
Naumann High Arm + others |
| William Sellers & Sons | Airedale Works, Keighley, Yorkshire | 1898 |
Cyprus, Family Stitchwell (Singer Principle), Medium Stitchwell (Singer principle), Seamstress (W & W principle), Hand Lockstitch, Universal Feed, 1 & 2 Howe Principle, 1, 1 1/2, 2 & 3 Thomas Principle. |
| Shakespear & Illiston | Birmingham | became Royal Sewing Machine Co. | |
| John Shaw & Sons (agent) | Wolverhampton | Governor | |
| R. Sheldrake (agent) | 10, Middlegate, Newark | Wheeler & Wilson, White, Jones | |
| Shepherd, Rothwell & Hough | Oldham Sewing Machine Works, Cromwell Street, Oldham | 1888 |
Howe principle (A, B, and C Model) machines, Eclipse Family, Eclipse Medium, Hand, Wheel & Stepfeed Machine |
| Shillingford Bros.(agent) | London | Guelph | |
| R. E. Simpson & Co. | Glasgow | Singer-system | |
| Singer Manufacturing Company | St Pauls Churchyard, London + branches | 1898 |
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| Singer Manufacturing Company | Bridgeton, Glasgow | 1867
- 1884 |
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| Singer Manufacturing Company | Kilbowie, Cydebank | 1884
- 1980 |
) 23 Singer Industrial Models - Click HERE |
| Slater Sewing Machine Company | Birmingham | 1867 |
People's Sewing Machine, Little Wonder, ?Wonder |
| James Smith & Co. | Finsbury, London | English | |
| S. Smith & Company (retailer) | Soho Bazaar, London | England's Queen, Guelph, The Lady, Monarch, Princess Beatrice, Princess of Wales, Shakespear, Speedwell, Taylor, Thomas, Tom Hood, Beckwith | |
| So-All Sewing Machine Company | 3 Oxford Street, London | 1892
-1896 |
So-All |
| South British Trading Co. | 13 & 15 Wilson St. Finsbury, London, EC | agents for Eldredge & National | |
| Standard Manufacturing Company | Derby | Excellentia | |
| Smith Starley & Co Ltd | Trafalgar Works, Coventry | 1872 - 1877 |
Europa, European, Little Europa, Queen of Hearts, Little Dorrit |
| James Starley & Co. | Coventry | Express, Godiva | |
| James Steel & Company (agent) | Cheltenham | Howe, Weir, Newton Wilson, Jones, Royal Sewing Machine Co. machines | |
| Straco | ? | Jet Sew-O-Matic, Little Betty | |
| J. S. Sugden (agent) | Market Street, Bolton | 1871 |
Willcox & Gibbs machines |
| Maker | Location | Dates |
Models Produced |
| Taylor | Driffield | Taylor Twisted Loop | |
| F B Taylor | ? | Little Belle | |
| Taylor-Bird Sewing Machine Company | Richborough Hall, Sandwich, Kent | 1945
- 1954 |
Taylor Bird, Patent Friction Taylor |
| John Tester & Company | 43 Farringdon Road, London EC 21, Jewin Street, London EC |
1886 |
agents for Gritzner |
| J. Theobold & Company (retailer) | London | Advance Premier | |
| E. Thomas & Company | 158, Strand, London | 1886 |
Half-Guinea Sewing Machine |
| William Frederick Thomas | 1 & 2 Cheapside, London Regent Circus, Oxford Street, London + Birmingham |
1846 -
1871 |
Thomas, Celebrated, New Domestic, Holly, The London, Domestic Hand chainstitcher |
| Thomson-Knox Company (agent) | London | Standard | |
| Charles J. Thurlow | 39, Chester Street, Hulme, Manchester | W & G principle machines | |
| E. Todd | London | [see American Sewing Machine Company] | |
| Charles Todd (retailer) | London | South Kensington | |
| William Toplis, Sewing Machine Manufacturer | 60, Sackville Street, Manchester | 1877 |
The Toplis Medium |
| Twin Bobbin Sewing Machine Co. | Bury, Lancashire | Twin Bobbin |
| Maker | Location | Dates |
Models Produced |
| Universal Sewing Machine Co. | Oldham, Lancashire | Wheeler & Wilson-system |
| Maker | Location | Dates |
Models Produced |
| Varley & Company | Keighley, Yorkshire | 1898 |
Family |
| Varley & Wolfenden | Keighley, Yorkshire | Cyclops, Hand RS, Family, Medium, Longford TS | |
| The Vertical Feed Sewing Machine Company | 52, Queen Victoria Street, London EC 24 Aldersgate St., London EC |
1886 - 1898 |
The Vertical Feed Machine, Davis machines |
| Vickers | Crayford, Kent & Hackney Wick, London | 1914 - ?1935 |
First Model, Model de Luxe, Model 7000 |
| Victoria Sewing Machine Company | London | Victoria | |
| Vulcan | Poole | see Sydney S. Bird |
| Maker | Location | Dates |
Models Produced |
| Henry Wallwork & Company | City Works, China Lane, Manchester | 1888 |
The Warwick (2) |
| The Wanzer Sewing Machine Company | Cortland Street, London | Little Wanzer ('Time Utilizer') | |
| The Wanzer Sewing Machine Company | 4, Great Portland Street, London W | 1882 |
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| Edward Ward | Wells Street, Oxford Street, London | 1877 |
Alert, Arm and
Platform, Lily, Cross Arm, Howe-system |
| Thomas Ward | Kings Lynn | - | |
| James Warwick | Manchester | 1869 |
The Warwick (1) |
| Watson & Company | Lee Mills, Manchester Street, Oldham | 1877 |
Watson, Singer principle Family & Medium, Wheeler & Wilson Principle Victoria machines, Watson Pawfooted Reciprocating Shuttle Machine |
| R. J. Watts & Company (agent) | Plymouth | Grover & Baker, Jones, Howe, Wheeler & Wilson, Singer, Willcox & Gibbs, Circular Motion, Gresham, Little Wanzer, Agenoria, Challenge, Thomas, Guelph, Weir, Shakespear | |
| Weaver & Sons Ltd | Bath | Weaver No. 1, German machines | |
| Henry Webster (agent) | 40 & 41 Chippenham Terrace, Harrow Road, London W | 1886 |
New Home machines |
| Weingart, Flaig & Company (agents) | 44, Moorfields, London EC | 1886 |
Adam Opel machines |
| James G. Weir | 2, Carlisle Street, Soho Square, London W Works - Belmont Street, Chalk Farm Road London N.W |
1867 - 1877 |
Weir Chainstitcher , Raymond, The Lady's, 55s, American, Victoria, Jackson, Zephyr Shuttle Lockstitch, Argus, Globe, Aurora |
| Whalley, Smith & Paget | Parker St. Works, Keighley | - | |
| Wheeler & Wilson | Paul Street, London EC | 1898 |
Wheeler & Wilson Machines |
| Henry
Whewell & Company (agents) |
Deansgate,
Bolton |
1871 |
Grover
& Baker, Wheeler & Wilson, Willcox & Gibbs, Bradbury, Thomas's,
Simpson's, Singer, Wanzer, Howe and Newton Wilson Co's machines, European,
Sloat's Elliptic, Westmoreland, Alexandra, Double-action Arm |
| Whight & Mann | Gipping Works, Ipswich 143 Holborn-bars, London E.C. |
1871 - 1877 |
Holborn Express, Little Darling, Prima Donna, Family Shuttle, Alberta, Excelsior, Duchess, Princess, Monogram, Thomas-type bootstitcher, Columbia (badged Junker & Ruh) |
| White Sewing Machine Company | 19, Queen Victoria Street, London EC 48 Holborn Viaduct, London EC |
1886 -1898 |
White machines |
| Whiteley (retailer) | London | Express, badged Frister & Rossmann, Gloria, Kildare, Universal, Universum, Westbournia | |
| John Whitmee & Company | London | Carley's Patent Elastic Stitch Machine | |
| Wilhelm & Company | 11 Westmoreland Buildings, Aldersgate Street, London EC | 1898 |
Pfaff Machines |
| William Wilding | Ipswich | Planet, New Eclipse | |
| J. D. Williams & Company (retailer) | Manchester | Haid & Neu machines, L. O. Dietrich machines |
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| Williams Manufacturing Company Ltd | London | New Williams | |
| J. S. Willway (agent) | Bristol | Willcox & Gibbs | |
| M. Wilson & Company | Manchester | - | |
| William Winter | Leeds, Yorkshire | Flowering, Bespoke, Invincible, Howe-system, Singer-system | |
| Wing & Company | ? | - | |
| Edward Wiseman | ? | Hat-stitching machine | |
| Wonder? (retailer) | London | Judkins | |
| Wood & Company (maker, by c.1884 a distributor) | 1, City Road London EC | Minerva # 1 & #2 (Wheeler & Wilson #2 copy), Premier, Improved Premier, Twisted Loop (Willcox & Gibbs copy) + German-made Singer 12 & 13 copies. | |
| G. E. Wright (distributor) | 1, New Broad Street, London EC | Little Europa, Express (Guhl & Harbeck), The Langtry | |
| Raymond Wright (retailer) | Buxton | German machines | |
| Wyatt & Burr | John St, Kingsland Rd, London | 1877 |
Automatic Button Hole Machine |
| Maker | Location | Dates |
Models Produced |
| E. Zelger | London | Agent for Biesolt & Locke |