Enfield Cycle Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Townsend, George, & Co Ltd
- Eadie, Albert
- Smith, R W
- Eadie Manufacturing Co Ltd
- Royal Enfield
- Enfield Autocar Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Redditch, Worcestershire, Hereford & Worcester, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
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Transport equipment production
Bicycle & components production
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Transport equipment production
Motor vehicle production
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Transport equipment production
Motorcycle & components production
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Needle, pin & fish hook production
Notes:
Traced orings to George Townsend & Co Ltd of Redditch, established c1850s to make needles and fish hooks. Subsequently diversified into bicycle parts and then bicycles. About late 1880s acquired by Albert Eadie and R W Smith and renamed Eadie Manufacturing Co Ltd. Enfield, later Royal Enfield brand name introduced for bicycles in early 1890s. Eadie Co also made motor cars as Enfield Autocar Co Ltd. Bicycle manufacture hived off into Enfield Cycle Co Ltd later in 1890s. Motorcycles manufactured from c1901. Ceased production 1970 although brand name still used in India
Publications:
- History of the British Motorcycle Industry, 1945-1975 by Smith, Barbara M D
- Royal Enfield. The complete story by Walker, Mick
- Story of Royal Enfield Motorcycles by Hartley, Peter
- The Townsend Story by Solloway, William J
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Townsend, George, & Co Ltd
- Eadie, Albert
- Smith, R W
- Eadie Manufacturing Co Ltd
- Royal Enfield
- Enfield Autocar Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Redditch, Worcestershire, Hereford & Worcester, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
- Transport equipment production Bicycle & components production
- Transport equipment production Motor vehicle production
- Transport equipment production Motorcycle & components production
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Needle, pin & fish hook production
Notes:
Traced orings to George Townsend & Co Ltd of Redditch, established c1850s to make needles and fish hooks. Subsequently diversified into bicycle parts and then bicycles. About late 1880s acquired by Albert Eadie and R W Smith and renamed Eadie Manufacturing Co Ltd. Enfield, later Royal Enfield brand name introduced for bicycles in early 1890s. Eadie Co also made motor cars as Enfield Autocar Co Ltd. Bicycle manufacture hived off into Enfield Cycle Co Ltd later in 1890s. Motorcycles manufactured from c1901. Ceased production 1970 although brand name still used in IndiaPublications:
- History of the British Motorcycle Industry, 1945-1975 by Smith, Barbara M D
- Royal Enfield. The complete story by Walker, Mick
- Story of Royal Enfield Motorcycles by Hartley, Peter
- The Townsend Story by Solloway, William J