Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 166,993 pages of information and 246,688 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

W. Horton

From Graces Guide

of 199 Buchanan Street, Glasgow

  • 1855 Company established by William Horton.
  • 1895 His son Oliver Horton took over the firm.
  • 1914 Manufacturer of sporting guns, specialist in gunfitting. Specialities: high-class sporting guns, gunfitting viz. the suiting of the weapon to the shooter's build and aligning the gun so that when it is thrown to the shoulder it points at the spot the shooter is aiming at. Author of "Gunfitting, what it is, and what it does". [1]


of Reno Works, Wealdstone, Harrow, Middlesex. Telephone: Harrow 1622

C. Horton Proprietor - 1929

  • 1929 Listed Exhibitor. Manufacturer of Billiard and Bagatelle Tables, Table Tennis Sets and Bats, Enamelled Beds with Spring Mattress, Boards and Easels, Wood Cranes, Golf, Hockey, Racquets, Rings and Dart Boards. Latest Novelties. (Stand No. C.38) [2]


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