A History of Frieth

West & Collier Catalogues

Preface
[ Snapshots in time ]
The Geographical Setting
The Early History
The Middle Ages
The Growth of a Community
1800 - 1860
1860 - 1900
1900 - 1973
Achkampstead
The Name Frieth
Pillow Lace
West & Collier
[ The Colliers of West & Collier ]
West & Collier Catalogues
Notes on The Firm
Notes on Frieth
Further Notes on Frieth
Frieth as I knew it
Memories of bygone years
Frieth 45 years ago
The Posse Comitatus
References
[ Chisbridge Farm ]

Sections [in square brackets] are additions to the original content

[ I have found some catalogues produced by West & Collier amongst my late mother's files and Derek Collier has kindly loaned me several more which show what a huge range of products was eventually available from our local industry. I have now scanned all these in and I thought it best to create a page so that they can be seen all together.

West & Collier were in business from 1869 to 1940. This collection of catalogues spans 1872 to 1911. Up to 1907 the catalogues get larger in format and have more pages - I suppose to reflect the increasing range of products available.

As far as is known all the wooden furniture and carving work was made in Frieth. Metal and stone work would have been bought in from other suppliers.

Click on any of the coloured covers below to open the .pdf
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Illustrated
Catalogue & Price List
West & Collier
Henley on Thames, Oxon
Manufacturers of every kind of
Church, Vestry & Household Chairs
Sole Inventors of the
Frieth Ch. Chair with wooden seats
as used in Norwich, Winchester
and other Cathedrals
Chairs made to any pattern or design
1872

Printed by Stephens & Hookins, Bristol
14 pages, about 10cm x 16cm  .pdf 3MBytes

From the Collier Collection
West & Collier Catalogue 1872
Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of
Church Seats, Church Chairs
School, Office and Public Hall Chairs
West & Collier
Hambleden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon
Manufacturers of every kind of
School & Public Hall Chairs, Church Seats & Hassocks
Sole Inventors of the
Frieth Church Chairs
with wooden seats
As used in Norwich, Ely, Bangor and other Cathedrals
Seats or Chairs made to any Pattern or Design
Estimates given free of charge
1877

Printed by Reeves and Hoare, London
46 pages, about 12.5cm x 20cm  .pdf 11MBytes
From the Collier Collection
West & Collier Catalogue 1877
Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of
Church Chairs and Mission Furniture,
School, Office Public-Hall and Early English Chairs
West & Collier Hambleden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon
Manufacturers of every kind of
School & Public Hall Chairs, Mission Furniture, Hassocks and Kneeling Pads for Chairs
Sole Inventors of the
Frieth Church Chairs with Wooden and Rush Seats
As used in many English Cathedrals; also in St Mary's and St Giles' in Edinburgh
Mission Seats or Chairs made to any Pattern or Design
Estimates given free of charge
1884

Printed by Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd, London and Aylesbury
76 pages, about 13.5cm x 21cm  .pdf 21 MBytes
From the Collier Collection
West & Collier Catalogue 1884
 
Telegraphic Address "West Collier Lane End"
Railway Station Great Marlow
Established 1869
Catalogue of Church Furniture
Made by West & Collier Ltd
Hambleden Henley on Thames Oxon
Designs by A. Mardon Mowbray and other Church Architects
Fourteenth Edition
1907


Printed by Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd, London and Aylesbury
16 pages, about 16cm x 20cm
From the Collier Collection
West & Collier Catalogue 1907
Part 1 (26 MBytes)
Part 2 (18 MBytes)
A Book of Designs & Prices of Metal Work

For Church Use

West & Collier Ltd
6 Henrietta Street
Covent Garden
London W. C.
c1910

48 pages, about 19cm x 24cm  .pdf 23 MBytes
From the Collier Collection
West & Collier Metalwork Catalogue 1910
West & Collier Ltd
Frieth, Henley-on-Thames.
Complete Church Furnishers

Booklet on Village Industry by Rev. O. J. Jones

Fourth Edition
1911

Printed by Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd, London and Aylesbury
16 pages, about 16cm x 20cm  .pdf 5 MBytes

Village Industry by Rev O J Jones
Designs of Church & Hall Chairs

by

West & Collier Ltd

[ Undated ]

Hood Printers of Middlesborough
10 pages about 19cm x 26cm .pdf   4.7 MBytes
West & Collier Designs
Designs of Church & Hall Chairs
From
The South Bucks Church Seating Company
Manager - P. T. West
Moor End
Henley-on-Thames
Telegraphic Address: West, Moor End, Lane End
Complete Illustrated Catalogue of Chairs
and Kneelers on application

c1912


Folded card about 9cm x 13cm   .pdf 1.8 MBytes
South Bucks Church Seating Company

The catalogues contain testimonials from the clergy and others received from Reverend Gentlemen and many others reflecting sales to churches, church halls etc from Norwich to Cork and from Inchture to Duloe.

1872
The Very Reverend The Dean, Norwich
Venerable Archdeacon Jacob, Winchester
Venerable Archdeacon Bickersteth, Aylesbury
Rev F Menzies, West Shefford, Hungerford
Rev F Pooley, Quainton Rectory, Winslow
Rev W H Ridley, Hambleden, Henley-on-Thames (of course!)
Rev S J Adams, Great Horwood, Winslow
Rev A O Cherrington, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Rev R Eyton, 58 Coleshill Street, Eaton Square, London SW
Rev F Willett, West Bromwich
Rev H Tudor, Newton Abbot
Rev J S Boucher, N Wales Training College, Carnavon
Rev A Barff, N Moreton, Wallingford
G Whitley Esq, Addlestone, Surrey

1877
Rev W H Ridley (again!)
Rev H H W Wyndham, The Great Salterns, Portsmouth
Thos. Tosland, Wantage

1884
John Campbell, 36 Castle Street, Edinburgh
Rev T Peachy, Hove
Rev A C Dicker, Newchurch, Isle of Wight
Lord Kinnaird, Rossie Priory, Inchture, N.B.
A J Robinson Esq, Church Warden, St Michaels Church, Newcastle-on-Tyne
Rev N H E R Jervis, Cranford Rectory, Hounslow
Rev Swithin Asquith, Heckmondwithe, Normanton
Rev H Wells, 255 Rotherhithe New Road, London SE
Stanley Francis Parker Esq, Holiday Hall, Kington, Herefordshire
J Pitt Esq, The Manse, Dunfermline
Rev J B Kitson, Pelynt Vicarage, Duloe, R.S.O.,  [ Railway Sub Office ] Cornwall
E Summers, School House, Abingdon
R Richardson, St Peter's, Cardiff
James C Bradley, The Rectory, Sutton, Brailes, Shipton-on-Stour
Rev ED Inman, West Knoyle Rectory, Bath
Rev H McCrea, Painswick Vicarage, Stroud
Rev Edgar Gibson, Wells, Somerset
Mrs Penrose Fitzgerald, Cork Beg Island, Whitegate, Co Cork
Rev A Wilson, 2 Woodstock Road, Chiswick
P J Thompson, Dodford Vicarage, Weedon
Algernon Fawkes, Estate Office, Sudbury, Derby
Henry Proctor, Coleford Vicarage, Gloucestershire
Francis Slater, St James' Vicarage, Latchford
Edgar Jacob, Portsea Vicarage
C P Hutchinson, St John's Forton, Gosport
C G Wheat, Timberland Vicarage, Sleaford
John Thomson, Rosslyn Chapel, Rosslyn
Edward J Haddock, Harlington Rectory, Middlesex
W R Sparks Scunthorpe, Brigg, Lincolnshire

1907
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Lambeth Palace (chairs for the Lambeth Conference)
R Southern, Dalton Vicarage, Thirsk
C Travers Burges, Fyfield Vicarage, Abingdon
S Hooke, Clopton Rectory, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Hamilton H. Turner, Architect, Splott Rd, Cardiff
Chas S Davies, Oldham
H R Manders, Horbury, Wakefield
C W Hunt, Cordwaller, Maidenhead
G M Muirhead, The Cottage, Hambleden
W Greenwood, Foxton Vicarage, Royston
Rev C Q Knowles, Briston Vicarage, Melton, Constable
H J Whitely Esq, Staveley, Leeds
Rev E Algers, Rockbourne, Bitterne Park, Southampton
N N Busby Esq, Bath Street, Buxton
Rev J B Kirby, Wooburn Vicarage, Wooburn Green, Bucks
Rev W G Spearing, St Matthias Road, Nottingham
Rev F M Wyndham, St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater, London
Colonel Moore CB, Frampton Hall, Boston, Lincs
Rev A Jervis, Rowsell Street, Bow Common
F S Granger Esq, MA, Architect, Clinton Street, Nottingham
Rev T D Raikes, Radly College, Abingdon
James P Lindsy Esq, Churchwarden, Newburn Church, Newcastle-on-Tyne
C Long Esq, Grovelands Villas, Reading
J Faber Scholfield, Priest in charge Inverary and District
Sister Superior, St Thomas' Home, Basingstoke
Mrs Rance, Springfield Road, Wimbledon
Thomas W Swan, Orton Vicarage, Nottingham
W H Ranken, Christ Church Vicarage, Surbiton Hill, Surrey
J Blackburn Brown, Cherry Tree, Blackburn
J Sheldon Lones, All Saints Vicarage, Ipswich
C E Graham Jones, The Vicarage, South Banbury
Donald W Preston, Observer Chambers, Bournemouth
Walter E Hewitt, Architet and Surveyor, Great College Street, Westminster