Chronology

DateEventSource
1677John Price, Three King Court
1744John Price, Fleet Ditch (ran from Ludate Hill south to Thames, near Blackfriars Bridge.
1754/1760John Price, Merchant, Bush Lane, Cannon St.
1769John Price, Perfumer, 142, Leadenhall St..
1784/86John Price, Perfumer, 150, Leadenhall St..
1790John Price & Sons, Perfumer, 150, Leadenhall St..
1792T. Price, Perfumer, 150, Leadenhall St..
1794,1796John Price, Perfumer, 150, Leadenhall St..
1798,1802,1804T. Price, Perfumer, 4, Leadenhall St..
1806T. Price & Co., Perfumer, 4, Leadenhall St..
1807Thomas Butts, William Patey & William Froggatt mentioned as partners and Soap manufacturers of Three King court, Lombard Street in The Old Bailey
1811George Augustus Frederick becomes Prince Regent
c.1814John Gosnell (I) becomes partnerCSTM
1816Patey, Price & Co., 12, Three King Court, Lombard St.CSTM
1817Patey, Price & Co., Perfumer, 4, Leadenhall St..
1817Patey, Price & GosnellCSTM
1818Partnership dissolved, Price & Gosnell continue togetherCSTM
1818/9The Times (2 Adverts): PRICE and GOSNELL (late Patey, Butts, Price and Gosnell)
by 1818Price & Gosnell become Perfumers to Prince Regent, later George IVCSTM
1819Price & Gosnell, 28 Lombard St and 12, Three King Court
1820Price & Gosnell, Soapmakers and Wholesale Perfumers
Jan. 29th 1820George III dies, Prince Regent becomes George IV
July 19th 1821Coronation of Prince Regent (George IV)
1822Price & Gosnell, Perfumers, 12, Three King Court
1823/28Price & Gosnell (see 1820)
by 1827West-end premises established at 160, Regent St.CSTM
June 26th 1830George IV dies - succeeded by William IV
1830/32Price & Gosnell, 12, Three King Court and 160, Regent St. PERFUMERS TO THE ROYAL FAMILY
Oct. 20th 1832John Gosnell (I) dies - business divided amongst familyCSTM
1834,1836John Gosnell & Co. (late Price & Gosnell), 12, Three King Court and 160, Regent St. PERFUMERS TO THE ROYAL FAMILY
June 20th 1837William IV dies, Victoria accedes to throne
1838Price, Napoleon & Co., Wholesale Perfumers, 28 Lombard St.
1840J. Gosnell & Co. (Wholesale Perfumers and Flower Distillers)
Feb. 10th 1840Queen Victoria marries Albert
1842John Gosnell & Co. (Successors to Price & Gosnell), Perfumers and Soapmakers, BY APPOINTMENT TO HER MAJESTY AND THE ROYAL FAMILY, Regent St. and 12, Three King Court. Sole patentees of Johnstone's Royal Patent Windsor Soap
1850J. Gosnell & Co. (Successors to Price & Gosnell), 68, Upper Thames St., Manufactory, 12, Three King Court and 18 School Lane, Liverpool
1854J. Gosnell & Co. (Succrs to Price & Gosnell), Brush Manufactories, 25, Bury St., St. Mary Axe and 18, School Lane, Liverpool
1858J. Gosnell & Co. (Succrs to Price & Gosnell), Brush Manufactory, 25, Bury St.
1858Price, Napoleon & Co. (Napoleon Price & John Nyon), late Price & Gosnell, 3, George Yard, Lombard St., 22 Cannon St. West, 158, New Bond St., and at Paris and New York
1858John Gosnell, 12, Three King Court, Lombard St., E.C.
1860J. Gosnell & Co., Soap Makers (Succrs to Price & Gosnell), 12, Three King Court, and 25, Bury St., St. Mary Axe
1861Prince Albert dies
Mar. 10th 1863Princess Alexandra of Denmark becomes Princess of Wales
June 20th 1863Napoleon Price Golden Oil advert in The Illustrated London News
1864J. Gosnell & Co. (Succrs to Price & Gosnell),Perfumers and Soap Makers and brush and comb manufacturers, BY APPOINTMENT TO HER MAJESTY AND ROYAL FAMILY, 12, Three King Court, Lombard St., Brush Manufactory, 25, Bury Court, St. Mary Axe and 79 Rue de Richelieu, Paris
1865Three King Court burns down
1879JG & Co. mentioned at 93UTS in Dickens's Dictionary of London
1881?JG & Co. mentioned at 93UTS in Here at the British Library
1884Cherry Tooth Paste "Extra Moist" B&W. introducedCherry Toilet Novelties
1885Brush business sold to G.B. KentCSTM
1898Ltd. company registered at 93, Upper Thames St., E.C.CSTM
1900moved to 211-215 Blackfriars Rd, S.E.CSTM
Jan. 22nd 1901Queen Victoria dies, Albert Edward (Edward VII accedes to throne)
Aug. 9th 1902Coronation of Albert Edward (Edward VII) and Alexandra
Mar. 9th 1908Fire at 211-215 Blackfriars Rd - temporary premises taken at 101, Southwark StreetCSTM
1909211-15, Blackfriars Rd. rebuilt and moved back intoCSTM
May 6th, 1910Edward VII dies, Queen Alexandra becomes Queen Mother
June 22nd, 1911Coronation of George V and Mary
Nov. 20th, 1925Alexandra dies
1933company leaves Blackfriars Rd
1933company acquired by Warner family
????acquired building in Union Street with a wharehouse in Doyce Street
1939-1945move to Lewes, Sussex
>1945return to Doyce St.

Jules Gosnell
Last modified: Sun Mar 4 21:39:15 GMT 2007