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Retailers of Tranter Firearms

The retailers listed below are known to have sold Tranter firearms, their markings are noted on various weapons. A number of the retailers have additional information on other pages, follow the links.


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Adams & Co.
9 Finsbury Place, South London. 1870-1880
32 Finsbury Pavement, London 1881-1894
22 Denmark St Soho, London 1897-1899

Adams. Robert, 76 King William St, London. 1858-66

Adams. Walter, King William St, London.

Allport. Henry, Cork, Ireland.

Allport. H. & Sons, Cork, Ireland.

Appleton. Henry M.,  51 London Wall, London. 1869-1872

Army & Navy C.S.L., 105 Victoria St, London. 1871-1900+
For more information on Army Navy CSL click here.

Aston Arms Co. Birmingham

Baker. Fredrick Thomas.,
Business at Fleet St commenced in 1851 under the name of Thomas Kinslake Baker
88 Fleet St, London. 1858-1881
88 Fleet St & 21 Cockspur St 1882-1898.
88 Fleet St & 29 Glasshouse St 1899-1900.

Bargery. T.

Barnes. Frederic & Co.
3 Union Row & 109 Frenchchurch St & 67 Minories, London 1851-1856
109 Frenchchurch St, London 1857-1900+

Barratt. William Butler
48 High St, Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire, England.. 1849-54

Barratt & Son, 48 High St, Burton-On-Trent, 1857-70

Beatie. Jas, 205 Regent St, London. 1851-1865 (1850-1864?)

Beattie. Jas. & Sons, London. 1865-1878

Beattie. Jas. & Co, 104 Queen Victoria St. 1881-1894

Beckwith. Henry,
33 Fieldgate St 1858-1863
33 Fieldgate St & 58 Skinner St 1864-1965
58 Skinner St 1866-1868

Bentley & Playfair. Birmingham, England. 1846-1900+
20 High Holborn 1885-1889
9 New Broad St 1891-1892
60 Queen Victoria St 1893-1900 (London office)
For more information on Bentley & Playfair click here.

Betts. Alfred.

Blake J. A. London.

Blake. J & Co. London.

Blakemore & Son. England. (may be Blackmore)
V & R Blakemore. 46 Leadenhall St 1867-1874
 8 Lime St 1875-1897

Blanch
In 1826 John Blanch moved to 26 Gracechurch Street London. His third son William was apprenticed to him and joined the firm in 1848 as John Blanch and Son, they remained at Gracrchurch Street until circa 1914.

Blanch & Son. 29 Gracechurch St, London.

Blanch. London.

Blanch. J & Son, Greenwich St, London.

Blanch. John & Son, Gracechurch St, London. 1850-1900

Blanch. J. & Co, Gracechurch St, London.

Blanch. J. & Sons, Gracechurch St, London.

Bland. T. & Son, Gracechurch St, London.

Blissett. John,
322 High Holborn, London. 1857-1866
321 & 322 High Holborn 1850-1856

Blissett. John & Son,
322 High Holborn, London. 1867-1875
98 High Holborn 1876-1877

Blissett. John, Son & Tomes, High Holborn, London. 1878-1883

Blissett. Thomas,
South Castle St, Liverpool, Eng. 1835-1870
16 Water Lane, London 1864
47 Whittall St, Birmingham.

Bollinger. E.J., Lachlan Armoury, Forbes N.S.W. 1885-1890

Bond. Edward & William, 142 (42?) Leaden Hall St, London. & Hooper Square 1856-1860
45 Cornhill & Hooper Square 1850-1855
4 Northumberland Alley & Frenchchurch St 1871-79

Boss & Co, 73 St James St, London. 1850-1859

Boss. Thomas & Co, 73 St James St, London. 1860-1900

Boswell. C. Edmonton. N. London.

Braendlin Armoury. Birmingham.

Braddell. J. & Son. Belfast, Ireland

Calderwood & Son. North Earl St, Dublin, Ire. -1896
 
Challener. Henry, 49 York St, Sydney 1853-1855
9 King St, Sydney 1855-circa 1859
61 King St West, Sydney. NSW. circa 1859-1869
59 King St, Sydney 1870-1875
For more information on Challener click here.

Chenshaw. 2 George St, High St. Oxford, England.

Clarke. F.H. & Co, Memphis Tennessee, America.
Memphis was a Confederate arsenal depot supplying troops up and down the Mississippee before it fell to the Union in 1862.

Clayton. Alfred, High St, Southhampton.

Clayton. J, High St, Southhampton, Eng. 1855-1869
 
Cogswell & Harrison Ltd, 226 Strand & 142 New Bond St, London 1882-1894
226 Strand & New Bond St & 29a Gillingham St 1895-1900

Cogswell & Harrison, 223 & 224 Strand, London. 1863-1879
Strand & 142 New Bond St 1880-1881

Cogswell. B., 224 Strand. London. 1845-1862
For more information on Cogswell click here.

Collins. T., London.

Conway. T., 15 Blackfriars St. Manchester. 1850-1870
 
Cook & Son. 80 New St. Birmingham.

Cowles. C., Sydney N.S.W. 1864-1885
96 Market St, Sydney 1864-1866
205 Pitt St, Sydney. 1867-1876
411 George St, Sydney. 1877-1879
407/411 George St, Sydney. 1880
407 George St, Sydney. 1881-1885
For more information on Cowles click here.

 
Crane. J.H., 3 Royal Exchange, London. 1867-1877
2 Castle Court & Birchin Lane 1866
6 St Swithins Lane 1878-1879
 
Crane. J.H., 5 Royal Exchange, London. 1866-1879

Cripps. W.J.

Deane Adams & Deane. 30 King William St, London Bridge. & 1 New Western St & Tooley St 1854-1855
30 King William St & 2 New Western St 1856-1857
 
Deane. George and John, 30 King William St 1850-1851
 
Deane & Co. 30 King William St & 1 Maze & Tooley St 1852-1853
 
Deane & Son. 30 King William St, London Bridge. 1858-1872
 
Dobbie. A. & J., Gowler Place, Adelaide S.A. (also marked A. & G.)
 
Dooley. Wm, Raneleigh St, Liverpool. (No. 11), Eng. 1843-1857
 
Dougall. J.D.
59 St James St, London.
Glasgow

Eakins. W.E. & Co, Adelaide S.A. 1882-1900+
 
Edge. JohnWilliam
15 Blackfriars, Manchester 1849-51
24 Ridgefield St, Manchester 1851
Russell St, Manchester 1854
43 Percy St, Manchester 1857-64

Edwards. W. & Son, Devonport & Plymouth.

Egan. R. Bradford
 
Egg. Henry W., 1 Piccadilly, London. 1851-1880
 
Fisher. Charles, 8 Princes St, Leichester Square, London. 1826-1877

Fletcher. Thomas, Gloucester. (161 Westgate St.), Eng. 1841-1859
 
Fraser. H. & J., 4 Leith St Terrace, Edinburgh. 1874-1900+
 
Garden & Son.
Army accoutrement makers and gun suppliers
29 Piccadilly, London
200 Piccadilly, London. 1852?-1886
 
Garden. Robert Spring, 29 Piccadilly, London. 1864-1877
200 Piccadilly 1861-1863, 1887-1891
 
Garside. B.T., Edward St, Brisbane. Australia 1863-
For more information on Garside click here.

Gates. Frederick, 4 Market Head, Derby, Eng. 1863-1869
 
Gates. F., 14 London Rd, Derby, Eng. 1863-1869

Gibbs. G., 20 Clarke St, Bristol.

Gibson. James M. Grahamstown, S. Africa.

Golden. Chas, Barford, (Bradford) Eng. circa 1864
 
Grant. Stephen, 67A St James St, London. 1867-1888
 
Griffiths & Worsley, 2 St Mary's Gate, Manchester. 1862-1869
 
Griffiths. William, 70 Bridge St. Manchester. 1874-1899
 
Grindlay & Co., 63 Cornhill, London.
 
Griswold. A.B., New Orleans.
 
Griswold. A.B. and Co., New Orleans.

Griswold. Thomas and Co. Cnr Canal & Royal Sts. New Orleans. 1861-
In August 1861 the firm of Hyde & Goodrich was dissolved and the firm continued under the above name.

Guion. T.F., New Orleans.
 
Gulliver & Goldthorpe. Barnsley.

Harding. London.

Harkom. Joseph. 32 Princess St. Edinburgh.

Hawkes & Co. 19 Piccadilly. London.

Hayton. John, Grahams Town.

Henry. Alexander. 12 South St Andrew St.Edinburgh.

Hobson & Co. London.

Hoffman. Louis. Vicksburg Miss.

Holland and & Holland., 98 New Bond St, London. 1876-1898
 
Holland. Harris John., 98 New Bond St. London. 1859-1876
9 King St, Holborn 1850-1858
 
Hollis & Sheath., London/Birmingham.
10/11 Weaman Row, Birmingham 1849-50
Weaman Row and 49 Whittall St, Birmingham 1851-53
5-11 Weaman Row, birmingham 1853-61
 
Hollis & Son. London.
 
Hollis. Isac. & Sons, makers to Her Majesty's War Department.
44a Cannon St 1870-1871
83 Cheapside 1872-1875
& Son Ltd. 1876-1878
6 Great Winchester St 1879-1891
26 Billiter Buildings 1892-1899
101 Leadenhall St 1900
 
Hyde & Goodrich., New Orleans. Agents for the United States South. 1853-1861
15 Chartres, New Orleans.
Principals were William M. Goodrich, A.L. Hyde, Thomas Griswold Jnr, A.B. Griswold. Partnership dissolved in August 1861 with the withdrawl of Hyde and the firm continued as Thomas Griswold & Co.

Jackson Bros. Castle St. Liverpool.

Jackson. Thomas, 29 Edward St, Portman Sq. London. 1840-1869
89 Wigmore St 1870-1872
 
Jeffery. W.J. & Co., 60 Queen Victoria St, London. app1886-1890
 
Jeffery. W. & Son, 12 George St, Plymouth, Eng. circa 1865, circa 1900
 
Jones. Robert.
60 Dale St, Liverpool, Eng. 1826-1869
3 Great Howard St, Liverpool.
 
Kernaghen. D. & Co., New Orleans.
 
Kerr & Co, King William St, London Bridge. 1870-1883
 
Kerr. Jas & Co London Armoury, 54 King William St, London. 1870-1883
 
King. W.I.

Kynoch Gun Factory. Aston., Eng. 1885-
 
Lancaster. Charles, 151 New Bond ST, London. 1826-1900+
 
Lane. Leamington, Warwichshire, Eng
Thomas, 1 Tavistock St, 1850-60
John, 1 tavistock St, 1865-70

Lassetter. F. and Co., 421 George St, Sydney. Aust.
For more information on Lassetter click here.

Leech. Willm, Chelmsford, England.

Lees. R., Perth.
 
Lefaure. E. Paris.

Lewis & Thomes. London.

London Armoury Company. England 1856-1900+
 
Lowe. Wm, Northgate St, Chester, Eng. 1847-1869
 
McGlinn. J., 124 York St, Sydney. Aust.
For more information on McGlinn click here.

Maleham. E, 5 West Bar, Sheffield, Eng.
 
Manton & Co. Makers., London & Calcutta. 1825-1900+
 
Marquis. Francis, 4 Boulequart des Italious, Paris.
 
Maybury. Charles. & Son., 15 St.Marys Sq, Birmingham. 1837-1886
 
Michael. 112 Bath St, Bristol.

Monks. W.H., Chester

Moore & Woodward. 64 St James St, London. 1843-1972
 
Moore. Wm. & Grey., 43 Old Bond St, London. 1854-1893

Mortimer. Edinburgh.
 
Mortimer. H.H., Bush Lane, London.
 
Mumby. William.C., Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. 1857-1893
Commercial Chambers, Ballarat. 1857-1866
30 Sturt St, Ballarat. 1875-82
Elizabeth St, Brisbane, Queensland. 1892-93
 
Murcott. Theophilus, 68 Haymarket, London. 1861-1878

Murray. T. W. 39 Patrick St, Cork. Ireland.
 
Needham. Joseph V., New St, Birmingham. 1861-1886
 
Needler. William, 27 Silver St, Hull, Eng. 1843-1895
59 Queens St, Hull 1855 only
 
Nephew. Charles & Co., Calcutta.
 
Newton. King St, Manchester. 1861-1880
 
Nixon and Lawton. Newark, Eng. app1870-1880
 
Nock. Saml. 116 Jermyn St. London.

Norfolk. Bury St. Edmunds.

Norton. W.H, 249 Strand, London.
 
Osborne. Chas. Whittall St, Birmingham. 1854-circa 1900

Parker, Field & Sons. 233 (223?) High Holborn, London. 1841-1876
For more information on Parker, Field click here.
 
Parson. William. Swaffenham.

Patstone. John. High St, Southampton.

Perrins & Son. Worchester.

Phillips. George. Military Outfitters, 107 Union St, Plymouth.

Powell. Owen, 66 Market Place, Sheffield. Eng. 1847-1862
 
Powell. Wm. & Son., Eng. app1820-1900+
13 Carrs Lane Birmingham 1884-1900
 
Prichard. W. & Son. London and Birmingham.
 
Pritchett & Son. London. 1851-1855
 
Purdey. Jas, 314.5 Oxford St, London. 1850-1978
 
Purdy. James, 514 Oxford Street, London.
 
Radcliffe. Thos W. Columbia South Carolina. USA

Reeves. Charles & Co. 8 Air St, Piccadilly, London. 1859-1863
 
Reid. A. & Co Lim'd Importers, Aust.

Reid. H. A.
 
Reilly. New Oxford St, London.
 
Reilly. E.M. & Co, 502 New Oxford St, London. 1851-1857
315 Oxford St, London. -1881
277 Oxford St, London. 1900+
For more information on Reilly click here. 
 
Rennette. Gastine. Arq De L Emperuer A Paris.

Richards. Henry, Old Hall St, Liverpool, Eng. -1895
Son of William

Richards. William, 51 Old Hall St, Liverpool, Eng.
 
Richards. William, 54 Queen St, Melbourne, Aust. 1853-1855
42 Queen St, Melbourne. 1856
105 Bourke St, Melbourne. 1861-1866
59 Elizabeth St, Melbourne. 1866-circa1885
For more information on Richards click here

Richardson. T. & Sons, Patrick St. Cork, Ire.

Rigby. Dublin. 1835-1897
 
Rigby & Co. London. 1866-1900+
 
Rigby. Jno. & Co, 24 Suffolk St, Dublin.
 
Rigby. Jno. & Co, St James St, London. 1867-1893
 
Rigby. Wm. & Jn., 64 Suffolk St, Dublin. -1897
 
Rigg. James, Chester, Eng.
 
Rodda. R.B., Birmingham and Calcutta. 1847-1900+
 
Rosier. James W, 140 Brunswick St, Melbourne. 1850-1864
32 Little Collins St, east, Melbourne. 1866
45 Little Collins St, Melbourne. 1867
43 Little Collins St, Melbourne. 1868-1870
66 Elizabeth St, Melbourne. 1870-1888
63 Bourke St, Melbourne.1888
432 Bourke St, Melbourne. 1889-1900+
For more information on Rosier click here.
 
Rowntree. W., Barnard Castle.

R.W.S. Riley Eagle Gun Works. 63 Bishopgate, St Swivens, London. 1878-1887
 
Samson. Liverpool, Eng. 1836-1860
 
Shaw. Wm, Birmingham.

Silver. S.W. & Co. Cornhill, London.
 
Smith. F.L. & Co., London.
 
Squires. James, 14 New Castle St. London. 1860-1867
 
Thomson. Alex. R. & Son.
16 Union Place, Edinburgh. 1833-1869
95 Princess St, Edinburgh. 1869-77
3 Hanover St, Edinburgh. 1877-81

Tisdall. W.H.,
Ct5 Steelhouse lane, Birmingham 1863-67
40 Digby St, Birmingham 1868-1873
47 Whittall St, Birmingham. 1874-1892
18 sand St, Birmingham 1893-1900
 
Tolley. J. & W. Gunmakers,
21 St Marys Sq., Birmingham. 1859-1878
Loveday St, Birmingham 1878-1900+
 
Tranter Brothers.
18 Sand St, Birmingham 1897- 1914+
132 Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham.

Tranter. Thomas M. 16 Weaman St, Birmingham c1890-1897

Tranter. Walter. 31.5 Whittall St, Birmingham 1896-1897

Trulock Brothers. 11 Essex Bridge, Dublin.
 
Trulock & Harris, 9 Dawson St, Dublin. 1858-1862
 
Turner. Thos, 8 Fisher St, Birmingham. 1838-1890
 
Vaughn & Co. 39 Strand. London.

Veisey. James. and Son., 105 Moor St, Birmingham circa 1868
 
Venables. John. & Son., Oxford, Eng. 1863-1868
 
Venables. J. & Son, St Aldates, London. circa 1868
 
Vincent. H. & J., 59 Collins St, Melbourne. 1861-1862
 
Wallis. W. 116 Jermyn St. London.

Walsh Dunne & Co. Melbourne.
 
Watson Bros.
Pall Mall, London. 1885-1900+ 
7 Bury St, St James, London. 1900+ 
Old Bond St, London. circa 1895
 
Watson. Thomas W., 4 Pall Mall, London. 1875-1885

Watson. W. & Son, 313 High Holborn, London. 1868-1881
 
Watson. W. & Sons, 308 & 313 High Holborn, London. 1882-1885?
 
Webb. G.W., 19 High St. Oxford. 1862-1869
 
Westly Richards. New Bond St, London. 1815-1896
 
Whistler. Edward, 11 Strand, London. 1844-1875
 
Whistler. Edward. & Co, 11 Strand, London. 1876-1900+
Was in business until after 1914-18 war

Whitfield. George, West King St, Sydney. 1834-1843
85 King St, Sydney. 1844-1845
83 King St, Sydney. 1846-1851
6 King St, Sydney. 1855
3 King st, Sydney. 1857
Cannon House, 69 King St, Sydney. 1858-1864
For more information on Whitfield click here.

 
Wilkinson & Son. Pall Mall, London. 1830 1891
 
Wilkinson. 27 Pall Mall, London.
 
Williams. Thos, South Castle St, Liverpool, Eng.
 
Witton. D.W. 21 St Helens. London.

Witton Bros. 21 Great St Helans. London. 1857-1863

Wood. Worcester, Eng. 1859-1868
 
Woodward. C. St James St. London.

Yoemans. Horace, 35 Upper East Smithfield, London. 1866-1870

York House. Regent St London.