Cast
iron gully grate (gutter grate) marked KNIGHT & Co, EASTBOURNE.
Worn condition, so I am glad I photographed it before it deteriorated further.
I have taken just a selection of directory entries from 1910 back to 1886 to give an idea of the different trades the firm was involved in spanning that period.
1909-10 Pike’s Blue Book page 411 Electricians, Electro-Platers, Engineers & Millwrights: Knight & Co., 36 Terminus Road and 15 Langney Road. Page 422 Ironmongers & Hardware Dealers: Knight, T & Co., 36 Terminus Road and Tideswell Road.
1905-06 Pike’s Blue Book page 347 Electricians and page 348 Engineers & Millwrights: Knight, T & Co., 36 Terminus Road and 15 Langney Road.
1903 Gowland’s page 311 Gas Fitters & Hot Water Fitters: Knight, T & Co., 36 Terminus Road.
1895 Gowland’s page 279 Engineers: Knight & Co., 8, Langney Road.
1893 Gowland’s page 258 Gas Fitters & Hot Water Fitters: Knight, T., & Co., 36 Terminus Road.
1886 Gowland’s page 207 Ironmongers and page 203 Gasfitters & Plumbers: Knight, T., & Co., 36 Terminus Road.

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