14/03/2025
We have been celebrating a very special 140 years of Davey over the past month! In February 1885 Arthur Christopher Davey began a venture that throughout the 20th century evolved into a culture in the manufacture and supply of marine equipment.
From humble beginnings in Leadenhall Street, the company soon moved to its famous address at 88, West India Dock Road, London E 14, where it successfully traded for over 100 years. As one of the UK’s oldest marine companies, it is fitting that we are now based in Britain’s oldest recorded town of Colchester
Now in 2025 we still have an onsite Engineering department who make and assemble items from our history, using modern techniques, yet preserving the patterns and craftsmanship of the past.
Some of our artefacts go all the way back to Davey & Co’s beginnings in 1885. They are archived in wooden chests ,old oil navigation lamps ,cleats, boathooks, shackles, mast hoops, rowlocks, fairleads, and lots of old chandlery dating all the way back to the late 19th century. There is even a set of old printing blocks, hand-engraved with beautiful images of wooden blocks and everything else that used to appear in the well-known Davey catalogue.
What is your best memory of Davey? Let us know!
Want to know more about us? Please visit our website - www.davey.co.uk
