Roads | Mitcham History Notes

261 Church Road

Aircraft component manufacturer.

From:
Flight Magazine
29th November, 1917
Page 1268

New Companies Registered

AZ-NU Engineering Co. Ltd.
261 Church Road, Mitcham

Capital £12,000, in 10,000 preference and 2,000 ordinary shares of £1 each. Metal workers, manufacturers of aircraft and component parts, &c. First directors: C. Baynes, A. E. Heath, C. I. S. Fouracres and A. Greenless.

In the 1918 Directory of Manufacturers in Engineering and Allied Trades on Grace’s Guide, Baynes & Partners, Ltd. is listed as (late Aznu Engineering Co.), at 261, Church Road, Mitcham, Surrey. Phone : 1551. T /A : Radsparks, Mitcham.

In a Mitcham Urban District Council meeting of 27th November, 1917, the company’s application to keep its petroleum licence was approved. The company was referred to as previously London Sheet Metal Works.

Minutes of meetings held by the Mitcham Urban District Council are available on request from the Merton Heritage and Local Studies Centre at Morden Library.

Universal Tools Works
Tramway Path

Tool & Jig Maker

The factory opened in 1940, and can be seen in this aerial photo from May 1946.

Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland

Made parts for De Havilland Mosquito during WW2, see Grace’s Guide to British Industrial History.

1/8/1940 Flight Magazine

UNIVERSAL TOOLS, Ltd., have now equipped their new factory with large range of presses up to 75 tons; having own tool room. Prompt deliveries can be effected of pressings, assemblies, etc., also electric welding; A.I.D. approved; over 30 years’ experience with difficult problems.— Universal Tools, Ltd., Tramway Path, Mitcham. ‘Phone: Mitcham 2634.