Henry Street
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 12:13 pm
Henry Street St James Bermondsey
Has anyone been watching the TV Series Hatfields and McCoys about a feud beween two families, that took place in the USA between (1863 and 1891 )
It opens with the American Civil War taking place - but what has this to do with Bermondsey you may ask?
Well it would seem the London Armoury Co of Henry Street Bermondsey, was a major arms supplier to this war, and shipped some 70,00 rifles and 7000 revolvers to the Confederacy during the period although there is no record of how many got through the Union blockade. The South did not have any money to pay for the weapons so they paid in "Cotton Bonds" to be redeeemed after the war was over, but as the Confederacy lost the war the bonds were worthless.
In fact the London Armoury weapon was considerd to be the best weapon at the time
This led to The London Armoury Company going into liquidation although most of the gunsmiths moved to north London and the London Small Arms Company.
Records show that the London Armoury Compnay were based in sheds at the Bricklayers Arms goods yard. But the recorded address is given as Henry Street Bermondsey.
Does anybody know of Henry Street Bermondsey or anything about it.
So Bermondsey and its history reached over the pond to the American Civil War
Picture 1 Shows 1862 Brand Mark on the stock of a rifle London Armoury Bermondsey
Picure 2 London Armoury 1858
Picture 3 Henry Street 1985
Has anyone been watching the TV Series Hatfields and McCoys about a feud beween two families, that took place in the USA between (1863 and 1891 )
It opens with the American Civil War taking place - but what has this to do with Bermondsey you may ask?
Well it would seem the London Armoury Co of Henry Street Bermondsey, was a major arms supplier to this war, and shipped some 70,00 rifles and 7000 revolvers to the Confederacy during the period although there is no record of how many got through the Union blockade. The South did not have any money to pay for the weapons so they paid in "Cotton Bonds" to be redeeemed after the war was over, but as the Confederacy lost the war the bonds were worthless.
In fact the London Armoury weapon was considerd to be the best weapon at the time
This led to The London Armoury Company going into liquidation although most of the gunsmiths moved to north London and the London Small Arms Company.
Records show that the London Armoury Compnay were based in sheds at the Bricklayers Arms goods yard. But the recorded address is given as Henry Street Bermondsey.
Does anybody know of Henry Street Bermondsey or anything about it.
So Bermondsey and its history reached over the pond to the American Civil War
Picture 1 Shows 1862 Brand Mark on the stock of a rifle London Armoury Bermondsey
Picure 2 London Armoury 1858
Picture 3 Henry Street 1985