A Gazetteer of Lock and Key Makers

Jim Evans

this gazetteer is copyright Jim Evans, 2002

OAKDEN & SONS LTD.  86-90 CURTAIN ROAD,  LONDON EC2

In the 1930s to the 1960s Oakden and Sons Limited were probably the second biggest distributor of locks and keys etc. after Willen Key Company Limited. From the 1970s the business went into decline and eventually closed in July 2000.

JOSEPH OAKLEY, THE SQUARE, WILLENHALL

From Melville & Company's 1851 Wolverhampton Directory.