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1799 |
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Charles Addis commences practice in Grays Inn, London |
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1838 |
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Charles is joined by John Guy at offices in London and Kingston upon Thames |
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1847 |
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Charles Joseph Smith, who was born in Crawley, is admitted as a solicitor and begins practising at 61 High Street, Reigate |
1855 |
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Founding of Holmesdale Building Society, with which Attersolls maintained close connections for the next 130 years |
1866 |
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Walter Wilkinson joins John Guy to form Guy and Wilkinson. First reference to name Wilkinson |
C J Smith is elected Mayor of Reigate, and re-elected the following 3 years. Reigate's Mayoral chain was first worn by Mr Smith |
1877 |
William Triggs Stevenson Turner born in Guildford |
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1885 |
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C J Smith dies and the practice is continued by his eldest son, Charles Attersoll Smith |
1902 |
Triggs Turner begins to practice in Guildford High Street |
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1905 |
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James Estens joins the practice and the Firm continues as Attersoll Smith & Estens |
1924 |
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Charles Attersoll Smith elected Chairman of Holmesdale Building Society 1924-29 |
1925 |
Winifred Lewis, one of the first six women admitted to the Roll of Solicitors joins Triggs Turner in partnership |
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1929 |
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Charles Attersoll Smith dies
Ronald Musker and Arthur Heaton Toulmin (1910-1994) continue the Firm as Attersoll Smith Musker and Toulmin |
1930 |
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Tuck & Mann founded by Edward Albert Tuck and Sidney Edgar Mann in Maiden Lane, Covent Garden and Ashtead |
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1933 |
Triggs Turner dies |
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1938 |
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Opened offices in Epsom and Leatherhead |
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1946 |
John Brown joins the partnership, and is Senior Partner until his retirement in 1992. |
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Wilkinson & Durham are formed upon amalgamation of Durham & Co, opening an office in Leatherhead |
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1958 |
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Ronald Musker elected Chairman of Holmesdale Building Society 1958-66 |
1962 |
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Graham Faulkner Silverton joins the partnership and the Firm moves from 61 High Street to 20 West Street, Reigate |
1967 |
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Arthur Toulmin elected Chairman of Holmesdale Building Society 1967-82 |
1968 |
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A fourth office, Cranleigh, is opened |
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1970 |
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Giles Maberly joins the Firm and its name is shortened to the more manageable Attersoll Smith |
1977 |
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Michael Jones joins the partnership. |
1983 |
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Office opened in Wimbledon |
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1984 |
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Arthur Hoole elected President of the Law Society |
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1986 |
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G F Silverton retires. The Firm merges with Richard Tyler & Co, and becomes Attersoll Smith and Tyler. Moves to its present offices at 40 West Street, Reigate |
1989 |
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Wilkinson & Durham change their name to Wilkinsons |
The Firm's name is shortened to Attersolls |
1990 |
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Eileen Barry joins the partnership |
1992 |
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Relocated Dorking office and moved to Guildford |
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1997 |
The firm amalgamates with Bartons, a long established Guildford and Woking firm under the name Triggs Turner Bartons |
Humfrey Malins is elected an MP to represent Woking |
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2000 |
Triggs Turner Bartons, Tuck & Mann and Wilkinsons merge
to create TWM Solicitors
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2003 |
Attersolls joins TWM, providing a presence in Reigate |
2003 |
TWM Solicitors becomes a Limited Liability Partnership, one of the first in the area to do so |
2009 |
TWM recognised in The Lawyer Top 200 firms and the second largest based in Surrey |
2010 |
New hub office in Guildford announced |