1727 GEORGE II CROWNED KING

1750 JAMES EGGINTON FOUNDED A FERRULE MAKING BUSINESS IN SHEFFIELD

1760 GEORGE III CROWNED KING

1786 JAMES EGGINTON II BORN

1820 GEORGE IV CROWNED KING

1830 WILLIAM IV CROWNED KING

1833 JAMES EGGINTON, BRASS TURNER, 35 MEADOW STREET

1837 VICTORIA CROWNED QUEEN

1841 JAMES & WM.EGGINTON, BRASS TURNERS, INKSTAND & SILVER CAP & FERRULE MAKERS, 34 HOLLIS CROFT

1843 WILLIAM YATES BORN TO WILLIAM AND AMELIA ( NEE EGGINTON)

1868 WM. & JOHN EGGINGTON, 75 BROAD LANE

1876 WILLIAM YATES BOUGHT 217-219 ROCKINGHAM STREET

1878 W.Y. HALLMARK REGISTERED AT SHEFFIELD ASSAY OFFICE

1889 HAROLD YATES, THE 11TH OF 12 CHILDREN, BORN TO WILLIAM YATES

1901 EDWARD VII CROWNED KING

1910 GEORGE V CROWNED KING

1912 HAROLD YATES JOINED THE COMPANY

1913 WILLIAM YATES DIED

1919 WILLIAM RODNEY YATES BORN (HAROLD' S SON)

1936 EDWARD VIII CROWNED AND ABDICATED

1936 GEORGE VI CROWNED KING

1949 WILLIAM RODNEY YATES JOINED HIS FATHER IN THE BUSINESS

1950 GRAHAM WILLIAM YATES BORN (WILLIAM'S SON)

1952 ELIZABETH II BECAME QUEEN

1961 HAROLD YATES DIED

1962 WILLIAM YATES BECAME INCORPORATED

1963 WM YATES LTD. MOVED TO CHALLENGE WORKS, 94-96 ARUNDEL STREET

1970 GRAHAM WILLIAM YATES JOINED THE COMPANY

1996 WILLIAM RODNEY YATES RETIRED

2000 CELEBRATING 250 YEARS CONTINUOUS OWNERSHIP AND PRODUCTION