Latest archived mark · 2020
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Latest archived mark · 1928
Lea-Francis
Explore full logo history →| What we compare | Norton Motorcycles | Lea-Francis |
|---|---|---|
| Country in archive | United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
| Founded | 1898 | 1895 |
| Founder | James Lansdowne Norton | R. H. Lea and G. I. Francis |
| Headquarters | Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom | Coventry, England, United Kingdom |
| Name origin | The company carries the surname of its founder, James Lansdowne Norton, who set up the business in Birmingham in 1898. The name is a plain founder surname with no other documented meaning. | The company is named after its two founders, Richard Henry Lea and Graham Francis, who started the business in Coventry in 1895. The hyphenated surnames became the brand name. |
| Highlights | Model 16H, Dominator, Manx, Commando | Lea-Francis JAP V-twin |
| Earliest archived brand logo | 1902 | 1928 |
| Latest archived logo | 2020 | 1928 |
| Archived logo assets | 9 | 1 |
Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.
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