Our Heritage
The heritage and history of TWM Solicitors can be traced back over 200 years.
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Triggs Turner & Triggs Turner Bartons | Tuck & Mann | Wilkinsons | Attersolls |
| 1799 | Charles Addis commences practice in Grays Inn, London | |||
| 1838 | Charles is joined by John Guy at offices in London and Kingston upon Thames | |||
| 1847 | Charles Joseph Smith, who was born in Crawley, is admitted as a solicitor and begins practising at 61 High Street, Reigate | |||
| 1855 | Founding of Holmesdale Building Society, with which Attersolls maintained close connections for the next 130 years | |||
| 1866 | 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 | |||
| 1885 | 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 | |||
| 1905 | James Estens joins the practice and the Firm continues as Attersoll Smith & Estens | |||
| 1924 | 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 | |||
| 1929 | Charles Attersoll Smith dies Ronald Musker and Arthur Heaton Toulmin (1910-1994) continue the Firm as Attersoll Smith Musker and Toulmin |
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| 1930 | Tuck & Mann founded by Edward Albert Tuck and Sidney Edgar Mann in Maiden Lane, Covent Garden and Ashtead | |||
| 1933 | Triggs Turner dies | |||
| 1938 | Opened offices in Epsom and Leatherhead | |||
| 1946 | John Brown joins the partnership, and is Senior Partner until his retirement in 1992. | Wilkinson & Durham are formed upon amalgamation of Durham & Co, opening an office in Leatherhead | ||
| 1958 | Ronald Musker elected Chairman of Holmesdale Building Society 1958-66 | |||
| 1962 | Graham Faulkner Silverton joins the partnership and the Firm moves from 61 High Street to 20 West Street, Reigate | |||
| 1967 | Arthur Toulmin elected Chairman of Holmesdale Building Society 1967-82 | |||
| 1968 | A fourth office, Cranleigh, is opened | |||
| 1970 | Giles Maberly joins the Firm and its name is shortened to the more manageable Attersoll Smith | |||
| 1977 | Michael Jones joins the partnership. | |||
| 1983 | Office opened in Wimbledon | |||
| 1984 | Arthur Hoole elected President of the Law Society | |||
| 1986 | 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 | Wilkinson & Durham change their name to Wilkinsons | The Firm's name is shortened to Attersolls | ||
| 1990 | Eileen Barry joins the partnership | |||
| 1992 | Relocated Dorking office and moved to Guildford | |||
| 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 | ||
| 2000 |
Triggs Turner Bartons, Tuck & Mann and Wilkinsons merge |
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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 | |||
| 2011 | TWM Solicitors moves to new hub office at 65 Woodbridge Road, Guildford | |||
| 2012 | April - Dawson Mason & Carr joins with TWM followed by Wheltons in July | |||
| 2014 |
Guildford-based Wright & Wright Solicitors joins with TWM adding strength in commercial and residential property |
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| 2015 |
TWM Solicitors opens its eighth office. Located in Chelsea, London at Michelin House, 81 Fulham Road, SW3 6RD |
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| 2016 |
TWM join with Jacobsen & Co, adding a strong residential presence in Fulham. |
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| 2017 |
TWM Fulham expands presence with two additional offices at Stephendale Yard, Fulham. |
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