Adrian Albinson, our firm historian, has been able to trace our origins in Warrington back as far as 1758!

Names and places of Business

     1758         Richard Topping                           Sankey Street

     1763         Roger Topping                              Sankey Street

     1804         John Ashton                                 Sankey Street

     1831         Moved to                                      4 Academy Place

     1873         Ashton & Woods                           4 Academy Place

     1890         Moved to                                      55 Horsemarket Street

     1899         Woods & Son                               55 Horsemarket Street

     1921         Herbert Woods and Bostock          23 Bold Street

     1951         Moved to                                      20 Bold Street

     1974         Albinson Napier & Co                    20 Bold Street

Mr Herbert Woods was known as the town’s oldest solicitor in practise, doing so for 52 years and died at the ripe old age of 74.