Cockey Lamp

Cockey Lamps are unique to Frome.

This is taken from the website of the town museum:
Edward Cockey (1781-1860) became a successful iron-founder and in 1816 founded the firm which by 1851 was employing 76 men and boys in the Palmer Street foundry as Edward Cockey & Sons Ltd. In 1886 this became a limited company and in 1893 the work moved to Garston. Thanks to Cockey, Frome had gas street liqhting as early as 1831. The ‘art nouveau’ light standards with their leaf pattern were made by Cockey for gas and later converted to electricity. They are now listed as of architectural importance. In this century Frome Gas Company, founded by Cockey, was taken over by that of Bath and eventually the firm ceased in the 1960’s. The firm wound up voluntarily in April 1960 but its memory remains with bollards, drain covers and lamp standards, many displaying the name.