Catalogue description Records of Messrs. Lintott and Co., walking-stick makers of Witley, co. Surrey

"Growing Walking Sticks", Country Life, vol. 12, p.168 (1902).

"A Walking Stick Factory", Sussex County Magazine, vol. 12, pp.638-640. J.R.P. Postlethwaite (1938).

"Serving the World with Walking Sticks", Secret Sussex, p.45 by Hardiman Scott (1949).

Deposited by the Weald and Downland Museum, Singleton, 30 December 1974.

Mr. Leonard Lintott of Downland, Petworth, originally a wood-cutter, founded his walking-stick business in 1858. He began by sending cut chestnut and ash to other manufacturers and later made walking-sticks himself, and, with the help of his sons James (Jas), Henry, Thomas and Geoffrey, the business and subsequent partnership thrived.

The Lintotts bought the cutting rights of local woods and had their own plantations, the wood from which was made not only into walking-sticks, but also shepherds' crooks, scout poles, umbrella handles, hockey sticks and army officers' sticks.

The business lasted approximately one hundred years.