The founder of the business, John Gibbs was born in Chalfont, Bucks in 1792. He began his working life in Cowley, Middlesex and then in 1844 he started his own business in Bedfont as a wheelwright and blacksmith. It is likely that he chose this area to start a business of this type due to the large number of vegetable and fruit growers who needed transport to take their produce to the London markets.
