field hockey founded 1870 headquarters chelmsford essex united kingdom area served united kingdom australia india new zealand south africa etc products sporting equipments website 1 warsop stebbing is a british sports equipment company specialising in cricket equipment . the company is based in central essex still the main source of timber for bats around the world today . 1 history edit the company was founded in 1870 by benjamin warsop the warsop family has been hand making cricket bats since 1870 and have passed the craft down through the generations . it all began with benjamin warsop who moved from nottingham to london to set up his cricket bat workshop in st johns wood a stones though from lords cricket ground . along with the help of his four sons ; alfred arthur frank and walter . in the mid 1980s the company diversified into manufacturing the full range of cricket equipment including cricket balls clothing footwear and protective equipment . warsop stebbing bats have been endorsed by numerous essex ccc players including mark pettini graham napier and james foster . ravi bopara who has played test cricket and odis for england has also used ws bats . citation needed references edit custon cricket bats ccb 20 january 2007 . watts robert mcc s silly point the daily telegraph 4 march 2006 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title warsop stebbing & oldid 721007157 categories companies established in 1870cricket equipment manufacturers1870 establishments in englandhidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from january 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 may 2016 at 07 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view