While I can't be sure until the paint is stripped, at a glance, my Gillott appears to be of fine quality although it is in serious need of a repaint.
Ken Denny says that my frame (#7100) is probably an Edwardes Gillott (it certainly has the block-letter logo that were predominant in the Edwardes era):
I believe it is a 1971 frame. It is actually a pretty nice bike, considering that it is not a "real" Gillott, but an Edwardes Gillott.
Your bike has Nervex "I" lugs and Allez fork crown (Cinelli style)both top shelf framebuilding components of the time. These components represent, to me, the departure of ornateness, with a preference towards the Italian influences of the time, that the entire world of framebuilding could not resist.
He also believes that:
The nicest Gillotts, in my opinion, are the early ones from 47-52. These used the high tolerance Oscar Egg spear-point lugs, and wonderful sweeping fork blades, on both oval and round. At this time they also produced framesets of tapered tubesets with "British Made" bottom bracket sets.
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> From: brucerobbins@supanet.com
> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 21:13:57 +0000
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]Some more Gillott snippets
>
>
> In answer to a couple of queries, it seems Mr Carrington the framebuilder was
> not the most reasonable of men and a bit difficult to get along with.
>
> He apparently didn't want to pass any company info to the new owners for two
> reasons: that the heirs to the AS Gillott estate (Mr Gillott's sisters)
> prohibited it and Mr Carrington felt that the Gillott designs would be lacking
> in integrity if he no longer had a hand in the operation and quality control.
>
> He, therefore, did not want the same frame designs, serial numbers, etc,
> passed on but believed that the new owners should start from scratch.
>
> Consequently, it is apparently quite easy to spot quality differences betweena
> newer, post Edwardes Gillotts and an original.
>
> I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the frame I'm after at the moment has
> never been near anyone called Edwardes...
>
> Bruce