Hamish it's Walker Bampton, in their day they were considered to be better tackle makers than Hardy, to have a Walker Bampton rod was something to aspire to, they were in Alnwick on the left just past the town gate going toward the castle, your Uniqa looks to be a really early one,as the later one i had had the Telephone catch for the reel release
, there were a couple of other rodmakers round Alnwick, who were reckoned to make rods every bit as good as Hardys but you had to wait whereas you could get a Hardys rod off the shelf as it were, I am restoring one of those little brass pirns, it has no name but is a well made little reel, easgach 1