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@clubman
This looks to me like a London built frame. If it is an Evans it will probably have an oiler for the right hand BB cup. Also I think that at this time (thirties) Evans frames had a four digit frame no.
You will notice that the Evans frame shown above has completely different front forks from the unknown frame, which has ‘Russ’ style forks. It’s only a guess, but see how your frame no. matches up with Claud Butler for that period. They certainly used Russ type forks.
**Williams Chainsets **
Absolutely fine for everyday use, and many time trials must have been won on them. If the cranks are the right length for you, they should give you decades of good service. Yours is a ‘C34’ model, probably the commonest, so there are plenty of spare chainrings around even today. I might be able to help if you’re stuck with this. I can’t see what the pedals are, but the crank threads are standard. The same goes for the BB cups and spindles.
Wheels
I expect you’ve already realised this, but if the rims in your machine a 26” x 1.25”, you will find that 700c rims will be a good fit and be much more practical.
Finish
It’s not easy to say what’s best here. If shot blasting is necessary, rechroming usually doesn’t come out very well because of the difficulty of polishing out the rough finish left by the blasting. Personally, I’d go for the oily rag method: just call it ‘patina’.
Although this machine must be coming up for its eightieth birthday I would expect it to be a very rideable bike. Good luck with it!