Title
RANSOMES SIMS & JEFFERIES LTD (Fifth Deposit)
Reference
TR 5RAN
Production date
1871 - 1976
Creator
Creator History
Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, engineers of Orwell Works, Ipswich were a major British agricultural machinery maker. (https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Ransomes,_Sims_and_Jefferies)
Located at Nacton, Ipswich, Suffolk.
The firm adopted various styles while in business at Ipswich. The following list indicates their dates of adoption and the abbreviations used in the catalogue:
1789 RR Robert Ransome
1809 RSn Ransome & Son
1818 RSs Ransome & Sons
1825 JRR J. & R. Ransome
1830 JRAR J. R. & A. Ransome
1846 RM Ransome & May
1852 RS Ransome & Sims
1869 RSH Ransome, Sims & Head
1881 RHJ Ransome, Head & Jefferies
1884 RSJ Ransome, Sims & Jefferies Ltd. (1884 Private Limited Company)
(1911 Public Limited Company)
Prior to 1789 Robert Ransome was in business at Norwich trading under the following styles:
1774 Robert Ransome
1784 Ransome & Co.
Scope and Content
Fifth deposit of records Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies
Extent
12 series
Level of description
fonds
Content Subject
System of arrangment
TR 5RAN/AC1/1-7 Ledgers
TR 5RAN/AC6/1-16 Analysis
TR 5RAN/AC7/1-33 Financial statements
TR 5RAN/AD4/1 Valuation files
TR 5RAN/AD6/1 Branch correspondence
TR 5RAN/CO3/1 Contract
TR 5RAN/CO5/P1-150 Patents, trade marks and registered designs
TR 5RAN/P5/1-3 Press releases
TR 5RAN/PH2/1-21 Albums
TR 5RAN/PH3/1-2 Photographs
TR 5RAN/SP3/1-20 Records of products
TR 5RAN/SP5/1-9 Other records
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