Title
RANSOMES SIMS & JEFFERIES LTD; (Sixth Deposit)
Reference
TR 6RAN
Production date
1973-1983
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
Sixth deposit of records of Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies
Extent
36 documents
Level of description
fonds
Content Subject
System of arrangment
TR 6RAN/AD4/1 Brass Nameplate
TR 6RAN/P5 Press Releases
TR 6RAN/PH2/1-18 Photograph Albums
TR 6RAN/SP3/1-9 Press Cuttings
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