Title
RANSOMES, SIMS AND JEFFERIES LTD - deposit 15
Reference
TR 15RAN
Production date
1930s-1960s
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.
Extent
3 boxes
Level of description
fonds
Content Subject
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