RANSOMES, SIMS AND JEFFERIES LTD - deposit 15

TR 15RAN

1930s-1960s

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.

3 boxes

TR RAN, TR 2RAN, TR 3RAN, TR 4RAN, TR 5RAN, TR 6RAN, TR 7RAN, TR 9RAN, TR 10RAN, TR 11RAN, TR 12RAN, TR 13RAN, TR 14RAN, TR 16RAN, TR 17RAN, TR 18RAN