Ransomes
Ransomes is the common name for the Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies an engineering business of Orwell Works, Ipswich.It may also refer to several other associated organisations or locations: *Ransome & Marles, Newark-on-Trent and their brass band *Ransomes & Rapier of Waterside Works, Ipswich *Ransomes and Reavell Sports Club Ground, Ipswich *Ransomes Industrial Estate, Ipswich *Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, an engineering business of Orwell Works, Ipswich *Ransomes Sports F.C. Ransomes Sports Football Club is a association football, football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. The club are currently members of the and play at the Ransomes and Reavell Sports Club Ground. History The original Ransomes were establ ...

Ransome & Marles
Ransome & Marles Bearing Company Limited was the owner of a business making ball and roller bearings founded during the First World War to make bearings for aircraft and other engines. Before the war most bearings had been imported and most of those were from Germany. The business is now part of NSK UK Limited but Ransome & Marles former plant, Stanley Works, remains in operation in Northern Road, Newark NG24 2JF, Nottinghamshire UK Products The ball-bearing industry provides an essential input to the motor, machine tool, engineering and aircraft industries. History A Ransome & Co Ransome & Marles grew from another separate business needing bearings for its own products. In 1868 Allen Ransome (1833-1913) and Frederic Josselyn (1842-1900) set up A Ransome & Co in Chelsea, London. A Ransome & Co designed and manufactured woodworking and timber-handling machinery. Later they acquired a foundry in Battersea. Vincent Sydney Woods (1855-1939) joined them at the foundry and the f ...
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