The Ashbury Carriage and Iron Company Limited was a manufacturer of railway
rolling stock
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founded by John Ashbury in 1837 in Commercial Street,
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in
Manchester
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,
England
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, near the original terminus of the
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
The Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway was an early British railway company which opened in stages between 1841 and 1845 between Sheffield and Manchester via Ashton-under-Lyne. The Peak District formed a formidable barrier, and ...
. It moved to Ashton Old Road,
Openshaw
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in 1841 and became a
limited company
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in 1862 as The Ashbury Railway Carriage and Iron Company. After the founder's death in 1866, the company was owned by his son,
James Lloyd Ashbury
James Lloyd Ashbury (1834 – 3 September 1895) was a British yachtsman and Conservative Party politician.
Early life
The son of John Ashbury, founder of the Ashbury Railway Carriage and Iron Company Ltd of Manchester, James trained as an engine ...
. In 1898 the works covered about and employed about 1,700.
In 1902 the business was transferred to
Saltley
Saltley is an inner-city area of Birmingham, east of the city centre. The area is part of the Washwood Heath ward, and was previously part of the Nechells ward. It is part of the Ladywood constituency in the city.
History
Saltley was originally ...
in
Birmingham
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Welsh Highland Heritage Railway
The Welsh Highland Heritage Railway is a short reconstructed heritage railway in Gwynedd, Wales. Its main station is in Porthmadog.
History
The origins of the WHHR lie in a small group of railway enthusiasts, including some disgruntled volunt ...
in North Wales to recreate some of the carriages that it built.{{cite web , title=Ashbury Railway Carriage & Iron Company Limited , url=https://suite.endole.co.uk/insight/company/05254367-ashbury-railway-carriage-iron-company-limited , website=Insight , publisher=Endole , access-date=5 March 2022 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305140421/https://suite.endole.co.uk/insight/company/05254367-ashbury-railway-carriage-iron-company-limited , archive-date=5 March 2022 That company was dissolved in 2022.
See also
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Ashbury Railway Carriage and Iron Co Ltd v Riche
''Ashbury Railway Carriage and Iron Co Ltd v Riche'' (1875) LR 7 HL 653 is a UK company law case, which concerned the objects clause of a company's memorandum of association.
Its importance as case law has been diminished as a result of the C ...
'', a well known
UK company law
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case
References
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London Underground 1900/1903 Stock
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