The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust is an organisation that was founded in 1981 to preserve the history of

Rolls-Royce Limited Rolls-Royce was a British luxury car and later an aero-engine manufacturing business established in 1904 in Manchester by the partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce. Building on Royce's good reputation established with his cranes, they ...

, Rolls-Royce Holdings and all merged or acquired companies. Five volunteer led branches exist, three in England, one in Scotland and a North American branch.

Branches

Derby and Hucknall

The collection is located within the Company campus at Sinfin. The site at Osmaston Road is now permanently closed. A separate site with a smaller engine collection details the history of the Rolls-Royce Flight Test Establishment at Hucknall.

Coventry and Ansty

The Coventry and Ansty branch examples of Armstrong Siddeley rocket designs is kept at the Derby site.

Bristol

The Bristol branch engine collection is housed in the Sir Roy Fedden Heritage Centre. As well as Roy Fedden designed engines from the

Bristol Aeroplane Company The Bristol Aeroplane Company, originally the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, was both one of the first and one of the most important British aviation companies, designing and manufacturing both airframes and aircraft engines. Notable a ...

and products built by Bristol Siddeley a number of

de Havilland The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited () was a British aviation manufacturer established in late 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome Edgware on the outskirts of north London. Operations were later moved to Hatfield in H ...

and Blackburn types are displayed.

Scotland

The Scottish branch of the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust is based in the village of Inchinnan, Renfrewshire and has a collection of engines that were produced at the Hillington and East Kilbride factories.

Indianapolis

The

Indianapolis Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Marion ...

branch of the trust chronicles the history of the Allison Engine Company which was acquired by Rolls-Royce in 1995 as well as later and current products of Rolls-Royce North America.

Publications

The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust publishes a range of books and other media specialising in aero engine subjects and other products, company personnel and history topics.www.rolls-royce.com - Publications
Retrieved: 15 August 2019 Twice a year, members receive a publication - The Journal.

References

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External links

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