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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 Ransomes & Rapier was a major United Kingdom, British manufacturer of railway equipment and later cranes, from 1869 to 1987. Originally an offshoot of the major engineering company Ransomes, Sims & Jeffries, Ransome's it was based at Waterside Wo ... 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 and Reavell Sports Club Ground, Ipswich Former names for the business of Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies include: :(partnerships) * 1789 Robert Ransome. * 1809 Ransome & Son. * 1818 Ransome & Sons. * 1823 J & R Ransome. * 1830 J R and A Ransome. * 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ransome & Marles
Ransome & Marles Bearing Company Limited was a British company which made ball bearings and roller bearings. It was founded during the First World War to make bearings for aircraft and other engines. Before the war most bearings had been imported, chiefly from Germany. The business is now part of NSK UK, but Ransome & Marles' former plant, Stanley Works, remains in operation on Northern Road, Newark in Nottinghamshire. 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 Chelsea is an area in West London, England, due south-west of Kilometre zero#Great Britain, Charing Cross by approximately . It lies on the north bank of the River Thames and for postal purposes is part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ransomes & Rapier
Ransomes & Rapier was a major United Kingdom, British manufacturer of railway equipment and later cranes, from 1869 to 1987. Originally an offshoot of the major engineering company Ransomes, Sims & Jeffries, Ransome's it was based at Waterside Works in Ipswich, Suffolk. Ransome's split Ransomes & Rapier was formed in 1869 when four engineers, James Allen Ransome (1806–1875), his elder son, Robert James Ransome (c.1831–1891), Richard Christopher Rapier (1836–1897) and Arthur Alec Bennett (1842–1916), left the parent firm by agreement to establish a new firm on a site on the River Orwell to continue the business of manufacturing railway equipment and other heavy works. The year before J. A. Ransome's younger son, Allen Ransome (1833–1913), founded the saw-milling machinery business, A. Ransome & Co, in Chelsea London with a foundry in Battersea. These businesses, transferred to Newark-on-Trent in 1900, led at the outset of World War I to Ransome & Marles now part of N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ransomes And Reavell Sports Club Ground
Ransomes Sports Pavilion (formerly Ransomes and Reavell Sports Club Ground) is a cricket ground in Ipswich, Suffolk. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1972, Suffolk played Hertfordshire in the ground's first Minor Counties Championship match. Since then, the ground has hosted 48 Minor Counties Championship matches, including the rain-affected 2005 final between Suffolk and Cheshire in 2005, which was drawn. and 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. The ground has also hosted a single List-A match which saw Minor Counties East play Middlesex in the 1978 Benson and Hedges Cup. The ground is the home of St Margaret's Cricket Club and Ransomes Sports Football Club. References External linksRansomes and Reavell Sports Club Groundon CricketArchiveon Cricinfo ESPNcricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a Sports journalism, sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ransomes Industrial Estate
Ransomes Industrial Estate, also known as Ransomes Europark, is a combined retail and business park located in Priory Heath Ward, Ipswich, on the southeastern edge of Ipswich, Suffolk, UK. It is named after Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, which still maintains a presence on the park. Primarily the park is home to light industrial and logistics companies, although there is a growing number of retailers and offices, including the headquarters of KDM International and MSC UK. , it was announced that IKEA was in talks to take on part of the estate occupied by Crane Fluid Systems Crane or cranes may refer to: Common meanings * Crane (bird), a large, long-necked bird * Crane (machine), industrial machinery for lifting ** Crane (rail), a crane suited for use on railroads People and fictional characters * Crane (surname), ... for a new store. References Buildings and structures in Ipswich Business parks of England Industrial parks in the United Kingdom {{suffolk-geo- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies
Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies Limited was a major United Kingdom, British agricultural machinery maker also producing a wide range of general engineering products in Ipswich, Suffolk including traction engines, trolleybuses, ploughs, lawn mowers, combine harvesters and other tillage, tilling equipment. Ransomes also manufactured Direct Current electric motors in a wide range of sizes, and electric forklift trucks and tractors. They manufactured aeroplanes during the First World War. Their base, specially set up in 1845, was named Orwell Works. Ransomes' railway equipment business was hived off in 1869 with a different ownership as Ransomes & Rapier and based nearby at Waterside Ironworks. History 18th century The enterprise was started by Robert Ransome (1753–1830), who was born into a Quakers, Quaker family in Norfolk, and became an apprentice to an ironmonger in Norwich. The Quaker values of frugal living, avoiding debt and keeping regular accounts served him well when he set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
