Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Bomford and Evershed

From Graces Guide
1904. Steam wagon.
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May 1935.
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September 1947. Sapper Major.
Exhibit at Amberley Working Museum (Detail).

Salford Priors, Evesham.

Makers of commercial hedge trimming equipment and other agricultural machinery.

1904 Bomford and Evershed was formed by Raymond Bomford, Benjamin Bomford and Harry Evershed, (a former employee of R. and B. Bomford, prior to that in 1896 an employee of John Fowler and Co.)[1]

Company acquired E. Humphries and Co, Atlas Works, Pershore, who at the time where facing liquidation. Their specialism was agricultural engineering who made portable steam engine and threshing machine production. However in 1908 they sold the Atlas Works and moved to their current premises at Salford Priors, Evesham.[2]

1993 Bomford and Evershed Ltd, of Evesham became Bomford Turner Ltd[3], which then was acquired by Alamo of Texas


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Sources of Information

  1. [1]National Archives Website
  2. [2]National Archives Website
  3. Companies House filing