Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Charles Burrell and Sons: No 776

From Graces Guide
Exhibit at the Museum of East Anglian Life.
Exhibit at the Museum of East Anglian Life.
Exhibit at the Museum of East Anglian Life.
Exhibit at Museum of East Anglian Life.

Note: This is a sub-section of Charles Burrell and Sons

1879. 12 ton Ploughing engine. Countess. No 776.

One of a pair, the only survivors of fifty-one pairs made by Burrell.

First owned by R. G. Wilberforce of Woolavington, east Sussex

Spent first 24 years in East Anglia on farms near Colchester

1917 Sold to Mr. Morley at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire

Post WWII rescued by Tom Paisley of Holywell, near St. Ives, Cambrdgeshire

1984 Acquired by the Museum of East Anglian Life

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