Charles Burrell and Sons: No 776




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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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