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 167,859 pages of information and 247,161 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.

J. and H. Ferrabee

From Graces Guide
Ferrabee fulling mill at Swansea Museum Collection Centre, ex-Abbey Woollen Mill, Neath Abbey

J and H Ferrabee of Phoenix Iron Works, Stroud

1852 The business of John Ferrabee and Sons became J and H Ferrabee run by James Ferrabee and Henry Ferrabee

1853 Producing compact steam engines to drive agricultural and other machinery[1]

1855 Henry Ferrabee left the business, leaving James to continue as James Ferrabee and Co

Succeeded by George Wailes and Co

1876 Succeeded by George Waller [2] George Waller and Son carried on the foundry business, at Phoenix Iron Works. James Ferrabee was still involved with machine and cloth manufacture



  • A J & H Ferrabee fulling mill is on display at Dunkirk Mill.

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Sources of Information

  1. The Advocate: or, Irish Industrial Journal - Wednesday 24 August 1853
  2. [1] Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology Newsletter No. 14, February 1970