Ransomes and Sims

1852-69. Ransomes AY plough. Exhibit at Museum of East Anglian Life.

1852-69. Ransomes AY plough. Exhibit at Museum of East Anglian Life.

1857.

1857. Pendulum cross cutting saw.

1858.

1859.

1860 portable engine at Marlborough Vintage Farm Machinery (NZ), believed to be the oldest surviving R&S engine in the world

Portable engine for the Great Exhibition of 1862.

1866.

1867.

1867.

Restored wooden wheel.

29/07/1867. Engine No. 1384. 5 - 8 HP Portable engine. Made for 'Parker'.

29/07/1867. Engine No. 1384. 5 - 8 HP Portable engine. Made for 'Parker'.

29/07/1867. Engine No. 1384. 5 - 8 HP Portable engine. Made for 'Parker'.

1868. Thrashing machinery for hot machinery.

1868.

1868.

1868. LHS.

1868. RHS.

Early traction engine.

1899. Biddle and Balk's removable tubes for boilers.

Mid-19c. Corn Dresser. Exhibit at Museum of East Anglian Life.

Mid-19c. Corn Dresser. Exhibit at Museum of East Anglian Life.

Exhibit at Museum of East Anglian Life.

1852-69. AY plough. Exhibit at Museum of East Anglian Life.

1852-69. AY plough. Exhibit at Museum of East Anglian Life.

Orwell Works, Ipswich. Agricultural Engineers.

Genealogy of the Company

• 1779 Thomas and Robert Ransome
• 1785 Ransome and Co
• 1808 Ransome and Son
• 1818 Ransome and Sons
• 1825 James and Robert Ransome
• 1829 J. R. and A. Ransome
• 1836 Ransomes and May
• 1852 Ransomes and Sims
• 1869 Ransomes, Sims and Head
• 1880 Ransomes, Head and Jefferies
• 1884 Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies

General

c.1851 William Dillwyn Sims joined the company

1852 Ransomes and May became Ransomes and Sims when Charles May left the business. The other partners were Robert Ransome, James Allen Ransome.

1856 Robert Charles Ransome became a partner.

1864 John Head became a partner in the business.

1867 The Automation Push Reel Lawnmower was introduced.

1869 Ransomes and Sims became Ransomes, Sims and Head.

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Sources of Information

• For a comprehensive archive of the company see The Heavy Metal Archive.

‘Heavy Metal’ is an archive project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Road Locomotive Society and the University of Reading. The project started in January 2007 to encourage more people to use The Museum of English Rural Life's steam engine and farm machinery manufacturers’ archives and to make them more accessible.