Atkinson

1945. Reg No: JTI 574.

September 1954.

1964. Reg No. ALR 177B.

1967. Atkinson 'Silver Knight' T3046XB. Reg No. GBV 759E. Exhibit at British Commercial Vehicle Museum.

Atkinson Lorries Ltd of Frenchwood Works, Preston produced commercial vehicles from 1916 to 1970.

• 1907/8 Company founded. Edward Atkinson became an expert in the repair and servicing of steam vehicles and was an agent for Alley and MacLellan the forerunner of Sentinel.

• 1913-1917 For a list of the models and prices of Steam Motor Wagons, Tractors and Ploughs etc. see the 1917 Red Book

• 1916 Designed and built his own steam wagon with a 6-ton payload.

• 1920 October. Exhibited at the Commercial Motor Exhibition at Olympia with a vehicle with the Uniflow engine.

• 1924 Atkinson were said to be building a bus based on a four-ton steam wagon chassis with an upright boiler.

• 1933 Formed Atkinson Lorries Ltd for the production of diesel powered vehicles using the Gardner engine.

• WW2 Built 160 6-wheelers and 100 8-wheelers for wartime contracts.

• 1950 They built their first purpose-designed diesel bus.

• 1953 Launched range with the bow front.

• Company name changed.

• 1957 Heavier vehicles launched for cross-country and oil-field operations.

• 1960 Advert for Atkinson dumpers. (of Winery Lane, Walton-le-Dale, nr Preston)

• 1961 Employees 320 persons. Capital of £10,000. Of Winery Lane, Walton-le-Dale, Preston. A subsidiary of Atkinson Lorries (Holdings) Ltd.

• 1970 Acquired by Seddon.

• 1974 Vehicles marked as Seddon Atkinson after Seddon was acquired by International Harvester of America.

List of Models

• Borderer

See Also

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Sources of Information

• British Lorries 1900-1992 by S. W. Stevens-Stratten. Pub. Ian Allen Publishing
• Ian Allan - British Buses Since 1900 - Aldridge and Morris
• Mining Year Book 1960. Published by Walter E. Skinner. Advert p33