J. Huxtable and Co

Expanding horse-drawn rake.

Exhibit at Bradworthy Transport Museum.

Exhibit at Bradworthy Transport Museum.

Exhibit at Bradworthy Transport Museum.

Exhibit at the Bakelite Museum.

Extendable Rake.

John Huxtable and Co of Alexandria Works, Barnstaple

Founded by John Huxtable, who succeeded his father in a smithy at Brayford, north Devon.

In 1873 he patented an improvement for one-way ploughs**. The manufacture of these ploughs meant that he outgrew Brayford. He moved first to the nearby village of Filleigh in 1884, then to Barnstaple, the local town in 1896. Here, at his new Alexandria Works, he was able to expand his output of ploughs, harrows, horse rakes, etc.

The firm was converted to a limited company in 1936.

• Note: **
  • Also know as Huxtable's turn-wrest plough.

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