Barford & Perkins

Barford & Perkins Limited
Company type	Private
Industry	Engineering
Founded	1840
Defunct	1934
Fate	1920 joined combine; 1934 lost separate identity;
Successor	Aveling-Barford
Headquarters	Peterborough, England
Area served	International
Products	Motor road rollers; Road-making machinery; Boilers; Dairy plant; Laundry machinery; Agricultural machinery;
Parent	Agricultural & General Engineers 1920—1934

Barford & Perkins were road roller and agricultural machinery manufacturers in Peterborough, England.^[1] The original business began in 1840.^[2]

In 1920 it joined the engineering combine Agricultural & General Engineers (AGE)^[3] which failed in 1932.^[4] Barford & Perkins relocated from Peterborough at the end of the 1920s into part of the Aveling & Porter works in Rochester. Both companies made road rollers but the ranges were complementary, the Barford rollers were petrol-powered —the engines were made by Peter Brotherhood— and smaller than Aveling's steam-powered rollers.^[5]

At the instigation of chairman Edward Barford, Barford & Perkins's profitable business was bought from the AGE receiver along with Aveling & Porter with the support of Ruston & Hornsby, Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies and R A Lister and Company.^[5]^[6]

Barford & Perkins and Aveling & Porter were combined in 1933 and moved to Grantham in 1934 and Aveling & Porter was renamed Aveling-Barford that same year.^[7]

Surface scarifier
Kerala, India
Roller
Zurich, Switzerland
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia

References

^ The National Archives
^ Agricultural and General Engineers Limited The Times 11 July 1928; pg. 9; Issue 44942.
^ Analysis of financial position: Agricultural And General Engineers. The Times 26 October 1928; pg. 25; Issue 45034
^ Agricultural & General Engineers Limited, An Engineering Company To Be Wound Up. The Times 26 April 1932; pg. 5; Issue 46117
^ ^a ^b David Boulton. A Square Deal All Round . . . : The History of Perkins Engines: 1933 to 2006. Horizon Press 2007, ISBN 9781843063490
^ Road Roller Firms. The Times 2 December 1932; pg. 23; Issue 46306.
^ Aveling-Barford Limited. The Times 30 June 1937; pg. 21; Issue 47724

[1] The National Archives

[2] Agricultural and General Engineers Limited The Times 11 July 1928; pg. 9; Issue 44942.

[3] Analysis of financial position: Agricultural And General Engineers. The Times 26 October 1928; pg. 25; Issue 45034

[4] Agricultural & General Engineers Limited, An Engineering Company To Be Wound Up. The Times 26 April 1932; pg. 5; Issue 46117

[DB-5] David Boulton. A Square Deal All Round . . . : The History of Perkins Engines: 1933 to 2006. Horizon Press 2007, ISBN 9781843063490

[6] Road Roller Firms. The Times 2 December 1932; pg. 23; Issue 46306.

[7] Aveling-Barford Limited. The Times 30 June 1937; pg. 21; Issue 47724

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