Howard, James & Frederick, Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Howard, John, & Son
- Britannia Ironworks
- Agricultural & General Engineers Ltd
- Britannia Iron & Steel Works Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bedford, Bedford, Bedfordshire, East of England, England
Sectors:
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Mechanical engineering
Agricultural, forestry & garden machinery, implements, etc, production
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Metal pipe & tube making
Notes:
Traced origins to John Howard who in c1813 started making agricultural implements. From late 1830s, as John Howard & Son and based at Britannia Ironworks, diversified into making ploughs and quickly emerged as a market leader. Subsequently made steam ploughs and also made horse rakes and hoes, cultivators, straw trussers, etc. Known as James & Frederick Howard from 1850. Subsequently incorporated. c1920 merged into Agricultural & General Engineers Ltd which collapsed in 1932. Also noted for tube making
Publications:
- 1933-1958. Britannia Iron & Steel Works Ltd, Bedford by Unknown
- Britannia Iron & Steel Works Ltd, Bedford by Unknown
- 'Britannia Iron Works' in G Measom, Official Illustrated Guide to the North Western Railway and all Its Branches by Measom, George
- Britannia Ironworks, Bedford by Unknown
- Development of Britannia Iron Works by Smith, Pamela
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Howard, John, & Son
- Britannia Ironworks
- Agricultural & General Engineers Ltd
- Britannia Iron & Steel Works Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bedford, Bedford, Bedfordshire, East of England, England
Sectors:
- Mechanical engineering Agricultural, forestry & garden machinery, implements, etc, production
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Metal pipe & tube making
Notes:
Traced origins to John Howard who in c1813 started making agricultural implements. From late 1830s, as John Howard & Son and based at Britannia Ironworks, diversified into making ploughs and quickly emerged as a market leader. Subsequently made steam ploughs and also made horse rakes and hoes, cultivators, straw trussers, etc. Known as James & Frederick Howard from 1850. Subsequently incorporated. c1920 merged into Agricultural & General Engineers Ltd which collapsed in 1932. Also noted for tube makingPublications:
- 1933-1958. Britannia Iron & Steel Works Ltd, Bedford by Unknown
- Britannia Iron & Steel Works Ltd, Bedford by Unknown
- 'Britannia Iron Works' in G Measom, Official Illustrated Guide to the North Western Railway and all Its Branches by Measom, George
- Britannia Ironworks, Bedford by Unknown
- Development of Britannia Iron Works by Smith, Pamela