Barford and Perkins
From GracesGuide
Barford and Perkins of Peterborough made petrol rollers based on their well established range of horse-drawn rollers
- c1840 W. P Stanley founded a business in Peterborough making castings and agricultural machinery.
- c1860 W. P. Stanley died and William Barford and ?? Amies bought the company and named it Amies, Barford and Co
- 1866 Field roller
- 1876 Exhibitor at the Royal Agricultural Show at Birmingham with ploughing tackle. Use engines from Savage Brothers. Listed as Barford and Perkins' of Grantham
- 1888 Water ballast Steam roller. Illustration and article
- 1890 June. Royal Agricultural Society’s Disintegrator and Grist Mill Trials.
- 1894 June. Royal Agricultural Society's Show. Straw and hay press
- 1904 Introduced petrol and paraffin rollers into their product range
- 1911 Royal Agricultural Show. Water-ballast motor mower
- 1913-1917 For a list of the models and prices of Paraffin Commercial and Agricultural Motors, Tractors, Ploughs, Sprayers, etc. see the 1917 Red Book
- 1913-1917 For a list of the models and prices of Petrol Motors see the 1917 Red Book
- 1919 Became part of AGE
- 1920 Jan. Issued leaflet on motor rollers
- 1920 Showed the application of the internal combustion engine to road rollers at the Darlington Agricultural Show
- 1920 Became part of AGE
- 1927 Introduced diesel rollers
- 1934 Merged with Aveling and Porter to become Aveling-Barford
[edit] Sources of Information
- The Engineer of 21st July 1876 p58
- The Engineer of 22nd June 1888 p500
- The Engineer of 27th June 1890 p521
- The Engineer of 29th June 1894 p562
- The Engineer of 7th July 1911 p27
- The Engineer of 9th Jan 1920 p53
- The Engineer of 9th July 1920 p583
- Steam Engine Builders of Lincolnshire by Ronald H. Clark. Published 1955 by Goose and Son
- The Engineer of 8th June 1866 p410
