Grace's Guide

Welcome to Grace's Guide

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in the UK. The scope is gradually being extended to include non-UK businesses and biographies. Additions are being made to the information daily by a team of volunteers who give freely of their time and expertise.

Periodicals (available in pdf format)

• Automotor Journal - (1896-1904)
• The Autocar - (1895-1900)
• Light Car and Cyclecar
• The Engineer - (1856-1960)
• Engineering (1866-1900)

Wanted

We always need early magazines, books, directories, photographs etc. to help with this project and your contributions are always welcome. Our contact details are here.

We welcome Contributors with a specialist knowledge of industrial subjects that they can share with others through Grace's Guide. Our contact details are here.

Grace’s Guide is a charity and its only source of income is from donations and sponsors. If you would like to support Grace’s Guide financially in any way please see our Support Grace's Guide page.

Copyright: You may copy and use any of the content of this site provided you make a clear link on your web site or printed matter to 'Grace's Guide to British Industrial History' as the source of that information. We endeavour to ensure that the information we publish is free of other copyrights but it is essential that you check this for yourself before using. It is never our intention to deliberately infringe the copyright of any other person or organisation. If you have any concerns then please use the 'Contact Us' form and we will investigate and take whatever action is necessary to rectify. As a volunteer organisation and strictly non-profit making our only concern is to preserve information for future generations.

Grace's Guide Ltd is a charity (No.1154342) for the advancement of education of the history of Industry and Engineering in the UK.

Latest additions

• Sheerness Dockyard
• Thomas Pratt Hollick
• Woolwich Steam Engine Factory
• Wimshurst and Co
• Wimshurst, Hollick and Co
• Stanley George Buchanan Wollaston
• Engineering 1905 Jan-Jun: Index: Directory of Advertisers
• S. G. B. Wollaston
• Qualter, Hall and Co
• John Mitchell Moncrieff
• Heenan and Froude
• Marshall, Sons and Co: Steam Engines
• Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies: Steam Engines
• AGE - Agricultural and General Engineers
• Agricultural and General Engineering Co
• The Engineer 1882/04/14
• 1882 Naval and Submarine Exhibition
• John Willetts Ryan
• James Golby Barford
• 1921 Commercial Motor Exhibition
• 1921 Royal Agricultural Show
• The Engineer 1923/07/06
• The Engineer 1921/10/21
• The Engineer 1921/07/01
• The Engineer 1921/01/07
• Alexander Chaplin
• Henry Wimshurst
• Wimshurst and Christian
• James Wimshurst
• James Edgar Wimshurst

Latest news

The Automotor Journal - Presently, with kind help of the IMechE Information and Library Service, we’re focussing our attention on digitising editions of The Automotor Journal.....

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