Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 164,269 pages of information and 246,082 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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William Worby

From Graces Guide
1857. John Fowler, Junior and William Worby. Ploughing apparatus.
1857. John Fowler, Junior and William Worby. Ploughing apparatus.
1863. Reaping machine.

William Worby (1801-1870), engineer of Ipswich, works manager of Ransomes and Sims

c.1801 Born in Ufford, Suffolk[1]

1824 Married Sarah Thrower in Ufford[2]

1841 William Worby 40, bricklayer, lived in Ipswich with Sarah Worby 40, Ellen Worby 14, Susan Worby 11, Sarah Worby 8[3]

1851 William Worby 49, bricklayer and manager of the Orwell Iron Works, he firm employing 757 men and 100 boys, Sarah Worby 51, Sarah Worby 18[4]

1857 With John Fowler, Junior developed a ploughing machine

1861 William Worby 59, engineer and manager, lived at Orwell Iron Works, Ipswich with Sarah Worby 60, Sarah M Worby 28, and grandson James Worby 1[5]

1870 Died in Ipswich[6]


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Sources of Information

  1. BMD
  2. BMD
  3. 1841 census
  4. 1851 census
  5. 1861 census
  6. BMD