Bentall, E H, & Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Bentall, William
- Agricultural & General Engineers Ltd
- Bentall, Edward H
- Acrow Group
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Heybridge, Essex, Essex, East of England, England
Sectors:
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Mechanical engineering
Agricultural, forestry & garden machinery, implements, etc, production
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Mechanical engineering
Engine & turbine production exc transport
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Transport equipment production
Motor vehicle production
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Mechanical engineering
Valve & tap production inc boiler mountings
Notes:
Traced origins to William Bentall, a farmer, who made ploughs at Goldhanger from c1790s and established a small foundry to facilitate this. 1805 established new works at Heybridge and in 1806 produced first steam threshing machine. From 1839 known as E H Bentall & Co when owned by Edward H Bentall, d1898, and in 1840s expanded rapidly following introduction of new cultivator and other machinery which sold nationally and internationally. Later made petrol engines and then briefly and unsuccessfully motor cars. From 1920s made valves. 1919 merged with others to form Agricultural & General Engineers Ltd which collapsed in c1933 when Bentalls reacquired by Bentall family. 1946 public company. 1961 acquired by Acrow Group
Publications:
- Acrow. The success story of achievement through team spirit by Unknown
- Bentall Story. Commemorating 150 years service to agriculture, 1805-1955 by Kemp, Peter K
- Brief history of E H Bentall & Co by Jackson, A S
- Workers' housing in Essex by Crosby, Tony, et al
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Bentall, William
- Agricultural & General Engineers Ltd
- Bentall, Edward H
- Acrow Group
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Heybridge, Essex, Essex, East of England, England
Sectors:
- Mechanical engineering Agricultural, forestry & garden machinery, implements, etc, production
- Mechanical engineering Engine & turbine production exc transport
- Transport equipment production Motor vehicle production
- Mechanical engineering Valve & tap production inc boiler mountings
Notes:
Traced origins to William Bentall, a farmer, who made ploughs at Goldhanger from c1790s and established a small foundry to facilitate this. 1805 established new works at Heybridge and in 1806 produced first steam threshing machine. From 1839 known as E H Bentall & Co when owned by Edward H Bentall, d1898, and in 1840s expanded rapidly following introduction of new cultivator and other machinery which sold nationally and internationally. Later made petrol engines and then briefly and unsuccessfully motor cars. From 1920s made valves. 1919 merged with others to form Agricultural & General Engineers Ltd which collapsed in c1933 when Bentalls reacquired by Bentall family. 1946 public company. 1961 acquired by Acrow GroupPublications:
- Acrow. The success story of achievement through team spirit by Unknown
- Bentall Story. Commemorating 150 years service to agriculture, 1805-1955 by Kemp, Peter K
- Brief history of E H Bentall & Co by Jackson, A S
- Workers' housing in Essex by Crosby, Tony, et al