Ransome & Marles
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Some of the remaining buildings
Newark-on-Trent June 2014 |
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| Public limited company | |
| Traded as | Ransome & Marles |
| Industry |
Automotive Aerospace etcetera |
| Fate | From 1990 part of NSK Ltd |
| Founded | c.1916 (Newark-on-Trent) |
| Headquarters | Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire |
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Key people
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V S Woods (Chairman) Henry Marles (inventor & director) H J Higgs (managing director) |
| Products | Rolling element bearings, linear motion products, seals, lubrication systems, maintenance products |
Ransome & Marles Bearing Company Limited was the owner of a business making ball and roller bearings founded during the First World War to make bearings for aircraft and other engines. Before the war most bearings had been imported and most of those were from Germany.
The business is now part of NSK UK Limited but Ransome & Marles former plant, Stanley Works, remains in operation in Northern Road, Newark NG24 2JF, Nottinghamshire UK
The ball-bearing industry provides an essential input to the motor, machine tool, engineering and aircraft industries.
Ransome & Marles grew from another separate business needing bearings for its own products. In 1868 Allen Ransome (1833-1913) and Frederic Josselyn (1842-1900) set up A Ransome & Co in Chelsea, London.
A Ransome & Co designed and manufactured woodworking and timber-handling machinery.
Later they acquired a foundry in Battersea. Vincent Sydney Woods (1855-1939) joined them at the foundry and the foundry firm's name was Ransome, Josselyn and Woods. In 1893 the two businesses were amalgamated under the ownership of a new incorporated company, A Ransome and Co Limited.
In 1900 all A Ransome and Co activities were moved to Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire under the management of V S Woods though a London office was retained in Chancery Lane. There was also a tie to Ransomes, engineers of Ipswich and manufacturer of aeroplanes during World War I. Allen Ransome was the younger son of their J A Ransome and retained an interest in that business. Woodworking machinery was needed during World War I, aeroplanes were made of wood and fabric.
Ransome's Dock. In the mid-1880s Allen Ransome improved the Battersea foundry's surrounds also turning the creek by the foundry into a dock. He was assisted by civil engineer Edward Woods (1814-1903), father of Ransome's partner V S Woods. It was made large enough to take coastal steamers and allow vessels to pass or turn.
At the turn of the century when Ransome's moved to Newark the foundry became Drew-Bear Perks & Co's Battersea Steelworks. In the 21st century it is a haven for houseboats.
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