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[[Image:Bamfords_No10_Seed_distributor.JPG|thumb|250px|Bamfords No10 Supreme Seed Distributor -Horse drawn]]
'''Bamfords''' of Utoxeter, England manufactured farm implements from 1871 till 1987 when they went bust.


==History==
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===Earliest Period 1871-1918===

===Inter War Period 1918-45===
[[File:Bamfords_no.2_saw_bench_at_neath_2012_-_IMG_7900.JPG|thumb|Bamfords No.2 saw Bench]]


===Post War Period 1945-70's===


===Final Years 1970's - 1987===

Following closure of the factory in Uttoxeter after Bamfords demise it was taken over by [[JCB]] in 1989 and became home to the production line for JCB Summito line of excavators. The site being known as the Heavy product division. In December 2008 production ceased with the building of a JS 260 excavator and production transfers to a new £40 million factory built alongside JCB's world HQ at Rocester by the A50, providing 450,00 sq ft of modern facilities. The site is to be sold off for redevelopment as its location in the town centrer was considered unsuitable for expansion and building a modern facility on. This ends 140 years of manufacturing in the town by Bamfords.<ref>[[Old Glory Magazine]], No.227 January 2009</ref>

==Product Range==
[[Image:Bamfords_Mower_2.jpg|thumb|250px|A Bamfords trailed mower at [[Harewood House Steam Rally]] 2008]]
[[File:Derelict_Bamford_Mower_(Canon_13_July-2)_-_018.jpg|thumb|This trailed mower was found abandon in a field in North Wales near a quarry.]]
===Earliest Period 1871-1918===
*[[Swather]]s,
*[[Hay rake]]s

===Inter War Period 1918-45===
[[File:Bamford_4_hp_Horizontal_engine_sn_2612_of_1923_at_Woolpit_09_-_IMG_1550.jpg|thumb|The Bamford 4 hp engine sn 2612 of 1923 driving a small mill - at the [[Woolpit Steam]] show 2009]]
[[File:Bamford_EG1_of_1949_at_Malvern_10_-_IMG_8818.jpg|thumb|A restored [[Bamford EG1]] at the 2010 [[Tractor World Show - Malvern]]- restored by Ms. Becky Hillman]]
* Horizontal [[Stationary Engines]]
* vertical watercooled [[Stationary Engines]]
* [[Potato digger]]

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===Post War Period 1945-70's===
[[File:Bamford_kv.JPG|thumb|A Bamford / Keverneland Hydrien 4 Furrow plough]]
[[File:Bamford_Wuffler_at_Newark_sale_09_-_PA190082.jpg|thumb|A [[Bamford Wuffler]] in a farm machinery sale]]
Bamfords also marketed products from other companies, One such agreement being to market [[Plough]]s manufactured by [[Kverneland]] of Norway, reached in April 1965. Most were sold painted in Bamfords yellow but a few were sold in Kverneland's Red and Green livery.

===Final Years 1970's - 1987===
*Mounted [[Mower]]s
*[[Wuffler]]
*[[Balers]]

Bamfords sold a number of foreign built products as UK agent or manufactured them under license in the UK with some being branded as Bamfords-xxxxx. 

Items such as [[Plough]]s manufactured by [[Kverneland]] were first sold in the UK under the Bamford brand before they set up there own import operation based in Rotherham in the 1980s.

Tractors were imported that were manufactured by [[IMT]] in [[Yugoslavia]].

====Tractor Range====
{|class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed"
|+Bamford Tractor Models
! Model !! Year(s) Produced !! [[Horsepower]] !! Engine Type !! Misc Notes !! Photo
|-
|[[Bamford RX 100]] ||  || {{convert|100|hp|abbr=on}} ||  || built by IMT || [[File:Bamford RX 100 MFWD (Torpedo) brochure.jpg|150px]]
|-
|[[Bamford TD]] series ||  ||  ||  || built by IMT || [[File:Bamford TD tractor (Torpedo) brochure pg2.jpg|150px]]
|-
|}

Combine harvesters were imported that were built in [[Italy]] by [[Laverda]] and [[BM Volvo]] in [[Sweden]].
====Combine Harvesters====
{|class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed"
|+Bamford Combine Harvester Models
! Model !! Year(s) Produced !! [[Horsepower]] !! Engine Type !! Misc Notes !! Photo
|-
|[[Bamford BM Volvo S950]] ||  ||  ||  || built in Sweden || 
|-
|[[Bamford BM Volvo S1000]] ||  ||  ||  || built in Sweden || 
|-
|[[Bamford BM Volvo S1000A]] ||  ||  ||  || built in Sweden || 
|-
|[[Bamford BM Volvo ST257]] ||  ||  ||  || built in Sweden || 
|-
|[[Bamfords Land-Lord 55]] ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|-
|[[Bamford Laverda M112]] ||  ||  ||  || built in Italy || 
|-
|[[Bamford Laverda M120]] ||  ||  ||  || built in Italy || [[File:Bamford Laverda M120 combine brochure.jpg|150px]]
|-
|[[Bamford Laverda M132]] ||  ||  ||  || built in Italy || [[File:Bamford Laverda M132 combine brochure.jpg|150px]]
|-
|[[Bamford Laverda M150]] ||  ||  ||  || built in Italy || [[File:Bamford Laverda M150 combine brochure.jpg|150px]]
|-
|[[Bamford Laverda M152]] ||  ||  ||  || built in Italy || [[File:Bamford Laverda M152 combine brochure.jpg|150px]]
|-
|}

==Preserved machines==
[[File:Bamford_corn_mill_-_at_Woolpit_09_-_IMG_1544.jpg|thumb|A restored Bamford corn / flour mill driven by flat from stationary engine at [[Woolpit Steam]] 2009]]
*Several restored Bamfords engine are on display at [[steam fairs]] and [[agricultural shows]] around he country.
*Examples of Bamfords mowers and machinery are in some of the agricultural and rural museum collections.

==See Also==
*[[Kverneland]] Norwegian plough manufacturer, sold under licence.

==References==

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==Links==
http://www.henrybamfordandsonsuttoxeterengland.co.uk/index.htm  Bamfords Engine and Machinery Group

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