Agricultural & General Engineers (AGE) was a combine of British engineering companies formed in 1919. The constituent companies were assigned sectors of the market to reduce competition within the group. The group headquarters were located in Aldwych

Aldwych

Aldwych is a place and road in the City of Westminster in London, England.-Description:Aldwych, the road, is a crescent, connected to the Strand at both ends. At its centre, it meets the Kingsway...

, London

London

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, but most of the member companies were in rural areas. The company entered receivership in 1932.

Member companies

• Aveling & Porter
• Barford & Perkins
• E H Bentall & Co
• Blackstone & Co
  Blackstone & Co
  Blackstone & Co. was a farm implement maker at Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. In 1896 they built lamp start oil engines. By 1912 they had developed a new diesel engine that ran on vaporizing oil and was fired by a spark...
  
  
• Peter Brotherhood
• Bull Motors
• Charles Burrell & Sons
  Charles Burrell & Sons
  Charles Burrell & Sons were builders of steam traction engines, agricultural machinery, steam trucks and steam tram engines. The company were based in Thetford, Norfolk and operated from the St Nicholas works on Minstergate and St Nicholas Street some of which survives today.At their height they...
  
  
• Burrell's Hiring Co
• Clarkes Crank & Forge Co
• Davey Paxman & Co
• Richard Garrett & Sons
  Richard Garrett & Sons
  Richard Garrett & Sons was a manufacturer of agricultural machinery, steam engines and trolleybuses. Their factory was Leiston Works, in Leiston, Suffolk, United Kingdom.The company was active under its original ownership between 1778 and 1932....
  
  
• James & Frederick Howard
  James & Frederick Howard
  James & Fred Howard of Bedford, later known simply as Howards, were one of the smaller English makers of agricultural machinery and steam traction engines. At The Great Exhibition of 1851 they exhibited a range of horse-drawn implements...
  
  
• L R Knapp & Co
• E R & F Turner

Most of the companies survived and restructured.

External links

• Tractors Wiki Has some info on the missing companies.