Barford & Perkins

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{{Infobox company

| name = Barford & Perkins Limited

| logo = Barford & Perkins brass plate.jpg

| image = Barford & Perkins rollers 1912 (cropped).jpg

| type = Private

| industry = Engineering

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| successor = Aveling-Barford

| founded = 1840

| founder =

| defunct = 1934

| hq_location_city = Peterborough

| hq_location_country = England

| area_served = International

| key_people =

| products = {{ubl|Motor road rollers|Road-making machinery|Boilers|Dairy plant|Laundry machinery|Agricultural machinery}}

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| parent = Agricultural & General Engineers}}

Barford & Perkins were road roller and agricultural machinery manufacturers in Peterborough, England.[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F171494 The National Archives] The original business began in 1840.Agricultural and General Engineers Limited The Times 11 July 1928; pg. 9; Issue 44942. Their machinery was distributed internationally.

In 1920 it joined the engineering combine Agricultural & General Engineers (AGE)Analysis of financial position: Agricultural And General Engineers. The Times 26 October 1928; pg. 25; Issue 45034 which failed in 1932.Agricultural & General Engineers Limited, An Engineering Company To Be Wound Up. The Times 26 April 1932; pg. 5; Issue 46117 Barford & Perkins relocated from Peterborough at the end of the 1920s into part of the Aveling & Porter works in Rochester. Both companies made road rollers but the ranges were complementary, the Barford rollers were petrol-powered —the engines were made by Peter Brotherhood— and smaller than Aveling's steam-powered rollers.David Boulton. A Square Deal All Round . . . : The History of Perkins Engines: 1933 to 2006. Horizon Press 2007, {{ISBN|9781843063490}}

At the instigation of chairman Edward Barford, Barford & Perkins's profitable business was bought from the AGE receiver along with Aveling & Porter with the support of Ruston & Hornsby, Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies and RA Lister & Company.Road Roller Firms. The Times 2 December 1932; pg. 23; Issue 46306.

Barford & Perkins and Aveling & Porter were combined in 1933 and moved to Grantham in 1934 and Aveling & Porter was renamed Aveling-Barford that same year.Aveling-Barford Limited. The Times 30 June 1937; pg. 21; Issue 47724

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Barford & Perkins Asphaltierung der Bernerstrasse in Zürich - Altstetten_1938..jpg|Roller in Zurich, Switzerland

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