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	Wolseley UK
		Wolseley soon discovered that engineering skill was not available in Australia and so he imported components from England, but even this was difficult because of communication problems and the interpretation of specifications.
		The company struggled for survival between 1892 and 1896 and was forced to raise additional money by debenture, which was used to finance the company's move to a new factory at Alma Street (the Sydney Works).
		A total of 14 companies joined the group and a further 5 new companies were formed, which had the result of increasing sales from a level of £2m to £27m in 1971.
	www.wolseley.co.uk /corp/company/history.html (1249 words)

	Wolseley
		The Wolseley name was around at the dawn of the British motor industry, and its history was closely entwined with that of the two dominant BMC marques, Austin and Morris – right to the very end.
		Wolseley House had to go; it was sold to Barclays Bank in 1926 (although in a nice twist, a redevelopment in 2003 saw it reborn as the upmarket Wolseley Café and Restaurant), and by the end of October that year, Wolseley was in the hands of the Receivers.
		When the last-ever Wolseley model was launched in March 1975 as part of the adventurous, wedge-shaped 18-22 range, it seemed that the company had resigned itself to persisting with this single-model status for the marque, for there was (thankfully) no prospect of an Allegro-based Wolseley model to sit beneath it.
	www.austin-rover.co.uk /wolseleyf.htm (3866 words)

	Wolseley Motor Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wolseley was purchased by William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield for £730,000 in 1926.
		Later, Wolseleys shared with MG and Riley common bodies and chassis, namely the 4/44 and 6/90, which were closely related to the MG Magnette ZA/ZB and the Riley Pathfinder respectively.
		Wolseley continued in diminished form with the Wolseley Six of 1972, a variant of the six-cylinder Austin 1800, the Austin 2200.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wolseley_Motor_Company (1050 words)

	A Wolseley History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The new company purchased the assets of the old Australian company for £141,665, of which £75,000 was to be paid in cash and the balance of £66,665 by allotment of 13,333 shares of £5 each.
		By the mid-twenties, the company was in a financial crisis and by October 1926 was in the hands of receivers.
		Wolseley was restructured by Morris, becoming Wolseley Motors (1927) Ltd. Shortly afterwards, Wolseley production was transferred to Ward End, with part of the Adderley Park site being used for the production of Morris Commercials, who established their Heavy Vehicle Works in part of this factory from May 1929.
	www.users.bigpond.com /jimjarron/wolseley_history.html (3636 words)

	Wolseley Car Club of NZ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1926 the receivers disclosed the company was bankrupt to the tune of £2 million, one of the most spectacular failures in the early history of the motor industry.
		However, the Wolseley company was still allowed a degree of autonomy, and continued to produce unique Wolseley vehicles while drawing on the expertise of the Morris engineers in making pressed steel body work.
		The Wolseley 4/50 was the first discontinued, with an axe in the guise of the new Wolseley 4/44 falling in November 1952.
	www.mcs.vuw.ac.nz /~kris/wolseleycarclub/history.shtml (1895 words)

	Whistory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1876 he purchased 'Euroka' a property near Walgett, on the Barwon River where in 1886 he gave the first exhibition and demonstration of his sheep shearing machine in the presence of a number of squatters and proved that the mechanical shearing machine was a success.
		In 1887 the Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company was formed in Sydney with a capital of 20.000 pounds.
		The Wolseley Company were the employers of Herbert Austin who later rose to become the General Manager of the company and by 1896 under Austin's direction produced the first Wolseley Motor Car.
	www.wolseley.asn.au /flyingw/whistory.html (510 words)

	Wolseley Cars
		The Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company Ltd. Herbert Austin was given a financial stake in the new company in return for his patent rights, and he stayed on as general manager.
		Wolseley spent the great war years making mainly aero engines complete planes and Aeroparts There was also a small number of trucks, and large numbers of Arms and Munitions.
		However, the Wolseley company was still allowed a degree of autonomy, and continued to produce unique Wolseley vehicles while drawing on the expertise of the Morris in making pressed steel body work.
	www.ukcar.com /history/Wolseley (1758 words)

	Wolseley (builders' merchant) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1889 Wolseley transferred his patents to a new company registered in London, because he was unable to find adequate subcontractors to build the parts in Australia.
		In the 1950s it introduced a range of electric fencing and motor cultivators and in 1958 it merged with Geo H Hughes, a Birmingham based manufacturer of wheels for prams and later wheels for industrial use, and was renamed Wolseley-Hughes.
		Wolseley is most recognisable for its ownership of Plumb Center, Builder Center and related builders' merchant stores, which form the division Wolseley UK formerly based in Ripon, North Yorkshire but recently relocated to Warwickshire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wolseley_plc (912 words)

	Wolseley Career centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wolseley started life as a sheep shearing business in Australia in 1887, but over the past 117 years has transformed itself into the world's biggest distributor of heating and plumbing products.
		Professionals turn to a distributor such as Wolseley because it is often time consuming and tricky to source materials and parts directly from suppliers, many of which are scattered around the world and refuse to deal directly with tradesmen.
		Wolseley was started in 1887 when Frederick York Wolseley founded the company in Sydney, Australia, pioneering mechanical sheep shearing machines.
	www.wolseley.com /careers/egp/news050104.shtml (1878 words)

	Austin Motor Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Austin Motor Company was founded in Longbridge, Birmingham by Herbert Austin, the former manager of the Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company in 1905.
		Around the 1920s the company produced the Austin 7, an inexpensive, small and simple car and one of the earliest to be directed at a mass market.
		In 1952 Austin merged with the Nuffield Organisation (parent company of Morris) to form the British Motor Corporation (later British Leyland).
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/a/au/austin_motor_company.html (232 words)

	CyberSnippets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The curved and slightly pointed radiator shell was to become the characteristic of the Wolseley radiator until the late twenties.
		Wolseley, a great Edwardian company, then a serious rival to Rolls-Royce and Daimler, declined and was later to be absorbed into the Morris empire.
		The Deasy Motor Car Manufacturing Company was formed in February 1906 by Captain Henry Hugh Peter Deasy.
	www.motorsnippets.com /cars/siddeley/index1.htm (413 words)

	Wolseley Register history
		The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Company Limited was founded in Sydney, Australia in 1887 by Frederick York Wolseley.
		Wolseley motor cars were made in Great Britain from then until 1975, being among the very first British cars put into large-scale production and actually leading the car production figures during the Edwardian period.
		During World War 1, Wolseley lorries were supplied in large numbers to the British Army in France and Wolseley aero engines contributed to the success of the Royal Flying Corps.
	www.wolseley.dircon.co.uk /history.html (345 words)

	Armstrong Siddeley Motors: Siddeley Autocar, Wolseley, Deasey, Siddeley Deasey
		The Company was born out of the act of the Siddeley Deasy Company being taken over by the Armstrong Whitworth Development Company.
		One of the cars is believed to have belonged to Queen Alexandra, patroness of the Company, and John Siddeley is believed to have driven King Edward VII in front of Buckingham palace in one in 1906.
		John Davenport Siddeley remained at the helm of The Company until 1935 when A W Aircraft was sold and became part of Hawker Siddeley Aircraft, the Hawker part of the company being based in Surrey and having its origins with both Messrs.
	www.siddeley.com /company.html (865 words)

	Background Information - Motor Manufacturers in Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1927 W R Morris bought Wolseley Motors Ltd of Birmingham from the liquidators and formed Wolseley Motors (1927) Ltd (the (1927) is dropped from the company’s name in 1935).
		The motor car was in great demand at the time, there were only about 8,500 cars on the road, the technology had reached a stage where they were practical and the infrastructure of petrol stations and garages with trained mechanics was becoming established.
		Jaguar acquired Daimler Company in 1957 and in 1966 Jaguar was acquired by the British Motor Corporation Ltd. In 1968 BMC was merged with Leyland Motors to form British Leyland.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /gansg/00-app1/motorman.htm (4423 words)

	Wolseley - GB Classic Cars
		Frederick York Wolseley was born in Ireland in 1870.
		Wolseley supplied its commercial vehicles to the military during the First World War, for the duration of which, no Wolseley cars were made.
		Wolseley cars were to become very popular with Britains police force during the 1950's and were widely used by them throughout the country.
	www.gbclassiccars.co.uk /wolseley.html (433 words)

	Wolseley Register gyrocar
		During the first years of the 20th century, the Wolseley Tool and Motorcar Company had grown into a very large concern, already notable for their engineering expertise and their production of a wide range of motor vehicles.
		The Gyrocar was driven by a Wolseley (approx.) 20hp engine mounted behind the front wheel and driving the rear wheel via an offset driveshaft.
		The gyroscope itself, powered by a 1.25p electric motor, was mounted amidships and revolved at between 2,000 and 3,000rpm.
	www.wolseley.dircon.co.uk /gyro.html (918 words)

	WOLSELEY
		At that time 30 year old Herbert Austin, who was the works manager of the Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company Ltd, succumbed to the late Victorian fascination with the internal combustion engine and the horseless carriage.
		William Morris purchased the ailing company in 1927, beating off competition from Herbert Austin and General Motors.
		Wolseley badged cars were still made during the BMC an BL phases of its ownership, until the final outing being the Wolseley `wedge' in 1975.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /british_marque/profiles/Wolseley.htm (527 words)

	British Motor Manufacturers 1894-1960, Wolseley
		A new company was formed in 1901; The Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company Ltd. under the auspices of Vickers Sons and Maxim Ltd. and a new factory at Adderley Park, Birmingham was acquired to build Wolseley cars.
		In 1913 Wolseley built and demonstrated the Gyrocar which ran on ony two wheels and was balanced by a gyroscope.
		Some existing Wolseley models were kept but, over the following ten years, Morris and MG components were increasingly used and by 1938 all models were using Morris engines.
	www.britishmm.co.uk /history.asp?id=984 (1134 words)

	Wolseley links at DONS AUTO PAGES
		Wolseley - Danish Army Vehicles Homepage A new company was formed in 1901; The Wolseley Tool & Motor Car Company It was during this period that Wolseley Police cars became so well established.
		Wolseley plc is a British company which has engaged in an disparate range of activities over its long history.
		The Wolseley name was around at the dawn of the British motor industry, and its history was closely...
	www.donsautopages.co.nz /wolseley.htm (1691 words)

	UK production facilities: Adderley Park
		When the company went bankrupt in February 1927, it was snapped up the acquisitive William Morris, who gained both the Adderley Park plant and Wolseley's other factory at Drews Lane.
		Morris relaunched the company as Wolseley Motors (1927) Ltd, and thereafter production of Wolseley cars was concentrated at the Drews Lane site, for he had it in mind to use Adderley Park for his Morris Commercial Cars operation (which had been based in the Soho area of Birmingham since its formation in 1924).
		In his new role as chief of the Austin-Morris division, George Turnbull was on a mission to rationalise the glut of closely-grouped factories which had been inherited by the company, and Adderley Park – which at that time employed almost 3000 people – was one of the first to be earmarked for the chop.
	www.austin-rover.co.uk /pfadderleyf.htm (1060 words)

	Toon van Baalen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As the Wolseley drove wonderfully, I drove it to Martien.
		The Wolseley 16/60 experiences heavy understear, which is enlarged by the heavier 6 cylinder.
		In 1927 the independent Wolseley company was taken over by Morris and therefore became part of the British Motor Company (BMC) in 1952.
	www.toonvanbaalen.nl /en/Wolseley.htm (755 words)

	Wolseley - Danish Army Vehicles Homepage
		The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Company Limited was founded in Sydney, Australia on 25th October 1887 by Irish born Frederick York Wolseley.
		In 1913 Wolseley built and demonstrated the Gyrocar which ran on only two wheels and was balanced by a gyroscope.
		During World War I, Wolseley lorries were supplied in large numbers to the British Army in France and Wolseley aero engines contributed to the success of the Royal Flying Corps.
	www.armyvehicles.dk /wolseley.htm (964 words)

	Wolseley Noticeboard
		The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Company Limited was founded in Australia in 1887 by Frederick York Wolseley.
		Wolseley motor cars were made in Great Britain from then until 1975.
		For many years the Wolseley name was associated with the Police force, the last model to be used being the late-'60s Wolseley 6/110.
	www.users.dircon.co.uk /~sandy/wolseley (258 words)

	Austin - 50 years of progress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Herbert AUSTIN, the founder of the Austin Motor Company, was born at Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire, on November 8th, 1866.
		During the following years he worked with six different engineering companies until, soon after his twenty-seventh birthday, he was asked by Frederick Wolseley, by whom he was then employed, to return to Birmingham, England, to supervise the manufacture of sheep shearing equipment.
		Under his direction Wolseley cars of the next few years won international renown, but in the early summer of 1905 he resigned and looked around for somewhere to start on his own.
	members.tripod.com /~jlrover/austin50/index.htm (249 words)

	Jaguar History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Swallow Sidecar and Coachbuilding Company was born.
		In 1931, they built a body for the four-seater Wolseley and their largest body to date on a Standard with an Enfield chassis and six-cylinder engine.
		Sidecar was dropped from the company name at this time, though they continued to manufacture sidecars until that operation was sold after World War II.
	www.motorcarsltd.com /information/jaguar-history.htm (1803 words)

	The Wolseley Tool & Motor Car Company Ltd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The new company was formed in 1901, along with a new factory at Adderley Park, Birmingham to build Wolseley cars.
		The post war period saw Wolseley cars in great demand and was initially largely unaffected by the Great Depression.
		Sir William Morris, Lord Nuffield, bought Wolseley from Vickers for £730,000 of his own money but Wolseley models were few and the factories were used primary for Morris and MG components.
	www.brakedisc.net /wolseley (468 words)

	MGTD
		In 1935, William Morris, now Lord Nuffield sold the MG Car Company Ltd, and incorporated it with Morris Motors Ltd to form the Nuffield Companies (MG, Morris, and Wolseley).
		In 1955 the MG Car Company of BMC moved into the era of the modern sportscar with the introduction of the MGA which was first introduced with the 1500 engine of the TF.
		Initially fired in the cauldron of racing, attempted to be suppressed by corporate profits, and the personal prejudice of the longtime president of BMC, the MG arose and is today the epitome of the sports car.
	www.mymg.com /mgtd.htm (2920 words)

	Morgan Motor Company > About Morgan 1910
		A patent was granted, the patent drawings being produced by a bright youth who was later to become famous as Sir John Black of the Standard Motor Company.
		The Morgan Motor Company was formed as a private Limited Company in 1912 with the Reverend H.G. Morgan as Chairman and his son as Managing Director.
		George went on to become Managing Director of the Company, a position from which he retired at the end of 1958 whilst still retaining a seat on the Board.
	www.morgan-motor.co.uk /about_morgan/1910.html (1361 words)

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