Bamford's root cutter

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Date:1900 - 1930 (c.)

Description:A root cutter made by Bamfords Ltd of Uttoxeter. Root cutters were used to chop turnips into slices suitable to feed farm livestock. This model is hand operated and was used at Drift Farm at Moira (in Leicestershire) near Burton-upon-Trent.

Bamfords was founded in Uttoxeter in
1871 by Henry Bamford and made water pumps, taps and agricultural machinery. Joseph Cyril Bamford split off from the Bamford company in 1945 to set up what has become known as JCB - J C Bamford Excavators Ltd.


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1900s
Bamford's chaff cutter
Bamford's chaff cutter

This chaff cutter was made by Bamford's of Uttoxeter and sold by James & Tatton ...

1920s
Bamford's root cutter
Bamford's root cutter

A root cutter made by Bamfords Ltd of Uttoxeter. Root cutters were used to chop ...

1950s
Foundry, Bamfords works, Uttoxeter
Foundry, Bamfords works, Uttoxeter

A group of visiting students watching worker pouring molten metal into a mould at ...

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Donor ref:65.164.0001 (37/15896)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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