G England and Company 1857 - 1869

occupation:
Manufacturer
Nationality:
British
born in:
New Cross, Lewisham, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Made:
Hatcham Iron Works

George England and Co. was an early English manufacturer of steam locomotives. It supplied locomotives to the Ffestiniog Railway, the Wantage Tramway, the Caledonian Railway, the London & Blackwall Railway and the Great Western Railway amongst others. In 1869 the company built the famous Little Wonder Fairlie patent articulated locomotive, for the Ffestiniog Railway. On George England's early retirement in 1869, Fairlie took over the company in partnership with England's son George England junior renaming it the Fairlie Engine and Steam Carriage Company, but following the untimely death of George England jnr just a few months later the works were sold.