George England
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George England owned the Hatcham Iron Works, which built the original six FR locomotives . His daughter eloped with and married Robert Francis Fairlie, inventor of the Fairlie's Patent locomotive. This led to an acrimonious court case brought by England against Fairlie, which England lost.
In addition to the single England engines (above), George England also offered to build a Double Fairlie for the FR in 1868. The engine (Little Wonder) was built at England's works in 1869, however, by this time the works had gone out of business and become the Fairlie Engine and Steam Carriage Company Limited.
The only other George England loco still in existence is "Shannon", a small 0-4-0 welltank engine dating from 1857 which was built at a cost of £800, for Captain William Peel, R.N., owner of the Sandy and Potton Railway in Bedfordshire. Absorbed into the LNWR, but subsequently sold in 1878 for use on the Wantage Tramway (Picture)and now at the Great Western Society depot at Didcot.
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