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E. D. Abbott

E. D. Abbott Ltd, known as Abbotts of Farnham, was a coachbuilder at Wrecclesham near Farnham on the Surrey/Hampshire border. It bodied Talbot, Lagonda, Aston Martin, Bentley and Rolls-Royce chassis, including 19 of the 20 pre-war Atalantas, and later became known for Ford estate conversions.1

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1929Founded

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Key facts

Founded
1929 (Abbott bought the receivership firm Page & Hunt; its predecessors date from 1920)1 Independently researched
Founder
Edward Dixon Abbott1 Independently researched
Headquarters
Wrecclesham, near Farnham, Surrey, England1 Independently researched
Status
19721 Independently researched

History

Edward Dixon Abbott, a former Royal Naval Air Service pilot, joined the coachbuilder Page & Hunt in 1926 as London salesman and design consultant. When that firm went into receivership in September 1929 he bought it with money from his late father's estate and traded under his own name. Besides bespoke bodies for Talbot, Lagonda Rapier, Aston Martin, Bentley and Rolls-Royce, the firm made bus bodies, wartime items for the Ministry of Supply and, from the 1950s, Ford estate conversions. In 1950 Abbott sold it to R. Gordon Sutherland, and it closed in February 1972 after Ford brought estate production in-house.

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Milestones

  1. 1929
    Edward Abbott bought the receivership firm Page & Hunt and traded under his own name.1
  2. 1950
    Abbott sold the company to R. Gordon Sutherland.1
  3. 1972
    The factory closed after Ford took estate car production in-house.1

Sources

Each number links to the exact facts it supports.

  1. 1
    National Transport Trust - Abbotts of Farnham heritage site Level C National Transport Trust
    • Abbott himself purchased P&H
    • In 1950, Abbott sold the company to R. Gordon Sutherland
    • closed its factory gates in late February 1972
    • Abbott bought Page & Hunt after its receivership in September 1929
    • Wrecclesham, near Farnham, on the Surrey/Hampshire border
    • National Transport Trust - Abbotts of Farnham heritage site
    Accessed 2026-11-13

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