Windovers

Windovers were Saddlers and Harness Makers in Ottery St Mary from 1600 until the Industrial Revolution, when they moved north, first to Grantham and then to Huntingdon, to make carriages and coaches. Their extensive range of horse drawn vehicles is fully illustrated as they developed sales to all parts of the empire and beyond including royal households in Europe as well as England.

Earnest Windover was born in 1861 and went on to design the Ralli Car, a two wheeled horse drawn vehicle, which became very popular.

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Windovers were Saddlers and Harness Makers in Ottery St Mary from 1600 until the Industrial Revolution, when they moved north, first to Grantham and then to Huntingdon, to make carriages and coaches. Their extensive range of horse drawn vehicles is fully illustrated as they developed sales to all parts of the empire and beyond including royal households in Europe as well as England.

Earnest Windover was born in 1861 and went on to design the Ralli Car, a two wheeled horse drawn vehicle, which became very popular.

In 1907, when Windovers celebrated its golden jubilee they were well established as coachbuilders, exhibiting that year at the Olympia Motor Show.

From their success came their involvement in building bodies for Rolls Royce and Bentley cars and numerous other well known marques. The company moved production to Hendon in London in 1924, nearer to their showrooms.

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