Claim: The Avonside Engine Company was liquidated in the 1880s and a new company was formed using the Avonside name and was known as Avonside Locomotive Works.
Evidence: The original Avonside Engine Company was based in St Philips, Bristol, and founded in 1837 as Henry Stothert and Company. This firm had got into financial difficulties and was liquidated in the 1880s. A new company was formed using the Avonside name as the Avonside Locomotive Works, initially at St Philips, before the company moved to Fishponds in 1905.