Leyland tractors was created after the merger of the British Motor Corporation

British Motor Corporation

The British Motor Corporation, or commonly known as BMC was a vehicle manufacturer from United Kingdom, formed by the merger of the Austin Motor Company and the Nuffield Organisation in 1952...

 (BMC) with Leyland Motors to form British Leyland in 1968. Nuffield tractors

Nuffield Universal

The Nuffield Universal was a tractor produced by the British Nuffield Organisation and its successor the British Motor Corporation from 1948. When William Morris the founder of the Morris Motor Company was honoured with a title and elevated to the peerage he chose to become Lord Nuffield and so...

 had been started after World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 by Lord Nuffield owner of the Morris Motor Company

Morris Motor Company

The Morris Motor Company was a British car manufacturing company. After the incorporation of the company into larger corporations, the Morris name remained in use as a marque until 1984 when British Leyland's Austin Rover Group decided to concentrate on the more popular Austin marque...

 which had become part of BMC in 1951.
After the merger Leyland changed the colour from the Poppy Red of Nuffield to two tone blue which would eventually last right up to the early 1980s. Production moved to Bathgate

Bathgate

Bathgate is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, on the M8 motorway west of Livingston. Nearby towns are Blackburn, Armadale, Whitburn, Livingston, and Linlithgow. Edinburgh Airport is away...

 in Scotland. When Leyland took over Nuffield the Nuffield name still appeared until 1969 before it was completely abolished.

BL then sold Leyland tractors in 1982 to Marshall Tractors Ltd and production moved to Gainsborough

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

Gainsborough is a town 15 miles north-west of Lincoln on the River Trent within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. At one time it served as an important port with trade downstream to Hull, and was the most inland in England, being more than 55 miles from the North...

 in Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

.

See also

• List of tractor manufacturers
• List of former tractor manufacturers
• Marshall, Sons & Co.
  Marshall, Sons & Co.
  -External links:* – at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia...