Clayton & Shuttleworth was an engineering company located at Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The company was established in 1842. 

In 1845 they build there first portable steam engine then in 1849 their first threshing machine. Clayton & Shuttleworth became one of the leading manufacturers in the country they supplied steam engine's, threshing machines to other manufactures as well as selling under there own name. In 1851 they sold more then 200 steam engine's. By 1857 they had produced 2400 steam engine's by 1890 total out put had reached 26000 steam engine's along with 24000 threshing machines. 

In 1870 the workforce was 1200 in Lincoln along with branch in Vienna (Austria) Pest (Hungary), Prague (now Czech Republic), Cracow (Poland) and Lemburg (now Ukraine)

In the twentieth century Clayton & Shittleworth for a short time manufactured tractors. They were also the first British firm to manufacture a Combine Harvester. 

In 1916 the company made part for the Submarine Scout airship then during the First World War received a number of contracts to build aircraft for both the War Office and Admiralty. 

Clayton & Shittleworth manufactured over 500 aircraft from 1917 to 1919 for the production of the Sopwith Camel. In 1916 they had a new works built to enable larger production of a Handley Page 0/400 Bomber. After production of the 0/400 a contract was placed to build the Vickers Vimy but Clayton & Shittleworth only built one before the armistice and then the contract was cancelled.

A Clayton & Shuttleworth built Sopwith Camel on display at the Musée Royal de l'Armée et de l'Histoire Militaire in Belgium