Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Author’s Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and symbols used in transcription
- Introduction
- Selected Documents
- Bedfordshire Clock and Watchmakers
- Appendix 1 List of Bedfordshire Clock & Watchmakers By Place of Work
- Appendix 2 Clock & Watchmakers in Towns and Villages Adjacent to the County
- Appendix 3 Bedfordshire Clock and Watchmaking Apprentices
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Author’s Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and symbols used in transcription
- Introduction
- Selected Documents
- Bedfordshire Clock and Watchmakers
- Appendix 1 List of Bedfordshire Clock & Watchmakers By Place of Work
- Appendix 2 Clock & Watchmakers in Towns and Villages Adjacent to the County
- Appendix 3 Bedfordshire Clock and Watchmaking Apprentices
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The documents printed below have been selected to illustrate the range of sources available and the level of information they provide. They have been grouped by subject under 6 main headings, each with subheadings. The following headings have been used:
A. General sources
Trades directories
Lost watch advertisements
Poor law records
Insurance records
B. Business records
Partnership records
Financial difficulties
Working papers (watch registers)
Advertising and publicity etc.
C. The clockmaker's working life
Apprenticeship
Journeymen and employees
Biographies of clockmakers
D. Installation and maintenance of church clocks
New clocks
Maintenance agreements
Financial records (accounts and bills etc.)
E. Customers’ records
Accounts (personal and household)
Other records (bills, letters, diaries)
Clock and watch clubs
F. Clockmakers in court
Extracts from Quarter Sessions case papers
When more than one example has been used, the individual items are arranged in date order. The documents within each section are numbered, and each item is cross-referenced to the main biographical entries using the numbers shown (e.g. Al).
A. GENERAL SOURCES
Trades directories - a selection
A1. WATCH & CLOCKMAKERS. Bedfordshire 1785
Cavet, Ebenezer, watch-maker, Bedford
Field, Daniel, watch-maker and brazier, Luton
Hanscombe, Ebenezer, watch-maker and bookseller, Ampthill
Matthews, William, watchmaker &c., Leighton Buzzard
Pateman, William, watch-maker, Bedford
(J. F. Henington, The Merchant's Miscellany 1785)A2. WATCH & CLOCKMAKERS. Bedfordshire 1830
Bull, John, High Street, Bedford
Cain, Henry, George Street, Luton
Cavit, John, High Street, Bedford
Clare, Thomas, High Street, Bedford
Collings, Thomas George, High Street, Dunstable
Dison, James, Market Place, Potton
Dison, Thomas, High Street, Biggleswade
Drage, John, Park Street, Luton
Gillham, William, Market Place, Luton
Haines, William, “clockmaker” High Street, Bedford
Handscomb, Ebenezer, Woburn Street, Ampthill
Handscomb, S & E, “watchmakers and jewellers” High Street, Woburn
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- Bedfordshire Clock and Watchmakers 1352-1880A Biographical Dictionary with Selected Documents, pp. 23 - 78Publisher: Boydell & BrewerFirst published in: 2023