Norfolk and Norwich Clocks and Clockmakers
Details:
- Author(s) Bird, Clifford, & Yvonne Clifford (eds)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1996
- Pages 248pp; illus
- Publisher Phillimore
- Place Published Chichester
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Library:
- Name Guildhall Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode EC2P 2EJ
- Visit Guildhall Library's website
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Notes:
Has introductory chapters: 'Clockmaking in Norfolk'; 'Watchmaking in Norfolk'; 'Turret clocks in Norfolk'. Has gazetteer of Norfolk turret clocks organised by place; a schedule of 'Norfolk masters of clockmaking and their apprentices, 1710-1810' based on data taken from apprenticeship records held in the National Archives [pp47-54]; 'Fire insurance records of Norfolk clock and watchmakers' being transcriptions of policies from registers of Sun Fire Office and Royal Exchange Assurance, c1738-c1859; 'Directory of Norfolk and Norwich clock and watchmakers by name' being profiles of many hundreds of makers [pp65-180]; 'Directory of clock and watchmakers' arranged by place [pp181-206]