Names of authors who are or were freemen of the Clockmakers’ Company are given in red]

 

London Clockmakers:

 

Arnold: John Arnold and Son, V. Mercer (Ticehurst)

Clockmakers’ Company: Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, S.E. Atkins, W.H. Overall (privately printed, London 1881)

Clockmakers’ Company: The Clockmakers of London, G.S.J. White (London 1998)

Daniels: All in Good Time, George Daniels (Isle of Man, 2000)

Dent: Edward John Dent and his Successors, V. Mercer (Ticehurst)

Frodsham: The Frodshams, the Story of a family of Chronometer Makers, V. Mercer (Ticehurst 1981)

Harrison: Longitude, Dava Sobel (London 1996)

Harrison: The Quest for Longitude, Ed. W.J.H. Andrewes,  (Harvard 1996)

Merlin: John Joseph Merlin, The Ingenious Mechanick (London 1985)

Tompion: Thomas Tompion, his Life and Work, R.W. Symonds (London 1951)

Windmills: Joseph and Thomas Windmills, Clock and Watchmakers, 1671-1737, J.A. Neale, (Ticehurst).

 

British provincial clockmakers:

 

Bath: Watch and Clock makers in the City of Bath, Dr. I White, (Ticehurst 1996)

Birmingham: Watch and Clockmakers of Birmingham J. McKenna, (Birmingham 1986)

Buckinghamshire: Clock and Watchmakers of Buckinghamshire (Edward Legg, Bradwell Abbey Field Centre, 1976)

Chepstow: Chepstow Clock and Watch Makers, Ivor Walters (Chepstow 1980)

Chester: Chester Clock and Clockmakers (Nicholas Moore (Chester Museum 1976

Colchester: Colchester Clockmakers, Bernard Mason, Country Life 1969

Cornwall: Cornish Clocks and Clockmakers, H.Miles-Brown, David & Charles, 1970.

Cunberland: The Clockmakers of Cumberland: J. Penfold, (Ashford 1977)

Derbyshire: Derbyshire Clock and Watchmakers, R.G. Hughes (Derby Museum 1976

Devonshire: Devonshire Clockmakers, J.K. Bellchambers, Torquay 1962

Devonshire: Devon Clock and Watchmakers, Clive Ponsford, (David & Charles, 1985

Dorset: Dorset Clocks and Clockmakers (including the Channel Islands) T. Tribe and P. Whatmoor, Oswestry 1981

Dunfermline: Dunfermline Clocks, Felix Hudson, Dunfermline 1982

Exeter: Time in Exeter, C. Ponsford, (Exeter 1978)

Gloucestershire: Gloucestershire Clock and Watch Makers, Dr. Graham Dowler (Phillimores, 1984)

Hamilton: Marking Time in Hamilton, W. Wallace (Hamilton 1981)

Hertfordshire: The Clockmakers of Hertfordshire, E.J. Tyler (Ticehurst)

Hull & East Riding: Hull and East Riding Clocks, J.E.S. Walker, (Hornsea Museum, 1982)

Lancashire: Lancashire Clocks and Clockmakers, Brian Loomes, (David and Charles 1975)

Leicestershire: Leicestershire Clockmakers, J. Daniel (Leicestershire Museums, 1975

Lincolnshire: Lincolnshire Clockmakers, J.E.S. Walker (Lincolnshire Libraries, 1995)

Llangollen: Watchmaking in Llangollen by Robert Hughes, D.H. Bacon (Ticehurst 2000)

Nantwich: Nantwich Clockmakers, A.A. Treherne (Nantwich Museum 1986)

Oxfordshire: Clockmaking in Oxfordshire: Dr. C.F.C. Beeson (Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, 1989

Norfolk and Norwich: Norfolk and Norwich Clockmakers, C  and Y Bird (Ticehurst)

Northumberland and Durham: Clockmakers of Northumberland and Durham, Keith Bates, Northumberland 1980

Nottinghamshire: Clock and watch makers of Nottinghamshire (H. Mather, Nottingham 1979)

Salisbury: Clocks and Clock makers of Salisbury, Michael Snell, Salisbury 1986

Scotland: Old Scottish Clockmakers, J. Smith (Republished Wakefield, 1975)

Shropshire: Shropshire Clock and Watchmakers, D. Elliott, (Phillimores, 1979)

Somerset: Somerset Clockmakers, J.K. Bellchambers, (Torquay 1969)

Stamford: Stamford Clocks and Watches, L. Tebbutt (Stamford 1975)

Stirling: Old Stirling Clockmakers, (Stirling, 1980)

Suffolk: Suffolk Clocks and Clockmakers, A.L. Haggar,  L.F. Millar (Ticehurst 1974)

Sussex: The Clockmakers of Sussex, E.J. Tyler (Ahsford 1986)

Tiverton: Clocks and Clockmakers of Tiverton, Ponsford, Scott and Authers, Tiverton 1977

Warwick and Leamington: Clockmakers of Warwick and Leamington, W.A. Seaby, Warwick Museum, 1981

Warwickshire: Watch and Clockmakers of Warwickshire, J. McKenna (Birmingham 1985)

Westmorland: Westmorland Clocks and Clockmakers, B. Loomes (David and Charles 1974)

Yorkshire: Yorkshire Clockmakers, B. Loomes (Littleborough 1985)

 

British Clock and Watchmaking, General:

 

Chatelaines: Chatelaines, G.E. Cummins, N.D. Taunton (Woodbridge, 1994)

Brass Dial Clocks: Brass Dial Clocks, B. Loomes, (Woodbridge 1998)

Carriage Clocks: Carriage Clocks, Charles Allix & Peter Bonnert (Woodbridge 1974)

Clocks and Watches: The World’s Great Clocks and Watches C. Jagger (London 1980)

Clocks  (lower priced): Collectable Clocks 1840-1940, A & R Shenton (Woodbridge 1985)

Clocks (Thirty hour): English 30 Hours Clocks, J. Darken & J. Hooper (Woking 1997)

Lantern Clocks: English Lantern Clocks, George White (Woodbridge 1989)

Longcase or Tall case clocks: The Longcase Clock, T. Robinson, (Woodbridge 1981)

Musical Clocks: English and Scottish Musical Clocks, E.W. Cloutman (Ticehurst 2000)

Musical Clocks: The Musical Clock, A.W.J.G. Orde-Hume (Ashbourne, 1995)

Painted Dial Clocks: Painted Dial Clocks, 1770-1870, B. Loomes, (Woodbridge 1994)

Royal Clocks: Royal Clocks, C. Jagger, (London 1983)

Watches: The Watch, C. Cardinal, (Thornbury 1989)

Watches: Watches C. Clutton & G. Daniels (London 1971)

Watches: The Artistry of the English Watch, C. Jagger (Newton Abbot 1988)

Watches: Antique Watches, T.P. Camerer Cuss, (Woodbridge, 1976)

Watch cases: Early Watch Case Makers of England 1631-1720, P. Priestley (Columbia, PA, 2000)

Watchmaking: Watchmaking: George Daniels, (London 1981)

 

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