The apprenticeship details of over 14,000 clockmakers, watchmakers and others involved in the horological trade in Britain, listed under both the apprentice and his master, extracted from the tax records in the Public Record Office. Included are not only those who trained in London and are recorded by the Clockmakers' Company, but most importantly, also those who were members of other companies and those who worked in the provinces, whose details have never before been published. This is an important reference work, essential for all those studying clocks, watches and those who made them. A strictly limited edition.
Dennis Moore is a volunteer assistant at the Prescot Museum, Merseyside, who is compiling all those involved in the horological trades in Liverpool and Southern Lancashire. To date he has amassed over 20,000 names
ISBN 0 9540525 4 4
240 x 170mm, 368 pages, 2 illustrations, hardback, full-colour cover, £39.50