Buckinghamshire Clock & Watchmakers

Author: Tim Marshall

421 pages, about 550 colour illustrations

Buckinghamshire is a county with a rich heritage in clockmaking. This book traces the history of the clock and watchmakers, and their work from the early seventeenth to the twentieth century. Ranging from the humblest village clockmaker, to some of the most illustrious names in English clockmaking, over 600 men and women associated with the craft in Bucks are featured, together with illustrated examples of their work.

More than 100 turret clocks located throughout the county are listed, including over 40 seventeenth and eighteenth century posted frameclocks still to be found in Bucks.

This book will appeal to clock and watch enthusiasts, local historians and those with an interest in the history of Buckinghamshire.