Another longcase clock made by John Cotterill of Wirksworth.
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List taken from:
"Clockmakers & Watchmakers of Derbyshire"
by Roy G Hughes & Maxwell Craven
ISBN=0-9523270-6-6 Price £24.99
CROMFORD
Cleal, William fl c1830-40
Cotterill, Joshua fl 1815-49
Evans, Robert 1862
Evans, Thomas fl 1853-5
Hill, John 1835
Marshall, R 1836
Nelson, Robert fl 1876-88
IRETON WOOD
Barton, William fl 1749-63
KIRK IRETON
Blackwall, John 1702-3
Kiddy, Joseph fl 1848-60
MATLOCK
Adie, Thomas 1876
Barnwell, Henry fl 1884-1916
Bown, James b1787 fl 1829-46
Bown, James fl 1764-72
Bown, John b1763 fl1800
Brown, James 1762
Calow c1795
Cobb, Ralph Burton fl 1928-32
Evans, William & Son fl 1895-1928
Hope, Joseph Jackson 1884
Ingemore, John 1775
Matlock, Mark & Co 1876
Mellor, William fl 1853-60
Morris 1925?
Muir, John Gilchrist fl 1880-1930
Proffit, Edward fl 1922-5
Shenton, Richard fl 1891-1928
Smedley, Lindsey fl 1876-84
Tollday, Dallor 1884
MATLOCK BATH
Croft, Wilfred fl 1895-1932
Hockin, Herbert E fl 1903-19
Ogden, Francis 1884
Smedley, Lindsey fl 1876-84
Smedley, Robert 1888
WIRKSWORTH
Adams, Robert fl 1780-8
Atkinson, John 1816
Blount, A 1903
Blount, Henry James fl 1884-95
Bowmer, William 1908-1922
Brown, Abraham fl 1860-76
Cotterill, John fl 1805-48
Evans, John 1860
Evans, William fl 1852-95
Fowkes, c1790
Hodgkinson, William fl 1798-1804
Holliwell, William II 1770-1835
Larard, Edward fl 1792-5
Millington, Thomas Spencer fl 1895-1928
Shaw, Edward fl 1828-57
Shaw, Hugh fl 1822-3
Simpson, Robert 1791
Smith, Benjamin I fl c1742-74
Wells, Stephen c1775
Wigley, Thomas c1760
Winstanley, John fl 1768-80
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John COTTERILL, Wirksworth (1780-1862)
John Cotterill was born in Bakewell in 1780,
and is listed in Trade
Directories for 1821-27-35-46 and
1831 as being established in Coldwell Street,
Wirksworth, as a watch and clockmaker.
In 1807 he married Elizabeth Griffin.
Elizabeth died in 1835 aged 67, but John lived on another 27 years,
dying at Wirksworth in 1862 aged 82. He can be followed in the Census at:
1841,
1851 and
1861.
Also see Ince's Pedigrees page 026d.
John was born before photography, so examples of his handiwork
must stand in place of a cabinet card.
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An oak and mahogany 8-day longcase clock
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An attractive longcase made by John Cotterill of Wirksworth.
Cotterill was working 1805-1848 and this clock was made around 1835-1840.
Standing 88 inches high, the case is mainly of oak, with mahogany panels
to the hood, trunk and cross banding to the base panel and panel below
the trunk door. The trunk to base, and trunk to hood mouldings are of
a complicated design typical of a North West style case. There is
boxwood and ebony stringing to the hood, and also to the panel above
the trunk door. The wavy shaped door top, the infill between the swan
necks, the canted corners on the base and the small ogee bracket feet
are also North West of England features. The painted iron dial measures
13½ inches by 19. The calendar is a dummy, never having any wheelwork
or drive flag to operate the hand. The corner paintings are an unusual
design. The clock strikes the hours crisply on its original bell.
Inside the original nail for holding the winding key is still in place.
See a description of:
Longcase clocks and the origin of the name
"Grandfather clock"
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The dial with the name and abode of the maker.
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The dial, hood, and corner painting.
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The clockwork drive behind the face.
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The painted arch above the dial.
Is it generic or a real place?
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Francis 1713 Hannah
COTTERILL=====v=====COUTS
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1720 1722 1724
Silence Francis George
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1722
Francis 1749 Grace
COTTERILL=====v=====GODBEHERE
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1750 1752 1754 1755 1756 1758 1761
Joshua Ann Dorothy Joshua Francis Dorothy Benjamin
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1755 1745
Martha 1775 Joshua 1777 Phebe
WHEELDON=====v=====COTTERILL=====v=====FLINT
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1777 1780
Martha John 1807 Elizabeth
COTTERILL=====v=====GRIFFIN
1862 1835
NOTES
1 Joshua and son John were clock and watchmakers
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Dates:
Photo taken:
Size:Postcard
Source:A descendant of John Cotterill
Click on photo for enlargement (on CD only)
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Full length
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Top panel
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Face
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Hi John,
I have been reading about the Cotterill Grandfather Clocks on the
Wirksworth PC web site. I have a clock made by John Cotterill and thought
you might be interested to hear about it! I was extremely excited to find
the pages on your site with so much information about John Cotterill!
It was bought (I think from new, but not totally sure) by my Great Great
Grandmother's sister and her husband (therefore, I think he was my Great
Great Uncle), known in the family as "Uncle Ashmore". They lived at The
Four Alls pub in Greta Bridge, near Barnard Castle and the clock lived
there for some time. My Great Grandparents married in 1905 and honeymooned
with Uncle Ashmore at The Four Alls where Great Grandma Derby fell in
love with the clock.
Uncle Ashmore and his wife did not have children so on his death it was
passed to Great Grandma Derby and came down the line to her daughter
(my Gran), and then to her daughter (my Mum) and now to me as Mum hasn't
really got room for it in her small house any more!
It is uncannily similar to the one on your web site on the page: http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/X427.HTM (fourth photograph) - the case is
exactly the same. The movement is also the same although mine is somewhat
dirtier than the one in the photograph! Sadly, my Gran decided the clock
face was a bit dirty and took to it with a bottle of Vim, so much of the
paint has been taken off, including the black paint depicting the maker.
You can just still see it though, when you hold it to the light.
I am attaching some photographs of the clock face and the case and do hope
these are of interest. If you have any further information about the
clocks or John Cotterill that you didn't put on the web site I would be
very very interested to receive it.
Kind regards, Anna Bailey
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