Item LSBU/8/8 - Grandfather Clock

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LSBU/8/8

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Grandfather Clock

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  • c1740 (Creation)

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1 grandfather clock

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Edward Greatrex was a clock and watch maker who worked at English Market near Dale End in Birmingham from about 1724 to about 1755. He was the son of John, a yeoman of Aston in Derbyshire, and was apprenticed in Birmingham to Peter Brown, clockmaker on 24 June 1713 for 6 years and the fee of £8. Later Edward took his own apprentice, John Walker, in 1732.

In 1722 Edward married, in his home town of Ashbourne and the following year a daughter was born. No children are recorded . Edward is known to have maintained the Welsh Cross clock, once situated in the heart of Birmingham.

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Given to the Borough Polytechnic Institute in 1969 by Hubert A Secretan CBE, Chairman of the Governing Body.

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