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A History of the County of Warwick
… built up in the 1820s and 1830s, contained many rows of watchmakers' or weavers' houses as well as courts of … up after 1846, was an almost self-contained community of watchmakers and the lay-out included larger houses for the … Chapel Fields consisted of houses built for the needs of watchmakers, together with a Baptist chapel, a school, and …
A History of the County of Warwick
… was further encouraged by the individuality of the watchmakers, who of necessity had their own workshops, were … of the council and was four times mayor, while other watchmakers by the beginning of the 19th century were … of a recession in 1817. By 1830 there were at least 53 watchmakers who were sufficiently noteworthy to find their …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Thomas White's Charity lands, was laid out with streets of watchmakers' houses from 1846 onwards, 79 and further south, … outside the Lammas and Michaelmas lands, the isolated watchmakers' suburb of Earlsdon was developed after 1853. 80 …
A History of the County of Warwick
… (1841), the Church General Burial Society (1844), the Watchmakers' Provident Society (1845), the Unitarian Friendly … (1850), the Catholic Benevolent Sick Society (1850), the Watchmakers' Widows' and Orphans' Aid Society (1853), and the Watchmakers' Institution (1866). Other societies were to be …
A History of the County of Warwick
… detached suburb of Earlsdon which was occupied mainly by watchmakers. Further to the southeast, near Warwick Road and …
A History of the County of Leicester