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List of Memorials Monitored by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers LIST OF MEMORIALS MONITORED BY THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS Frederick J Barraud (1785–1859), Woodbury Park Cemetery, Tunbridge Wells TN4 9NH Follow path down into the cemetery taking the first left hand path. Continue left at the junction with three other paths and you will see Barraud shortly on the right hand side. Edward John Dent (1790–1853), Kensal Green Cemetery W10 4RA Frederick William Dent (1808–1860), Kensal Green Cemetery W10 4RA Thomas Earnshaw (1749–1829): Blue plaque, 120 High Holborn, London EC4Y 1HT. On the wall of the Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society on the north side of High Holborn opposite Holborn tube station, and close to the pedestrian lights. Plaque at St Giles-in-the-Fields Church, 60 St Giles High Street, London WC2H. It is at the right-hand end of the vestibule when facing the altar, and it measures 19″ by 14″. It was placed there by the Clockmakers Company in 1929. John Ebsworth (1642–1699), St Margaret’s, Lothbury, London EC2R 2HH The stone covering Ebsworth’s tomb lies in the far north-east corner of the chancel of St Margaret's Lothbury. It is often covered up. Charles Frodsham (1810–1871), Highgate Cemetery N6 6PJ William James Frodsham (1778–1850), Highgate Cemetery N6 6PJ Rupert T Gould (1890–1948): Grave is at St Giles’ Church, Ashstead KT21 1EN in Surrey – best found by entering the churchyard through the small gated entrance off the approach to the main entrance to the church. Follow the path from this entrance to where it turns right and the grave is two to three graves along this right turn on the right. The grave is shared with his mother. George Graham (1673–1751): Slate memorial stone to Thomas Tompion and George Graham in Westminster Abbey, London SW1P 3PA situated on the right-hand side of the main aisle one third of the way from the west door. It measures 45″ by 85″. Ask the Lay Guides for help and directions. Rectangular framed blue enamel plaque, in memory of Thomas Tompion and George Graham, on the wall at 67 Fleet Street, London EC4 1HT, on the south side of Fleet Street towards Ludgate Circus. Next door is the Tipperary public house which has a sign referring to Tompion. John Harrison (1693–1776): Stone memorial slab in the floor of Westminster Abbey, London SW1P 3PA. The stone memorial slab in the floor of Westminster Abbey, London, was unveiled by HRH The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh in 2006 at a special celebration of the life and achievements of John Harrison, arranged by The Clockmakers’ Company. Large stone tomb stands at St John-at-Hampstead Church, Church Row, London NW3 6UU. It is to the left of the church opposite the white door, and is now signposted together with the tomb of John Constable. The principal plaques on each side of the tomb measure 48″ long by 30″ high. The more obvious side is to John Harrison and the opposite side is to his son William E.R.S. 1728–1815. The top slab reads ‘reconstructed at the expense of The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers of the City of London 1879, William Parker, Master’. Blue Plaque on the wall of Summit House, 12 Red Lion Square, Holborn, London WC1R 4HQ on the corner of Red Lion Square with Dane Street. Memorial on the Old Post Office at Foulby in West Yorkshire WF4 1PY. Park in the lay-by just before the hamlet, if coming from the East. Henry Jones (1632–1695) and Hannah Jones (1625–1708): Memorial in the Guild Church of St Dunstan-in-the-West, at 186a Fleet Street, London – very difficult to see as it is located high up on the wall, behind a venerable altar screen installed by the Romanian Orthodox Church, who hold services in the church. The door in the screen is locked and under normal circumstances only members of the Orthodox clergy are allowed behind the screen. John Knibb (1650–1722), St James the Great, Claydon OX17 1HH Blue Plaque commemorating the lives of the Knibb clockmakers on the eastern gable end of Claydon Church Room, opposite Leys Farm at Claydon in North Oxfordshire. Joseph Knibb (1640–1711), St James the Great, Claydon OX17 1HH Blue Plaque commemorating the lives of the Knibb clockmakers on the eastern gable end of Claydon Church Room, opposite Leys Farm at Claydon in North Oxfordshire. Samuel Knibb (1625–c1670), St James the Great, Claydon OX17 1HH Blue Plaque commemorating the lives of the Knibb clockmakers on the eastern gable end of Claydon Church Room, opposite Leys Farm at Claydon in North Oxfordshire. Victor Kullberg (1824–1890): Tomb situated at the western end of Highgate Cemetery, Swain’s Lane, Highgate, London N6 6PJ. 2 Thomas Mudge (1717–1794), St Dunstan’s-in-the-West EC4A 2HR Bronze memorial plaque, made and engraved by Joanna Migdal, Master of the Clockmakers Company in 2020. Commissioned by the Company and installed in March 2019. It is close to the font. Thomas Peirce (1588–1665), St Mary the Virgin, Berkeley, GL13 9BN Thomas Tompion (1639–1713): Slate memorial stone to Thomas Tompion and George Graham in Westminster Abbey, London SW1P 3PA, situated on the right-hand side of the main aisle one third of the way from the west door. It measures 45″ by 85″. Ask the Lay Guides for help and directions. Rectangular framed blue enamel plaque, in memory of Thomas Tompion and George Graham, on the wall at 67 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1HT on the south side of Fleet Street towards Ludgate Circus. Next door is the Tipperary public house which has a sign referring to Tompion. Memorial plaque at St Mary Virgin, Northill, Bedfordshire, SG18 9AQ at the back of the Church on the west wall. Plaque on the cottage where Tompion was born and brought up at 10 Caldecote Road, Ickwell Green SG18 9EH approximately half a mile from the Church. Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780–1854), Kensal Green Cemetery W10 4RA 3 .
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