The Liverpool, Manchester and Chester Trade - Adverts and Information

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EDWARD EUSTANCE

Warrington


In the Matter of a Deed of Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors, executed by Edward Eustance, of Warrington, in the county of Lancaster, Jeweller.
Notice is hereby given, that a Dividend is intended to be declared herein. All creditors who have not sent in particulars of their claims, are requested to send the same, on or before the 24th day of December next, to me, on behalf of Lewis Voisey, of Warrington aforesaid, Chartered Accountant, the Trustee under the said deed, or in default thereof they will be excluded from the benefit of the proposed Dividend—Dated this 23th day of November, 1887.
WM. HY. BROOK, Warrington, Solicitor for the Trustee.

Source: The London Gazette - 2nd December 1887

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J. WOOLLER

Southport


About midnight, two months ago, the window of a Southport (Mr. J. Wooller) jeweller's shop was broken by a brick being thrown into it, and about £400 worth of watches, rings, &c, were stolen. As no clue could be obtained, the matter had been given up as hopeless, until one day last month, when a police constable named Allen pawned a gold watch, which was recognised as one of those stolen. Allen, a married man, was arrested, and was found to have in his possession some more of the property. A cook was a prominent figure in the case, and Allen made her a present of a gold watch and a ruby ring. He sold several articles to residents, but it is believed the greater portion of the property has been sent out of town. On the night of the robbery he was " on duty " in the street where the offence was committed.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 2nd April 1888

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ROBERT LOWE

Preston, and Blackpool


BANKRUPTS

ROBERT LOWE, Preston, and Blackpool, Lancashire, working jeweller, silversmith, and watch-maker, August 31 and Sept. 18 at 11, Town-hall, Preston: Sols. Noble, Preston; Blackhurst, & Son, Preston: Mayhew & Co., 26, Carey-st., Lincoln’s-inn.

Source: The Jurist - 8th August 1840


Robert Lowe of Preston entered his mark with the Chester Assay Office. His name appears in the Chester Plate Duty Books from 1830 to 1839.

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JAMES DWERRYHOUSE

2 & 3, St. George's Crescent, Liverpool





James Dwerryhouse was elected a Member of the British Horological Institute in 1885.

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ISAAC VICKERS

49, Market Street, Lancaster


Bills of Sale

Vickers, Isaac, 49, Market Street, Lancaster, Watch and Clockmaker. June 8. £52, &c. Given to George Payne.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 5th July 1881

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HENRY LOUGHLIN

6, Lugsdale Road, Widnes, Lancashire


Bills of Sale

Loughlin, Henry, 6, Lugsdale Road, Widnes, Lancashire, Watchmaker and Jeweller. June 23. £13. Given to Ellen Loughlin.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 5th July 1881

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ENOCH ETCHES

165, Great Ancoats Street, Manchester


Liquidations by Arrangement or Composition

Etches, Enoch, 165, Great Ancoats-street, Manchester, watchmaker and jeweller. August 9. Horner & Son, sols., 3, Clarence-street, Manchester.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 5th September 1877

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WORDLEY & Co.

56, Lord Street, Liverpool


Retailer mark of Wordley & Co. struck upon an item assayed at London in 1882 that appears to bear the defaced mark of Martin, Hall & Co. of Sheffield:




Notices to Creditors

Williams, William Courtney Page (trading as Wordley and Co.), Jeweler, 56, Lord Street, Liverpool, and Rushmoor, Plenkett Road, Liscard. Trustee : F. Harpisty, 71, Lord Street, Liverpool. Appointed April 9.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 1st June 1892

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A Listing of those working in the trade in Rochdale:


CUTLER

King, J. H. 50, Yorkshire Street and 1, The Bank


JEWELLERS

Whipp T. & SON, Tower Place, Yorkshire Street
Williamson, J. Yorkshire Street


WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS

Butterworth, H. Town Hall Building, Old Market Place
Calver, C. Drake Street
Howe, C. Walk
Taylor, J. & E. Drake Street, Makers of Watches & Clocks of every description, Jewellers, etc.
Whipp, J. 51, Yorkshire Street


SILVERSMITHS

Butterworth, H. Town Hall Buildings
Whipp T. & Son, Tower Place, Yorkshire Street
Whipp, J. 53, Yorkshire Street
Williamson, J. Yorkshire Street


Source: Williams's Manufacturers' Directory, for London and Principal Market Towns in England - J. Williams - 1864

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A Listing of those working in the trade in Bolton:

WATCH MAKERS

Agar, W. Deansgate
English, D. Ashburner
Hutchinson, H. Bath
Sherwood, W. Newport
Lee, J. Great Moor
Lee, H. Bradshaw Gate
Monk, J. Deansgate
Tritschier, J. Bradshaw Gate


Source: Williams's Manufacturers' Directory, for London and Principal Market Towns in England - J. Williams - 1864

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A Listing of those working in the trade in Macclesfield:

CUTLERS
Bamford John, Waters Green
Bingham John, Chester Gate
Bingham Joseph, Sunderland Street
Bingham Joseph, jun., Derby Street

JEWELLER
Hulm Edward, Mill Street

WATCH MAKERS

Davenport James, Chester Gate
Dean George, Mill Street
Ezokiel Elias, Jordan Gate
Goodwin, H. R. Mill Street
Hanscher F. Mill Street
Hulm Edward, Mill Street
Kennedy Mark, Chester Gate
Stokes John, Mill Street
Stokes John, junior, Chester Gate



Source: Williams's Manufacturers' Directory, for London and Principal Market Towns in England - J. Williams - 1864

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HAMMENT WILLSON

346, Stretford Road and No. 39, Hanging Ditch, Manchester


The Bankruptcy Act, 1869. In the County Court of Lancashire, holden at Salford. In the Matter of Proceedings for Liquidation by Arrangement or Composition with Creditors, instituted by Hamment Willson, of No. 2, Lucy-street, Stretford-road, Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, Watchmaker, lately trading at No. 346, Stretford-road aforesaid, and No. 39, Hanging-ditch, as a Watchmaker and Jeweller, under the style of Hamment Willson.

Notice is hereby given, that a First General Meeting of the creditors of the above-named person has been summoned to be held at the offices of Mr. Edward Shippey, 15, Cooper-street, Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, on the 31st day of March, 1876, at three o'clock in the afternoon precisely.—Dated this 13th day of March, 1876.

EDWARD SHIPPEY, 15, Cooper-street, Manchester, Solicitor for the Debtor.

Source: The London Gazette - 17th March 1876

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J. HARRIS

33, Brown's Buildings, Liverpool



J. Harris - Liverpool - 1921

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CHARLES ANKERS

Audlem, Cheshire


In the Nantwich County Court on the 5th ult., P. J. E. Plimmer was mulcted in the sum of £25 for breach of agreement with Charles Ankers, watchmaker and jeweller, with respect to carrying on business in the parish of Audlem, and an injunction was entered to restrain the defendant from continuing business in that locality.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 1st January 1889

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ISAAC WHITE

Manchester Street, Liverpool


On Tuesday, at the Liverpool Police-court, Mr. Isaac White, a watch-maker and jeweller, carrying on business in Manchester-street, was summoned for having sold to one William Jones a watch with a forged or counterfeited trade mark of William Roskell and others, which he knew to be forged and counterfeited. Jones had exchanged a watch for the one in question, which Mr. White represented to be the manufacture of Messrs. Roskell, and in respect of which he gave a written warranty for ten years. The magistrates ordered Mr. White to pay £2 5s., the value of the watch exchanged, and a fine of £2.

Source: The Horological Journal - 1st September 1869

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WILLIAM A. MUIR Ltd.

8, Market Place, and 25, Oxford Street, and 28, Upper Jackson Street, and, 45, Stockport Road, and 5, Corporation Street, Manchester


William A. Muir Ltd., retail jewellers and silversmiths of Manchester, announce that they have vacated and closed down their premises at 5, Corporation Street, prior to its demolition under a compulsory purchase order. The premises were badly damaged during the war. The firm's head office is at 45, Stockport Road, Manchester.

Source: Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - July 1958


William A. Muir Ltd ceased trading in the early 1980's

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STEWART DAWSON & Co.

2, Ranelagh Place, and 121, Park Road, Liverpool


An example of the work and mark of Stewart Dawson & Co.:




DSD (David Stewart Dawson) - Birmingham - 1885

The Liverpool branch of this business entered various marks with the Birmingham and Chester assay offices.

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CLARK & MORRIS

Church Street, Liverpool


Clark & Morris, described at the time as Silversmiths, and whose premises were located on the corner of Church Street and Tarleton Sreet, Liverpool, were noted as being victims of an extensive robbery that occurred over the weekend of 4th-5th January 1851. The loss was reported to be in the region of £1,800, a large sum at the time and an indicator of the perhaps large extent of this business.

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L. BEAVER

Cross Street, Manchester


At the Manchester Police Court John Warren and Joseph Toner, were charged with burglariously entering the shop of Mr. L. Beaver, Jeweller, Cross Street, Manchester. A postman who was passing the shop early on Sunday, the 13th ult. heard a noise inside, and called the attention of the police, who quickly surrounded the premises, and then proceeded to effect an entrance. The prisoners attempted to escape by the roof, but were captured, and then a search of the premises was made. The police found that the burglars had effected an entrance through a side door by breaking two heavy locks. They had taken off a cast-iron door, secured by six heavy bars; then they had worked through a 14-inch brick wall. They found that Beaver's shop is lined with iron by trying to effect an entrance through the wall ; they therefore forced a door leading to a cellar underneath the shop of the next house, and so got into Beaver's shop by removing another door. In the front of the shop an aperture is left for the police to notice the interior, but this had been covered with a clock face. They had not been able to gain access to the safe, in which there was £16,000 worth of jewellery, before they were interrupted ; but a most complete and powerful set of burglars' tools were found on the premises. Inquiries have been made in various parts of the country as to the prisoners' antecedents, and replies have been received. The prisoners were committed to the assizes.

Mr. L. Beaver will doubtless congratulate himself on the strength and efficiency of his safes ; during the last twelvemonth, several cases of attempted burglaries have come under our own notice where the thieves had been similarly baffled. According to an experienced locksmith of our acquaintance, there is very little skeleton key work attempted just now ; but they rely on the more summary effect of the crow-bar. In this particular instance, it would appear that the police were somewhat at fault for not observing that the aperture was covered up, and therefore useless.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 5th June 1883

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THOMAS SOWERBY

82, Lime Street, Liverpool


No less than nine boys, varying in age from twelve to fifteen, were recently apprehended for breaking into the shop of Thomas Sowerby, 82, Lime-street, Liverpool, and stealing therefrom five watches, several chains, and a number of other articles. It appears that an entrance was made by breaking the bars which protected the window. Two of the boys kept watch outside whilst the others committed the robberies.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 2nd October 1893

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