The Consultant Keeper of the Clockmakers’ Museum, Sir George White Bt, will answer your queries relating to the history of the Clockmakers’ Company, the Company’s Library and Collection, or the history of clock making in London. Sir George will also endeavour to answer specific questions about clocks and watches, and general questions concerning clockmaker genealogy.
Please include full details and photographs of the clocks and watches in question in your correspondence. Sir George can be contacted at:
Present Day
All correspondence relating to the present day Worshipful Company of Clockmakers should be addressed to:
The Clerk
The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
Salters’ Hall
Fore Street
London EC2Y 5DE
Telephone: 020 7638 5500
Fax: 020 7638 5522
For location of the Clockmakers’ Company office View Map
(N.B. The Clockmakers’ Museum is not here. It is a few streets away at Guildhall)
Get directions to the Museum
Get directions to the Office
Historical
Correspondence relating to the history of the Company, the Company’s Library and Collection, or the history of clock making in London should be sent to The Consultant Keeper as below.
Please note: the Keeper has very little access to material relating to English provincial clock or watch making or horology abroad, beyond the standard published works
May we request please that before you contact the Consultant Keeper, you first consult the article “How Old is My Clock ? particularly if you are looking for information about an antiquarian clock. Thankyou.
Genealogists seeking information about their ancestors – try Sources for clock and watchmakers at Guildhall Library. Also try the City of London pages entitled “London Generations”.
The Consultant Keeper
The Clockmakers’ Museum
Guildhall Library
Aldermanbury
London EC2V 7HH
Books and Manuscripts
Correspondence relating to the accessibility of books and manuscripts held at Guildhall Library, or similar enquiries should be addressed as below.
May we request please that before you contact the Librarian, you first consult our Manuscripts and Archives page. Thankyou.
The Principal Librarian
Guildhall Library
Aldermanbury
London
EC2V 7HH
Printed Books: 0207 332 3859
Manuscripts: 0207 332 1862
A selection of horological books is available for sale from the Guildhall Library desk:-
Guildhall Library
Aldermanbury
London
EC2V 7HH
Telephone: 0207 332 3859
The Bridgeman Art Library
For Correspondence concerning colour photography of items in the Company’s Collection or Library:
The Bridgeman Art Library
17 – 19 Garway Road,
London
W2 4PH
Telephone: 0207 727 4065
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