Plaque

Dan Parkes at St John's

Inscription

Dan Parkes, clock maker, 1946 - 1989.

Site: 8 Clockmakers' plaques (8 memorials)

EC1, St John's Lane, 33, Watchmaker Court

The plaques read left to right chronological by birth date. We've taken the dates on each plaque to be date of birth and date of death but a contact has informed us that this is not true for Dan Parkes (the most recent in the collection) - the second date for him is the date he retired. So now we are unsure what the second date signifies for the others.

This modern building sports a clock (of course) with Roman numeral hours and, on the side, "XXXIII" or 33, the street number.

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Dan Parkes at St John's

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Dan Parkes

Clock-maker. We had 1989 as his date of death but in July 2024 we received t...

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Edward Massey at St John's

Edward Massey at St John's

Edward Massey, clock maker, 1772 - 1852

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James Upjohn at St John's

James Upjohn at St John's

James Upjohn, clock maker, 1765 - 1794.

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John Cranfield at St John's

John Cranfield at St John's

John Cranfield, clock maker, 1770 - 1790.

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John Moor at St John's

John Moor at St John's

John Moor, clock maker, 1801 - 1875.

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Joseph Simms at St John's

Joseph Simms at St John's

Joseph Simms, clock maker, 1745 - 1770.

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