Bilbie family
Other Business Names:
- Bilbie, Edward
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Chew Stoke, Bath & North East Somerset, Somerset, South West, England
- Cullompton, Devon, Devon, South West, England
Sectors:
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Bell founding
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Luxury / consumer goods production
Clock, watch & chronometer making
Notes:
Traced origins as bell founders and clockmakers to Edward Bilbie, 1666-1724, who was at work by 1698 at Chew Stoke. From 1746 family also operated a bell foundry at Cullompton, Devon, which closed in c1814 when taken over by William & C Pannell. Chew Stoke foundry closed c1811. Supplied bells throughout West Country. Also sometime makers of long case clocks
Publications:
- Bilbie and the Chew Valley Clockmakers. The story of the renowned family of Somerset bellfounder-clockmakers by Moore, A James, et al
- Somerset Clockmakers by Bellchambers, Jack K
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Bilbie, Edward
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Chew Stoke, Bath & North East Somerset, Somerset, South West, England
- Cullompton, Devon, Devon, South West, England
Sectors:
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Bell founding
- Luxury / consumer goods production Clock, watch & chronometer making
Notes:
Traced origins as bell founders and clockmakers to Edward Bilbie, 1666-1724, who was at work by 1698 at Chew Stoke. From 1746 family also operated a bell foundry at Cullompton, Devon, which closed in c1814 when taken over by William & C Pannell. Chew Stoke foundry closed c1811. Supplied bells throughout West Country. Also sometime makers of long case clocksPublications:
- Bilbie and the Chew Valley Clockmakers. The story of the renowned family of Somerset bellfounder-clockmakers by Moore, A James, et al
- Somerset Clockmakers by Bellchambers, Jack K