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Titre
Date(s)
- 1972–2005 (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
27 files in 4 boxes (0.66 linear metres)
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Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Roger F. Carrington (1948–2005) was a horological researcher, specialising in Liverpool watchmaking. He was the author of important articles published in Antiquarian Horology: "Thomas Yates of Preston, Watchmaker & Experimentalist' (1975) and “Pierre Frederic Ingold and the British Watch and Clockmaking Company” (1978). He also undertook painstaking research at Guildhall Library into watchmakers and clockmakers in insurance records, and was a collector of unusual horological items which he sourced at antique markets. Although publication plans for his proposed books were cut short by his untimely death, he left behind a wealth of research papers and manuscripts in various stages of completion.
Histoire archivistique
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
The collection was deposited at the AHS, then located at Ticehurst, East Sussex, by Roger Carrington’s widow Susan Carrington on 7 January 2013, following discussions with Andrew King and Alan Treherne.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
This collection comprises Roger Carrington’s research papers relating to clockmaking and watchmaking in the north of England, and the role of insurance records in researching horological history.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Roger Carrington’s archive has been fully catalogued and no further deposits are expected.
Mode de classement
The collection is arranged into two series, reflecting the original arrangement at the time of deposit.
CAR/01: Notes and presentations
CAR/02: Insurance policy research
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
These records are mostly available for public access by prior appointment. Records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 2018.
Conditions de reproduction
Langue des documents
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Mostly English, some French
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Instruments de recherche
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Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
A digitised and searchable typescript pdf file of the watchmakers’ insurance policies extracted by Roger Carrington from the Sun Life registers (1710–1863) and Royal Exchange registers (1754–59, 1773–1861) is available to AHS members via the AHS website.
Unités de description associées
Most of the Carrington Archive, including photographs of watches and notes and extracts relating to clock and watchmakers from south-west Lancashire, was deposited at the Liverpool Museum in 2013. A list of these records exists in the acquisition file.
Records of the Sun Life Insurance Company (now Sun Insurance Office Ltd) and the Royal Exchange Assurance Company are held at London Metropolitan Archives (formerly at Guildhall Library), refs. CLC/B/192 and CLC/B/107/02 respectively. The Sun Life Insurance policy registers used by R.F. Carrington in his research are ref. CLC/B/192/F/003/MS11936- MS11937, and the fire policy registers of the Royal Exchange Assurance Company are CLC/B/107/02/MS07252-MS07255. They cover the period of 1710-1863.
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Dates de production, de révision, de suppression
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Note de l'archiviste
Catalogued in May 2023 by the AHS Archivist.