Robert Hampson made a clock in Ratcliffe (Radcliffe) in about 1790. Most likely Robert Hampson of Bolton who had worked in Warrington and then Wigan as Robert Hampson of Standishgate, and then both towns of Bolton and Bury, Radcliffe would seem like a logical step.
A number of other clockmakers had assembled in the area around Radcliffe Bridge.
The eight day clock by R Hampson, resembles most closely the work of Roger Hampson of Bolton, and it is likely that he moved towns as others did at the time. The walnut or mahogany cased clock, has been modernised I later years having been pinned in silk white paint.
