Another Thomas Bridge, believed to be the son of Thomas Bridge was admitted to Wigan in 1717, and worked in Standishgate.
The petition read: The Humble Petition of Thomas Bridge, Clockmaker. Sheweth that your Petitioner is a young unmarryed man and hath served a lawful Apprenticeship to his said calling and is now a master thereat and very seidome makes any Clocks but those that goes for the space of ten dayes at one winding upp, and having information that there is a great want in this Corporation of a good ingenious workeman . . . and being desirous to supply the said want and serve the Towne to the utmost of his power. Therefore your Petitioner, etc.,
Bridge employed a workman named Thomas Walker and with him made extensive repairs to the Wigan Church Clock in 1718.
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The last time Bridge was employed to restore the Church Clock was early in 1733, when he was paid £1. 2s. 6d. “for cleaning & putting new springs & Jacks & Hammers & quarters ” to it.
His clocks are marked Thos. (or) Thomas Bridge, Wigan, or Bridge de Wigan, and are often found in exceptionally fine cases.Bridge is also recorded as being a “ maker of astronomical instruments ”
There is no record of Thomas after 1745….
An early face of a Thomas Bridge Clock, having the stylistic cues of clock by Bridge of London, and Bridge of Wigan, maybe linking these makers?
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