Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Cole, James

Manchester · 1850 to 1910

Historical maker

Named in 6 books.

What the books printed

British violin-makers classical and modern, Morris, W. Meredith (William Meredith). London, Chatto & Windus, 1904. Scan 121.
COLE, JAMES, Manchester; nineteenth century. He was a pupil of William Tarr, and worked afterwards with George Craske. I have not seen …
Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 245, scan 269.
COLE, James, Manchester; pupil of Tarr and George Crask, 1858.
An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 19, scan 41. Held as more than one scan.
COLE, JAMES, Manchester, 1850 to 1910.
The Violin, 1875. Page 177, scan 235. Held as more than one scan.
COLE, James, Manchester.
The violin, Hart, George. London: Dulau, 1880. Page 160, scan 178.
COLE, James, Manchester.
The violin, Hart, George. London, Dulau and co. [etc.], 1884. Page 289, scan 373.
COLE, James, Manchester,
  • Entries from 6 books stand under this name, and the software judged them likely the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.

Same town, same time

17 other Manchester makers have a year in the 1800s. A few of them:

All Manchester makers