Bristol

7 makers. The earliest year printed is 1780, the latest 1895.

Every maker here has Bristol in a printed line.

1700s

• about 1780 Stephens, G. B.
  STEPHENS, G. B., Bristol: c. 1780. Very fair work.

1800s

• about 1800 Nicholas, Edward
  NICHOLAS, EDWARD, Bristol: c. 1800. I have seen his name in a catalogue of old instruments.
• about 1800 Rylands, John
  RYLANDS, JOHN, Bristol: c. 1800. His name has appeared in lists of old instruments.
• 1800 to 1860 Sturge, H.
  Sturge, H. It is doubtful if he ever made new instruments, but he certainly repaired old ones; in 1811 he was living in Bristol, but in 1853 was settled in Huddersfield.
• 1895 Lane, E.
  Lane, E. — Bristol. 1895. 1899.

No year printed

• no year Darby, G.
  DARBY (G.) — Bristol (« Cremona House ». Perry Rd.) Contemporary maker.
• no year Shepley, George
  SHEPLEY, GEORGE, Bristol: nineteenth century.

The books that name them

• British Violin Makers, W. Meredith Morris, 1920
• Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell, 1928
• British violin-makers classical and modern; being a biographical and critical dictionary of British makers of the violin from the foundation of the classical school to the end of the nineteenth century, Morris, 1904
• British Violin Makers: A Biographical Dictionary of British Makers of Stringed Instruments and Bows and a Critical Description of Their Work, W. Meredith Morris, 1920
• A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer
• Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1904

Some names appear twice under different spellings. Each is one book's spelling.