Leeds

26 makers. The earliest year printed is 1720, the latest 1889.

Every maker here has Leeds in a printed line.

1700s

• 1720 to 1730 Lister, John
  Lister, John. Leeds, 1727.
• 1730 Lyster, John
  LYSTER (John) — Leeds towards 1730. Little known.
• 1779 to 1857 Booth, William
  Booth, William, 1779, Leeds.

1800s

• 1800 to 1865 Dearlove, Mark W.
  DEARLOVE (Mark W.) — Leeds circa 1800-1865. Good make. A number of his violins were made by J.-CH. FRYER, who became his partner in 1828.
• 1800 to 1864 Dearlove, Mark William
  Dearlove, Mark William. — Leeds. Geb. um 1800, † nach 1864.
• 1800 to 1830 Gough, Walter
  GOUGH, WALTER, Leeds: about 1800-30. Indifferent work and tone.
• 1812 to 1828 Dearlove, Mark
  Dearlove, Mark. — Leeds. 1812. 1820.
• 1816 to 1856 Booth, William II
  Booth, William (II). — Leeds. Geb. 1816, † 1. Mai 1856.
• about 1820 Gough, John
  GOUGH, JOHN, Leeds: about 1820. He worked for Mark William Dearlove.
• 1828 Dearlove, M.
  Dearlove, M., Leeds—1828.
• 1830 to 1840 Firth, G.
  Firth, G. Was working in Leeds in 1836 according to the following label: "G. Firth, No. 110, Briggate, Leeds, 1836." He was a pupil of William Booth, sen.
• 1836 Firth
  FIRTH, Leeds, 1836.
• 1836 Firth
  FIRTH, ——, Leeds, 1836.
• about 1850 Heap, J.-K.
  HEAP (J.-K.) — Leeds circa 1850.
• 1851 Heap, John Knowles
  Heap, John Knowles. — Leeds. 1851.
• 1852 John William Owen
  Owen, John William. — Leeds. Geb. am 28. Mai 1852 in Leeds
• 1855 Fox, Joseph
  Fox, Joseph. — Leeds. 1855. 1862.
• born 1884 Dykes, G.-L.
  DYKES (G.-L.) — Leeds. Born in 1884. As mentioned on his label
• 1884 Owen, John-William
  OWEN (John-William) — Leeds end of xix th century. « Amati House ». Contemporary maker established since 1884. His very finished work has earned …
• 1884 Wade, Joseph
  Wade, Joseph. — Leeds. 1884. 1900
• 1887 Stephenson, M.
  Stephenson, M. — Leeds 1887
• died 1888 Craske
  CRASKE (CRASK), GEORGE, Bath, Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham, Manchester, Stockport, b. Bury St. Edmunds, 1797, d. Stockport, 1888.
• 1889 Warrik, A.
  Warrik, A. — Leeds. 1889. 1900.

No year printed

• no year Booth
  Booth, son of the above, Leeds.
• no year Naylor
  Naylor, Leeds, 18th century.
• no year Pickard, Handel
  PICKARD, HANDEL, Leeds: nineteenth century.

The books that name them

• Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1904
• Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell, 1928
• The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, Hart, 1875 and 1884
• Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1922
• A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer
• 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
• An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann, 1925
• British Violin Makers, W. Meredith Morris, 1920
• Old Violins And Their Makers, James M. Fleming, 1883

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