York

3 makers. The earliest year printed is 1770, the latest 1795.

Every maker here has York in a printed line.

1700s

• 1770 Haxby, Thomas
  Haxby (Hardy?), Thomas. — York. 1770
• 1785 to 1795 Preston, John
  Preston, John. A maker in York about 1785-95. Labels: "Preston, Pavement, York, 1789," and "John Preston, York, 1791, Fecit."
• 1789 to 1791 Preston, J.
  Preston, J., York—1789-91.

The books that name them

• Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1922
• A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer
• Old Violins And Their Makers, James M. Fleming, 1883

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