Broad Street, Reading, looking eastwards, c. 1870. North side: No. 28 (John Player, watch maker, with a clock on a bracket outside the shop);
John Player clockmakers was a watch and clockmaking business based in Reading in the 19th century.[1] The business was founded by John Byard Player (May 1792 – 11 June 1861) and was maintained on his retirement by his son John Player Junior.[2] By 1846 John Byard Player had established his business in the centre of the town, making and selling timepieces from his premises at 28 Broad Street, Reading.[2] He was a pacifist, a follower of John Wycliffe and a prominent Reading businessman.[3]
^"University of Reading | Archive and Museum Database | Details". www.reading.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ ab1851 England Census; The National Archives; Class: HO107; Piece: 1692; Folio: 363; Page: 11; GSU roll: 193600
^Reading Mercury 21 March 1846, p.4;The Indian War:To the editor of the Reading Mercury
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