Samuel Thorp Explained

Samuel Thorp, or Thorpe, (c. 1765 – 1838) was a clockmaker born in Madeley, Shropshire. He was baptized 6 January and became apprenticed in 1780 ^[1] to a renowned Shrewsbury Clockmaker Robert Webster. On 20 December 1790 he married Mary Newall at Ford, Shropshire . Samuel Thorp died in 1838 and was buried in Abberley Churchyard in Worcestershire on 15 February. Mary joined him there on 19 February 1843.^[2]

Works

• Great Witley. In April 2010 the restored Samuel Thorp clock went on display in the crypt. It was commissioned by Thomas Foley, 3rd Baron Foley in 1804 and served both Witley Court and the parish until 1877 when it was replaced by the present clock.^[3]
• Shrawley Just outside the porch of the church is a base of a medieval stone cross. This is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The cross itself was destroyed during the Civil War. It is now mounted by a horizontal sundial made by Samuel Thorp in 1819 and inscribed, "Ab Hoc Momento pendet Aeternitas."^[4]
• Stourport-on-Severn One of his most notable clocks adorns the yacht club at Stourport-on-Severn. It was erected in 1813 and paid for by public subscription.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/18118/lot/727/ Bonhams Auction sale catalogue dated 9 Sep 2010 An unusual Regency mahogany and steel patent spinning-wheel Anon Accessed 10 May 2014
2. http://www.madeley.org.uk/samuel-thorpe.php Welcome to Madeley - Shropshire – UK Samuel Thorpe Anon Accessed 9 May 2014
3. The Church in Great Witley Rick Warner Shrawley and the Witleys Parish Magazine May 2014 p5
4. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42906 Victoria County History A History of the County of Worcester: volume 4 William Page, J.W.Willis-Bund (editors) 1924 Accessed 10 May 2014
5. http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/18118/lot/727/ Bonhams Auction sale catalogue dated 9 Sep 2010 An unusual Regency mahogany and steel patent spinning-wheel Anon Accessed 10 May 2014
6. http://www.unlocking-stourports-past.co.uk/clock/stourportclock.html Unlocking Stourport's Past Charles Hadwell, The Stourport Clock October 1997 updated 14 January 2007 Accessed 12 May 2014