John (2) was baptized at Arthuret Parish Church (Longtown) on 29th May 1774 as John Blacklock. 

He died at Carlisle in March 1821 aged 46.

William (1) was baptized at Arthuret Parish Church (Longtown) on 27th February 1777 as William Blacklock.

He died, (probably at Carlisle), on 11th January 1832 aged 51.

Both are buried in Arthuret churchyard.

The two brothers inherited the business from their father John (1) in 1803 and continued to work in Longtown until circa 1817 when the business was moved to Carlisle.

William (1) was the father of John (3) who became the greatest of the Blaylock Clockmakers.

Longcase clock by John & William Blaylock

of Longtown, circa 1805, 30 hour duration.

LC6

My case restorer questioned me quite intensely over my estimate of the date of this clock. I said I knew it had to be post June 1803 when John (1) had died but it was clearly not far in advance of this date. He said that in his opinion the clock is what he called a "mourning clock". He went on to say that he considered that the dark stain and polish applied to the hood columns, trunk reeded quarter columns and base cantered corners was original and had been applied to mark the death of Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 as was the custom at the time.

The hood LC6

The restored 12 inch painted dial.

Incredibly the original carved bird finial has survived!

The typical Blaylock 30 hour winding click used on LC6

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20 May, 2003