Abbreviations used and References
| B.D. | British Directory 2nd vol. 1793 |
| S.G.C.D.P.B. | Staffs & General & Commercial Directory Parsons & Bradshaw 21/11/1818 |
| P.L.P.C.D. | Pigots London & Provincial new Commercial Directory for 1822-23. |
| P.C.C.D.S.W. | Pigots & Co. Commercial Directory for Staffs & Warks 1829 W.H.G.&D.S. Whites History Gazetteer Directory of Staffordshire 1834 and 1851. |
| P.N.C. | Pigots National & Commercial 1842 |
| H.G.D.D. | History & Gazetteer Directory of Derbyshire, with the town of Burton-on-Trent Samuel Bagshaw 1846. |
| W.H.D.S. | Whites History & Directory of Staffordshire 28/7/1851 |
| W.H.D.D. | Whites History & Directory of Derbyshire 1857 |
| K.C.P.O.D.S. | Kelly & Co. Post office Directory for Staffordshire 1868 |
| W.D.S.D.B. | Whites Directory of South Derbyshire inc. Burton on Trent 1874 |
| K.D.S. | Kelly Directory of Staffordshire 1888 and 1892 |
| K.D.S.00 | Kelley's directory 1900 |
| D.C. | Derbyshire Clockmakers by Derby museums 1976 |
| C41 | Census for 1841 |
| C.R. | Church Records |
| SLWC | Society of Leicestershire Watch & Clockmakers. Formed in 1795. |