Looking for a Woodworking Sinderby c. 1800! (General)

by Scarlet, Saturday, July 26, 2008, 12:17 (5974 days ago)

I wonder if anyone can help me .. I recently bought a bassoon dating from around 1800 .. the maker's stamp on the instrument is Sinderby - and is totally unknown as an instrument maker.

Around this time most Sinderbys seem to live in and around Gloucestershire .. and were mainly various sorts of metal workers.

The bassoon is very well made (not the work of an amateur) and I would really expect to find a Sinderby who was a wood-turner at least, if not an instrument maker.

I have been Googling and researching left right and centre, and still haven't pin-pointed the right Sinderby..

The lack of a christian name doesn't help - nor does the lack of any dates! He could have been born any time from 1720 (at a push!) to around 1785/90!

I need somewhere which will have trades mentioned - the Gloucestershire Trade Directories haven't helped (just a metal worker found) .. and the census hasn't come up with the answer..

My last hope is parish records .. I think/hope they may list professions?

Sinderbys are to be found in Flaxley, Westbury, Longhope, Huntley, Ruardean, Churcham and Fretherne .. and possibly elsewhere!

I'd be really grateful for any help - even help with ruling some Sinderbys out would be very welcome!

Thank you :)