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DING 2012: “Born at Market Harborough, Lei.. He first worked as a journeyman in London and then became a printer and bookseller at Stamford, Lin. In 1799 he moved to Mansfield and continued working in his trade. He collaborated with local antiquary Major Hayman Rooke. In 1801 he moved to Nottingham, working as a printer. He returned to Market Harborough in 1805. He died in Birmingham.”

WORKS

1801. “Dialect”. The History of Mansfield and it's Environs in Two Parts. I. Antiquities including An Accurate Description of Two Roman Villas, Near Mansfield Woodhouse, Discovered by H. Rooke, Esq. In the Year 1786; With an Account of some Late Discoveries, never before Printed. II. The Present State.  London: Nichols: 53. SC. EDD.

KINGKONG PROJECT

William HARROD (M: 1753 - 1819)

     The History Of Mansfield And Its Environs [n|1801]

     The History Of Market-Harborough In Leicestershire [n|1808]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORKS SEE

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/details/D229032?descriptiontype=Full&ref=PROB+11/1617/212

Jess Jenkins. 2004. "Harrod, William (bap. 1753, d. 1819)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: University Press. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12462, accessed 12 April 2015]

Timperley, Charles Henry. 1839. The Dictionary of Printers and Printing, with the Progress of Literature. London: H. Johnson: 869.

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William Harrod

(1753-1819)