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John Wilson (English Architect)
John Wilson (1781, Dalston, Cumbria – 1866, Shirley, Hampshire) was a Clerk of Works for the Board of Ordnance who became one of the most celebrated architects in the island of Guernsey for the buildings he designed there between 1813 and 1831. He worked mostly in stucco (which he called ' Roman cement') in the neoclassical, Gothic Revival or Jacobethan styles. Despite the recognition of his work in Guernsey, he appears to have done little work outside the island and remains a rather elusive figure. Early life John Wilson was born in Dalston, Cumbria, and baptised on the 6 June 1781, the son of Robert and Mary Wilson of Cardewlees. In 1816, he married Ann Strong, the daughter of John Strong, a solicitor of Carlisle, at the church of St George's, Hanover Square, London. He joined the Board of Ordnance as a mason. He had been promoted to master mason, and was appointed Clerk of Works by 1813. Work in Guernsey (1813–1830) He was sent to Guernsey in about 1813 to supervi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardewlees
Cardewlees is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, Historic counties of England, historically part of Cumberland. It is about southwest of Carlisle, Cumbria, Carlisle. It is located northwest of Dalston, Cumbria, Dalston (of which parish it belongs to), north of Cardew, Cumbria, Cardew and northeast of Thursby, just off the A595 road. A windmill located here has been converted into apartments. Thursby Manor is located nearby. Cardewlees hit the headlines in 1862 when resident Sarah Carrick poisoned herself with phosphorus paste, or rat poison. Archaeologically it is known for The Cardewlees Altar. Notable people It is the birthplace of John Wilson (architect), John Wilson, an architect with the Board of Ordnance who was responsible for some of the Regency buildings in the island of Guernsey.Simon Coombe, ''John Wilson, Guernsey's Architect: A Celebration''Blue Ormer 2018). See also *List of places in Cumbria References Hamlets in Cumbria Dalston, Cumbria {{Cumbria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torteval Church 2 Guernsey , a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France
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Torteval may refer to: *Torteval, Guernsey, one of the ten parishes of Guernsey *Torteval-Quesnay Torteval-Quesnay () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woolwich
Woolwich () is a district in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The district's location on the River Thames led to its status as an important naval, military and industrial area; a role that was maintained throughout the 16th to 20th centuries. After several decades of economic hardship and social deprivation, the area now has several large-scale urban renewal projects. Geography Woolwich is situated from Charing Cross. It has a long frontage to the south bank of the Thames river. From the riverside it rises up quickly along the northern slopes of Shooter's Hill towards the common, at and the ancient London–Dover Road, at . The ancient parish of Woolwich, more or less the present-day wards Woolwich Riverside and Woolwich Common, comprises . This included North Woolwich, which is now part of the London Borough of Newham. The ancient parishes of Plumstead and Eltham became part of the civil parish of Woolwich in 1930. Parts of the wards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Dickson (British Army Officer)
Major General Sir Alexander Dickson (3 June 177722 April 1840) was a British Army officer who served in the artillery. He fought at many battles during the Napoleonic Wars. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington had the highest opinion of his abilities and made him the effective commander of his army's artillery during the latter part of the Peninsular War. Military career Dickson entered the Royal Military Academy in 1793, passing out as second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in the following year. As a subaltern he saw service in Menorca in 1798 and at Malta in 1800. As a captain he took part in the unfortunate Montevideo Expedition of 1806–07, and in 1809 he accompanied Brigadier General Edward Howorth to Portugal where he served as brigade-major of the artillery. He soon obtained a command in the Portuguese artillery, and as a lieutenant colonel of the Portuguese service took part in the various battles of 1810–11. At the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, the Salam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Marr (author)
James Marr (1918–2009) was the author of ''The History of Guernsey'', acclaimed on publication in 1982 as the most important book on the islands since Ferdinand Tupper's history more than a century earlier. Marr was the son of Leonard and Elvina (née Machon) Marr and was born at their family home in Les Canichers, Saint Peter Port, Guernsey. He was educated at Les Vauxbelets College, Guernsey, and the College of St Mark and St John, London, graduating with honours in economics and political science. During World War II, he served in the British Army in France, North Africa, Italy and Austria. He was a schoolmaster at Hackney Downs, London, specialising in his subjects, and simultaneously taking history. Other books by James Marr on historical aspects of Guernsey include: ''Guernsey People''; ''More People in Guernsey's Story''; ''Bailiwick Bastions''; ''Bailiwick Harbours and Landing Places''; and ''Guernsey Between the Wars: An Islander Recalls his Youth''. He wrote a ficti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Colvin
Sir Howard Montagu Colvin (15 October 1919 – 27 December 2007) was a British architectural historian who produced two of the most outstanding works of scholarship in his field: ''A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840'' and ''The History of the King's Works''. Life and works Born in Sidcup, Colvin was educated at Trent College and University College London. In 1948, he became a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford where he remained until his death in 2007. He was a member of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England 1963–76, the Historic Buildings Council for England 1970–84, the Royal Fine Art Commission 1962–72, and other official bodies. He is most notably the author of ''A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840'' which appeared in its original form in 1954. Yale University Press produced a third edition in 1995, and he had just completed his work on the fourth edition at the time of his death. On first p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Arsenal
The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich is an establishment on the south bank of the River Thames in Woolwich in south-east London, England, that was used for the manufacture of armaments and ammunition, proofing, and explosives research for the British armed forces. It was originally known as the Woolwich Warren, having begun on land previously used as a domestic warren in the grounds of a Tudor house, Tower Place. Much of the initial history of the site is linked with that of the Office of Ordnance, which purchased the Warren in the late 17th century in order to expand an earlier base at Gun Wharf in Woolwich Dockyard. Over the next two centuries, as operations grew and innovations were pursued, the site expanded massively. At the time of the First World War the Arsenal covered and employed close to 80,000 people. Thereafter its operations were scaled down. It finally closed as a factory in 1967 and the Ministry of Defence moved out in 1994. Today the area, so long a secret enclave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guernsey Society
The Guernsey Society is an organisation for people with an interest in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Society aims The Guernsey Society aims are to promote, maintain and stimulate interest in all matters concerning the Bailiwick of Guernsey, its past, present and future - and keeping alive the ''Spirit of Guernsey'' both in the islands and overseas. *Publish ''The Review of the Guernsey Society'' three times a year - a high quality magazine with articles on Guernsey's past, present and future *Organise meetings - both formal and informal - in Guernsey, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere *Provide a network for anyone with an interest in Guernsey History of the Society The Guernsey Society was formed in 1943 to represent the interests of the island to the British Government during the German Occupation, and to establish a network for Guernsey evacuees in the United Kingdom. The Society was the idea of three Guernseymen based in London: Sir Donald Banks, Air Commodore Henry Le Marchant Bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Berry (genealogist)
William Berry (5 November 1774 – 2 July 1851) was an English genealogist, known for various publications on family history and heraldry. Life William Berry was born on 5 November 1772, the son of William Berry and his wife Elizabeth. In his early career, 1793–1809, he was employed as a writing clerk to the registrar of the College of Arms. On his retirement from that post, he lived for some time in Guernsey, where he published an able work titled ''The History of the Island of Guernsey, compiled from the collections of Henry Budd'' (1815). Prior to this, he had published a work titled ''Introduction to Heraldry'' (1810). Returning to England, he lived at Doddington Place, in Kennington, south London, and in 1832 commenced ''A Genealogical Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland''. This was a carefully compiled family history, with beautifully engraved coats of arms, but did not receive much support, and after the issue of the fourth number, which terminated with an account ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Brett
Sir Charles Edward Bainbridge Brett, KBE, CBE (30 October 1928 - 19 December 2005), was a Northern Irish solicitor, journalist, author and founding member, and first chairman, of the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society (UAHS). He was known to many simply as Charlie Brett. Early life and education Brett was born in Holywood, County Down, into a long line of solicitors, the family firm being ''L'Estrange and Brett'', based in Belfast. He was a partner in this firm from 1954 until 1994. He was educated at Aysgarth School, Rugby School and New College, Oxford, where he was President of the Poetry Society and was a friend of Dylan Thomas. Career Between 1949 and 1950, he worked in France as a journalist with the ''Continental Daily Mail'', where he is said to have mixed in anarchist and Trotskyite circles. In 1956, The 8th Earl of Antrim invited Brett to join the Northern Ireland Committee of the National Trust. On finding there were no books written to prepare himself for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town Church, Guernsey
The Town Church is also known as the "Parish Church of St Peter Port", "Sancti Petri du Portu" and "Town Church of St Peter, Apostle & Martyr". The earliest known religious building on the site was in 1020 with a reference to a small rectangular chapel; however, a building probably existed in the 8th century. The current building, probably started in the 13th century was completed in its current format by 1466. The Town Church is considered the main island church so serves both the States of Deliberation and the Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey as well as the parishioners of Saint Peter Port. The position of rector is currently vacant,the mission priest is the Reverend Peter Graysmith (His wife, the Reverend Penny Graysmith became part of history by becoming the first woman to be appointed Vice-Dean in Guernsey, she was admitted during the evensong service on Sunday, 12th July 2020). The deacon is the Reverend Jill Mabire and the church wardens are Ruth Abernethy (Rector’s warde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alderney
Alderney (; french: Aurigny ; Auregnais: ) is the northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. It is long and wide. The island's area is , making it the third-largest island of the Channel Islands, and the second largest in the Bailiwick. It is around to the west of the La Hague on the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy, in France, to the northeast of Guernsey and from the south coast of Great Britain. It is the closest of the Channel Islands both to France and to the United Kingdom. It is separated from Cap de la Hague by the dangerous Alderney Race (french: Raz Blanchard). As of March 2018, the island had a population of 2,019; natives are traditionally nicknamed after the cows, or else after the many rabbits seen in the island. Formally, they are known as ''Ridunians'', from the Latin . The only parish of Alderney is the parish of St Anne, which covers the whole island. The main town, St Anne, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
