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Lorenzo Valentine
Lorenzo Valentine (ca. 1835 - 1889) was a British organ builder based in Nottingham and Melton Mowbray. Family He was born ca. 1835 in London the son of James Valentine and Harriet Graystone. His son to Sarah Fletcher, Thomas Henry Valentine was baptised on 3 April 1853 at St Mary's Church, Lambeth. On 10 December 1860 he married Sarah Walley in St Mary's Church, Newington. They had the following children: *Emma Valentine (b. 1866) *William James Valentine (1868 - 1914) *Walter Lorenzo Valentine (b. 1869) *Alfred George Valentine (b. 1871) *Harriet Lucy Valentine (b. 1872) *Sarah Elizabeth Valentine (b. 1875) *Charles Edward Valentine (b. 1878) *Claude Henry Valentine (b. 1880) Career He was apprenticed to Samuel Groves in London. From 1859 to 1861 he was in partnership with Charles Lloyd (organ builder), Charles Lloyd (another of Samuel Groves’ apprentices) in Nottingham. They were based at 19 William Street and 6 Sherwood Street, Nottingham. in 1861 he was charged at Mel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham
Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle and tobacco industries. The city is also the county town of Nottinghamshire and the settlement was granted its city charter in 1897, as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Nottingham is a tourist destination; in 2018, the city received the second-highest number of overnight visitors in the Midlands and the highest number in the East Midlands. In 2020, Nottingham had an estimated population of 330,000. The wider conurbation, which includes many of the city's suburbs, has a population of 768,638. It is the largest urban area in the East Midlands and the second-largest in the Midlands. Its Functional Urban Area, the largest in the East Midlands, has a population of 919,484. The popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
