George England ( fl. 1740–1788), was an English organ-builder.

Family

He married the daughter of Richard Bridge (another organ-builder) and was the father of

George Pike England George Pike England (ca.1765 – February 1815) was an English organ builder who was among the most prominent in England during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Life He was the son of organ builder George England and Mary Blasdale. He ...

(1765?–1814), who also became an organ-builder.

Works

St Stephen Walbrook, Walbrook, City of London EC4N 8BN - Organ - geograph

England built the organs of: *

Christ's Chapel of God's Gift Christ's Chapel of God's Gift is a church in Dulwich, a district of London, within the College of God's Gift complex. It was consecrated in 1616 by George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury, as the centre of Edward Alleyn's College of God's Gift ...

, Dulwich, London, 1759 * St Stephen Walbrook, City of London, 1760 * St Matthew Friday Street, City of London, 1762 * St George's Church, Gravesend, Kent, 1764 *

St Michael and All Angels' Church, Ashton-under-Lyne St. Michael's Church (also known as, St. Michael and All Angels' Church) is an Anglican parish church in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The church is a Grade I Listed Building. The church dates back to at least 1262, an ...

, Lancashire, 1770 * St Michael Queenhithe, City of London, 1779 (in conjunction with Hugh Russell) *

St Mary Aldermary The Guild Church of St Mary Aldermary a contraction of St Mary Aldermanbury (or St Mary Elder Mary) is an Anglican church located in Watling Street at the junction with Bow Lane, in the City of London. Of medieval origin, it was rebuilt from 15 ...

, City of London, 1781 (in conjunction with Hugh Russell) *

St Mildred, Poultry St Mildred, Poultry, was a parish church in the Cheap ward of the City of London dedicated to Anglo-Saxon Saint Mildred. It was rebuilt after the Great Fire of London, and demolished in 1872. St Mildred in the Poultry was the burial place of th ...

, City of London (demolished) * German Lutheran Church, Goodman's Fields, Tower Hamlets, London *

St Alfege Church, Greenwich St Alfege Church is an Anglican church in the centre of Greenwich, part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London. It is of medieval origin and was rebuilt in 1712–1714 to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor. Early history The church is ded ...

, London ‘These organs were remarkable for the brightness and brilliancy of their chorus’ (Hopkins). That of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, a fine specimen of England's work, was repaired by Gray in 1825, rebuilt 1872, and considerably enlarged later by

William Hill & Sons William Hill & Son was one of the main organ builders in England during the 19th century. The founder William Hill was born in Spilsby, Lincolnshire in 1789. He married Mary, the daughter of organ-builder Thomas Elliot, on 30 October 1818 i ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:England, George Year of birth missing Year of death missing 18th-century English people Organ builders of the United Kingdom