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William Ward (1807 – 20 July 1889) was a Victorian Mayors of Oxford
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UK. Ward died on 20 July 1889 aged 82 and was buried in the family vault at St Mary Magdalen's Church. His wife died on 26 July 1876 aged 67 and was buried in the same church.
William Ward (1807 – 20 July 1889) was a Victorian Mayor
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of the city of Oxford
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, in England.William Ward: Mayor of Oxford 1851/2 and 1861/2Warwickshire
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. His mother was Sarah Ward (1779–1858), the daughter of Abraham Ward (1739–1817) from Stafford
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and Oxford.
Ward became a coal merchant
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Coal is formed when dea ...
as his father had been before him. His business was based at the canal wharf on the Oxford Canal
The Oxford Canal is a narrowboat canal in central England linking the City of Oxford with the Coventry Canal at Hawkesbury (just north of Coventry and south of Bedworth) via Banbury and Rugby. Completed in 1790, it connects to the River Thame ...
in Jericho, Oxford
Jericho is an historic suburb of the English city of Oxford. It consists of the streets bounded by the Oxford Canal, Worcester College, Walton Street and Walton Well Road. Located outside the old city wall, it was originally a place for tra ...
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William Ward married Harriet Timmis on 20 July 1830. They lived at the junction of St John Street and Alfred Street (now Pusey Street
Pusey Street links the wide thoroughfare of St Giles' Street (opposite St John's College) to the east with St John Street to the west in the St John Street area of central Oxford, England. Pusey Street, formerly called Alfred Street, was ...
) in central Oxford. The house is now 22 St John Street. Eleven children were born to them in this house between 1832 and 1847, all baptised at St Giles' Church nearby.
Ward was Mayor of Oxford
The earliest recorded Mayor of Oxford in England was Laurence Kepeharm (1205–1207?).
On 23 October 1962 the city was granted the honour of electing a Lord Mayor. Notable figures who have been Lord Mayor of Oxford include J. N. L. Baker (19 ...
in 1851–2 and again in 1861–2.
In 1868, Ward was elected the first President of the newly formed Oxford Constitutional Association
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. He became known as the father of modern Conservatism in Oxford.
Ward erected a drinking fountain
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on the site of the spring
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Common uses
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* Spring (device), a mechanical device that stores energy
* Spring (hydrology), a natural source of water
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at Walton Well
Walton Well Road is a road, about 400 metres (a quarter mile) long, near the centre of Oxford, England. It provides a link from central Oxford to Port Meadow.
Location
The road marks the northern edge of the district known as Jericho. At the ...
, located in Walton Well Road
Walton Well Road is a road, about 400 metres (a quarter mile) long, near the centre of Oxford, England. It provides a link from central Oxford to Port Meadow.
Location
The road marks the northern edge of the district known as Jericho. At the ...
, with a plaque dated 1885."Walton or Bruman's Well." In Robert Charles Hope, Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England Including Rivers, Lakes, Fountains and Springs
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UK. Ward died on 20 July 1889 aged 82 and was buried in the family vault at St Mary Magdalen's Church. His wife died on 26 July 1876 aged 67 and was buried in the same church.
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