Joseph Maltby Bignell (1827–87) was a British

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, who spent much of his career working with Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811–78).

Life details

He was born in

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, west

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, on 18 March 1827 to Joseph and Elizabeth Bignell, and was baptised on 22 April the same year at St James's church, Westminster.The biographical data is all taken from ''Ancestry.com''. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, online resources accessed 1 February 2017
- in the 1841

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we find Joseph (14) living with his parents in

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, Oxfordshire; his father a builder.
- In the 1851

we find Joseph (24) living with his parents in the parish of S Mark, Kennington, south

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- In 1863 he married Ann Ruddle at

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.
- in the 1881

he is living at 2 Martello Villas Herbert Road, Wimbledon.
- In the 1882

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his home address is given as 17 Herbert Road, London SW,; his office at 122 Surrey Street.
- in the 1883

his home address is given as 17 Herbert Road, London SW; his office at 141

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- he died on 1 September 1887; the official probate record states the following

BIGNELL Joseph Maltby. PersonaI Estate £1,385 14s. 14 October. The Will with a Codicil of Joseph Maltby Bignell formerly of 5 but late of 12 Orlando-road
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in the County oi Surrey Architect who died 1 September 1887 at 12 Orlando-road was proved at the Principal Registry by Jabez Bignell of 12 Courthope Walpole-road Wimbledon in the said County Architect the Brother and John Oldrid Scott of 31 Spring-gardens in the
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Architect the Executors.

Works

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''Over a period of some forty years'' rom 1845', restoration was carried out on an intermittent basis successively under the direction of four architects: James Cranston,

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and Joseph Maltby Bignell'' rom 1878 to 1883 ''Scott had earlier employed his pupil, Bignell, as clerk of works at Dorchester'' rom 1859 1879. Proposal to rebuild north

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1882.

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window in

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restored
1883. West window of the south

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removed
1888. Repairs to tenor bell
1893-94. New wall paintings in the

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.This reference by Warwick Rodwell is problematic since Bignell was already dead at this date. Perhaps this work was planned for, or perhaps it was carried out by a son?
1900. Two new stained glass windows in the south-east

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. Chiming train added to tower clock.

St Michael and All Angels Church, Walthamstow,
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'' "The church of ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, Palmerston Road, the largest in Walthamstow, was built in 1885, to the design of J. M. Bignall ..The cost was met by public subscription assisted by the bishop of St. Albans' fund. The building, of brown and red brick with stone dressings, is in the

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, and has a very lofty

and

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with lower side

s''.""Walthamstow: Churches"
in ''A History of the County of Essex'' Volume 6, ed. W. R. Powell (London: Victoria County History, 1973), 285-294. British History Online, accessed February 1, 2017

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Rectory, Buckinghamshire

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bignell, Joseph Maltby 1827 births 1887 deaths 19th-century English architects English ecclesiastical architects Gothic Revival architects

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Wexham Wexham is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the county of Buckinghamshire in southern England. It is on the boundary of the unitary authority of Borough of Slough, Slough, its post town. Wexham Park Hospital is a large hospital on the ... Rectory, Buckinghamshire

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Wexham Wexham is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the county of Buckinghamshire in southern England. It is on the boundary of the unitary authority of Borough of Slough, Slough, its post town. Wexham Park Hospital is a large hospital on the ...
Rectory, Buckinghamshire