Tag Archives for 1880s

Rev. W. Poole Hentland Nr. Ross

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Image: George E. Fox painted ceiling at St. Catherine’s Church, Hoarwithy ©Caroline Foxhall 05.06.2015

10.04.1881

To journey of Self to Hoarwithy Church by request / to take instructions for figures etc. including expenses. Value: £1/01/00

21.08.1882

To executing two large Angels in wood as per / Contract £13/10/00 each. £27/00/00 / By your request to take them over to fix / them two mens time. £1/00/10

31.10.1883

To two men going to Hoarwithy by your request / to fix Angels and you would not have it done. £1/00/10 / Rail expenses each time. £1/08/00 / Received 9th Jan 1884 £31/10/08.

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The Cross, Worcester (1915)

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Image: C.42898. Worcester: The Cross. | Celesque Series / Published by The Photochrom Co., Ltd., London & Tunbridge Wells.

06.05.1882

CITY POLICE. MONDAY. OBSTRUCTION BY BETTING MEN. … William Forsyth, Tything …summoned for causing an obstruction at the Cross, on Wednesday last. …the cases against Forsyth and Powell were adjourned in order to enable them to call witnesses. [Worcestershire Chronicle]

13.05.1882

CITY POLICE. MONDAY. ANNOYANCE BY BETTING MEN. William Forsyth, Tything… Forsyth called two witnesses, one of whom, named Turner, deposing that he was not on the pavement during the time named by the officer. Forsyth was fined 10s. and costs… [Worcestershire Chronicle]

Client: Valentine Baker Pasha

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19.09.1885

THE MONUMENT TO THE DAUGHTER OF BAKER PASHA. …just completed by Mr. Forsyth, of Worcester… We understand that the memorial will be sent shortly to Cairo, to be placed in the cemetery there. [Worcestershire Chronicle]

08.10.1885

“…designing and executing Memorial in / the best sicilian Marble with sculptured lilies / in high relief” for General Baker Pacha [or Pasha] of Cairo, Egypt. Death of Fanny Baker nee Wormald in Egypt 1885, d/o Frank Wormald of Potterton Hall and 1865 w/o Valentine Baker, afterwards known as Baker Pacha, cavalry officer and brother of Sir Samuel White Baker, explorer, traveller and sportsman. Convicted of criminal offence which inspired the 1894 pornographic novel ‘Raped on the Railway: a True Story of a Lady who was first ravished and then flagellated on the Scotch Express’ and dismissed from army in 1875. Later served in the Russo–Turkish war and defended Tashkessan. Entered Egyptian service as Police Commander and served on the intelligence staff of force under Sir Gerald Graham in Egypt, and published works on military service.

22.12.1888

MONUMENTAL ART. …handsome monument has just been placed over the family vault in Claines churchyard, to the memory of the late Mr. James Dyson Perrins. … The whole of this work has been carefully carried out by Mr. W. Forsyth, of the Tything; who has also another monument in hand, which will be placed in Worcester Cemetery to the memory of the late Mr. Walter Holland. Mr. Forsyth has also received a commission to execute a monument for the late General Baker Pasha, who died in Egypt, and which will be placed in Cairo cemetery. [Worcestershire Chronicle]

St Leonard’s Church and Almshouses at Newland, Great Malvern

WF_Newland_Postcard Image: St Leonard’s Church, Newland, Great Malvern / Architect: P. C. Hardwick, 1864 / The Santuary / Photograph: Matthew Peach / Judges Postcards Ltd., Hastings, England.

18.10.1865

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. NEWLAND CHURCH. The old church at Newland is being pulled down. … On the spot where the altar stood a cross is to be placed, Mr. Forsyth, of Worcester, being entrusted with the order. [Worcestershire Chronicle]

25.05.1868

“Memorial Cross in Marble with Carved Lilies / Palm Branch, Crown. Small cross / and Lamb” for Rev. James Skinner.

04.02.1869

“Memorial…in / Newland Church Yard” for John Julian Cresset Kent, Gentleman and Farmer at Kempsey.

30.05.1869

Unspecified work for Rev. James Skinner.

24.12.1869

Unspecified work for Rev. James Skinner.

16.03.1871

Unspecified work [Burrow] for Rev. James Skinner.

25.04.1873

Unspecified work [Pensioner Williams] for Rev. James Skinner.

21.10.1873

Unspecified work [Pensioner Walter] for Rev. James Skinner.

19.05.1874

Unspecified work for Rev. James Skinner.

23.06.1875

Unspecified work for Rev. James Skinner.

30.01.1876

Unspecified work for Rev. James Skinner.

04.10.1877

Unspecified work for Rev. James Skinner.

14.10.1880

“…executing 2 Green Marble Columns Moulded / Bases White Alabaster Caps carved with leaves / Grapes and Ears of Corn all polished & fixed” for Rev. George Cosby White.

12.10.1881

“… executing No. 4 red marble columns No. 4 green / marble bases and No. 4 Alabaster Capitals Carved / No. 4 Green bands and alabaster bands all polished / and fixed complete” and “3 Memorial crosses for Pensioners” for Rev. George Cosby White.

21.12.1882

“…executing Piscina and Credence Table and / fixing same as per drawings” and “Memorial Brass with Frame Work” and “6 Memorial Stones for Pensioners” for Rev. George Cosby White.

10.05.1883

“…executing & fixing Marble Step to Alter” for Rev. George Cosby White.

28.07.1883

“…Pensioners Memorials Lawrence & Charles” and “Mans time cutting letters on Marble Step to Sanctuary” for Rev. George Cosby White.

08.08.1883

“…Mens time working & fixing Marble Step and Alabaster Panels” for Rev. George Cosby White.

09.10.1883

“…2 Pensioners Crosses” for Rev. George Cosby White.

17.04.1884

“…4 Pensioners Crosses [Elizabeth Jones, Sarah Bennett, Richard Barber, Joshua Drew] / …executing Stone Cross [to Thomas Hurd]” for Rev. George Cosby White.

27.08.1884

“…2 Pensioners Crosses [Elizabeth Yeoman, James Jones]” for Rev. George Cosby White.

??.??.1885

“…One Pensioners Memorial Cross [Philpotts]” for Rev. George Cosby White.

25.09.1885

“…One Pensioners Memorial Cross [Hyde]” for Rev. George Cosby White.

28.04.1886

“…One Pensioners Cross [John Kings]” for Rev. George Cosby White.

07.07.1886

“…executing Marble Memorial Cross with / sacred Monogram… / as per estimate given / to the Revd G. C. White”, etc., for Charles Walmsley, of Barsham House, Graham Road, Great Malvern.

29.11.1886

“…One Pensioners Cross [Bridges]” for Rev. George Cosby White.

11.05.1887

“…One Pensioners Cross [Adnams]” for Rev. George Cosby White.

??.??.1888

“…memorial headstone & fixing / same in Newland churchyard” for Catherine Ridd, w/o Thomas Ridd, Coal Agent, of Powick.

18.06.1888

“…pensioner Elizabeth Caswell / …executing new Cross” for Rev. George Cosby White.

20.12.1888

“…Memorial crosses Pensioner / Edwin Smith & Pensioner / Mary Groves / …cleaning pensioner Roger’s / Memorial” for Rev. George Cosby White.

15.04.1889

“…executing marble steps & / fixing to chancel fixing new tread / to pulpit steps, alabaster cornice to / pulpit & new figure in alabaster / to centre panel also lining sides to / chancel screen with Rouge / Royal” for Rev. George Cosby White.

10.07.1889

“…executing memorial cross to the / memory of Pensioner [?] / wife & daughter” for Rev. George Cosby White.

13.09.1889

“…taking up Miss Skinner’s memorial / at Newland & thoroughly cleaning / the same” for Agnes Skinner nee Raymond, of 11 The Passage, Bath, w/o Rev. James Skinner.

11.04.1890

“…one Pensioner Stone named Trapp” for Rev. George Cosby White.

24.03.1891

“…executing memorial cross in Hopton Wood Stone” for Rev. George Cosby White.

14.09.1891

“…pensioners stone Morris / …mens time refixing marble / steps and tiles to chancel / …work in preparing and fixing / dormer windows / …executing seats in the best / Riga Oak”, etc., for Rev. George Cosby White.

05.11.1891

“…working and polishing alabaster / panel also working and polishing / Italian greotte marble band”, etc. for Rev. George Cosby White.

02.02.1892

“…one memorial cross to pensioner Holtam” for Rev. George Cosby White.

1873 Littlebury’s Directory & Gazetteer pp 930, 1316, 1323

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??.??.1867

“Cutting out Patterns for Stencilling for / Holy Trinity Church Shrub Hill / Ditto for Mr Joselands Shop front / Taking up and relaying piping and / repairing drain at Mr Malpas’s Foregate St / Fixing Chimney piece / Memorial Head Stone in Marble with / Stone Plinth / Shelf in freeze Stone” for Frederick Wells, Painter, Builder and Contractor, of 47 Foregate Street.

22.03.1870

Unspecified work for Frederick Wells, Painter, Builder and Contractor, of 47 Foregate Street.

06.04.1872

Unspecified work for Frederick Wells, Builder and Contractor, of 47 Foregate Street.

11.04.1874

RE–OPENING OF THE CATHEDRAL AFTER ITS RESTORATION. The re–opening of the Cathedral… …Decorators: Messrs. Hardman, of Birmingham; and Mr. Wells, of Worcester. Sculptors and carvers: Mr. Forsyth, of Worcester, Mr. Boulton, of Cheltenham; and Messrs. Farmer and Brindley, of Lambeth, London. [Worcestershire Chronicle]

24.10.1881

“…Carving executed on new buildings for Mr Stewart / in Pump Street as per estimate supplied to Mr Wells” and “Carving bricks Caps to Shops in High Street and / Pump Street” and “Caps in High Street” and “cutting Compton Buildings” and “cutting name on Mr Shaw’s House” and  “executing 2 Caen Stone Corbel” and “cutting letters on Stone [? Stephen’s Villas]” and “Carving Wood Trusses” for Messrs Dixon Brothers [Hercules Henry Dixon and Thomas John Dixon] Builders and Constructors, of Arboretum.

William Forsyth’s Account Book 1867 – 1895

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Image: Account Book of William Forsyth (Stonemason of Worcester), Worcestershire Archives: ref. 989.9:742, BA 8740.

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