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John Howell & Son

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John Howell & Son, known as John Howell, was the leading building and engineering company in Hastings, Sussex in the 1860s. [1]

61 relations: Anti-Corn Law League, Apprenticeship, Ark William Parker Academy, Articled clerk, Barnstaple, Bath stone, Birmingham, Board of Trade, Brickworks, Copthorne, West Sussex, Corn Laws, Councillor, Edward Alexander Wyon, Fairfield, Derbyshire, Frederick North (MP), George Frideric Handel, George Smith (architect), Glen, Gothic Revival architecture, Hastings, Hastings Pier, Henry Ward (architect), Herne Hill, Hollington, Hastings, Holy Trinity Church, Hastings, James Brooks (architect), James Leonard Plimpton, Journeyman, Liberal Party (UK), Listed building, Mayor, Messiah (Handel), Northiam, Ore Valley, Protected area, Pub, Rag-stone, Rochester, Kent, Rock-a-Nore, Roman currency, Rye, East Sussex, Samuel Sanders Teulon, Sawmill, School boards in England and Wales, Silverhill, East Sussex, Solicitor, St Leonards-on-Sea, St Peter's Church, St Leonards-on-Sea, Stonemasonry, Streatham, ..., Strike action, Subsidence, Sussex, Tories (British political party), Trade unions in the United Kingdom, United Kingdom general election, 1859, United Reformed Church, Wagonette, Wandsworth, William Wardell, Winchelsea. Expand index (11 more) »

Anti-Corn Law League

The Anti-Corn Law League was a successful political movement in Great Britain aimed at the abolition of the unpopular Corn Laws, which protected landowners’ interests by levying taxes on imported wheat, thus raising the price of bread at a time when factory-owners were trying to cut wages.

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Apprenticeship

An apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study (classroom work and reading).

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Ark William Parker Academy

Ark William Parker Academy, formerly known as Hastings Grammar School, William Parker School, and later as William Parker Sports College is a secondary school in Hastings, East Sussex in the United Kingdom.

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Articled clerk

An articled clerk is someone who is studying to either be an accountant or lawyer.

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Barnstaple

Barnstaple is the main town of North Devon, England and possibly the oldest borough in the United Kingdom.

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Bath stone

Bath Stone is an oolitic limestone comprising granular fragments of calcium carbonate.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360, making it the second most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Board of Trade

The Board of Trade is a British government department concerned with commerce and industry, currently within the Department for International Trade.

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Brickworks

A brickworks, also known as a brick factory, is a factory for the manufacturing of bricks, from clay or shale.

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Copthorne, West Sussex

Copthorne is a village in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England.

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Corn Laws

The Corn Laws were tariffs and other trade restrictions on imported food and grain ("corn") enforced in Great Britain between 1815 and 1846.

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Councillor

A Councillor is a member of a local government council.

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Edward Alexander Wyon

Edward Alexander Wyon (1842; London – 1872; Hastings) was a London architect and poet, descended from the Wyon family of engravers.

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Fairfield, Derbyshire

Fairfield is an urban area of Buxton in Derbyshire, located half a mile to the north east of Buxton town centre.

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Frederick North (MP)

Frederick North DL, JP (2 July 1800, Hastings – 29 October 1869), was a British Liberal politician.

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George Frideric Handel

George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (born italic; 23 February 1685 (O.S.) – 14 April 1759) was a German, later British, Baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos.

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George Smith (architect)

George Smith (28 September 1782 – 5 January 1869) was an English architect and surveyor of the early 19th century, with strong connections with central and south-east London.

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Glen

A glen is a valley, typically one that is long and bounded by gently sloped concave sides, unlike a ravine, which is deep and bounded by steep slopes.

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Gothic Revival architecture

Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England.

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Hastings

Hastings is a town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east of the county town of Lewes and south east of London.

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Hastings Pier

Hastings Pier is a pleasure pier in Hastings, East Sussex, England.

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Henry Ward (architect)

Henry Ward ARIBA was the architect of many large public buildings in and around Hastings, East Sussex, some of which are listed buildings.

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Herne Hill

Herne Hill is a district in south London, England, approximately four miles from Charing Cross and bordered by Brixton, Denmark Hill, Dulwich Village, Loughborough Junction and Tulse Hill.

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Hollington, Hastings

Hollington is a suburb and local government ward in the northwest of Hastings, East Sussex.

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Holy Trinity Church, Hastings

Holy Trinity Church is an Anglican church in the centre of Hastings, a town and borough in the English county of East Sussex.

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James Brooks (architect)

James Brooks (1825–1901) was an English Gothic Revival architect.

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James Leonard Plimpton

James Leonard Plimpton (1828, Medfield, Massachusetts - 1911) was an American inventor who is known for changing the skating world with his patented roller skates in 1863.

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Journeyman

A journeyman is a skilled worker who has successfully completed an official apprenticeship qualification in a building trade or craft.

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Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major parties in the United Kingdom – with the opposing Conservative Party – in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Listed building

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor (from the Latin maior, meaning "bigger") is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Messiah (Handel)

Messiah (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, with a scriptural text compiled by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible, and from the version of the Psalms included with the Book of Common Prayer.

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Northiam

Northiam is a village and civil parish in Sussex, England, 13 miles (21 km) north of Hastings in the valley of the River Rother.

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Ore Valley

Ore, a former village, is still known locally as a village by local population, although it now a suburb of the urban area of the town and borough of Hastings in East Sussex, England.

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Protected area

Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values.

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Pub

A pub, or public house, is an establishment licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, which traditionally include beer (such as ale) and cider.

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Rag-stone

Rag-stone is a name given by some architectural writers to work done with stones that are quarried in thin pieces, such as Horsham Stone, sandstone, Yorkshire stone, and the slate stones, but this is more properly flag or slab work.

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Rochester, Kent

Rochester is a town and was a historic city in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, England.

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Rock-a-Nore

Rock-a-Nore is an urban area of Hastings, East Sussex, England, stretching from the Old Town area along Rock-a-Nore Road between the cliffs and the beach called The Stade.

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Roman currency

Roman currency for most of Roman history consisted of gold, silver, bronze, orichalcum and copper coinage.

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Rye, East Sussex

Rye is a small town in East Sussex, England, two miles from the sea at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede.

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Samuel Sanders Teulon

Samuel Sanders Teulon (2 March 1812 – 2 May 1873) was a 19th-century English Gothic Revival architect, noted for his use of polychrome brickwork, and the complex planning of his buildings.

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Sawmill

A sawmill or lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber.

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School boards in England and Wales

School boards were public bodies in England and Wales between 1870 and 1902, which established and administered elementary schools.

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Silverhill, East Sussex

Silverhill is a suburb and Local Government Ward of Hastings, East Sussex.

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Solicitor

A solicitor is a legal practitioner who traditionally deals with most of the legal matters in some jurisdictions.

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St Leonards-on-Sea

St Leonards-on-Sea (commonly known as St Leonards) has been part of Hastings, East Sussex, England, since the late 19th century though it retains a sense of separate identity.

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St Peter's Church, St Leonards-on-Sea

St Peter's Church is an Anglican church in the Bohemia area of the town and seaside resort of, part of the Borough of Hastings in East Sussex, England.

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Stonemasonry

The craft of stonemasonry (or stonecraft) involves creating buildings, structures, and sculpture using stone from the earth, and is one of the oldest trades in human history.

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Streatham

Streatham is a district in south London, England, mostly in the London Borough of Lambeth but with some areas to the west stretching out into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Strike action

Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work.

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Subsidence

Subsidence is the motion of a surface (usually, the earth's surface) as it shifts downward relative to a datum such as sea level.

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Sussex

Sussex, from the Old English Sūþsēaxe (South Saxons), is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex.

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Tories (British political party)

The Tories were members of two political parties which existed sequentially in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain and later the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from the 17th to the early 19th centuries.

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Trade unions in the United Kingdom

Trade unions in the United Kingdom were first decriminalised under the recommendation of a Royal Commission in 1867, which agreed that the establishment of the organisations was to the advantage of both employers and employees.

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United Kingdom general election, 1859

In the 1859 United Kingdom general election, the Whigs, led by Lord Palmerston, held their majority in the House of Commons over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives.

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United Reformed Church

The United Reformed Church (URC) is a Christian church in the United Kingdom.

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Wagonette

A wagonette (little wagon) is a small horsecar with springs, which has two benches along the right and left side of the platform, people facing each other.

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Wandsworth

Wandsworth Town is a district of south London within the London Borough of Wandsworth.

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William Wardell

William Wilkinson Wardell (1823–1899) was a civil engineer and architect, notable not only for his work in Australia, the country to which he emigrated in 1858, but for a successful career as a surveyor and ecclesiastical architect in England and Scotland before his departure. In Australia, Wardell designed many public buildings. Most notable were St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne; Government House, Melbourne; St John's College, University of Sydney and St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. He worked in both the Gothic and classical styles. Wardell not only constructed major works in the public sector, he also maintained a large private practice building houses and business premises for private individuals. He was Inspector-General of Public Works and Building, for the Colony of Victoria, from 1861 until 1878. As an architect he is often compared with his friend and English counterpart Augustus Pugin, with the vast majority of his buildings completed in the Gothic Revival architectural style.

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Winchelsea

Winchelsea is a small town in the non-metropolitan county of East Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, England, located between the High Weald and the Romney Marsh, approximately south west of Rye and north east of Hastings.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howell_%26_Son

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