Thomas Woolston (15 June 1853 - 10 April 1938) was an architect and builder.
Thomas Woolston (15 June 1853 - 10 April 1938) was an architect and builder.
He was born on 15 June 1853 in Stamford, Lincolnshire, the son of William Woolston (1807-1886) and Mary Jenkinson (1820-1896). He married Mary Hannah Durance (1851-1910) in St George's Church, Stamford on 28 December 1875.
In the 1881 census he is recorded as living at 4 Recreation Ground Road, Stamford, but by 1891 he had moved to 7 Stanley Street, Stamford. In 1901 he is recorded as living at 6 Hampden Street, Beeston and in 1911 at 5 Ireton Street, Beeston.
He died on 10 April 1938 at his home at 6 Ribble Road, Coventry, [1] and was buried on 13 April 1938 in Beeston Cemetery.
His career began as a builder in Stamford in 1879 [2] and for a period of around six months worked in partnership with his brother William.
During this time he built the Wisbech Post Office, and undertook restoration work on several churches including St Botoph's Church, Knottingley, St Mary and St Martin's Church, Blyth [3] and Saltley church. [2]
He sustained a serious injury on 6 August 1889. He was standing on the scaffold of a house near St Michael's Schools when the scaffolding collapsed and he fell from the height of two stories. The fall dislocated his shoulder and he suffered head injuries. [4]
By 1892 he was declared bankrupt [5] and had obtained employment as a foreman mason for Mr. Youngman, builder of Long Eaton. [2]
By the mid 1890s he designed houses in Beeston at the turn of the 20th century and is named as architect in the Building Plans submitted to Beeston District Council.
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