Thomas Simpson
Illustration — Shakespeare Street Wesleyan Reform Chapel 1854 • Illustration — Nottingham High School 1866-67 Thomas Simpson (1816 – 16 March 1880) was an English architect based in Nottingham.
Thomas Simpson

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- Born
- 1816
- Died
- 1880
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- architect
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Illustration — Shakespeare Street Wesleyan Reform Chapel 1854 • Illustration — Nottingham High School 1866-67 Thomas Simpson (1816 – 16 March 1880) was an English architect based in Nottingham.
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He married Charlotte Lovett (1819-1848) in the Wesleyan Chapel, Melton Mowbray and they had the following children: • Alfred Simpson (1844–1847) • Mary Ann Simpson (1846–1939) • Charlotte Simpson (1848–1916) He married Rebecca Goodacre (1820–1899) on 17 April 1849 in St Paul’s Church, Nottingham and they had the following child: • Arthur Herbert Simpson (1854–1933) He represented St Mary’s Ward on the Nottingham Town Council, and later the Trent Ward. He died at his house in Baker Street, Nottingham on 16 March 1880.
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- 1.Brodie, Antonia. Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: Vol 2 (L-Z). Royal Institute of British Architects. 619. 20 December 2001. 082645514X.
- 2.Death of Mr. Thomas Simpson. Nottingham Evening Post. 18 March 1880.
- 3.1255018. Synagogue and attached area railings.
- 4.The New Street. Nottingham Journal. 22 December 1862.
- 5.Harwood, Elain. Pevsner Architectural Guides. Nottingham. Yale University Press. 94. 2008. 9780300126662.
- 6.Nottingham Industrial Exhibition. Nottingham Journal. 13 September 1865.
- 7.1246248. Nottingham High School.
- 8.A New Methodist Free Church. Nottingham Journal. 27 March 1869.
- 9.The New Mechanics' Hall and Rooms. Nottingham Journal. 9 January 1869.
- 10.The New Methodist Free Church at Bye-Bank. Nottinghamshire Guardian. 10 June 1870.
- 11.Opening of a New Wesleyan Chapel in Nottingham. Nottingham Journal. 20 September 1872.
- 12.Laying the memorial stone of a new Congregational school. Nottingham Journal. 4 October 1874.
- 13.The proposed new Exeter Hall. Nottingham Journal. 25 June 1874.
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