William Knight
Illustration — St Michael's Church, Hoveringham 1865 • Illustration — St Andrew's Church, Nottingham 1870-71 • Illustration — Church of St John the Divine, Bulwell 1884-85 William Knight (1840 - 21 November 1923) was an English architect based in Nottingham.
William Knight
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- 1840
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Illustration — St Michael's Church, Hoveringham 1865 • Illustration — St Andrew's Church, Nottingham 1870-71 • Illustration — Church of St John the Divine, Bulwell 1884-85 William Knight (1840 - 21 November 1923) was an English architect based in Nottingham.
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He was born in Sneinton, Nottingham, the son of William Knight (1808-1897), timber merchant, and Mary Ann (b. 1817). He had offices at 28 Derby Road, and in 1882 moved to East Circus Street, Nottingham. He married Elizabeth Lindsay Symington (1842-1894), 3rd daughter of James Symington, on 3 April 1872 in St Helen's Church, Oxendon, Leicestershire and they had the following children: • William P. Knight (b. 1873) • Harold Knight (1874-1961) • Ethel Lindsay Knight (1875-1941) • Agnes Mary Knight (1877-1950) • Edgar Knight (b. 1881) He retired to Great Bowden, Leicestershire, where he died on 21 November 1923.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1064784755, William Knight-Hughes (Firma).
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- 1.Legal and Public Notices. Nottingham Journal. 9 November 1882.
- 2.Marriages. Leicester Chronicle. 6 April 1872.
- 3.1370181. Church of St Michael.
- 4.1058983. Church of St Andrew and Boundary Wall.
- 5.1246777. Vicarage to the Church of St Andrew.
- 6.The large new National Schools…. Nottingham Journal. 18 January 1872.
- 7.1359404. Christ Church Parish Church.
- 8.Harwood, Elain. Pevsner Architectural Guides. Nottingham. Yale University Press. 103. 2008. 9780300126662.
- 9.Nether Broughton. Grantham Journal. 23 December 1882.
- 10.1270623. Church of St John the Divine.
- 11.Lee, J M. A History of the County of Leicestershire. British History Online. 5. 133–153. 1964.
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