Samuel Stretton
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Samuel Stretton was a builder and architect in Nottingham who is noted for building the first powered cotton mill.
Staffordshire in 1731 or 1732 and moved to Lenton in 1750, where he was married and where all his children were baptized.
On 14 July 1754 he married Elizabeth Wombwell in Lenton. The marriage produced 6 children:
His wife Elizabeth died on 22 February 1802 and was buried at Lenton. He died on 11 May 1811, and was buried on 16 May at Lenton.
He carried on the business of a builder to Nottingham, at first on his own account, and later in partnership with his son William Stretton
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Buildings by Samuel Stretton include:
Family
He appears to have been born at LongdonLongdon
Longdon may refer to:* Longdon, Staffordshire in Lichfield district* Longdon, Worcestershire in Malvern Hills district* Longdon-on-Tern, Shropshire...
Staffordshire in 1731 or 1732 and moved to Lenton in 1750, where he was married and where all his children were baptized.
On 14 July 1754 he married Elizabeth Wombwell in Lenton. The marriage produced 6 children:
- William StrettonWilliam StrettonWilliam Stretton was a builder and architect based in Nottingham.-Family:He was the eldest child of Samuel Stretton and was baptised at Lenton on April 20, 1755....
April 1755 - 12 March 1828 - Ann 1757 - 11 April 1820
- Elizabeth 1759
- Mary 1760
- Samuel Stretton 1761
- Sarah 1763
His wife Elizabeth died on 22 February 1802 and was buried at Lenton. He died on 11 May 1811, and was buried on 16 May at Lenton.
Career
William Stretton
William Stretton was a builder and architect based in Nottingham.-Family:He was the eldest child of Samuel Stretton and was baptised at Lenton on April 20, 1755....
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Buildings by Samuel Stretton include:
- 1769-1772 the first powered Cotton Mill erected in England, driven by horses turning a capstan.
- 1776 Colwick HallColwick HallColwick Hall was an English country house in Colwick, Nottinghamshire.. It is now a hotel.The earliest references to the estate occur on the death of William de Colwick in 1362, when it passed by the marriage of his daughter Joan to Sir Richard Byron, into the Byron family...
- 1777 the Grand Stand on Nottingham Racecourse.
- 1789 Nottingham Town Jail.
- 1792 Evans, Storer and Green Brewery, Poplar Place, Lenton, Nottingham at a cost of £15,000 (£ as of ),. This brewery only survived for two years.
- 1792 Lenton Hall, now part of Hugh Stewart Hall at the University of NottinghamUniversity of NottinghamThe University of Nottingham is a public research university based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, with further campuses in Ningbo, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
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