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Edwin Dolby

1838 – 1900

British architect

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About Edwin Dolby

Lived 1838 – 1900. Edwin Dolby was an architect.

Work

Eagles Close Almshouses, Wantage, 1867. Claydon House, Claydon, Oxfordshire: alterations, 1867. St Peter's parish church, Headley, Hampshire, 1867–68. Abingdon School, Abingdon, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), 1869–70. St John the Baptist's church, Lynmouth, Devon, 1871. St Michael's parish Church, Castlebythe, Pembrokeshire: rebuilding, 1875 (demolished). St David's parish Church, Llanychaer, Pembrokeshire: rebuilding, 1876 St Giles' parish church, Medbourne, Leicestershire, chancel, 1876. St Leonard's parish church, Watlington, Oxfordshire: rebuilding (with H.J. Tollit), 1877. St Mary's parish church, Crowell, Oxfordshire: rebuilding (with H.J. Tollit), 1878. St. Michael's parish church, Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire: restoration including complete rebuilding of the chancel and porch, 1878. St Peter's parish church, Drayton, Cherwell: restoration and new vestry, 1878. St Peter's parish church, Drayton, Vale of White Horse: south porch, 1879. St Nicolas' parish church, Abingdon: restoration, 1880. St Luke's parish church, Garford, Oxfordshire: rebuilding, 1880. Abingdon School, Abingdon, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire): extension and bell turret, 1880. St Edmund's parish church, Swanton Novers, Norfolk: north aisle and chancel, 1881. St John the Baptist parish church, Kingston Bagpuize, Oxfordshire: added apse and made alterations, 1882. Mortuary Chapel at Hatfield Cemetery, Doncaster, Yorkshire, 1883.

Dolby was also one of the architects of the Albert Park housing estate in Abingdon, along with Dolby's pupil John George Timothy West (1860–1931) and his son Archibald Buller West (1885–1957).

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1838
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Died
1900
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British architect

When was Edwin Dolby born?

Edwin Dolby was born in 1838.

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Edwin Dolby died in 1900.

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Edwin Dolby was an architect.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Edwin Dolby

· Wikidata: Q5346363

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