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William Hopkins

1820 – 1901

British architect

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Lived 1820 – 1901 (aged 80–81). William Hopkins was an architect.

William Jeffrey Hopkins (1820–1901) was a British architect.

Career One of Hopkins' earliest works, the Public Hall in Worcester (1848–49), was Italianate. Most of his work thereafter was of the Gothic Revival. For many years he was the Worcester Diocesan Architect, and as such he mostly built or rebuilt Church of England parish churches in Worcestershire.

Works Public Hall, Worcester, 1848–49 (demolished circa 1968) St. Barnabas' parish church, Drakes Broughton, Worcestershire, 1857 Cow Honeybourne parish church, Honeybourne, Worcestershire, 1861–63 Holy Trinity parish church, Shrub Hill, Worcester, 1863 (demolished 1965 ) St. James' parish church, Hindlip, Worcestershire: rebuilding, 1864 St. John the Baptist parish church, Bradley, Worcestershire, 1864–65 St.Nicholas' parish church, Worcester: restoration, 1867 Saints Philip and James parish church, Hallow, Worcestershire, 1867–69 Bohun Court, Hallow, Worcestershire, 1860s (demolished 1925) St. Peter ad Vincula parish church, Tibberton, Worcestershire, 1868 St. Paul's parish church, Blackheath, Birmingham, 1869 Bromsgrove School, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire: enlarged chapel, 1869 St. Mary's parish church, Icomb, Gloucestershire: restoration, 1871 St. Nicholas' parish church, King's Norton, Birmingham: restoration, 1871 St. Kenelm's parish church, Upper Snodsbury, Worcestershire: rebuilt church, 1873–74 St. James' parish church, Norton-by-Kempsey: restoration (with Ewan Christian), 1874–75 St. John the Baptist parish church, Grafton Flyford, Worcestershire: rebuilding, 1875 St. John the Baptist parish church, Suckley, Worcestershire: rebuilt church, 1878–79 All Saints' parish church, Wilden, Worcestershire, 1880 St. Peter's parish church, Besford, Worcestershire: restoration, 1880–81 St. James' parish church, Kington, Worcestershire: rebuilt chancel, 1881 St. Eadburga's parish church, Abberton, Worcestershire, 1881–82 St. Peter's parish church, Flyford Flavell, Worcestershire: rebuilding, 1883 Saints Mathias and George parish church, Astwood Bank, Worcestershire, 1884 St. Bartholomew's parish church, Naunton Beauchamp, Worcestershire: rebuilding, 1897

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1820
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Died
1901
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William Jeffrey Hopkins

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British architect

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William Hopkins was born in 1820.

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William Hopkins died in 1901.

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William Hopkins was an architect.

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· Wikidata: Q8012497

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