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Edmund Sharpe - Further Reading

 

 

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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry

Obituaries

SHARPE, Edmund 
Obituary
LANCASTER GUARDIAN 12th May 1877, page 4, column 5.

SHARP E, Edmund
Of Quarry Hill, Scotforth; death of his wife Elizabeth, aged 64
LANCASTER GUARDIAN 18th March 1876, page 5, column 6.

SHARPE, Edmund
Quotations from Builder, Building News and Architect on his death
LANCASTER OBSERVER 11 th May 1877, page 2, column 9.
LANCASTER OBSERVER 25th May 1877, page 2, column 5.

Mrs Edmund Sharpe Death at Halton Hall
LANCASTER OBSERVER September 10th 1926, page 6, column 5.

Local Newspaper Index Lancaster Library Local Collection

Local newspapers are available on microfilm at Lancaster Library. It is advisable to book a reader printer in advance.

SHARPE, Alfred, C. B. (1853-1935).
Appointment Commissioner, Commander-in-Chief and Consul General for the British Central African protectorate, by Edward VII. Born 1853, youngest son of Late Edmund Sharpe, Quarry Hill, Lancaster.
LANCASTER GUARDIAN 18th January 1902, page 5, column 6.

SHARPE, Sir Alfred
Residential property "Elmhurst," with grounds, gardens, greenhouses, paddocks, orchard, garage and appurtenances, in Ashton Road, to be sold by auction. (In the occupation of Sir Alfred Sharpe ).
LANCASTER GUARDIAN 29th March 1919, page 2, column 4.

SHARPE, Sir Alfred
Sir Alfred Sharpe's letter to the "Times" on the new partition of African, is reprinted in the Guardian.
LANCASTER GUARDIAN 24th May 1919, page 4, columns 7-8.

SHARPE, Sir Alfred
Obituary of the son of Edmund Sharpe, and former Nyasaland civil servant. 
LANCASTER GUARDIAN December 13th 1935.
LANCASTER OBSERVER 13th December 1935, page 7, column 6.

SHARPE, Edmund 
Biography
LANCASTER GUARDIAN 8th January 1910, page 5, column 3.

SHARPE, Edmund
Performance of "A Country Girl," by LancasterAmateur Dramatic & Operatic Society 1912. The President of the society at this time was Edmund Sharpe of Halton Hall.
LANCASTER GUARDIAN 10th February 1912, page 5, column 5-4.

SHARPE, Edmund
Death and short biography of the Squire of Halton.
LANCASTER GUARDIAN 1925, V 2, page 9, column 1-3.

SHARPE, Edmund (1809-1877) 
Biography
LANCASTER GUARDIAN 26th May 1928, page 11, column 3.

SHARPE, Lieut. Edmund.
Marriage of well known Silverdale gentleman to Miss Joan Hamilton. List of presents.
LANCASTER GUARDIAN 21st September 1945, page 5, column 4-5 including picture.

SHARPE, Edmund
Exhibition of his life and work at Lancaster University.
LANCASTER GUARDIAN 27th May 1977, page 10, column 3.

SHAPRE, Edmund
Skerton Bridge thoroughly repaired by E Sharpe Esq., architect.
LANCASTER GAZETTE 15th June 1839, page 3, column 3.

SHARPE, Edmund Esq., M.A. 
Farewell dinner to him.
LANCASTER GUARDIAN 8th March 1856, page 8, column 1-4.

SHARPE, Edmund
Edmund, second son of Edmond Sharpe, Esq., of the Higher Greaves; married to Alice, third daughter of William Storey, Esq., of Fairfield, Lancaster, 20th May 1873. 
LANCASTER GUARDIAN 24th May 1873, page 5, column 6.

SHARPE, Edmund
Lecture with illustrations given by Edmund Sharpe, on the Architecture of Cistercian Abbeys, at the Athenaeum, Saturday 12th September 1874 (Two Part Report) 
LANCASTER GUARDIAN 19th September 1874, page 5, column 5-6. 
LANCASTER GUARDIAN 26th September 1874, page 3, column 6.

SHARPE, Edmund
Notice to those having claim on his estate
LANCASTER GUARDIAN 10th November 1877, page 4, column 2.

A selected bibliography

SHARPE, Edmund
Architectural parallels, or the Progress of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England dur- ing the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries. 1848 *

A treatise on the rise and progress of decorated window tracery in England. 
Van Voorst. 1849 *

Decorated window, a series of illustrations of the window tracing of the decorated style of ecclesiastical architecture. 
Van Voorst. 1849 *

A proposal for supplying the town of Lancaster with water, and for improving its sewerage. 
Printer Clark, Lancaster 1850 **

The seven periods of English architecture defined and illustrated.
Bell. 1851 *

An account of the churches visited during Lincoln excursions of Architectural Asso- ciation, August 22-August 27th 1870. 
Spon. 1871  *

The architecture of the Cistercians. 
1874 *

The mouldings of the six periods of British Architecture. 
1874 

Available in:-

* Lancaster Local Collection. ** Morecambe Local Collection

Other publications

DICTIONARY of National Biography. Volume 8 pages 1360-1361.
Oxford University Press.

JOLLEY, Robert
Edmund Sharpe, 1809-1877 [A Lancaster Architect]. University of Lancaster. 
Visual Arts Centre. [1977] *

JOLLEY, Robert
Edmund Sharpe and the Pot Churches
Architectura Review Vol. 146 December 1969

PEVSNER, Nikolaus
Lancashire 2: The Rural North. Penguin. 1969 (Buildings of England)
Penguin. 1969 * **

PRICE, James
Paley and Austin: Architects of Lancaster.
Lancaster City Museums and author. 1994 
ISBN 0 905 665 082 * **

PRICE, James
Sharpe, Paley and Austin, A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836 -1942. 
Centre for North-West Regional Studies. University of Lancaster. 1998 
ISBN 1 86220 054 8 * **

'A Visit to the Domed Churches of Charente" 
Architectural Association
BUILDER. 1877 pages 491, 562

Other sources

Lancaster Local Collection 

Chippendall papers

(Edmund Sharpe 1890-1877) Sharpe family pedigree 

Manuscripts

MS 27
Sharpe & Paley. Account Books

MS 1753
Patent granted to Edmund Sharpe of Lancaster for improvements to railway carriages. 1850.

MS 6861-6884
Martha Sharpe, mother of Edmund Sharpe. A collection of her letters to various people which mention him.

MS 7256 and MS 7257
Letters from Edmund Sharpe to Mrs J Milner concerning disfranchisement of the borough of Lancaster.

See also Lancaster Local Collection for information on Austin & Paley and Lancashire Pioneers sections on Austin and Paley.