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Samuel Stretton (1731 –11 May 1811) was a builder and architect in Nottingham[1] who is noted for building the first powered cotton mill. FamilyHe appears to have been born at Longdon 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. CareerHe carried on the business of a builder to Nottingham, at first on his own account, and later in partnership with his son William Stretton, Buildings by Samuel Stretton include:
References1. ^The Stretton Manuscripts, being notes on the history of Nottinghamshire by William Stretton (Of Lenton Priory) Died 1828. Nottingham. Privately Printed. 1910 {{DEFAULTSORT:Stretton, Samuel}}2. ^The Arkwrights, spinners of fortune. R. S. Fitton. 1989. p.27 3. ^Nottingham Date-Book, under the year 1776, states “Colwick Hall, near this town, was built about this period by Mr. S. Stretton, of Nottingham, under the direction of Mr. John Carr, of York, architect.” 4. ^Nottingham Date Book. John Frost Sutton. P.115 5. ^Nottingham Date Book. John Frost Sutton. P.183 6. ^British Breweries: an architectural history. Lynn F. Pearson 6 : 18th-century English architects|1731 births|1811 deaths|Architects from Nottingham|People from Longdon, Staffordshire|People from Lenton, Nottingham |
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