George Pike England
George Pike England (ca.1765–1816) was one of the main organ builders in England during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.[1]
Life
He was the son of George England (organ-builder) and Mary Blasdale. He married Ann Wilson on 13 Oct 1789 in St Pancras Parish Church.
Career
St Margaret Lothbury 1801
He left a list of the organs he built in an extant account book. They are those of:
- St. George's Chapel; Portsmouth Common, 1788
- St James's Church, Clerkenwell, and Fetter Lane Chapel, 1790
- Warminster Church, and Adelphi Chapel, 1791
- Gainsborough Church, Lincolnshire, 1793
- Newington Church, Surrey, and Blandford Forum Church, 1794
- Carmarthen Church, 1796
- St Margaret Lothbury, 1801
- Sardinian Embassy Chapel, 1802
- Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, 1803
- Sheffield Parish Church, St. Philip's, Birmingham, and St Martin Outwich, 1805
- Hinckley Parish Church, 1808
- St Thomas' Church, Stourbridge; Richmond, Yorkshire; Lancaster Priory, 1809
- Shiffnall, Salop, and Ulverston, 1811
- St Mary's Church, Islington, 1812
For a short while before his death, Joseph William Walker (1802–1870) was apprenticed to him.[2] He later founded the company of J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd.
References
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