Английская Википедия:Frederick Wood (surveyor)
Шаблон:Orphan Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox person Frederick Wood (1807 – 18 November 1893) was an English surveyor and land agent who lived and worked in Rugby, Warwickshire from about 1840 to 1881.[1] He was also a member of the first Local board of health,[2] and clerk to the Rugby petty sessions (1831 to 1871).[3]
Early life and education
Wood was born in Southam, Warwickshire circa 1807.[4]
Early Career in Rugby
He was employed by the Oxford Canal Co from 1831 to 1857. From 1855 he was a land agent to the L&NWR Railway to 1881. Whilst in Rugby he was an Inspector and a director of the Rugby Gas & Coke Co. In 1868 he became a founder member of the Institution of Surveyors (now the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors).[5] He was elected to the Rugby local board of health the first in the country in September 1834.[6]
Writings
As well as numerous plans, sections and drawings, around 1842 Wood produced a "Chain Book". A roughly A5 sized calf-bound Book containing a survey of the Oxford Canal, with every two pages covering a mile and listing all the weirs, locks, bridges, wharves, toll offices and other features, with details about them.[7]
Family
He married Jemima Elizabeth Worth, daughter of William Worth of Dunchurch, Warwickshire on 19 October 1830 at St. Peter's, Dunchurch.[8] They had six sons, Frederick Ormiston Wood, George Frederick Wood, Alfred Wood, Hubert James Wood, Charles Wood, Frank Ernest Wood. Hubert attended Rugby School from age 11 in 1850[9]
References
External links
- http://www.rugby-local-history.org
- https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/news-and-views/blog/nigel-crowe/the-oxford-canal-chain-book
