Sopwith, Thomas, senior
Other Business Names:
- Sopwith, Thomas, junior
- Beaumont, W B
- W B & Co
- Dickinson, Joseph
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Allenheads, Northumberland, Northumberland, North East, England
- Alston, Cumbria, Cumbria, North West, England
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, North East, England
Sectors:
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Professional services
Engineering consultancy services - civil
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Professional services
Engineering consultancy services - mining
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Extraction
Lead extraction
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Property activities
Property management services inc building & land surveying, estate agency & auctioneering
Notes:
Thomas Sopwith, 1803-79, was a land and mine surveyor and civil and mining engineer. Connected for long with T & J Sopwith, leading cabinet makers at Newcastle, established by his father. Alongside this, his surveying work came to embrace railways, roads, mines, minerals, etc, much of it in the Newcastle area where he came to have an office. In early 1820s he was in partnership with Joseph Dickinson of Alston, involved in surveying Alston Moor mines. Survey for many railway companies and minerals in the Forest of Dean. From 1845 managed the important lead mining business, W B Co, and its associated estate at Allenheads for the powerful W B Beaumont - later Viscount Allendale - but also undertook general consultancy work and for this sometime had a London base. Retired 1871. His son was Thomas Sopwith, junior, 1838-98, also a mining engineer, was also closely associated with W B Beaumont and his father [2024]
Publications:
- Thomas Sopwith, Surveyor. An exercise in self help by Sopwith, Robert
- Thomas Sopwith. The Allenheads years, 1845-71 by Sopwith, Robert
- Thomas Sopwith; with excerpts from his diary of fifty seven years by Richardson, Benjamin W
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Sopwith, Thomas, junior
- Beaumont, W B
- W B & Co
- Dickinson, Joseph
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Allenheads, Northumberland, Northumberland, North East, England
- Alston, Cumbria, Cumbria, North West, England
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, North East, England
Sectors:
- Professional services Engineering consultancy services - civil
- Professional services Engineering consultancy services - mining
- Extraction Lead extraction
- Property activities Property management services inc building & land surveying, estate agency & auctioneering
Notes:
Thomas Sopwith, 1803-79, was a land and mine surveyor and civil and mining engineer. Connected for long with T & J Sopwith, leading cabinet makers at Newcastle, established by his father. Alongside this, his surveying work came to embrace railways, roads, mines, minerals, etc, much of it in the Newcastle area where he came to have an office. In early 1820s he was in partnership with Joseph Dickinson of Alston, involved in surveying Alston Moor mines. Survey for many railway companies and minerals in the Forest of Dean. From 1845 managed the important lead mining business, W B Co, and its associated estate at Allenheads for the powerful W B Beaumont - later Viscount Allendale - but also undertook general consultancy work and for this sometime had a London base. Retired 1871. His son was Thomas Sopwith, junior, 1838-98, also a mining engineer, was also closely associated with W B Beaumont and his father [2024]Publications:
- Thomas Sopwith, Surveyor. An exercise in self help by Sopwith, Robert
- Thomas Sopwith. The Allenheads years, 1845-71 by Sopwith, Robert
- Thomas Sopwith; with excerpts from his diary of fifty seven years by Richardson, Benjamin W