Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,859 pages of information and 247,161 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

John Provis

From Graces Guide

1820 May 23rd. Became a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.[1]

1825 July. Marriage of Mr. Provis, Civil Engineer, to Harriet the eldest daughter of Thomas Stanton of Ellesmere.[2] Note: Is this the right Mr. Provis?

1827 December. 'the eminent engineer' severely injured in a coach accident.[3]

1835 Listed under Engineers, Water Side, Holyhead[4]

1836 of Holyhead, Anglesey.

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Sources of Information

  1. 1820 Institution of Civil Engineers
  2. Chester Chronicle - Friday 22 July 1825
  3. North Wales Chronicle - Thursday 06 December 1827
  4. Pigot and Co's National Commercial Directory for Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Monmouthshire ..... 1835