William Neville Ashbee
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William Neville Ashbee (1852-1919) was an English railway architect
Born the son of John Ashbee, who was the first stationmaster of the Great Western station at Gloucester
Articled as an architect to Alfred Maberley, the Diocesan Surveyor for Gloucester (the place of his birth) and became his assistant in 1872.
1874 Joined the engineering firm of Edward Wilson and Co working on the construction of Liverpool Street Railway Station and, while with the firm, designed most of the new Great Eastern Railway stations built in that period, working with John Wilson as engineer.
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