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-Messrs. J Parnell & Son
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-Established about 1850 by William Bishop Parnell (1791-1864).
-Succeeded by his son John Parnell (1816-1885).
-A well known company of family building contractors based in Oliver Street, Rugby, Warwickshire.
-Became a private limited company in 1948.
-Workmanship in the town of Rugby includes:-
-Restoration of the parish church of St Andrew, following demolition in the 19th century.
-Holy Trinity Church.
-Rugby School Chapel.
-The Clock Tower in Rugby town centre.
-The old water tower in Barby Road.
-Schools in the Rugby area including the Sunday School Chapel.
-Rugby Railway Station.
-Workmanship outside of Rugby includes:-
-Keble College Chapel, Oxford and Oxford municipal buildings.
-Laboratory departments for John Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.
-Railway Stations: Stafford, Crewe, Holyhead, Nuneaton and Market Harborough.
-Military depots at Derby and Richmond.
-houses in New Bradwell, near Wolverton, Buckinghamshire.
-Holyhead Hotel and docks' extension.
-St Paul's Schools, London.
-Dolls' house made in Oliver Street, Rugby (including its wooden furniture) for the British Empire Exhibition in Wembley, Middlesex 1924, the house placed in Windsor Castle following the Exhibition.
-SOURCES OF INFORMATION
-Family history archives - Rugby Library.
-Leicester Evening Mail - Monday, March 21st 1960.