John Thorp

Birth date       1830

Death date      1 June 1907

Middleton Guardian - Saturday 3 May 1890 page 4

TENDERS are invited for the Erection of TWO HOUSES AND SHOP to be built in Crab Lane, Higher Blackley. - Plans and Specifications can be seen at the office of Mr. JOHN THORP, Architect and Surveyor, 168, Higher Blackley, from the 3rd to the 10th of May 1890. [Middleton Guardian - Saturday 3 May 1890 page 4]

Manchester Courier - Saturday 2 July 1892 page 3

PRESTWICH UNION: WOOD CHOPPING SHED - The Guardians of this Union invite TENDERS for the ERECTION of a SHED at the Workhouse at Crumpsall. Plans and quantities may be seen upon application to Mr John Thorpe (sic), architect and surveyor, 168 Higher Blackley any morning between 9 and 12 o'clock. Tenders to be delivered at these offices by 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning 5 July 1892, endorsed "Wood Chipping Shed." WILLIAM WHYATT Acting Clerk to the Guardians"

Manchester Courier - Tuesday 26 September 1893 page 3 - contracts

PRESTWICH UNION ERECTION of LAVATORIES and OTHER ROOMS—The Guardians of the Poor of this Union invite TENDERS for the ERECTION of LAVATORIES and other rooms at their Workhouse, Crumpsall. Drawings and specifications can be seen, and quantities received on application to Mr. John Thorp, architect and surveyor, Higher Blackley on Tuesday morning, September 26th, or the three following days from 10 to 12 0'clock. Tenders to be endorsed "Tender for Lavatories," and delivered at these offices by 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 5th, 1893, on which day they will be opened by the Guardians. The Guardians do not bind themselves to accept the lowest, or any tender.—By order, EDWARD W. OGDEN, Clerk to the Guardians. Union Offices, Cheetham Hill-road, Sept. 22, 1893.