Background- Perch Rock Lighthouse at mouth of River Mersey
Date of item Title 23/10/1787 Birth of John Tomkinson to Charles T and Hannah nee Shakerley 01/01/1816 Arrival in Liverpool 01/01/1818 Tomkinson John Stonemason 01/01/1823 Started working for Dock Board 01/01/1824 Directory JT stonemason 17 Rupert Street 01/01/1825 Necropolis Cemetery 01/01/1826 Employed 500-700 men 01/04/1826 John Tomkinson to build- Perch Rock lighthouse 01/01/1828 Quarryman in Directory 01/01/1828 Stonemason in Directory 06/06/1828 Contract for Stone supply to Custom House, subsequently for structure 01/01/1829 St James Cemetery and Chapel 16/04/1829 Masonry and foundations to Custom House 27/11/1829 Dissolution of partnership Yeardsley,Hayes/Tomkinson and Hayes/Tomkinson 01/01/1830 JT arranged for preachers for the Congregational Chapel 30/09/1830 Main structure Custom House 30/09/1830 Masonry by JT. Brickwork by Holme 01/01/1831 Quarries Mr JT 25/12/1832 Thomas Parkinson, Book-keeper- what happened here. 12/09/1834 Memorial to John Day 19/09/1834 Tomkinson praised for the carcase of the building 01/01/1835 Bethesda Chapel Runcorn 01/01/1835 Tomkinson John and Son stonemasons 01/01/1835 Tomkinson John and Son stonemasons 19 Rupert Street 04/08/1835 Seawall at Southport from Coronation Walk to Nevill Street 01/11/1837 Preston and Wyre Railway -Burn Naze embankment 01/01/1838 Completion of Arches of Mr Webb's contract London 02/01/1838 Discovery of slab of stone in Storeton Quarry 05/06/1838 Dissolution of partnership with Edmund Grindrod as stonemasons and builders 11/06/1838 Manchester and Leeds Railway Thornhill and Cooper Bridge Contract 26/10/1838 Stockport Viaduct- John Tomkinson & Samuel and James Holme 13/11/1838 Apprenticeship deed for William Christy 01/01/1839 Flagging to Long room Customs house 01/01/1839 Tomkinson John 60 Henry Street yards, stonemason and builder 10/03/1839 Stockport Viaduct 14/08/1839 Customs House Works complete 27/11/1839 Herculaneum Dock Act draft 01/01/1840 Liverpool Custom House Flagging 01/01/1840 London and Greenwich railway 01/01/1840 Mill Brow Quarries being worked by Mr JT 22/04/1840 Bethesda Chapel can conduct marriages 22/05/1840 Bethesda Chapel has Marriage License 01/07/1840 Tayleur 2-4-0 No 115 locomotive 23/08/1840 Sandbach contract 02/01/1841 Contract for Collegiate School Liverpool 09/01/1841 Preston and Wyre Railway -Dock and warehouse at Roa 26/03/1842 Dane Viaduct 01/04/1843 St Georges Hall JT tender for carcass accepted 05/05/1843 Note in Chester Chronicle? ref contract for Assize Courts 01/07/1843 JT takes portion of Shaw's Brow to use as a yard for St Georges Hall construction 19/09/1843 JT to take over the quarry and supply stone on Assize courts 01/01/1844 Birkenhead Docks 26/10/1844 Letter to the Liverpool Mail expressing delight at the Shipwrights joining JT and his men to march to the Birkenhead Dock foundation stone laying and party 01/01/1846 Release from Morpeth Dock Contract 28/12/1846 Lease of quarry in Runcorn for 7 years from 1/1/47 from the Bridgewater Trustees 01/01/1847 60 Henry Street yards, stonemason and builder.Yard at Kent Street 01/01/1847 JT subscriber to Mortimers "History of Wirral" 12/05/1847 Agreement for sewer Egerton Dock 12/05/1847 Construction and use of sewer for cleaning Egerton Dock 03/02/1848 Dissolution of agreement with Brassey on quarries 15/02/1848 Dissolution of partnership ref Craiglwyd and Pentregwyddel quarries 15/02/1848 Rendel- the engineer for the Alfred Dock dissolved partnership in same edition of Gazette as John for his quarries 06/05/1848 Petition of Bankruptcy JT sone mason and builder 13/05/1848 Copy of Gazette May 9th showing JT as bankrupt 13/06/1848 Further sitting ref bankruptcy 19/10/1848 Reference to JT "stoppage" and the ctte taking over the works 27/10/1848 Notice of bankruptcy 13/04/1849 Birkenhead Lancasire and Cheshire Junction Railway Company 01/01/1850 Tomkinson John Stone merchant 13/09/1850 Dividend 06/12/1850 Dividend 11/12/1850 Another dividend 10/01/1851 Proceedings to receive proof of debts 30/03/1851 Employing 109 men in quarry 31/10/1851 Meeting of Improvement committee for Runcorn/Widnes 05/04/1852 Bolton Market construction opened 19/12/55 09/09/1853 What is an assignee in this case 03/03/1854 Mersey Conservancy Notice 03/03/1854 Audit the bankrupt accounts 14/03/1854 Bankruptcy Audit 16/03/1854 B 5 01/01/1855 Stone merchant Church Street Runcorn and Kent Street Liverpool 19/05/1856 B7 03/06/1856 Dividends in bankruptcy 24/11/1857 Whilst still under bankruptcy he was a trustee for another firm- who also worked on St Georges Hall on the joinery. 01/01/1860 Stone merchant 13/08/1862 John Tomkinson Grindrod- what respect! 11/09/1862 Work to existing building ah but which 12/01/1863 Death notice for Elizabeth Tomkinson on 8/1/63 01/01/1865 Wellington Column Liverpool stone from Runcorn Quarry 15/01/1865 Death of John Tomkinson 15/01/1865 Buried in Bethesda Chapel erected by him in 1835. Now in Widnes Cemetery with Elizabeth Wife 16/01/1865 Will under £7000- say £870,000 03/02/1865 Post death 04/02/1865 Notice of Auction of his things 29/03/1865 B8 20/11/1866 Still bankrupt-they don't let you go
The laying of the foundation stone for the opening of Birkenhead Docks 1845
Hale Church after a complete rebuild following an arson attack. c 1979
Construction of the Plough Inn Runcorn c 1980
Stands for a Royal visit in 1913 on the site of Premier Buildings on the corner of Church Street and Hanover Street. Now a bank