Timeline

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