William Thorold | |
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| Born | 9 October 1798 Methwold, Norfolk |
| Died | 17 December 1878 (aged 80) Norwich, Norfolk |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Spouse | Susannah |
| Children | Thomas Telford Thorold, (second son d.1829), Ellen Thorold (second daughter, d.1866) |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Architect, civil engineer, millwright |
| Institutions | Institution of Civil Engineers (member) |
| Projects | The New Cut on the River Yare, The Acle Straight, several windmills built, designed a number of workhouses. |
William Thorold (9 October 1798 – 17 December 1878[1]) was a 19th-century millwright, architect and civil engineer in Norwich, Norfolk, England.
He was born in 1798 in Methwold, Norfolk, the son of a farmer. Apprenticed to George Shafto and later to John Fisher Gurling in St Martin's Lane, Norwich, he was in business as a millwright from 1828 until his death at his home in Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich, in 1878.[2]