George Speight

• Born : 20 March 1837 at Bury
• Baptism : 16 April 1837 at St. John's Church, Bury,
• Married : February 1869 Catherine Turner at Bury Parish Church
• Bankruptcy :  November 1882
• Died : 11 November 1912 at Blackpool

George Speight was born at Bury, the son of Christopher Speight, provisions dealer, and his wife Elizabeth. and practised as an architect, surveyor, and estate agent in the nearby town of Heywood, commencing in 1866. In November 1882 an application for Liquidation by Arrangements under the Bankruptcy Act was made, thereby effectively ending Speights’s architectural career in the town. On 21 September 1883 bankruptcy proceedings concluded when a Final Dividend of a mere 3.5d in the pound was paid out.  Following the bankruptcy, the family moved to Blackpool where George Speight and his sons set up as builders, this enterprise proving considerably more successful. When George Speight died on 11 November 1912 he left personalty of £34,519.

Address
1867 : Manchester Street, Heywood
1880-1883 :  5 Church Street, Heywood

Residence
1871 : George Speight, architect, Cromwell Street, Cowburn Lane  Heywood
1880 : 7 King Street Heywood
1881-1883 : 35 King Street, Heap, Bury Lancashire
1891 : Wellington Road South Shore Blackpool
1912 :104 Lytham Road South Shore Blackpool