Name

John Cresswell

Designation
architect and civil engineer
Born
1830
Place of Birth
Salford
Location
Manchester and Newcastle

  • Born    : 1830-1 at Salford
  • Married : 1869  Elizabeth Collins nee Kennedy at St Johns Church Manchester
  • Died    :   After 1901          

Nothing is yet known of John Cresswell’s early life. By 1869 he was Principal Assistant and Architect Manchester City Surveyors Department. (Surveyor John Allison). In that year, he was almost unanimously appointed County Architect of Northumberland. There were upwards of seventy candidates for the post.