Nathan Timperley

• Born : 1799 Prestwich
• Christened : 11 May 1800 at Prestwich
• Married : 24 December 1820 Sarah Newton
• Died : 30 April 1866 Hulme
• Burial : 4 May 1866 St George’s Church Hulme

The son of John and Betty Timperley, Nathan Timperley married Sarah Newton on Christmas Eve 1820 at Manchester. (His age given as 21 years, hers 19 years). In 1827 he went bankrupt as a result of land speculation in Salford. By 1829 when the matter was dinally resolved and he was released fom the debtors' prison at Lancaster, rent arrears on the land amounted to £120. He died of apoplexy, aged 66, on 30 April 1866. Although designated architect and surveyor in the bankruptcy proceedings, he has no recorded architectural work.

Address
1825 : Nathan Timperley land and building agent and surveyor 21 Ridgefield
1825-1827 : Nathan Timperley, formerly of No. 21, Ridgefield, Manchester, then of No. 14, Well Meadow Buildings, Salford, and late of No. 22, Brazennose Street, Manchester,
1829-30 : Nathan Timperley, 27, Lloyd-street?

Residence   
1827-1829 : Gaol at Lancaster Castle
1866: Nathan Timperley 5 Holt Place Owen Street Hulme

Bankruptcy
Reference    London Gazette 19 June 1827 page 1341
Reference    London Gazette 31 July 1835 p1479
Reference    Manchester Guardian 24 June 1837 page 2 - bankruptcy - list of creditors, etc.