Name

William Kenyon Knapp

Designation
architect
Born
1848
Place of Birth
Swatton Lincs
Location
Manchester
Died
1918

  • Born                      Oct-Dec 1848
  • Died                       8 August 1918

William Kenyon Knapp was born in 1848, at Swatton, Lincolnshire, the son of the Rev Henry Knapp, (Vicar of Swatton and Rector of Spanby) and Anna M Knapp, his wife. In 1872 he was living in Marylebone, having trained as an architect and by 1876 had moved to Manchester, where he established an office at 15 Cross Street. By 1911 he had retired and living with his brother, the Reverend Thomas Lloyd Knapp, at Threekingham Vicarage. William Kenyon Knapp died on 8 August 1919 at Threekingham Vicarage Folkingham, Lincolnshire. He never married.

Address
1876        W Kenyon Knapp architect and surveyor 21 Commercial Buildings, 15 Cross Street Manchester (MG 23 + 25 Nov 1876 page 1)
1881-1882    W Kenyon Knapp and Company, architect and civil engineers,  Queen’s Chambers, John Dalton Street Manchester (MG 27 May 1881 p7)

Residence
1881        Ducie Hotel 278 Oxford Street Chorlton On Medlock.
1891        Spring Street Oldham
1911-1918    Threekingham Vicarage Folkingham, Lincolnshire