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      • Nave pulpit at Worcester Cathedral
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      • St John's, Frome, Medallions
      • St Mary's Church, Melbury Sampford
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      • St Paul's cathedral, Memorial
      • Monument to Lord Lyttelton, Worcester Cathedral
      • Tyntesfield, Private Chapel
    • 1880's >
      • St Mary's, Buckland, Cross
      • St Peter's Church, Coggeshall
      • St Paul's cathedral, Afghan campaign
      • Sherborne Abbey, Digby monument
      • St James, Sussex Gardens, London
      • Monument to Bishop Fraser, Manchester Cathedral
      • St Mary's Church, Warwick
      • Monument to Earl of Dudley, Worcester cathedral
      • St Bartholomew's, Penn
      • St Mary's, Buckland, Reredos
    • 1890's >
      • Monument to Dean Elliot, Bristol Cathedral
      • Monument to Bishop Pelham, Norwich Cathedral
      • Monument to Bishop Atlay, Hereford
      • Sherborne Abbey, pulpit
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    • 1850's >
      • St John the Baptist, Eastnor, Worcs
      • Malvern Parish School, Great Malvern
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      • St Mary's, Hanley Castle
    • 1860's >
      • Eastnor Castle Great Hall
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      • St John the Evangelist, Storridge
      • Imperial Hotel, Malvern
      • Elmslie House, Malvern
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      • St Laurence, Alvechurch, Boulton Memorial
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      • Wesleyan Chapel, Malvern
      • St John's Church, Feckenham
      • Wykeham House, Oxford
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      • Worcester Cemetery, Charles Hastings
      • Gloucs bank, Hereford
      • James Wilson memorial, Malvern
      • St Peter's Church, Upton on Severn
      • St Mary's, Dilwyn
      • St George's, Barbourne, Worcester
      • St Leonard's, Agnes Raymond
      • St Mary's church, Twyning
      • St Phillips, Hallow
      • St Nicholas, Droitwich, Font
    • 1870's >
      • St Mary's Church, Elmbridge
      • St John's Churchyard, Claines
      • St Nicholas, Droitwich, Pulpit
      • St James, West Malvern
      • Malvern Wells cemetery, Lucas Memorial
      • Oliver Mason monument, The Priory Church
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      • Christ Church, Catshill
      • St John's Church, Charlton
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      • Upton cemetery, Major Martin
      • Sir Henry Lambert, Malvern cemetery
      • Priory Court, Malvern
      • Holy Trinity, Malvern, pillars
      • Monument for Wheeley Lea Family, Powick
      • The Hoppickers, Worcester
      • St John's, Claines, William Mence
      • Brinton Fountain, Kidderminster
      • WB Williamson tomb, Astwood cemetery
    • 1880's >
      • St George's RC, Worcester, Altars
      • St Leonards, Newland,Columns
      • Marion Yorke grave, Worcester Cathedral cloisters
      • Worcester cemetery, Cross for Nash
      • Malvern cemetery, Tomb for Fisk
      • St James, Harvington, Woodward cross
      • St James, Harvington, Florence Mary
      • St Mary Magdalene, Worcester, Font
      • Compton Building, Worcester
      • Harriet Wood, Worcester Cathedral cloisters
      • Oakhampton House, Bust of Henry Crane
      • St Leonard's, Newland, Piscina
      • St Leonard's, Newland, Sedilia
      • St Mary's churchyard, Shrawley
      • Revd Barry grave, Worcester Cathedral Cloisters
      • St Helen's church, Worcester, Window for Dr Nash
      • 29th Regiment Memorial, Worcester Cathedral
      • Memorial to William Bourne
      • Dean Yorke Memorial, Worcester Cathedral
      • Oakhampton House, Chimney-piece
      • St Clements church, Worcester, Font
      • St Barnabas, Worcester
      • Wells school, Malvern
      • St John's, Claines, Beachamp tomb
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      • Whitbourne Hall Lodge, Worcs
      • Allsopp Tomb, Hindlip Hall
      • Malvern cemetery, Cross for Roper Curzon
      • St James, Harvington, Cross for AHW Ingram
      • St Michael's, Stourport
      • Walter Holland Tomb, Astwood cemetery
      • Congregational Sunday School, Worcester
      • Perrins Family Tomb, Worcester
      • St John's Church, Claines, Cross for LJ Curtler
      • Reredos, St Marys, Welford
      • Co-Operative Society, Worcester
      • St Leonard's, Newland, Pulpit
      • St Peters church, Ombersley
      • Flora statue, Chateau Impney, Droitwich
    • 1890's >
      • Worcester cemetery, Lewitt memorial
      • St John's churchyard, Claines, Lavie memorial
      • Malvern Wells cemetery Chapel
      • St Clements church, Worcester, Reredos
      • St Clements Church, Worcester, screen
      • E.W.Elmslie Memorial
      • St Ann's Well, Malvern
      • Worcester Grammar School Extension
      • Tomb of Thomas Rowley-Hill, Astwood cemetery
      • Canon Douglas, Salwarpe
      • Pitchcroft Gates, Worcester
      • St Matthias, Malvern
    • 1900's >
      • Temperance Drinking Fountain, Malvern
      • John Corbett tomb, Stoke Prior churchyard
      • Cross for G.Shaw, St Matthias, Malvern Link
      • Cross, Malvern Wells
      • Hook Severn, Worcs, Bromley Memorial
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Hook Severn Churchyard, Worcs, Memorial for Martin family

Mr. George Martin, of Ham Court, Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire died in February 1905. His family contracted a young Eric Gill, who was then working as a London-based calligrapher, letter-cutter and stone mason, to provide a memorial for Mr. Martin at Hook Severn Church, just outside Upton, where he was buried, as well as a wall memorial within St Peter’s Church in the centre of Upton

In 1914 George’s widow, Maria Henrietta, died and his one Daughter contacted Eric Gill to add an extra inscription to the memorial in Hook Severn churchyard. However, at that time Gill would have been busy creating ‘stations of the cross’ for Westminster Abbey and the task of updating the memorial in Upton, as well as re-cutting the original inscription was given to William Forsyth, of Worcester
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William himself was 80 at this time, but his business, based in the Tything, Worcester was being managed by his family and employees. How William was contracted, who did the work, and more details of the transaction are contained within eight remarkable letters held at the Hive, Worcester as part of the Bromley-Martin archive stored there


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