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[edit]Monument to George Knowles (c1776-1856), Architect and Civil Engineer, and his wife Ann (Wormald), At St John's Church, Sharow, Ripon, North Yorkshire A successful engineer, contractor and architect, responsible for projects in England and Ireland. George Knowles was working in Ireland during the first and second decades of the nineteenth century and was connected both as a designer and contractor with the building of the Royal Canal. Designs by him for Mullingar Harbour and for the Sheriff Street bridge over the Canal (1808) are in the Pakenham collection. Knowles designed and built Lucan Bridge (1814) and was the contractor for Richmond Bridge (1812-16) and Whitworth Bridge (1816-17). By about 1821 Knowles was living at at Lucan House, Sharow, near Ripon where he designed St John's Church.
In about 1836 he moved to Wood End, The Crescent, Scarborough, a new house which he may have built himself. During his years in Scarborough he was involved in the management and development of the spa and made plans for the Spa Gardensb — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.1.125.96 (talk) 18:03, 27 November 2014 (UTC)