Edwin Burnell
Other names: 'Edwin Burnell' (1880), E. Burnell and Sons (1900-1919), Burnell Tovey, Burnell Tovey Ltd.
Active: 1860 -
Function: Marble mason, sculptor, mason, stone merchant, marble merchant
Policy: (1875)
Marble and Stone Works,
...
Letter-Cutter and Carver
On Monuments, Tombs, Head Stones, Crosses, and all kinds of Grave Stones, Chimney Pieces, Washstand Tops, Hall Slabs, etc.
Designs and Estimates forwarded on application
History or description: Founded as a monumental masonry business by Edwin Burnell (1836-1917). The original yard was in East Street, Bedminster which continues to be a place of business to the present (2012). Burnell's partner was Albert Edward Tovey (1868-1927) of Bristol who married Edwin's daughter, Sarah Jane Burnell on 19 March 1889. Together they embarked on running a funeral service which has continued ever since trading as Burnell Tovey. The firm was continued by Reginald Burnell Tovey after Albert's death in 1927. Probate records show that Albert's effects were valued at £2,675 11s. 1d. (granted 3 February 1928).
See http://www.burnelltoveyltd.co.uk/index2.html
Locations
Located at 9 Nelson Parade Bristol | View on map
1875
Located at 13 Nelson Parade East Street Bristol | View on map
1880 - 1919
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed in Mathews's Annual Bristol Directory and Almanack: 1900. The One Hundred and Second Edition.
1900
Listed as Sculptor; Stone and Marble Merchant; Marble Mason
Listed under Stone Masons Mathews's Annual Bristol Directory and Almanack: 1875. The Seventy-Seventh Edition.
1875
Listed as Marble Mason and Sculptor
Listed under Stone Masons Slater's Royal National Commerce Directory of North and South Wales, Monmouthshire, Shropshire and the Cities of Bristol and Chester, 1880
1880
Listed as Stone and Marble Mason
Listed under Stone Masons J. Wright and Co.'s (Mathew's) Bristol and Clifton Directory, 91st Edition, 1889
1889
Listed as Marble Mason and Sculptor
Listed under Stone Masons Kelly's Bristol and Suburban Trades Directory, 1910
1910
Listed as Mason
Listed under Stone Masons Mathews's Annual Bristol Directory and Almanack: 1919. The One Hundred and Twentieth Edition.
1919
Listed as Marble Mason
Sources
J. Wright and Co.'s (Mathew's) Bristol and Clifton Directory, 91st Edition, 1889
1889
p.426
Kelly's Bristol and Suburban Trades Directory, 1910
1910
p.845
Mathews's Annual Bristol Directory and Almanack: 1875. The Seventy-Seventh Edition.
1875
p.302
Mathews's Annual Bristol Directory and Almanack: 1900. The One Hundred and Second Edition.
1900
p.649
Mathews's Annual Bristol Directory and Almanack: 1919. The One Hundred and Twentieth Edition.
1919
p.865
Citing this record
'Edwin Burnell', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib1_1222204397, accessed 28 Jan 2020]
