Thomas Bedford
Active: 1851 - 1879
Function: Sculptor, statuary mason
History or description: A master mason employing 10 men in 1851. Ten years later, Thomas was managing a separate business as a 'proprietor of houses.' His sons, Thomas and John Grey Bedford were running the business at 256 Oxford Street.
In 1871 both brothers were still at the Oxford Street address but no details of employees are given. In 1885 their address was given as 256 Oxford Street. However they had been trading from c.1879 as Bedford Brothers, 43, 44 and 47 North Row, Grosvenor Square, London.
Employees, Students & Members
Numbers: 10
Period Start: 1851
Period End: 1861
Locations
Business located at 256 Oxford Street London England | View on map
1851 (Circa) - 1871 (Circa)
Associated People
Trade name of Thomas Bedford Snr
1851 (Circa)
Trade name of John Grey Bedford
1861 (Circa) - 1871 (Circa)
Trade name of Thomas Bedford Jnr
1861 (Circa) - 1871 (Circa)
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed in Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1851
p.1364
Listed as 'Sculptor'
Listed in Post Office London Directory, 1860 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1860
p.1803
Listed as 'Sculptor'
Sources
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
p. 88-9
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2005
HO107 piece 1475 folio 287 page 19
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2005
RG09 piece 41 folio 106 page 5
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10 piece 94 folio 35 page 8
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 758 folio 43 page 33
Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1851
p.1364
Post Office London Directory, 1860 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1860
p.1803
Citing this record
'Thomas Bedford', 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_1227743136, accessed 28 Sep 2023]
