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William Osmond
English sculptor and mason
William Osmond (–) was an English sculptor and mason, based in Salisbury.
Polly osmond biography of william
According to a memorial tablet in the cloisters of Salisbury Cathedral, he was not only a mason but also a lay preacher there.[1]
Life
He was born on 17 August , the son of Thomas Osmond (–) and his wife Elizabeth (Betty) Kellow (–).
He was indentured to William Croome of Fisherton Anger (now a suburb of Salisbury).[2]
He was appointed mason to Salisbury Cathedral in [1] at the age of 27, employing twelve men and one boy; his first undertaking in the following two years was to make two new pinnacles for the cathedral's tower.
In he made "columns and capitals" for the south walk within the cloisters.[1]
He befriended Augustus Pugin and adopted his Gothic style. In he moved with his large family to "The Priory" on Brown Street in Salisbury.
He died on 10 July at home at Exeter Street in Salisbury, a three storey