Hugh Wood (landowner)
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Hugh Wood was a landowner of Derbyshire gentry, and ran collieries in the small village of Swanwick. Hugh Wood notably owned Swanwick Hall from 1772 onwards, and knew many important Derbyshire people
Hugh Wood, painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1789
Mary Wood (née Peake), painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1789
The Children of Hugh and Mary Wood of Swanwick, Derbyshire (Robert Wood b.1781, John Wood b.1776 & Mary Wood), painting by Joseph Wright of Derby
Joseph Pickford
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Joseph Pickford was an English architect that mostly worked within the English county of Derbyshire, and was one of the leading provincial architects in the reign of George III. The house he designed
Hugh Wood (landowner)
…landowner of Derbyshire gentry, and ran collieries in the small village of Swanwick. Hugh Wood notably owned Swanwick Hall (a villa build by architect, Joseph Pickford) from 1772 onwards, and knew many important Derbyshire people at the time such as Joseph Wright, whom he was a patron of. Wood was born on 10 January…
Joseph Pickford (1770) painted by Joseph Wright
Joseph Pickford's children (Joseph on the left, Thomas on the right) painted by Joseph Wright in 1778
St. Helen’s House, Derby
Mill, Chatsworth, Derbyshire