HOMEWOOD, Thomas (1806-1885) — London
Map & chart engraver. Engraved — all with Henry Stephenson Homewood above, as ‘Homewood & Son’ — J. W. Appleton, Track chart of the world 1874, for Charles Wilson (see BME 2011); The English Channel 1877, again for Wilson; J. W. Appleton, North Sea fishing banks 1878, for Wilson.
Born 21 Sep 1806 and baptised 17 Oct at St. Matthew, Bethnal Green, London, the son of Thomas Homewood (1777-1832), a victualler (of the Golden Hart, Lamb Street, Spitalfields, in 1802) and his wife Mary Ashley (1775-1832), who had married in 1800. Apprenticed to John Stephenson (see BME 2011) 4 Oct 1820 (£63). Married (1) his master’s daughter, Louisa Martha Stephenson (1806-1871), 14 Jan 1829 at St. Matthew, Bethnal Green. Records of an 1830 court case involving Homewood and his father survive in NA. Reported to have engraved for John William Norie (see BME 2011), Homewood was recorded as an engraver on the 1841 census, but more specifically as a chart engraver in 1851, then resident with his wife and seven children, as well as an apprentice George William Sharp, aged nineteen. Recorded as a map engraver at the baptism of his daughter, Ellen Emma Homewood, 7 Dec 1853 at St. John, Bethnal Green. Further recorded on 1861-1881 census returns, with sons Charles Stephenson Homewood (1837-1911) and Henry Stephenson Homewood also recorded as engravers in 1861: the former soon abandoned an engraving career, while the latter is separately noticed. Married (2) Harriet Lilley (1837-1917) 11 Sep 1875 at St. John of Jerusalem, South Hackney. He had retired by 1881, then living with his second wife and an infant daughter. He died at home in Leytonstone 20 Nov 1885, leaving an estate valued at £235.
Pulteney Terrace, Islington — 1841
8 Bates Place, Bethnal Green — 1851
7 Providence Row, Hackney — 1853
15 Cambridge Terrace, Hackney — 1853-1855
4 Palestine Place, Bethnal Green — 1861
7 Palestine Place, Bethnal Green — 1867
18 Groombridge Road, Hackney — 1871-1881
Cedar Villa, Harvey Road, Leytonstone — 1885
Apprentice: George William Sharp
Census 1841-1881. LHD. NA.