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Laxton was born in Oundle, Northamptonshire, England, the son of John Laxton, a local merchant. He was educated at the grammar school in Oundle situated in the old 'gildhouse' in the churchyard of St Peter's parish church.
Oundle traces its history back to 1556, when Sir William Laxton, Lord Mayor of London and Master of the Worshipful Company of Grocers endowed a ‘Free Grammar School’ in Oundle, where he had been educated at the original Gild School founded in 1506.
Jun 25, 2024 · In May 1806 designs for a vicarage prepared by Humphry Repton, in association with his son John Adey Repton, for George Freke Evans were brought to Laxton by George Collet, the clerk of works. The digging of foundations was started by one Samuel Pickering in the same month.
This photograph may have been taken in April 1960 at a weekend school organised by the Nottinghamshire Local History Council to study Laxton. The weekend took place at Brackenhurst agricultural college near Southwell, where Philip Lyth was the Principal.
Here’s a whistle stop tour of how we became the business we are today. Where it all began. In 1907 George Laxton and Gordon Holmes formed a worsted spinning mill Holmes Laxton & Co in Oakworth, combining George Laxton’s technical know-how and Gordon Holmes’ financial expertise producing wool and mohair yarns.
Lennon walked into that building in Mount Street (located, helpfully, next door to McCartney and Harrison’s school, The Liverpool Institute) in October 1957. It would be disingenuous to suggest that day marked the start of a successful art school career.
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Location on the Roll of Honour. John Charles Laxton's name is located at panel 105 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).
