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Surname	Sands	Alternative Surname
First Name	William, of Spalding	Initial of Surname	S
Year of Birth/Baptism		Flourished
Year of Death	- 1751
Biographical Details	An architect and mason, he signs a couple of tablets. He was master of the local freemasons’ lodge, and a member of the prestigious Gentlemans’ Society of Spalding. As an architect he designed Moulton chapel, near Spalding, and Monks Hall, Gosberton, which was executed by John Proudlove. Sands was buried in Spalding church, where a monument to his memory was erected by his pupil, Edward Hutchinson, of Spalding. This disappeared when the church was restored. Literary References: Gunnis 1968, 339; Colvin 1995, 847-8