A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
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Surname
Abington
Alternative Surname
First Name
L J
Initial of Surname
A
Year of Birth/Baptism
Flourished
1814
Year of Death
Biographical Details
He married Jane, the daughter of John Sandys, a Baptist minister, and eventually became the owner of a pottery in Staffs. In 1814 he was responsible for all the decorative carving on the market cross at Devizes (1). Later he superintended the decorative carving at Soane's Bank of England.
Literary References: Devizes 1859, 479
Archival References: GPC
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