Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Engineer, of Kells, Co. Meath. Charles Francis Bomford, fourth son of John Francis Bomford, of Oakley Park, Co. Meath, and his wife Elinor, née Bolton, was born on 13 March 1878. In 1891 he was sent to school at Denstone College, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, where he remained until 1897. Between 1899 and 1902 he attended Chesterfield Technical Education College, while serving a pupilage locally and attending lectures in mining. He then returned to Ireland, where he had six months of private tuition from MARMADUKE BACKHOUSE MARMADUKE BACKHOUSE . By 1906 he had been appointed an assistant county surveyor for Co. Meath. He had become engineer to Kells Rural District Council in or before 1909.(1) He was appointed town surveyor of Kells in 1930 and was still in the post in 1934.(3) He died in 1961, survived by his wife, Dorothy Maud, daughter of the Rev. John Price, of Lanwergan, Brecon, whom he had married on 12 August 1914, and a daughter. He was a captain in the Leinster Regiment.

ICEI: associate member, 1906; still a member in 1960.

Addresses: Oakley Park, Kells, Co. Meath, <=1913->=1922; Priory Cottage, Kilmainham, Kells, <=1930->=1948; Barnane, Templemore, Co. Tipperary, 1950-1954; Garryannagh, Ballycommon, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, 1955-1958; Inglebrook, Ballywilliamroe, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow, 1960.

See WORKS.



References

All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from Burke’s Irish Family Records (1976), 154, ICEI membership applications, IV, 13, and ICEI membership lists in TICEI and Thom's directories.

(1) IB 51, 4 Sep 1909, 575.
(2) IB 72, 15 Feb 1930, 140.
(3) Thom's Directory 1934.


5 work entries listed in chronological order for BOMFORD, CHARLES FRANCIS


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Building: CO. MEATH, KELLS AREA, HOUSES (146)
Date: 1909
Nature: 146 single labourers' cottages for Kells RDC. Tenders invited but direct labour also to be considered.
Refs: IB 51, 4 Sep,2 Oct 1909, 575,630

Building: CO. MEATH, DUNSHAUGHLIN, HOUSES
Date: 1909
Nature: Cottage scheme. Designs approved by RDC.
Refs: IB 51, 26 Jun 1909, 405

Building: CO. MEATH, ASHBOURNE, HOUSES
Date: 1912
Nature: Tenders to be received for erecting 'concrete wall at new houses' for Dunshaughlin Council.
Refs: IB 54, 22 Jun 1912, 379

Building: CO. MEATH, KELLS, CARRICK STREET, SHOP & HOUSE
Date: 1928
Nature: -
Refs: IB 70, 26 May 1928, 465

Building: CO. MEATH, KELLS, HOUSES (024)
Date: 1933
Nature: Tenders invited for erecting same for Kells UDC.
Refs: IB 75, 23 Sep 1933, 830