Sorocold

George Sorocold - Biography
... He was born in Derby some time around 1668, the son of James Sorocold who had moved to the town from Lancashire ... Sometime between 1685 and 1687 Sorocold was involved with the water supply to Macclesfield and in 1687, he took on the job of rehanging the bells in All ... up by John Lombe who, with his brother Thomas, engaged Sorocold to build a new, larger mill, based on the Italian pattern, on the site of the old one, completed in 1722 ...

Derby Canal - Origin
... The engineer George Sorocold was involved with plans for improvements, although it is uncertain whether he was involved in the actual work ... In 1703, Sorocold attended Parliament to give evidence for a scheme which involved four new cuts, with weirs and locks, on a 10-mile (16 km) stretch of the river ... The bill failed, but the map for a similar scheme presented in 1717 was said to be drawn by Sorocold ...