"Thorold, William"@en . . . . . . "British businessman" . "1878-12-17Z"^^ . . . . "1798-10-09Z"^^ . "William Thorold"@en . "1878Z"^^ . . . . "1798Z"^^ . "William Thorold (9 October 1798 \u2013 17 December 1878)was an eminent 19th-century millwright, architect and civil engineer in Norwich, Norfolk.He was born in 1798 in Methwold, Norfolk, the son of a farmer. Apprenticed to George Shafto and later to John Fisher Gurling in St Martin's Lane, Norwich, he was in business as a millwright from 1828 until his death at Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich in 1878."@en . . . . .