William Thorold

William Thorold 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.