Beckworth's is Back
Charles B. Howdill's finest surviving secular building, the long-derelict former Beckworth's Viaduct Tannery, has recently been converted into flats. William Beckworth (1841-1911) was a pillar...
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The Howdills and Lawnswood Cemetery
The first child ever cremated at Lawnswood Cemetery in Leeds was Dorothy Howdill, who died of scarlet fever in 1905: she was the daughter of...
Kensal Green Chapel Restored
News in from Nicky Howdill, great-granddaughter of Charles B. Howdill: an old Howdill chapel in Kensal Green, North London, is being restored to its former...
Kensal Green Chapel Restored
News in from Nicky Howdill, great-granddaughter of Charles B. Howdill: an old Howdill chapel in Kensal Green, North London, is being restored to its former...
Howdill's Amazing Building Construction Diagrams
We know that Charles B. Howdill taught building-related subjects for many years at Huddersfield Technical College, as well as at Leeds School of Art, and...
C.B. Howdill is on Wikipedia
One of the few benefits of the pandemic lockdown has been the chance to catch up on long-postponed tasks. We'd been meaning to create...
From the Archives: Howdill in Jutland, 1911
Last August I spent a fascinating afternoon at the Leeds Museums and Galleries Discovery Centre, looking through Charles Barker Howdill's copious Jutland notes. The well-worn...