JAMES JILLOTT

1800 - 1880

The Drawings & Paintings of Great Grimsby

Compiled by Graham Parratt

Designed by Stuart Turnbull of Waltons Publications

Published in 2021 by North East Lincolnshire Archaeology and Local History Society. Included in this work, of immense local historical importance, are a small sample of the water colours, drawings and sketches carried out over a period of almost sixty years by James Jillott.

They capture many buildings that formed the townscape of the 18th century and some nineteenth century buildings completed following the creation of the new dock, opened in 1800. Many of the buildings were drawn just prior to their demolition and are, in many cases, the only surviving record of these buildings.

The new town was being developed along the east side of the dock before the railways arrived and significantly influenced the future development of the town.

This work was only made possible due to the original photographs and notes provided by Stephen Birch and the generous deposit by the Wilkinson family of the original documents.

Many of the works are in a very fragile condition and the fact that they have survived at all is remarkable.

Many of the sketches and drawings were never intended as anything other than preparatory sketches and were in the process of being destroyed when they were rescued from destruction.

This publication has, in part, been made possible by the generous donations towards the cost of production by Dorothy Dowling, Annie Smyth, Brian Patterson, Janice Paterson, Graham Parratt, Marion Piggott, David Robinson, Vic Waller and Anne Taylor-Rose, together with the support given by Waltons Publications.

The sketches, drawings and paintings from the Jillott Collection are included with permission of North East Lincolnshire Archives and North East Lincolnshire Museum Service.