page_title: William Jessop
section_title: Later life
hierarchical_section_title: William Jessop / Later life
context_page_description: William Jessop was an English civil engineer, best known for his work on canals, harbours and early railways in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
context_section_description: From 1784 to 1805 Jessop lived in Newark in Nottinghamshire, where he twice served as town mayor.
  In his later life, Jessop became increasingly inflicted by a form of paralysis, and 1805 marked the end of his active career. He died at his home, Butterley Hall, on 18 November 1814. The Jessop Memorial was erected a year after his death, this can be seen east of Ripley in Codnor park. The 70 ft (21 m) Doric column can no longer be scaled due to being unsafe. His son Josias became a successful engineer in his own right.
caption: Newark Castle and Bridge in the early 19th century.
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