John Wormald Appleyard
John Wormald Appleyard (10 September 1831 – 14 January 1894) (active 1851–1893) was a British sculptor and monumental mason based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
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John Wormald Appleyard by Benjamin Payler, 1878 | |
| Born | 10 September 1831 School Close, Leeds, England |
| Died | 14 January 1894 (aged 62) Leeds |
| Resting place | Beckett Street Cemetery |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Apprenticed to Abraham Wormald, stonemason |
| Known for | Wood and stone carving |
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| Style | Theatrical |
| Spouse | Elizabeth "Eliza" Whiteley |
| Memorial(s) | Appleyard window in St John's Church, Farsley |
He was sixteen years old when his apprenticeship as a stone carver was curtailed due to the death of his grandfather who was training him. He was versatile enough to turn his hand to wood carving, decorative ceiling work, stained glass and marble sculpture besides stone carving, so that from around the age of twenty-one years he was able to maintain a stoneyard and studio in Cookridge Street, Leeds, at least until 1891. He was generally known during his lifetime as a monumental mason.
He is mainly known today in Leeds for his wooden faux-Jacquemart figures of Robin Hood, Friar Tuck, Richard the Lionheart and the swineherd Gurth, which appear to strike the hours on the Ivanhoe clock at one end of Thornton's Arcade in Briggate. He is also known for his figure of Old Father Time on the Tempus Fugit clock on the Time Ball Buildings, Leeds.