Edward Turner was born in Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire in 1847 and was articled to Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811-1878) in London. He also attended Kensington School of Art in London. He commenced independent practice as an architect in Leicester in 1879. His address was given as 31 Evington St, Leicester and Bowling Green St., Leicester in 1881; 73 Sunnycroft Clarendon Park Road Leicester in 1911; and 54, Gallowtree Gate, Leicester and 73. Clarendon Park Road, Leicester in 1914 and 1937. He died on 19 January 1937
St. Michael and All Angels', Brunswick Park, New Southgate; St. Paul's Church, Knowbury, Shropshire; St. Mary and All Saints', Stanton-under- Bardon, Leicestershire; other smaller churches. Restorations at All Saints', Granby, Notts: All Saints,' Withybrook, Leicestershire; St. Mary's, Santon Downham, Suffolk: St. Michael's, Hopton Wafers, Shropshire; St. Cuthberts, Clungunford, Shropshire; and others In Leicestershire and Kent. Vicarages to Holy Trinity, Stroud Green, London: St. Michael and All Angels', Brunswick Park, New Southgate; Breedon-on-the-Hill. Leicestershire: St. Luke's. Reddal Hill, near Birmingham. Parochial Schools at Avonmouth; Mission Rooms; Church Halls In Leicestershire and Lincolnshire; carved and painted reredoses in Hereford Cathedral, and In several churches; screens, pulpits and other decorative works.
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 2: L-Z. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001