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NORWICH AND YARMOUTH SODA -WATER COMPANY.
H U N T ,S O N ,
Co .
,PR O PR IE TO R S .
M AN UFA CTURE R S BY STEAM POWE R
SODAWATER, LEMO
U
F
NADE, GINGERADE,TH E CE L E BRATE D BR EWE D
GINGE R BE E R, GINGER AL E ,AN D A L L KIN D S O F
M I N E R A L W A T E R S ,
By N ew and Im prov ed M achinery.
D r. H assall’s R eport on the Water used byM essrs. H umt
, S on, é’
rCo.
74, Wimpole S treet , Cavendish Square, L ondon.
I have tested chem ically the Water drawn from a Well on the
premises of M essrs . H unt Co., Compounders of M ineral Waters, andI
find it ispeculiarlyadapted for the purpose.
S igned, A RTH UR H IL L H A SSA L L,M .D .
,
Analyst of the L ancet Sanitary Comm ission ; author ofthe Report of the Comm ission on Foodandits A dulterations “Adulterations D etected and other Works.
M essrs. H U N T, S O N , Co . beg to call the attention of L icensed
Victuallers and others to the above Report , as it is of so much importancein the M anufacture of M ineralWaters to have PureWater and to ensurethis, see that the bottles bear our name andTrade Mark.
FRAUD
R E© US TE R E DSTEAM WO RKS
ST. STEPHEN’
SST.,NORWICH, 8, HOWARDA ll goods sent inpatent cases. N opacking required.
Private Fam ilies supplied.
WH OL ESAL E A cm e FOB R osa’
s CE L E BRATE !) a JUICE .
F. CARPENTER ,
5, REGEN T STRE ET, YARM OU'I‘H ,
Wholesale and R etail
T O B A O O O N I S T,
IMPORTER OF FOREIGN CIGARS;
A N D
D E A L E R iN B R IT IS H C IGA R S ,
FAN CY SN U FFS , &c.. &c.
PIPE S CL E ANED AND REPA IRED .
IQ “ TRY (MRPE/VTER’
S SEA SIDE MI! TURE.
SE CON D E D ITION—E ! TE N D E D A N D IM PR OVE D .
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CONTAIN IN G SEVE RAL TH OU SAN D
important floral (t heme, eta ;AL SO
AVISITOR’S RAMBL E ROUND THE TOWN.
“ It is to Chronology that H istory owes its use and beauty ; asbeing without it a mere chaos, a jum ble of facts confusedly heaped
together, and consequently capable of affording neither pleasure nor
instruction.
”- L O CK E .
By WIL L IA M FIN O H - CR ISP,
A uthor of s Guide,” “Pnntm 3 B ook of R ef crence,H andbook to A ngling,
Tm m ,
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(fa , é‘
c.
QHeeat Y armoutf)
WILLIAM FIN CH- CR ISP, N o. 30, CROWN ROAD.
L O N D O N : J. H A D D O N Cc ., 3, Bouvenm STR E E T, E .C.
CQ BZ Q
P R E F A C E .
EW words only are necessary to introduce this
Second Edition to our readers, beyond expressing
a hope that the contents will m eet with general
approbation,and that m uch pleasure will b e de
rived from its perusal, now and for many years to
come. We would ask, as a SPE CIA L FAVO R,in order
to ensure a Wider circulation at home and abroad,
that our friends will endorse the sentim ents of the Press,by recommending this H istory of Yarmouth as worthy
of a place in every library.
To CO L O N E L DUFF, M .P. , we tender our best thanks for
his well-wishes, and courtesy in allowing the book to be
dedicated to him ; and also to LO R D SUFFIE L D ,for granting, subsequently
,the sam e perm ission,
as Well as
for becom ing a subscriber ; but in so doing we must not
forget our Obligation to a long list of other patrons, in
cluding the Mayor and Deputy-Mayor Sir E. H. K . Lacon,Bart , M .P. J J . Colman
,E sq ,
M .P. ; the Vicar of
Yarmouth R ev . W. Lake O nslow (Chaplain to the Prince
and Princess of Wales); and a large number of Clergy,Magistrates, Town Councillors, and leading families in the
Borough, and Counties of N orfolk and Suffolk.
30, Crown R oad, S t. George
’s Park
,
Great Yarm outh, M arch, 18 77.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH (IFHill - COLONEL DUFF, M.P.
Colonel D uff having kindly permitted us to dedicate this work tohim , a brief sketch of his career cannot fail to b e read with interest.
Colonel D uff is the son of the late Jam es D uff, E sq . ,
and grandson of *
the late Sir James D uff, who resided at Funtington, in Sussex . H is
m other was E liza Charlotte, eldest daughter of the late Sir G . B .
Prescott, Bart ., of Theobalds Park (once a favouriteR oyal residence) inH ertfordshire. H ewas born at Innes H ouse, M orayshire, Scotland, 29thJuly, 1831. A t R ugby School he received his education, under D r. Tait,A rchbishop of Canterbury. Inhis 20thyear he joined the 23rd R oyal
Welsh Fusiliers, then on service in N orth A m erica. N ot long had
theyoung soldier borne arm s before he was called upon to engage inone of the severest campaigns recorded in history
— the Crimean War.
The 23rdFusiliers fought in all the engagem ents, and in the m em orableb attle of Inkerm an, Captain D uff was taken prisoner b t he R ussians ;but upon an exchange of prisoners being m ade at O dessa, he wasrestoredto the E nglish,andactedas Aide- de- Camp toGeneral L ysons,whowas commanding the 2ndBrigade, L ight D ivision, until the end of thewar.
H e subsequentlyem barkedwithhis regim ent for China, b ut news of theIndianM utinyreaching them at the Cape, theywere ordered to Calcutta.
H ere Capt. D uff distinguished him self at the Capture of L ucknow.
When the rebellionwas effectually put down, he left India with his
regim ent forM alta, and remam edthereuntil he left the service. In A pril,18 59, the gallant soldier married M ary, the onlydaughter of E dwardD awkins
,E sq .
, andniece of John Berney Petre, E sq ., of Westwick
house, Westwick, where 0 01. D uff nowresides. It is ahandsomeM anor,
situate in one of the m ost picturesque inland spots in N orfolk . Co] neiD uff
, besides being Colonel of the 3rd Battalion N orfolk ifie
Volunteers, is a M agistrate for the County, one of the Governors of
the Paston Grammar School at N orthWalsham , a Visiting M agistrateof the County L unatic A sylum ,
and a M em ber of the Castle Comm ittee.
H e is also a distinguished m emb er of the Freemason craft, being
of the Grand L odge of N orfolk, and Worshipful M aster of
U nanimityL odge (102) N orthWalsham . A vacancy for N orth N orfolk
having been occasioned by the m uch- lam ented death of the H on. F.
Walpole, M .P., a newwrit was m oved for in the H ouse of Com monson the 7th of April, and on the following day the Conservative partyhad to b e preparedwith a candidate
,and the choice fell upon Colonel
D uif . H ewas subsequently nominated at A ylsham , with Sir Thos.
Powell Buxton as an Opposing candidate, and the result is givenon page 18 6. Colonel D uff , inwriting on the 26th of A pril, 18 76. to theS ecretary of the R egent Ward Conservative A ssociation (W.
Crisp), says I am ful ly alive to the great honor that has beenconferred upon m e, and I shall at all times endeavor to follow in
the footsteps of my predecessor ; b ut you m ust not expect to find in
me thfe same talent and ability that he possessed
—that is granted to b utvery ew.
’
INDE! TO HISTORY OF YARMOUTH .
eeiteral laser.
For R oyal Visits, Testimonials , E lections , Fires , Wrecks and L aunches,B oat A ccidents , A uctions
, (ya ,ref er to Indices of S /zips andN ames .
6 Vessels BurntPA GE31
14 Persons H anged on the 32
8 715 Vessels A shore20 Persons D rowned23 Vessels Stranded27 Persons Killed .
38 Pers ons D rowned near Cantley 30
540 Ves sels A shore
48
8 0164
5 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Vessels L ost 53
45 S team ers in 133
50 Vessels Wrecked 36
60 Persons D rowned 64
79 Persons D rowned 8 3
100 Vessels Building 73
120 Prisoners Taken 33
140 Soldiers Im prison 4 1
144 Bodies Washed Ashore 65
200 Emigrants 79
PAGE PA GE
A CCID E NTS Bailiffs 20 , 31, 32, 46
BO ilerExplosions ,70 , Balloon A scents 121, 170
101 , 149 Balls 18 2 , 193Combe’s M altings , at 161 B A NK S 8 6, 97, 116
Gas E xplosions . 125 , 127
S undryYorkshire Colli ery 116
A dm iralty Sessions 75A ffrayswithM ilitiamen
A L D E RME N 34 , 35 , 37 ,46
Gowns 49
Wives 1AnusnmrnrsR aces 49, 66, 116R egatta 79 , 130
A ncient 20A Q UAR IUM
168 , 173, 176, 178 , 18 8Company 149 , 153, 158
ArtesianWell 8 1Armed A ssociations 54Art i llery 40A ssumin
gRooms 107, 164o o o o o o o o oe o o o o eol .Fire 11
AuroraBorealis 131
O O O O O O O O O O O .
o ni oo oeo o
0 0 . Q C
O ‘ C O I O O O I Q O O O O O
O O O O Q D O C O C C
200 M en L ost 53
200 Vessels andnearly1000 L ivesL ost 247
300 L ives L ost 59
300 Persons Im pressed 60 , 62
600 Wounded Arrived 69
700 Vessels in Port 39
900 M en Guard the Coast 31
1000 Vessels in 106
1200 Vessels in Roadstead 140
2500 Persons D ied of Plague 43
3000 M en Besieged Caister Castle 32
45 00 M en Killed 34
7000 Persons D ied of Plague 30
M enRavishedE ast Anglia 27, 31
Troops L anded 58
Frenchm enand 230 Ships L ost 30
L ives L ost 28
112
52
123
S uspensionBA TH H O US EE ngine H ouseTurkish
Bat teries 54 , 59Bell Factory 44Beer, Price of 35B E NE FIT A N D O TH E R
S ocm ri E s
ArchaeologicalBuildin8Church andKing" .
D istrict VisitingE astern Star Provident 8 8 , 100
E locution 8 7Freem asons ’
Foresters 100Glee 78
L icensedVictuallers’ 149O ddfellows’ 92
Permanent Fund 110
B E NE FIT A N D O TH E RSoci E T i E sS eientificUnited Seam en
’s
Young M en’s Chris
tian
Bicycle JourneyBoard of H ealth 8 5,
BO R O UGH—A ssessm ent 41
D isfranchised 117
Franchises 28
Free 29
R ateableValue 133,31 5, 157
Bonfires 44
Brewers ,Public- houses ,and R estrictions36, 41,
48 , 8 6, 132
31, 35. 36
8 4
76
8 3
30
33
51
79
BR ID G E SS outhtownS uspensionD itto , Fall of
Burgesses 28 , 29 ,B utchers ’ Shambles
O O O O O O O O O O O O O O OC gCapital Jurisdiction.
6 am In1551l of 6igarnmatb.
CarmelitesCast le, A .
Causeway 48Celebrations (see
D emonstrations)
R oman Catholic 8 4
Census . 75 ,77 , 8 1, 8 5,
Cerdic Shore .19 , 27
Channel Fleet 100, 105,109 , 116, 147
Charities 32, 35 ,47, 48
Charity Trustees .
CH APE L s—Baptist 109 , 129Bethel 105
Congregational . .124 , 129
D utchand 59
Independent .
M ariners’
M ethodist N ewConnexion.
Prim itive M ethodist8 4 , 118 , 170
D o. Temple 163, 172, 18 3
R . C. M ortuary .. 118
R om an Catholic 76
S t . George’s 93
The Tabernacle . lg;Unitarian.
Wesleyan 8 0
Cnuna s—Iron 104Jewish 8 3
Mission R oomD ominicans . 32
O ur L ady’s . .
Parish seeSt .Nicholas
’ hurch, 128
R oman Catholic . 8 4
S t. Andrew’s 97
S t . Bennet’s
S t Jam es’ 128
S t . John’s .
S t . Peter’s 77
Wesleyan, Free
Church Rates . 99
Churchyard (seeCemeteries) . 114
Body Snatching. 76
CinquePorts 20, 43
Clapperrnen appointed 53
CO A L , Price of
Importations 43, 54
Godneh, Shoal of . 179
Com age, E xchange 70
Com ets 103,3 163
Commercial ClubB 0 Ilse “0 8 1
CO E OE E T , First Ama
teur ”69
M iscellaneous . 123
Conference, PrimitiveM ethodist 145
Conge, The 21, 28
Corn, price of32
convemm one u “n u n " o 111
170.
PAGE
Conservative BanqugtsCO EPO E ATTO N 40 ,
42, 48Addresses 47, 56, 63,
8 2 , 8 3, 8 6, 90 ,91, 94 ,
Inquiry46, 8
17 ,0,
R estrictionsVote of Thanks 62
Beach R ents 163Crane, The " . 32, 76CromerH oaxes 174CurfewBellCustom H ouse 60Cyclone, violent .
“
18 8earth of Corn 32
D edicationPage 18D em onstrations 44 , 52 ,
63, 68 , 90, 158D E NE S , South 49“I I t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
S t . George’s 115
D INNE R ona SandBank 37
On H all QuayD ramas , SacredD rinking FountainsD ISTR E S S in L ancashire 106O f the Poor . 70
D utch Clock ..
59E arthquake 31E ast AnglianCoast 116
E lizabethanH ouse
E m bargo . 58 , 60
E xecutions 32 , 41,44 , 50 , 51, 52 , 54 , 68 8 2
E xemption L aw 29E xpeditionE ! PO R TS .75, 8 3
FA rns , E aster . .45 , 49 , 160Free 20, 28 , 30H erring
” .
.39, 42Fam ine "
Ferries 78First Steam Barge 68Frsn, &c. extraordi
nary 37H alibuts . .118 , 149
20 , 8 6
8 6O tters 107 ,Porpoises 32, 75, 135, 177Pike. 0 O C . 165
R oyal Stiirgeons 8 9, 139Salm on .
seal - o ”0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 153
Sharks 144
S ilver E el 65Sunfish 101
.32 , 8 8Whitings . 133
Frsn D epdt 101
Wharf . 116, 117 , 124Wharfmaster’8 house 173
PA GEFisurne L icenses 40
Vessels . 41, 54 , 133, 141FrsnEm E s, 58 ,66, 133, 149 ,
156, 166, 18 1, 19229 , 30 , 36,
37, 39, 55 , 58 , 71,
M ackerel 76, 176
Whale 54
Inquiries 171FIR E E ngines ahd
E scape
In M arket R ow;A t S outhwold . .
Water’s Mill98 , 31,
91 1 7
Franco German War
Freemen33
Frosts , IntenseFullei ’s Hi ll 27, 68Gales (see S torm s)GA L L ows H ouses 51'
OvRem ed 61
GA O L 34 , 172
Insubordinationm . . . 162
GA S B ills 108107 , 13276. 111
General Fasts 62, 90GUA R D IA NSInquiries 163
A D eputation 162H A L L S
Corn E xchange . .8 1,
1
91
D rill . O N 0 c m
M asonicN ewCornold Guild
R egentTolhouseTown 2
VictoriaGospel“
H AVE NS , 22, 27, 28 ,30 , 31, 32,
35, 36, 39
A cts 49 , 1
22
B lockadedCommissioners 43
. 49 , 8 1
50, 51, 120
Inspections 72, 151
POfifiO D o o o o o o o o o “ n u n .
E arrings exported 41
H ISTO R ICA LPUBL ICATIO NS
Chap . on E . Anglian
CoastFoundacion and An
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Perlus trationof Y arm outh 18 0
Pictureso arm outh 73
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H O R S E FB E A KS 175, 18 2
D rowned 173
H O SPITA L S , ContagiousD isease . . 18 1
Fisherm en’s 47
R0 31 8 2, 92
S t .
8 0
H o'rE L s , Crown and
D uke’s H ead 125
N orfolk 92, 94
R oyal 4
H urricane (seeS torm s ) 98H um an Bodies Found
IND IA N M orm r 90
Sufferers 92 , 95
IN H AnrrA s 'rs Fined 30
N O . of H ouseholders . 4 l
Institu te, S t . A ndrew’s 105
Invasion Threatened 60
Inundat ions andFloods
29 , 35 , 55 , 66, 69 ,76, 106, 119 ,
Jacob uses 39
Just ices of thePeace . 32Jetty, The 36, 52 65 , 130
J 1erm udorJernemu tha 19
Juries and Inquests 30, 79
L eets orWards 23
L eper H ouses 23
L IBRA RY , Priory 8 5
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L IFEo e
BO A'I‘ 97
N ew6
104, 110, 115 ,1116, 118
L ocal M int . 43L ondonQ uarterlyR eview116L oyal Corporation A d
dresses 70, 71, 91,94 , 158
M aiden Sessions 18 2
M amm oth’s Tusk 8 9
M equinez R elief Fund 49
M A Y GA L E 100
M u cus . .17. 20 ,46, 47, 48 , 79
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R O A D S A N D STR E E TSR egentS outh 68St . Peter’s . . 18 8
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R ob es 49 , 105, 162Inquests 50
M arriages R estricted 40
M arineParade 8 8 , 18 5 , 18 6M A R KE TCrosses 31 79E sh 40 , 8 2Paved 31S talls 39Tolls
M ethodismM eteor, E xtraordinary18 9M IL ITA RYD epé t Centre166, 175 , 179M ovem ents 32,54 , 57 ,
100, 101,136, 145
Militia D epot 148M is sionary Ship 102M issions , B each andH arbor 97
M onasticBuildings , 23, 28ds 3 38M oun 3,
M usical Festival 74M UNICIPA LGovernm ent 2 1
R eform A cts 48 , 78R egister 10 1
M utiny 57N AVA L B O UNTY M O NE Y 53E ngagem ents , 31, 44 ,
PressN E L S O N M O NUME NT , 69 , 71Foolhardy A dventures 108 . 18 0
N EWSPAPE R S ,YA R MO UTHChronicle 109Free L ance 115Gazette 122Independent 8 6N orf olk S tandard 97S tandard 97Weekly N ews 97
N ight S ignals 62O R GA NS A T PL A CE S or
WO R S H IP
Bapt ist ChapelParish Church.32 , 42,
166, 173R . Catholic Church 127S t . George
’s
S t . M ary’s 145
St . Peter’s 90O verseers’ A ccounts 53Paget
’s Brewery 8 2
Paintings , E xhibitionof 90
PA R L IA ME NT, “L itt le, 42H ealm g
”43
Petitions to 74 , 98Parliam entary R eform 54Pauperism 171Paving A ct 66Pedestrianism
PA GEPE TITIO NS , Bribery 99S lave Trade 55
PIE R S , Britannia 8 9 . 92D itto Piles smashed 122N orth 22 , 36, 54South 36Wellington 8 5Pilgrim s 31Pilloryand Stocks .31, 49Pirates 4 1Plagues 30 , 43Police Stat ion 8 1PO ST O FFICE 8 1, 91, 138L etters . 1
Prayer before PublicBusiness 42
Preston Corporation 142PrioryM usical Class 105PrizeFights 8 9PropertyTax 69Presbyterianism 109Provost 28Quay, King’s 2 1Queen’
8 L evee 99R A IL WA YS . 78 , 8 2, 8 8 , 95A ccidents
L oop L ine 143S talham 177
Fish R eturns 166R ainfall , H eavy 179R eform M eetingsR iots and R ebellions
20, 21, 31, 34 , 46, 55,8 5 , 9 1
1 72
133126
R ock BandR ocket A pparatusR owsN um bered
R O YA L CO MM issIO N E E s110 , 116
M arriages 107, 158Yacht 92R US S IA N H orn Band 78Ti ophies 99
S A IL O R S ’ H om e 94D itto H igh lights 155R iot 57Shipwrecked 14 1
Sands and Gatways 37S C H O O L accommodation133Board E lection 168D itto A ccounts 171
S cnoons , Art andN avigat ion
BaptistBoardBritish
s 911111 in9 91a iii 4311111111111S CH O O L SCharityGourlay 118
H ospital 8 1Prim itive M ethodist 8 4
Priory 8 5, 149
S t . Andrew’s
S t . Jam es’
S t . JOIln’S c c - UnO O O C o oo o - c 105
St . 8 4
S E A 69
8 3ShadingfieldL odge144 , 154Snows ,H orse .
H orticultural andFloricul tural
S i L E Crape Factory 75D ittoto Burnt 78
Sm ack Boys’ H ome172 18 4
Small D ebts A ct 52
SmugglingSoccagersS outhForeland, TheSpelling Bee 1
Spring- heeled JackSTO Rms. rem arkable
75 , 8 0,8 7 , 8 8 , 90, 96, 98 , 100,104 , 106, 110 ,117 , 123, 126. 140 ,148 , 169, 177, 179 ,
193
Thunder 50 ,18 7
Stag, picked up at sea 190
S TE A ME R S , L ineL ondon D ailyN orwich . 8 2
S tone Coffin 8 4
Sr . N ICH O L A S ’ CE U R CEA ct for R e- building 63
Chancel 78
BellsFestival Services 74 , 113H eritics in 33
Iconoclas tM em orial Windows
O rdinati'
ons 108O rnam ents D isposed
33, 34
Pulpit 37
R e- Opened 8 4 . 128R estored 123, 124
Spire on Fire 45
Tower and 61
Tum ult in 33
S t . Peter’s Clock 18 7
Sunday Trading.
S t . Patrick’ s D ay 95
Tar Tank burst 18 0
Telegraph 91
Thanksgiving D ays 8 4 ,8 6, 143
Torpedoes 142
PA GE PA GE YA RMO UTHTE E ATR E ..
Entertainm eiits at69 , 70, 71, 72 , 73,74, 75 , 76, 101,
120 , 18 5E xplosion at 167
TO BA CCO , Sale ofSm oking Forbidden . 35
8 1Blackfriars ’ . 30King H senry
’
O bservatory .8 2, 123TOWN CO iNGates 31 53, 54, 65, 67, 8 0ImpressedImprovem ents, 0
157 ,160, 176
D istressed 32In darkness 116Illuminated, 55 59 , 68 144Wall 31, 33,Ordinance 36, 8 9
Tragedy in CharlotteS treet
TransportsTrinity O bservatory . . 123Turkish A trocities 18 9Union of Britain and
c c c c c
U igian Sanitary
dVelocipedes and HobbyVessels R egisteredVictoria BuildingsVisitors , N O .
R am ble 24 toVolunteer L adies’ Chal
lenge CupWinnersPrizesRegiments , 61
64 , 67, 95, 96, 151R eturns . 141R eviews , 99 , 104 , 106
116Water Supply " .47, 79, 8 7Wat erWorks B ill 105Wells " . 36, 37 , 39 , 8 7Wherries 134 , 169WO RKH O US E 8 0H otWaterA pparatus 165War ShipsWINE , price of 36
YA RMO UTH .a Garrison41, 42 , 60 , 61,
Troll Cart 44
Great ” . 28
StaplePortu
8 1
E arly H istory 18Trade& Comm erce22, 23Area, Boundary, andTopography 24
A Sandbank 2
63
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Incorporated 45
Island (Scroby) 37
N avy 22, 28 , 29. 30 ,37 , 39 , 40 :
Bowling Green 1
D ISTRICT.
GO R L E S 'I‘O N—A Fort atCensus (seeprecedingIndex )
Churches 67,158 , 160,
ChurchBells . 1‘
Fire at
H istory .
H om e
yand Reading
R oom .
H orse Fei-i yIncorpora ed .
L ocal GovtM useum
R eservoirSchools
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6Tramway147,161,165, 16Voluntteers
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Gas Works 85, 18Grammar S chool 7L itt le Yarm outh” 2
The “ N ineH ouses”5
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A SH BY, Census . 31B E L TO N, Census 13Church 12Tragedy at .
BR A DWE L L , Census . . 131
Church 141, 17(BURGH U O O Q O O O U O Q D Q Q Q Q : 1‘A ccident at loEcas tle 26, S
E
Census O Q C I ' C O O Q O O I 134Saxon M onas tery 27
121WaterFrolic 37
B L UND E STO N, 1340 .4 1e 3 19
.32, 39, 8 5D itto, Sale O f 36D itto, Besieged 32Chapel 0 . 8 6L ifeboats . 18 2D itto, Station 8 1
CO RTO N , F L 1x 'r o N
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Coronella 148
Countess of Z eiland 192
Cruiser 61
Curlew 164
O uatine 55
Cuvier 116, 174
Cygnet 18 6
Cynthia 190
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D aniel 153
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E dgar 100 , 109, 162
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E dward 137
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E leanor 101, 105, 162E liza 94
E liza Jane 177‘
E lizabeth 80 , 169
E lizabeth andM ary 163
E lizabeth and Susan 179
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Ewerette 120
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Falcon 153Fancy 63
Favorite 127, 147, 165, 175
Fern 138
Flash 18 4
Flowerof the Fleet 175
Flying Fish 120, 153
Frank land 134
91, 134
Friend of All N ations110, 127
Friendship 140
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Galatea 132, 18 1
Ganges 122
Gari bal 112
Garson 112
Gazelle 164
Gefion 92
Gem .106, 18 2
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George and E lizabeth 140GeorgeKendall 119
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Gladstone 18 1
Gleaner 190
Gnat 191
Giovanmng 127
Glannab anta 175, 18 3
G loucester 45
Good Advice 148
Good D esign 162
Greyhound 100 , 107
Grille 92
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H annah Patterson 124
H arkaway 170
H arm ony 78 , 102
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9 1, 94, 99 , 142 , 158
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Princess of Wales 107 , 142
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A lbertsonAldin and Sons 178 , 191
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Aldred, E . R .
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Alexander, 132
A llies , S olom on 112
A llnu t , R ev T . 165
A m es Joseph 46
Am phlett , Baron 152
A ngoulem e, D uke de 65
An son, George 55
A nson, H on. G . 78
A nson, L ordViscount72, 73, 76
A nson, Thos Wm . 72 , 79
A rtis , James
A s tley Jacob (BaronH astings)
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George III . 56, 66
George IV. 54 , 73, 74 , 75King of Prussia 92, 125King of Portugal 61King of Sweden 192King of the Belgians 153Kingof theN etherlands147King O f A nglia 27
N apoleon I 68
L ouis 65 , 68E mperor O f the French 94Queen of France 32
E m peror of Germ any 165
Gustavus A dolphusIV. 66
Prince of Wales 54
Prince Fredk . Williamof Prussia 9
PrinceGeo of D enm ark 46
Prince R egent 70 , 71
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A tkins on, Thom as 18 9
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Baggallay, L ordJustice 18 3Baking. S . 29
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90 , 98Banks , M r.
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Barb er, R D . 176
Barber, R . 147
Barcham , John 51
Bardolf , BarOnBarker, W 35 , 36
Barker, R ev . R . V.I7G, 18 0Barker, Samuel 58Barker, J 115Barnard, Chris 50
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Barrie, Colonel 190
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W illiam H ull 113
William Crow 18 4
W ilham andM ary 116
William R ichard 112
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Z ephyr 136
Zoar 169
Zornizza 114
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D uke of York 43, 44 ,56, 58
D uke of Cam bridge 59, 60D uke of Cum berland 67
D uke of N orfolk 32
D uke of M onm outh 43
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Bendish, M rs . Bridget 49Bendish, Thomas 48Bern O 27Berri , D uke de. . 65B ernstofi, Count 18 1Berry, .114Bessey, W. H 8 3, 120BeOW .m m m m 0 0 0Bevignani, S ignor 123Bevon, 108 , 113Bishop of Carlisle . . 18 4
B ishop, R obt . 32
B ishop, L ieut - Col . 121
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B1y'th, C 134
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Bonney, E . J. 18 8Bonnick, J .
Booth, H on. Sclater . 162Booth, Captain 44B orton, M r. 143B orrett , H enry 48Borrett , GilesBorrett , D r. JBostock, EBothwell , Capt . Baron 92Bottle, J . 29Bower, M essrs. 18 8B oycott, R ev . W .
Boyle, R ev. R obertBoyle, H on. Courteney 163Bradford, Thomas . .48 , 91Braceyand SonBracey, J. T. 159Bracey, J ., Captain
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Brock, Samuel 79, 156B rogden A . 115
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Burroughs, T . P , 90,18 9
Butler, D r. JohnBuxton, H . E . 150, 155,
170 ,Buxton, Sir E . N .
B uxton, SirThos . F . 4 ,Caird, Comm issioner 171
Campi, SignorCampbell , T . E . 77
Candler, H arriett . 8 2
Canterbury, Archbishop 94Capon, W
er, .38 , 43
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Cator, M rs . W . 162
Cathcart , Gen.Viscount 67Cecil ,Wm . (L ord Bur
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146, 149Chamberlin, A . J. N . 172
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Chedworth, L ord Viscount
Cherry, J 143
Chevalier, T .W. 105Chippendale 76
Chipperfield, C. L . 124 ,172, 192
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Cholm ondeley,D owagerM archioness 186
Ciocci, R afiaelle 154
Clark , J 97
Clarke, W . T 90, 111Clarke, J . T. 141
Clifton, R obert 121
Clough, G . T. 175Clowes, J . C. 162
Clowes , R ev . Thos 107, 137Clowes , 108
Clowes , E dw. N orris 123
Clowes , John 75 , 8 0, 1393
Cob le, Peter 8 6
Cobb , J . s . 103
Cobb, James 167
Cock C . J . 43
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Coke, M iss 69
Coleridge, L ord 152
Colvini R ev. J .W . 151, 156
Collins , M iss Jane 144
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Collingwood, A d. L ord 94
Com be, E . H . H . 155,15 7, 158 , 161
Constance and Co 63
Cooke. S . C 148
Cooke, Bat - Sgt- M ajor 151
Cooppe, O 8 3
Cooper, A stley 137
Cooper, R ev . D . 64
CO Oper, D r 137
Cooper, M rs . 64
Cooper, John 97
Cooper, Rev . T L . 71
Cooper, M r 74
Cerb et , S ir J . 40
Corbet , M iles 40 ,Cory, R obertCory, CharlesCory, S . B . 190
Corrance, E 139
Costerton, J . F .
Cot ton R ev . D . R 33
Coventry, SirW., Bart .
43, 44
Cowell , M ajor 105
Cowldham , J 40
Cowper, B . 38 , 40
Cowl , H enry 148
Cowl , A .
Coxon, John S . 111
Cranm er M iss . . 76
Creak , R ev . A 8 4
Crichton, H on. S 90
Crisp, Wm . Finch 4
Critton, H 110 , 176
Gritten andClarke 119
Cromwell, O liver 38 ,42, 49 , 51, 118
Cromwell, L ord H . 42
Cromwell , M rs . 51
Crem e, John Berney. . 8 1
Cross, Rev. A . B 112
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PA GECrossley, Sir F ., Bart . 141
Crow, Jam es . . . 601
Cuddon,J . Fletcher144 , 145
Cufaude, John L om as
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Curtis , Jam es . 159
D acres , A dmiral 109
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D am ett , T . 36, 38 , 39
D aniels , T . W . 154
D audy George 163
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D avies, Captain C . 98
D awson, John 13
D awson, T . 151
D awkins , E dwd. 4
D ay, Charles 8 7
D ay, Captain R . J . C. 18 1
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D endy, F . 146
D enman, Justice 152
D e R uyter, Comm ander 44D esfougerais A . A . 103, 138
D evereux , R obert(E arlof E ssex) 39
D ickson, S ir AD iver, Charles 125, 178 , 18 0D iver, F . 0 158
D ominy, J S 130
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D ouglas , M i 118
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D owson, Benjamm . . 96, 115
D owson, R . E . 16
D ’O yley, Sir W , Bart . 43
D rake, fi edk. 183
D riscoll, John 8 4
D ruery, J . H . 76
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D urrell , Samuel 117, 163
E ager, Mr 74 , 75
E as ton, Charles 18 4
E aton, R 34
E dwards , J. 171
E dwards , Police- cons t 198
E lson 109
E ly, M archioness of 97
E lhot , T . 190
E llys , Anthony 47
E ngland, Thom as 47
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E ngland, S ir George” 4 8
E nniskillen, L ord 90
E renschiusen, H enrich 115E ssex , E arl of 38 , 39
E verard, Captain 118
E yre, Robert 35
E ssex, E arl of 38 , 39
Fairfax , L ord 41, 8 4
Falcke, D avid 108 , 117
Falstolf ,William 29
Farnall, Inspector H .
B . 156, 159Farquhar, L ady M ary 18 6
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35Fastolfe, JohnFelton, B ishop 40
Felix 120
Felton, J 38Fellows , M essrs , 95,
146, 163, 164, 174 , 18 2, 191
Fellows , H . 102, 132
Fellows , J . 18 4 , 153Fellows , R ev . T . L .
Fenn Benjam in, 8 5, 90 18 898 , 115
Fenn, J 8 3
Fennerand Sufliing 175Fenner. H . 118 , 134 , 192
Ferrier, R ichard 48 , 123Ferrier, R obert 50Ffolkes , S irM . B , Bart . 60
Firth, R ev . G . 118FisherA . 18 2Fi sher John Goat 105 , 134F isher, W . T 1559Fitzgerald, L ucias H . 116
Finch, L ady L ouisa 18 6
Finch, Sir T 39
Flakewell , J 8 5Fletcher, Cuddon 145Foreman, T . C . 115
Fountame, A . 69
PA GEForeman, M ajorW . J . 35
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Franklin, John 106French, M r 74Frere, R ev . E B . 114Freemantle, Bu 0 100Frymage, N 35Ful ler, Sam uel 47Fuller, Richard 50, 51
FurseyFyson, Captaiu E . 133 145Galloway, D owagerCountess of
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141, 173Gam b ler, L ord 64Garton, Wm 35Garwood, C 137Garnham , Capt . John 148Geake, C . H S . 1 86George, Philip . 18 1Gilbert son, Capt .J. 150, 158G ibson, R ev . 172Gidney, James 8 4Giles , H . E . B . 190Gillm ge, Jam es 191Girling , E dmund 134Glasgow, B ishop of 30Glenister, Wm . 8 4Gob lett , John Betty 79Goddard,Corporal J .G . 192Godfrey, ThomasGodfrey, C .W .
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44Gould, L ieut .Col . 61,62, 65
5Goodson, Jam es 11Goodwin,V 36Gott , R ev . D r. J . 156Gourlay, D . A 90 , 118 , 135Gougurn, Very R ev.
125Gower, L ord 65Gra 124
Grey ofWerke, L ord 41Green, W1 m 111
Green, Joseph 156, 204
Green, Police- cons table 158Grice, W 36
Grice, John 45
Grigson, D aniel 59
Grifiiths , R ev . W 96
Gris sell and Peto 8 2
Grier, Pay- Sergt 18 9Grimmer, A lex . J 132
Grimmer, Samuel 18 2
Grimm er, H . S 139
Grout and Co. 75 78
Gunton, Corporal 192Gurney, John 8 5Gurney, R ev . J . J . 18 4Gurneys, Birkbeck, Co .
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H all , John 45
H all ,H all, Cuthbert C .
H amilton, S irWm .
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H ammond, H inchman136, 172
H ancock,H anlon, Sergt -Major 164H anson, R ev . W . M . 101
H annah, John 68
H anm b ell, Sarah 8 7
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H arpour, A . J . 192
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PA GEJoys 64Joyce, Thomas 145Keats , A dmiral 65Kean, E dward 73Kean, Charles 101Kean, M rs . Charles 10 1Kemp, R . P. 151Kem ble, M iss 8 7Kent , W . Sav111e 18 0Kennett , G B 146
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Kickkert. A dm iral 62Kishie, Comm ander 8 8Knollys , S irWm . 153Knox, L ieut . 171
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L acon, Sir E dmund, 55 ,72 , 74
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L efevre, Comm issioner 171L eggett , J . 18 7
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L inay, Sam uel 152
L ittleton, L ord 129
L ithgoe, Rev 8 7
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69Perebrown, J . . 30Percy, S ir H . 31Percy, Faux u 31Pestell , H . E . 192Peto, Sir Samuel M or
ton.
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Plumridge, Sir J H 110Poppy, Jonathan 67
Power, M r. 77
Powell , J. 8 8 , 99Praed,W . M . 79Price and Son .. 49
Pritchard, J . 8 4Preston, J 62, 63Preston, Isaac 70 , 71
Preston, 77
Preston, E . H . L . 8 1,118 , 139 , 146, 166
Preston, Isaac, sen.
117 , 18 3
Preston, R ev . H . E . 129
Preston, Miss M . J. F . 183Preston, Isaac, jun.
142 , 163
Preston,E dward Smyth 166Prescott , Sir G . B .,
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S imm ons , Professor 121
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Steward, R obert , 8 5, 9196, 104 , 107, 109 , 133
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S teward, William 8 0
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Sufi eld, L ady 109 , 123
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Sullivan, John 51
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Sutton, Thomas
Swarton, W .
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Swinden, H enry
511121 in31515111111nf«531161111113. 17
Swatm anSydney, R . (E arl of
L eicester) 40
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Tab raham , A 139
Tacon, R ev. R . J . 18 9
Tann , R ev . Jam es 102
Tarleton, Vice~A dm iralS ir J . W .
Tate, R ev JosephTate, A rchbishopTaylor, Wat . 31
Taylor, Chris . 51
Taylor, George 163
Taylor, M aster 69
Teasdale, Colonel 144
Teasdel, H enry 8 3, 158 , 175
Teasdel.M rs . H . 159
Terrail, M r. 74
Tewsley, Supt . George1429 ,
Thacker, 50
Thackeray 8 9
Thaxter. E . 47
57
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Thom pson, E lizabeth 50
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Tim perley, Thom as
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Todd, Thom as , 99 , 100 , 126
Tolver, S . 75
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Tom linson, J . sen. 117
Tom linson, Captain J . ,
j un 99
Towline, Co lonel 159
Tongue. J D 51
59
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Townsend, L ord 56
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55 60Townsend, J . T . {Viscount Sydney)
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Vores , Ar thur 153
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Voysey, R ev . C . 138
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Wakeman, Sam uel 48
Wales , Ar . S ergt . D 192Walker, R ev . John 111
Walker, H . J 149
Walrond, R ev . A . T 17 2
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Wat ts , CaptainW 8 0Waveney, L ord 105, 18 4Webb, W 165Wehli, M r. 123Welch. M ary 76Well ington, D uke of
67, 145
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PA GEWesley, John 54West , M r. 98Whaites , M iss Jane 160White, Will iam 79Wheeler J . 39Wilson, A . 38Wilson, Griffin 63, 67Wilkin , W . 69, 71
Wi lkes , John 52Wilshere, W . 8 0Wilberforce, D r. 128W iltshire, C . H 70Wilshak , Corp . J . , 109, 192William s , 1 42W inm ill, Wi lham H ill 127Windham ,W . F 117
n field, Sir H . 33Winter and Pigg 109Wisem an, Cardinal 95W odehouse, H on. J 69Wodehouse, E , 74 ,Wodehouse, L ord andL ady 69Wodehouse, L ord 8 3Wodehouse, Colonel, 69 , 71Wodehouse, E dw. R . 122Wodehouse, Colonel
dwinWodehouse, A d theB ona P 132Wodehouse. S ir T 35Wollnough, R ev . J B 158Woodger, J 191Woolverton, C .
Woolsey, L ieut .- Col 135
Woodhouse, Gunner 192
WVoodhouse, S irW 2 1
Woodhouse, M r 133Worlledge, Judge,Worlledge, H enry 136W O i lledge, E . W . 171Worcester,
E
B ishop of 129
Worship , FWorship,Wm 123, 147 , 170Worship, H 58Wright , Captain” 124 , 192Wright , Wm . 124Wright , Sergeant John 8 0Wyat t 63Y arham 8 2Yarm outh, L ady 45Yarm outh, E arl of 46, 55Yaxley, M r 107 , 161Yetts . W illiam 8 1, 111Youell, E dward 130
Youel l, Captain E . P.
97 99 119 ,190 192
111
From A .D . 4 6 to 18 77 .
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L IST O F M A Y O R S .
The following dates ref er to the t ime of election, N ovember 95h,
af ter the year 18 36
Ab b on R obert 1749
A lbertson John 168 8
Aldred C. C . 18 06,’65
A rlis James 1710
Artie Samuel 1727Baker John 18 32
Baker R ichd. 1754 ,’
69
Barber R obert D . 18 74
Barker Sam uel 18 00
B arnby J . E ager 18 75
B arnby John 1762
B arnard Chris . .1740*
B arthNV. 18 24’26
,
’36*
BatemanD r.deo. 18 29
B atem an D r T 18 19
B ird John 1730B orrett H enry 1711“
B racey A ndrew 1714B radford Thomas 168 5
B rightin Chris. 1721B rowneW.
,sen. 1744
BrowneWilliam1709 ,
’
33,’48 ,
’56
B urroughs W. N . 18 46
ButcherWilliam 1753Cherry Jam es 18 53
ob b S imon 1838
ColbyD over 1796CookeThom as 1732
Cory R obert 18 03
CoryR obert , jun. 18 15
Costerton Charles 18 25Coteman Joseph
1704 ,’45, 0 7,
’59
Cotm an John 1742,’55
E agle Benjam in 1702E llys Anthy. , jun. 1705E llys A nthony1708 ,
’19
llys Thom as 1739ugland Benj . 1703ugland George 1715
Fenn Sam uel 1686FarrierR ichd. 1706,
’20
FerrierR ich. , jun. 1724Ferrier R obert 1750Fielding B . 178 7, 18 10
N ora- Thosewith an 9, see H istorical Pa
g es .
Fisher J . 1767, 18 02,’l l
Fisher Jas.
FisherWilliam
FisherW. , jn. 178 6,’99
Fisher J.
°
nu . 178 8 ,’97
Fisher J .
‘
oate 18 20
Fuller Sam uel 1707Gooch H enry 1772
GourlayD avidA . 18 49
H arm er William 1741H orsley Thomas 1738Ireland John 1716Jay Samuel 18 39Johnson William 18 4 1
K illett Sam uel 1746L acon E dmund 1792
L acon Sir E .
*
L aconE .Knowles 18 07L acon M ort lock 18 28
L ancaster R obert 1768L e Grice Thom as 1717L om be H enry 1725L ove Barry 1734L ove John Goshn 1763
M anclark Colm an 1770M arsh S . C. 18 43,
’
52
M arti nThom as 1747M ew M itchell 168 7M iles Thom as 1737M oyse R ichard 1764M edowo SirT. .168 4 1
N eech John 1743N ightingales 18 60,
’
68
N orfor John 1765PaceyWilliam 1722Paget Sam uel 18 17PalgraveWilliam
178 2, 18 05,’14
Palm er J . D . 18 21,’
33Palm er Chas . Jno.
18 35,’
54,
’55
Palm er Sam uel T .
18 40,’42 ,
’45
Palm erW. H urry 18 44
1774 , 18 09 PPearson John 1723,
’36
earson Chas. , R N .
18 50,’51
Penrice George . 18 37Pit t Thomas 1776
Preston Isaac 18 16,’22
Preston E dm . 18 18 ,’30
Preston Jacob1793, 18 01,
’13
Preston John 18 27,’31
Preston I.
, jun. . 1834
Preston E . H . L .
Pue Jonathan
Pullyn Philip 18 47,’4 8
R am ey John 1760,’
73
R am ey Joseph 1778R eynolds Jno . 178 1,
’8 4
R eynoldsF .R . 18 04,’23
Spooner William 1713
S purgeon John 1712
S tewardR obert18 58 ,
S teward Thos. B . 18 76
Symonds N . 1726,’
77Taylor A nthy 1731,
’
71Taylor Chris. 1752*
TaylorWilliam 1783Teasdel H enry 18 73
ThompsonGeorge 1791Tolver Samuel 178 9
Turner Jam es 1779Wakem an Samuel 1735Wakem anG iles . 1758Wallis JohnWard G 1684ale 1728Ward R obert 1729
Ward Jam es 1751
Warmington R obert1790, 18 08
Watson John 1785Woolverton Chas .
18 69 ,’
72Worship Francis 18 57\VorshipW . 18 59 ,
’67
Y ouell E dwd.Pitt 18 66
L IEUTENANT- CO L ONE L JAME S DUFF,
M .P. FO R N ORTH N ORFOLK ,
of the late James n fi E sq. , and Grandson of the late
S ir James D tmf ; Colonel of the 50th R egiment,}
TH IS B O O K
( W I T H P E R M I S S I O N )
M O S T R E S P E C T F U L L Y D E D I C A T E D
H IS OBE DIENT AN D H UMBL E SE RVAN T, .
TH E CO M PIL E R .
Vida APRIL 21s'r, 18 76.
HISTO Y OF GRE T YA MOUTH,AN D
A RAM BL E R O U N D TH E BO R O U GH AN D
N E IGH BO U RH O O D .
FTE R the R om ans, who had held this country in
subject ion for about 360 years, had taken their final
departure (A .D . nearly half a century elapsed before
Cerdic, the Saxon Prince, is said to have effected a landing
on the sand- bank at the entrance of the broad and extensive
estuary, which, not only in the tim e of the Iceni (its abori
ginal inhabitants), but for a long period before the Saxon
Conquest, dissociated this part of the Eastern coast, and com
m einorated his conquest of putting to flight the Britons by
nam ing this,his landing place, Cerdic Shore, which was then
dry land. When the Saxons had gained a firm footing,
they began to turn their attention to trade and comm erce
and as the waters had receded from the R oman stations at
Caister and Burgh, they founded a new town on the west
bank of the Yare, which they called Jiermud, or Jerne
mutha, since corrupted to Yarm outh but the town was
s oon extended across the stream to Cerdic Shore,which for
some tim e had been the resort of fishermen from N orway,
20 thm nlngiml saw, Hf fi
gurmnnlb.
Holland, and France, and where they had erected booths or
tents and other temporary residences during the herringfishery, the place also being found convenient for drying netsand saltiiig fish. The town henceforth continued gradually
to increase ; but its local affairs under the governm ent
of the Anglo- Saxons has long since sunk into O blivion.
A fter the dissolution of the Saxon heptarchy,and the con
sequent union of the kingdom under one Sovereign, Y ar
m outh began to make rapid strides in the scale of comm ercial
importance, and certain port- reeves or bailiffs were sent“by
the Barons of the Cinque Ports, whose influence and power
soon assuaged the frequent disputes of its fisherm en and'
m erchants. Subsequently a“ free fair was established
,
and a Burgh was founded, for the m utual consideration of’
com fort and defence. But the disputes between the ih
habitants and the Barons of the Cinque Ports continued till .
K ing'
Henry I. took the town under his protection, and
placed it under the governm ent of a Provost. In the tim e
of Henry III. , the long- subsisting disputes between the
b urgesses and the inhabitants on the west side of the river
even then broke out at intervals with . such acrim ony and
v iolence as to call forth the interference of royalty but the
disagreem ents between Yarm outh and the Cinque Ports con
tinned until Queen Elizabeth adjusted matters to the satisfac
tion of both parties,after a quarrel of long duration, much
b loodshed,andgreat loss of property. Different charters since
1209,numbering 25
,were granted to the burgesses by suc
ceeding Sovereigns, each conveying additional immunities,
and the last in 1703 settled the Municipal governm ent .
"
When the R eform and Municipal Corporation A ct was
passed, the Mayorwas again required to b e chosen from the
whole body of the Corporation,whether A lderm en or. Town
Councillors. The Mayors elected have principally been
2 2 abrnnnlngiwl Erratum] nf figurmnmb.
and ye stone of our Lady’s Church, on ye west of ye
bridge, demolished by Henry ye Eighth . H e also
m ade a Pier to the north,but it was not piled up
l ike that to the south till 1660. This haven con
tinned good for a hundred years. Various additions were
subsequently made to the N ew N orth Pier. In 1691,an
orderwas made to carry it out 100 yards m ore, and to fill . it
up with split piles, the effect of which was it was dry from
theN ewN orth Pier in 1692 about 240 paces into the sea,and
s ixty- eight paces into the Haven. In 1694,after a storm at
N .E . ,a great dry bank of sand was made from this Pier
across the Haven to the south of the South Pier, so that the.
eb b could not get out east to sea, but went through the
South Pier,having to turn like an S to
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get to sea and the
haven was so b ad that no ships could get out . The inhab i
tants were summ onedby beat of drum to go downand cut out
the Haven,which they did several days
,but it had no effect
until ye great ships cam e and lay at ye South Pier head,
which prevented the eb b from passing through 3and the eb b .
was then forced out east to sea,carrying the bank of sand
with it. A fter this the South Pierwas closed up and ex
tended,and the piles at the N orth Pier were taken up. In
1740 it was shut up by a bank of sand , dry at low water,after storm s at E . and N .E . for ahnost a quarter of a year.
Though Yarm outh never obtained the honor to which it .
long aspired,of being reckoned one of the Cinque Ports, it
was evidently an im portant naval station at an early period,
and in the glorious reign of Edward III. it had a large
num ber of man- of-war,ships, which, in several engagements
in the 14th century, did great service. T he situation of the
town for‘
trade and comm erce is m ost advantageous, lying as
it does on the estuary of the rivers Yare,‘
Bure, Waveney, .
and Wensum ,which are navigable to N orwich and several .
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market towns in the district 3 and connected with the
m etropolis by rail and steam ers. In its coasting trade,
Y armouth im ports a vast“
supply of coal for this and the
adjoining counties, and exports annually an imm ense
quantity of corn. But the chief business of the port lies
in its extensive andunrivalled herring and m ackerel fisheries,which have been a constant and uninterrupted source of
wealth and em ploym ent to the inhabitants from the founda
tion of the borough to the present time.
There were formerly seven m onasteries established in
Y arm outh, all of which suffered the general fate of such
institutions under the suppressing A cts of Henry VIII. and
Edward VI. Two leper houses, founded before the year
1374, stood near the north gate 3 and three Friaries were
founded in the reign of Henry III.,viz.
,the Grey Friary
,
near Broad R ow 3 Black Friary, near South Street or Friar’
s
Lane3 and theWhite Friary, at the north end of the town>
which was burnt down in 1509.
The town was form erly divided into four leets,but for
local purposes is now divided into six wards or divisions,including Gorleston and Southtown. Ecclesiastically, Y ar
m outh belongs to the Deanery of Flegg, A rchdeaconry and
Bishopric of N orwich.
A VISITOR’
S RAMBL E ROUND THE TOWNAND NEIGHBOURHOOD .
REAT Yarm outh, from the shape of the peninsula on
which it stands,is built in the formof a long and irre
gular parallelogram , com prising about 140 acres, and ex
tending upwards of am ile from north to south andhalf- a-milein breadth . It is bounded on the east by the German O cean,andon the west is separated from Southtown andGorleston bytheR iver Yare
,from which the town derives its nam e. It is
the principal seaport and second town andborough, as tomagnitude, in the county of N orfolk. Yarmouth is distant fromLondon 146% m iles by the Great Eastern Railway rid Cambridge 3 121 miles by the East Suffolk Branch via Ipswich 3and 123 m iles by turnpike road. From N orwich 19 milesby road and 21 by rail ; from Ipswich 54 m iles 3 and fromBury St. Edmund’s 59 m iles 3being in 52 deg. 35 m in. northlatitude
,and in 1 deg. 46 m in. east longitude from the
m eridian of Greenwich.
We simply ask our courteous_ visitors for their kind
indulgence,and we will take them for a walk round the
town,and point out the various places of interest along
the route. L et us make our
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starting point at the bottomof R egent R oad, where will b e observed the Britannia
Pier, to the north-west of which is the A quarium 3 beyondthis, along the drive to the north , is a long stretch of shoreleading t o the fishing village of Caister (noted for the
bravery of its beachm en in rescuing shipwrecked crews,and as possessing theruined Castle of S irJohn Fastolf, K HG )Proceeding up R egent R oad on the right- hand side,the first opening leads to the Baptist Tabernacle (WellesleyR oad) 3 further up the R egent R oad is the Catholic Churchand United M ethodist Free Church. A roadway on the sam e
s ide in a diagonal direction leads to S t. George’
s Park, and
For description of the buildings under this head, andwhere to find
them ,refer to names in General Index.
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another B aptist Chapel (Crown R oad). O n the south sideof the Park is the Temporary Grammar S chool or B oard
S chool (TrafalgarR oad), and the B ritish S chool (St. George’
s
R oad). A t the top of R egent R oad is the Wesleyan Chapel,and opposite is the Theatre R oyal. We now reach KingS treet, and cannot fail to not ice som e of the R ou'
s so
graphically described by the late Charles Dickens. Pro
ceeding to the right or north will lead to the lll arket
Place,the m ost
o'
p1om inent buildings surrounding thisimm ense area being the Yarmouth S avings
’
B ank, Charity
S chool, the Fish fil arh'
et and B utchery, the H ospital S chool,F isherman
’
s H ospital 3and at the far end, through an avenueof trees
,the noble Parish Church of S t. N icholas (many
tim es referred to in this work), together with the PrioryS chools and L ibrary 3 and but a few paces from them ,
the
newPrimitive M ethodist Temple and S chool- room s . O pposite
to these across the Church Plain is the Brewery of S irEdmund Lacon, M .P. To the north of this
,at the foot of
F uller’
s H ill,the road straight away (N orth Gate Street)
will bring us to the Workhouse, Contagious D iseases H ospital,the N orth D enes
,R oman Catholic Burial Ground and
M ortuary, and beyond these Caister village (as beforenoticed). R eturning and passing over Fuller’s H ill, we
ob sei ve on the right the S uspension B ridge and the N orth
west Tower ; to the left are S t. Andrew’3 Churchand S chools,
and the Vauxhall R ailwayB ridge(N orth Quay). Continuingour route along the N orth Quay southward will bring us to
the Hall Quay, where we shall notice an entrance to B road
and Jll arhet R ows,the S outhtown B ridge (a roadway to the
East Suffolk Railway Station and the ham let of Gorleston).A t the foot of the bridge is the London Steam N avigationCompany’ s Wharf 3 opposite are a number of banks and
hotels 3and at the south- east corner is the Town H all, Police
S tation, &c. 3 also R egent S treet (in which the General PostOfi ee is situate). If we direct our steps along the South
Q uay, we shall get a good sight of the shipping in harbour.
Facing the river Yare,we pass in succession the Custom
H ouse,Public L ibrary, S chools of S cience andA rt, M ariners
’
Chapel (close to which latter is S t. James’ Church and
S chools, Prim itive M ethodist Chapel, and N aval A sylum ,
Q ueen’
s R oad), S mack B oys’
H ome,Hull and N ewcastle
Wharves, Trinity lVarehouses and O bservatory, the Gas
Factory, Fish Wharf, and, on the South Denes, the N elson
2 6 thm ulngiml fairingnf «gummy.
M onument, and thenceon to theharbour’
s m outh ; but being along journey, we prefer to m ake ourwaynearer the sea, on
to the M arineParade, near to the S outhB attery. Passingthe M ilitia Barracks
, the site of the M ilitia D epot Centre,and the east- front of the N aval L unatic A sylum (as beforenoticed), we arrive at the Wellington Pier, fronting whichare the A ssem bly R ooms and Shadingfield L odge. Passing
‘
several hotels, interspersed between large residences, willbring us to The Jetty, Public B ath R ooms, Fish B epé t, andS ailors
’H ome, to the rear being S t. John’
s Church (YorkR oad). N ear the Home
,is the Coast Guard S tation, and
further on the N ew Grammar S chool (Trafalgar R oad), weshortly arrive at the starting point— theA quarium . If
,when
wewere in R egent Street,near theTown Hall, we had turned
up Middlegate Street, we should there have foundM iddlegateIndependent Chapel, The O ld (Unitarian) M eeting H ouse, the
O ld B orough Gaol and Tolhouse- hall, and the M asonic H all.
Turning to the left at the end of Middlegate Street intoFriar’s Lane
,we shall again reach King Street (south end)
and passing north from that point to R egent Street, we passthe M ethodist N ew Connexion Chapel, S t. Peter
’
s Church
and S chools a little to the rear (St. Peter’
s R oad). Beforecom ing up to S t. George
’
s Chapel, an opening (Yorktakes us to the R ifle D rill H all and N ewB oard S chool (St.Peter’s Plain). O n a road at the back of St. George
’
s is the
Yarm outh H ospital (Dene Side), and adjoining each otherin King Street are the Independent Chapel and S t. George
’
s
H all,a few yards from R egent Street. This walk embraces
every place of interest in the borough, with the except ionof the S ills Faétory (St. N icholas
’
R oad), close to the proposed S talham R ailway S tation (N elson R oad). To get to
Gorleston we m ay either take a ferry boat opposite theMonum ent or cross over the Hall- quay Bridge, and pre
ferring the latter, after passing the S outhtown R ailwayS tation
,we next com e to S t . lldary
’
s Church, the A rmoury
(used as Barracks), and S outhtown Gas Works. In Gor
leston will b e found several places of interest, including theParish Church
,various Chapels and Schools, the Tramway
Term inus but the m ost delightful treat of all is a roam on
to the Pier at the Harbour’s m outh or on to the top of Gor
leston cliffs,the latter comm anding extensive views of land
and German O cean, and is very picturesque.
GlIum ogiraIgamingnfidustfiarmnuth.
A . n.
46— The R omans entered this part of Britain when the
valleys of the Yare,Waveney, and Bure, as well
as the sand- bank upon which Yarm outh stands,
were covered by the ocean.
100— Burgh Castle, a R oman encam pment, supposed tohave been founded.
495— Cerdic,a Saxon Prince
, and Cenrick his son,with
five ships , entered the port of Yarm outh and
nam ed it Cerdic Shore. This Cerdic Shore seem s to
have been a great sand - bank form ed along theshore between two branches or channels of the
Yare called Havens,by which two channels the
river entered the sea, one running near Caister and
the other near Gorleston.
633— Between this and the year 640 a Saxon Monasterywas founded by Fursey, an Irish m onk , at Burgh .
8 70— L odbrog, the Dane, driven by a sudden tem pest fromDenmark across the sea, and, entering the Y are,landed at R eedham
,where the Court of Edmund,
King of East Anglia,was then kept. L odb rog is
said to have been received into Court favour, butwas soon afterwards m urdered in a wood by theKing’s huntsman (Bern) through jealousy. Thisled to the imprisonm ent and execution of Edmund,and put an end to the Saxon dynasty in EastA nglia, after H inguar and Hubba, two Danishchieftains, at the head of m en
,had ravished
all East Anglia.
1008— First houses and habitations erected in Yarm outh on
Fuller’
s Hill,that being then the only dry land in
Yarm outh .
as thrnunlngiml hifitnrq nf agurmnnlh.A . D .
1041 Yarm outh belonged to the King in,the reign of
Edward the Confessor,and had seventy burgesses,
besides a num ber of soccagers.
1 045—Bishop Herbert born ; and in 1091 was consecratedBishop of Thetford.
1066— Cocklewater, or Grubb’
s Haven, stopped up with sand .
1 100— S t . Bennet’s Church, built in the time of Edwardthe Confessor, pulled down.
l lO l—Bishop Herbert de L ozinga, the first Bishop of N or
wich [translated from the S ec of Thetford in the
7th year of William II. (Rufus) whose Chamberlain he was] , founded St. N icholas
’ Church, and
re built a Chapel on. the N orth Denes . H ewasmadeLord High Chancellor to Henry I. of Englandin 1104
,and died A ugust 1 l th, 1119 .
109— Yarm outh governed by a Provost, the first constitutedm agistrate, whose public office was in the Conge
’
,
N orth Quay. Foreigners allowed only to com e to
Yarm outh at the annual free- fair.
1 119— S t. N icholas’ Church consecrated. Enlarged 1123
,
1250, and 1338 . The last attempt, after ten years’
labour in trying to build a west aisle,failing
,the
ruins were used in the building of a Chapel—of—Ease.
1 199 lives lost at sea during the war between KingJohn and the Barons ; a great multitude washedashore on Yarm outh beach.
1 204— Monastery of Black Friars founded by St. Dominica.
-1205 —Yarm outh had three galleys or vessels of war. Twowere m anned with seven score m ariners.
1209— First Charter granted by King John, and Yarm outhincorporated as a Borough. The docum ent is stillpreserved
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1216— A11 vessels in the port with Scottish property on
board were arrested.
i1257—Henry III. granted certain franchises. In 1261 he
granted licenses for fortifying the town3 and on
Septemb er 28 th, 1262, granted a Charter for
enclosing the town with a wall and m oat,so as to
resist the power of an invading enem y.
1261— The Tolhouse Hall , Middlegate Street, erected.
r1272— Yarm outh first called M agna (Great) in the reign of
Edward I. to distinguish it from Little Yarmouth,or Southtown.
s o dbrnnnlngirulnewnfwarranty.
A . D .
1314— Two Parliam ents held, but not represented by thesam e Burgesses.
1330— A Cas tle stood on the site of the King -street Inclependent Chapel, but was dem olished in 1621.
l 332— Great disputes between the Barons and the CinquePorts and the Bailiffs of this Borough, concerningthefreefair which the formerattempted to remove.
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1333— Burgesses exem pted from serving on Juries, In
quests, or A ssizes, within the Borough.
1337— Blackfriars’ Tower completed.
Forty ships of war ordered to Yarm outh roads.
The Yarm outh navy, comprising twenty m en- of-war,
had orders to proceed to the port of Dort,in order
to convoy the King’s four plenipotentiaries to theCourt of Hainault from those parts to England.
O n their return they took two Flem ish ships ladenwith m en
,money, and provisions for Scotland
,
with the Bishop of Glasgow on board, who died
of his wounds at Sandwich .
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1338— Thomas D e Drayton, a Y arm outh man, and who hadfifteen times held the office of bailiff
,appointed
A dm iral of the N orth Fleet.Yarm outh fitted out a fleet of m en- of-war
,well
equipped, to go against the enem y at sea for the
space of a m onth,at their own cost and charge.
1 340— John Pcrebrown, a burgess of Yarm outh,led the
King’s N orth Sea Fleet in the great battle of Sluys,
and did great service3 230 ships and
Frenchm en were lost.1342— King Edward III. embarked on board the Yarm outh
squadron in his expedition to Brittany.
The principal inhabitants fined 1000 m arks for com
m itting trespasses, &c. , on the sea coas‘
t.1346— The first Haven cut.1347— Yarmouth assisted Edward III. at the s iege of Calais
with 43 vessels of war and 1075 m ariners .
1349— Jan.Plague carried off 7000 persons out of the
then population ,oi
1352— Yarm outh gave to the College of Windsor a last ofred herrings, to b e delivered annually for ever
,
concerning which many disputes have since arisen.
1353— Passenger boat from Yarmouth to N orwich sunk nearCantley, and 38 persons drowned.
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1365— Six Y arm outh vessels captured and burnt in the Bayof Brittany.
1368— John Lawers hung for not paying the Custom - Housedues.
l 369— Yarm outh first appointed a staple port.1372— Aug. 22nd. Kirkley R oad united to the town and
port of Yarm outh by charter of Edward III., b utrepealed four years afterwards.
1378— Price of coal,including freight
,5s . 6d. per chaldron.
138 1— The m em orable rebell ion of Wat Taylor. The townattacked by rebels, who plundered housesand did m uch damage, but who were defeatedafter m uch bloodshed .
138 2— June 20th. Violent shock of an earthquake,and
much damage done.
June. King R ichard II. visited Great Yarmouth .
138 4— Market Place paved, and a Cross andPillory built.138 5— William Bardolf, Baron Bardolf
,died. H e had
largeestates near Yarmouth.
138 6— S irHenry Percy and Faux Percy sent to Yarmouthwith 300 men- at - arm s and 600 archers, to guard thecoast , an invasion from France being apprehended.
1392— A Horse Ferry at Gorleston existed.
1393— The second Haven made,and a third in 1408 .
l 395— Several small Yarm outh ships taken by Danishpirates in a sharp conflict off the coast.
1396— Af ter a lapse of 111 years the fortifications of thetown were completed —20 towers, 10 gates, and
the wall, 22 8 0 yards in extent. (See1403—Henry IV. granted, by the consent of Parliam ent
,
that the shipping, weighing, and packing of wool ,hides
,and skins, should b e done at Yarm outh
,it
being a frontier town.
M OS—Third Haven cut.l 426— The annual election of four Bailiffs reduced to two
,
and s o continued until 168 4,when aMayor was
appointed in their stead.
1427— Yarm outh Bridge built,before which a horse, cart,
cattle,and foot ferry- boat existed. This 11as re
placed by four successive drawbridges, e.g. 1553,
1570, 178 5, and 18 36. (See1428—A bout sixty pilgrim s from Yarmouth left England
for the shrine of St. Jamcs of Compostella, at
Santiago,in Gallicia.
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gamut.A . D .
1450— Caister Castle supposed to b e founded by S ir JohnFastolf, K .G. H e was born in 1377, and diedin 1459 in his Hall at Caister, aged 8 2 years, andwas buried in the A bbey Church of St. Bennet, atHolme, leaving his estate to John Paston, E sq.
1459— July 2 4th. Lord Lieutenants of Counties firstappointed.
1462 to 158 6— Sacred Dramas and Myste1ies perform ed 1nSt. N icholas’ Church.
1463— John Pedle, laborer, of Yarm outh
,executed for
coining and uttering eighteen groats, made of cop
perand lead, as goodand lawful m oney of England.
1465- ~O ur Lady’s organ in St. N icholas’ Church ; the old
and new organs in 148 5 3great old organs in 148 6 3.and Jesus’ organ in 1550.
1466— John Paston died in the Fleet Prison, after theseizure of his estates.
1467— Fourteen persons hanged at one tim e upon a gallowserected on the beach.
1469— The Duke of N orfolk, at the head of 3000 men, laidsiege to Caister Castle, which was surrendered tohis Grace. H e died in 1475, and Caister Castleagain reverted to the Paston fam ily.
l 475— Yarm outh threatened by the French fleet— 200
arm ed m en sent from N orwich.
A whale came ashore south of Grubb’s Haven, whichwas cut to pieces and carried away in carts.
148 8— The Bailiffs feasted S ir John Paston, son of the lateJohn Paston, on porpoise, a R oyal fish.
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M ay 16th. By charter of Henry VII Burgesseswere em powered to constitute Justices of the Peace.
1508— The fourth haven made ; and the fifth Haven cut inthe reign of Henry VIII ., 1529.
1509— House ofo
Carm elites destroyed by fire,founded in
Edward I. ’s tim e.
1515— Queen of France and herhusband, Charles Brandon,Duke of Suffolk
,entertained three days.
1525— Church of the Dom inicans burnt down.
1527 -The Crane erected by R obert Bishop.
l 528 —Great dearth of corn. The extravagant sale pricethen was 26s. 8 d. per quarter. Several m en werehanged for taking part in a riot arising from
the same.
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1528— Gorleston began to b e built upon.
1529.— Duke of Suffolk suppressed a riot arising from the
dearness of corn.
1535— N ovem ber 1st. Tumult in St . N icholas’ Church 3twenty- four persons, with Will iam Swarton
,the
chaplain, at their head, disturbed the congregationwhile the R ev . D . R . Cotton was preaching.
1538— The high altar of St. N icholas’ Church, remarkablefor its richness and beauty, with the saint
’
s figuresand pictures, broken and destroyed.
1541— O ctober 28 th. Four m erchant heretics entered St.N icholas’ Church, and created a great disturbanceduring the service.
N ov . 2md. A m erchant and shoemaker were fined2s. each for bargaining and selling a last of whiteherring in the Church.
S irHum phreyWingfield returned to Parliament,held
at Westm inster.
O rdered that A ldermen should wear scarlet gowns,with fur tippets and straight hose, at assem bliesand festivals.
l 544— Height of town wall, 23 feet. O n war being declaredthe following year with France, a large ram pirewas thrown up on the eastern side
,and afterwards
extended along the north and south walls. (See1396)
S ir H. Wingfield again returned to Parliam ent.1545— A t Corporate m eetings no m ember allowed to depart
without leave of the Bailiffs 3 otherwise was finedfor disorderly conduct. Members of the Corporat ion com pelled to wear scarlet gowns and straighthoSe
,under penalty of fines.
1546— Two French ships and 120 prisoners taken by thetown.
A house for country butchers built.1549— The sixth Haven m ade. It was agreed that the
m oney,plate, ornam ents, robes, vestm ents
,tunicles,
albs, am efi’
es, &c.
,belonging to St. N icholas’ Church
,
should b e disposed of, together with the bells inthe steeple and other property in the Church
, and
the proceeds 9s. 7d.) devoted to its con
struction. The Haven was then comm enced, 100
m en being employed daily upon it .
c
34 abrnnnlngiml 15111t at 1911111111115.5 . n.
l 549—A rebellion in the town. Kett’
s adherents advancedand destroyed all the materials for the Haven
,and.
laid it in ruins ; and the work of the Harborwasstopped till the following year. The next attemptalso proved as unsuccessful. Another report saysThe N orfolk rebellion
,under Kett the tanner
,com
m enced 3 but their designs were frustrated by Y arm outh m en, who, setting fire to a stack of hayon thewest sideof theHaven,wereable to attack the enemyunseen, anddefeated them— several insurgents beingkilled, thirty taken prisoners, and their ordnancesecured. They were afterwards defeated by theEarlof Warwick at headquarters in N orwich , and lostsom e 4500 m en 3 their leaders, William andR obertKett
,being suspended alive in chains on a gibbet.
1550—Another great Plague. (SeeThe Castle, used as a Borough Gaol . During sub sequent periods of alarm , it was again repaired. The
upper part of it was taken down in 1620, and thefollowing year the whole fabric was ordered to b edismantled and dem olished .
1551— Many of the brasses enclosing the inscriptions on thewalls of St. N icholas’ Church sent to London to
b e cast into weights andm easures for the town’
s use.
A Grammar and Free School in existence m
Yarm outh, the“ Parson of Haddiscoe” being
appointed for a quarter of a year on trial. H e
was succeeded the same year by an expert man 3”
and it was agreed that each of the four- and
twenties (A ldermen) should pay towards his living18 d.
,and each of the eight - and- forties (Comm on
Councilmen) 8 d. a- year over the stipends,upon the
well- doing_oi
“
the schoolmaster. From 1551 till1757, twenty- eight gentlem en were appointed tothe Mastership. In 1757 the school appears tohave been closed, for we find the master quittingpossession and resigning his office3 and on
February 5th, 1773, the chamberlains weredirected to do necessary repairs, and to let the
school to M r. R ichard Eaton, the younger, for £ 4a—year. The school was re established in 18 63.
John Dudley, Duke of_
N orthumberland, K .G., HighS teward of the Borough.
ihrnnnlngiral 1315t if “
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1552— S ir W. Wodehouse, Knt . ,and N . Frym age, E sq.
,
returned to Parliam ent .
Every inhabitant found sm oking tobacco or overcom e
with drink in any t ippling—house was apprehended.
1553— O ct . l st. R obert Eyre and Sim on More were chosenBurgesses of the Parliam ent.Drawbridge erected to connect Southtown with GreatYarm outh
,in place of the one built in 1427.
Beer sold at 3s . 4d. per thirty- two gallons .
This year and two following,six A ldermen were re
turned to Parliam ent.
1554— Thomas Howard, Duke of N orfolk,High Steward of
the Borough .
1555— Fifty vessels wrecked off Yarm outh within twentyfour hours .
N o brewer allowed to brew in the town unless by theappointm ent of the Bailiffs .
A nother attem pt to form a Haven,a ship being sunk
at the m outh to stem the t ide. But this projectwas abandoned the following year
, and it wasstopped up with furze bundles in 1557.
1557— D ec. l st . The town inundated. M en were thusenabled to row up and down the streets in boats
,
and several ships were drawn over the Denes withwindlasses.
1558 to 1567— The ground upon which Major Foreman’
s
houses are built (Hall Plain)was , in the tim e of
Queen Elizabeth,called The South Foreland
,
”or
Furlong’s E nd. In 1568 the houses there stand
ing were given by William Garton to the churchwardens for the use of the Church. In 1622 theywere repaired, and in 1674 rebuilt . JohnFastolf
,the father of S ir John Fastolf
, of
Caister Castle,had a house in the Foreland
,
”b ut
whereabouts cannot now b e discovered: Thesehouses were re- fronted by the present owner in18 66.
Sir T. Wodehouse,Kut .
,and Wm . Barker
,E sq. ,
returned to Parliam ent.The Market Cross repaired.
1559—M ay 26th. Queen E lizabeth granted a Charter forthe better security
,defence
,and protection of the
town.
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1560—Jan. 8 th. The present (seventh) Haven commenced.
This Haven was out near the spot of the one madein 1529. N early 1000 persons
,including women
and children, were employed about the works,
which were com pleted on March 4th to thesatisfaction of the inhabitants. In 1566 the waterbroke through, and made its old channel towardsN ewton Cross.
First Jetty erected, having a crane at the end‘
tofacil itate the landing of goods from boats.
1561— Three town wells opened.
1562— Thomas Timperley and William Grice, Esqs. ,were
returned to Parliam ent 3 the latter was also re
turned in 1570 with William Barker,E sq. 3 in
1571 with John Bacon, E sq.3 and in 158 4 and
158 5 with Thomas D amett,E sq.
Three small silver maces,belonging to the Corpora
tion, m ade.
1563—Herrings very scarce, and sold for £ 9 a last.1567— Piers built on each side of the Haven.
1569— Three ships ofwar compelled to leave by the town guns.
The Paston fam ily sold Caister Castle to m eet theirembarrassments.
Herrings sold for £ 8 a last ; a tun (4 hogshds.) of
wine was also of the sam e value.
Part of the town wall fell through being overcharged.
1570—M r. Vincent Goodwin first preacher appointed at St.N icholas’ Church.
Drawbridge carried away by high tide, and anotherconstructed in 178 5, at a cost of £ 403 15s. 9d ,
notwithstanding £ 225 had been expended the yearprevious in repairs.
1572— R obert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, K.G. High Stewardof the Borough .
.Brewers ordered to brew with coals instead of wood.
Every ale- house licensed by the Bailiifs.
1573— R egulations m ade to prevent goods lying on the Quaylonger than necessary.
1575— Feb . loth. M r. H arbrowne elected to Parliam entin place of John Bacon, E sq.
,but only served one
day, the latter being re- elected .
1576— Edward Owner born. H e represented the town inParliam ent four times, and died August 13th, 1650.
as thrnanlugiml tritium; nf “
gamut.A . D .
158 8—Preparations to receive the Spanish Armada. Thefortifications put into the best state of defence
, a
boom thrown across the Haven at the South- gates,andam ound of earth raised higher than the walls,called the South Mount
,
”on which were placed
several pieces of ordnance. Another m ound, the
“ N ew Mount,”was afterwards thrown up near
St. George’s Chapel,and a war- like ship fitted
out at the town’
s expense to annoy the enemy atsea
,and preparations made to lodge and provision a
garrison of m en. The sum of 4s. 9d.
was assessed on the County.
158 9— N o victualler or innkeeper allowed to retail any“strange beer ” under pain of forfeiture.
1591— An ale- house or tavern could only b e kept by a
Freeman or the widow of a Freeman.
TwoYarm outh ships required to carry out 150 soldiersto N ormandy.
1592— T. D am ett,E sq.
,again returned t o Parliament with
John Felton, E sq.
1596— John Felton,E sq .
,again returned to Parliam ent with
S ir H. Hobart.Elizabethan House on the Quay
,built by Benjam in
Cowper. It was sold to John Carter, 3. friend of’
O liver Cromwell. The supporters of Cromwellfrequently assembled in this house, and it is supposed that the death oi Charles I. was heredeterm ined on. It was for m any years previous toFebruary 26th, 18 67, the residenceand property of
“
Charles J. Palm er,E sq. , E .S .A .
ArthurWilson born at Yarm outh. H e published anaccount of
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the life and reign of Jam es I. , writtenwith much freedom ,
and displaying a thoroughknowledge of Court intrigues 3 but the liberties hetook in exposing the propensities of that m onarchand his son towards t he Catholic cause, broughtupon him the vehem ent censure of the friends ofthe Stuart fam ily, who said that he had writtenfrom conjectures rather than from records, and
that his work was m ore like a pasquinade than an
authentic history. H ewas for many years an
attendant on the Earl of Essex, and afterwardssteward to theEarl of Warwick. H edied in
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A . D .
1597— 700 Vessels in the Haven at one time.
l 598— The number of R ows was seven scoreThe south - side of the Hospital School used as a
House of Correction.
R obert Devereux, Earl of Essex, K .G .,High Steward
of the Borough .
1599— R ev . Thomas N ash published the “ Lenten S tufi'
c,
containing a description of Yarm outh,&c. , and a
play in praise of the red herring. H e was born at
Lowestoft in 1558 .
to 1660 .— Caister Castle deserted as a residence.
l 6oo —S ir Henry Hobart and T. D am ett,E sq.
, again returnedto Parliam ent 3 the latter, with John Wheeler,E sq. also returned on the accession of Jam es I .Every A lderman, or his deputy, with a constable
,
ordered to visit all ale- houses and taverns twice a
week,and make inquiries respecting the custom ers.
1601— The washing and rinsing of nets near the public wellsforbidden.
The town required to provide .and provision shipsfor transporting 600 soldiers to the L ow Countries.
Charles Howard, Earl of N ottingham ,K .G .
,Lord
High A dm iral of England,elected High Steward
of the Borough .
1604 A third Market Cross erected .
1607— The three rivers frozen over for forty days.
1611— Drapers, m ercers,grocers, and haberdashers prohibited
from having stalls in the market.Herring Fairheld. A great scarcitypfherrings this year
—a last ofWVindsor herrings being sold for £ 15 55.
l Gl Z— Great damage done to the Piers by a raging tide.
A lderm en,who had held office as bailiffs, com pelled
to wear scarlet gowns with tippets,under pain of a
40s . fine.
1613— The present Haven completed at a cost ofand from this date to 1770 inclusive,had been expended about the Haven and Piers.
1614— Sir Theophilus Finch and G. Hardware, E sq . ,re
turned to Parliam ent,but the form erwas succeeded
soon after by S irHenry Hobart.100 jacobuses (a gold coin struck in the time of
Jam es I .) presented to King Jam es II. by the
town,as a m ark of loyalty and affection.
40 thrnnnlngiml ifiianrq nf ‘fignrmnnth.A . D .
1615— A t Corporate meetings no gentleman allowed to makeuncom ely and indecent speeches out of tim e andorder, or create a disturbance when touching uponany public good, oreven allowed to make a remark
till the previous speaker had sat down,under
penalty of fine or dism issal.1 616— A bout fifty Yarmouth fishermen laid up their vessels,
having no licenses for exportation.
16174 —License granted for the export of 600 lasts of herrings, which was annually renewed till 1624.
1 618— The Cage or Stock - house set up .
,1619— The last demand made by the Crown for furnishing
vessels of war, until Charles I. resorted to that
m eans of raising a revenue without the sanction ofParliam ent.
1620— December 2 l st . John Cowldham,four tim es a
Bailiff, andMagistrate, died, aged 8 4 years .
B . Cowper and Edward Owner, Esqs.,free Burgesses
,
elected to Parliament.
1622— “ Tippling houses had increased to forty, andwererestricted to that number.
1623— Benjam in Cowper, E sq. ,re—elected with G. Hardware,
E sq.,to serve in Parliam ent.
1624— Artillery- yard on the site of present UnitarianChapel.
1625— December 29th. Poor people not allowed to marryunless sanctioned by the Chief Alderman or ChiefConstable
,by order m ade this year.
Manship, who wrote the History of Great Y arm outh
,died. H e was Town Clerk in 1579 .
S ir John Corbet and E. O wner,E sq . , elected to
Parliament 5 and in the sam e year S ir John wasre—elected with Thomas Johnson. E sq.
Fishm arket,on the site of the present, covered in
and paved. Covering rem oved in 18 44 .
1 626— R obert Sydney, Earl of Leicester,K .G . , High
Steward of the Borough.
N icholas Felton, Bishop of Ely, died. H e was a
native of Yarm outh,and one of the prelates em
ployed by Jam es I . in the new translation of the
Bible.
1 627 —S ir JohnWentworth andMiles Corbet, E sq .
,elected
to Parliam ent.
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tmnnlngiwl 315mm ui ‘igurmnutt. 41
A . D .
1628 and 1629— The town obtained leave to export 1000lasts of herrings, which continued till 1637, when£ 50 per annum was demanded by the Trinity forten years, and afterwards for forty years.
1629— 1200 Householders in Yarm outh.
EdwardSackville, Earl ofDorset, K .G .
,High Steward
of the Borough.
1632—Tobacco allowed only to b e retailed in this town byone apothecary, six grocers
,two hosiers, one
merchant,and a chairmaker.
June 26th. Four Frenchm en executed for murdering N icholas Harpley.
1633— Aldermen’
s wives com pelled to wear velvet hats upto this date, when the ordinancewas annulled.
1637— Thirty- four brewing- houses in Yarm outh .
1639—Miles Corbet, E sq. ,re—elected with Edward Owner,
E sq . , as m embers of Parliament.1642— Sept. Earl of Warwick
,Lord High A dm iral
,visited
Yarm outh.
O ct . 12th. A ship, with 140 arm ed soldiers on board,through stress of weather, put intoYarm outh portshe was seized by the townsm en, and her crew and
soldiers imprisoned on behalf of the Parliam ent.D ec. 23rd. A rate of £ 1200 assessed upon the
inhabitants for the fortifications.
The town collected £ 136 for the relief of distressedsubjects in Ireland.
1643— Feb . Lord Grey of Werke required Yarm outh tosend eighty dragoons to Cambridge.
1644— The number of tippling- houses increased to eighty,besides great inns and taverns and in 1705
augmented to 120.
Letters between Yarmouth and London only passedonce a week .
Twenty Icelandfishing barques belonging to Yarm outhm erchants taken by pirates
,only three escaping .
1645 A dditional fortifications made. Breastworks and
platform s built at the seaside, and ordnancem ounted on them .
The Earl of Lauderdale visited Yarmouth, and
was sumptuously entertained at the town’
s expense.
1 648— Sept . 9th. Lord Fairfax m arched into Yarm outh,and the townwas converted into a garrison.
42 dbtnunlngirul aim nt Gfignrmnutb.A . D .
1648 ~—Three m en- of-war ships sent to convoy the fishers and’
guard the coast.The Burgesses raised 600 foot and 50 horse soldiers,in lieu of having other forces marched into thetown to do garrison duty.
1649— Four A ldermen and sixteen Comm on Councillorsresigned office in the Corporation six were after:wards reinstated.
1650— The Puritans rem oved a fineold organ from S t.N icholas’ Church.
The Presbyterians made a doorway in the north wallof St. N icholas’ Church
,and O pened the north
aisle of the chancel for public worship.
1651— Up to this date prayer was always used before thecommencem ent of public business.
1652— A dm iral Blake sent several ships to Yarm outh,which
he had captured from theDutch .
D r. Thomas Seam e died. H e was the son of a
fisherman a t Yarm outh, but related to a wealthy“
fam ily of the sam e nam e at Burnham . H e livedin the reign of Charles I.
,and having entered
holy orders he becam e m inister of Staines in
Middlesex,and Prebendary of Windsor. During
the civil wars, he was so zealously attached toR oyalty that he sent all he had to theKing, so thatwhen therebels cam ’
e to plunderhim hehadnothing,for which he was imprisoned, first in N ewgate and
afterwards in the Fleet Prison,where he died.
1653— June 6th. Yarm outh sent fivem embers to the LittleParliam ent, summ oned by Cromwell. R esigned .
Decem ber 12th.
A ug. 29th. General Monk granted a warrant to freeYarm outh fisherm en in the herring fair from beingpressed into the service of the State.
Lord Henry Cromwell, youngest son of O liver, HighSteward of the Borough .
and 1654—N orfolk sent ten m embers to Parliam ent .1654— D ec. l 6th. O liver Cromwell proclaim ed in the
Market Place Protector of the Comm onwealth ofthe U nited K ingdom .
Colonel William Goffe and Thomas Dunne, E sq. ,
were elected Burgesses to Parliam ent by three .
A lderm en and twenty- six Comm on Councilmen.
t brnnnlngiml Tristan; nf“figuranntt. 4s.:
A .
1656— William Burton and C . G. Cock, Esqs.,elected to .
Parliam ent.1659— Yarm outh people sent to Southwold thirty coombs of
wheat and ten coombs of rye for the sufferers fromafirewhich consum ed the greaterpart of Southwold.
W. Burton and C. G. Cock,Esqs. ,
re- elected to
Parliament.lGGO— Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, High Steward of
'
the Borough.
A “Healing Parliam ent called, and S ir J. Palgrave,Bart. , andMiles Corbet, E sq . elected.
1661— S ir William D ’
Oyley, Bart. and S ir W. Coventry,Bart. , Secretary to the A dm iralty, returned to
Parliam ent.1662— Contention and bloodshed through concurrent juris
diction ceased, when the Cinque Ports dissolvedgovernm ent with Y arm outh.
1664 —Jan. 22nd. R ev . John Brinsley, sen., lecturer inYarm outh, died, aged 64 .
2500 persons died of plague, including two m inisters .
of S t. N icholas’
Church. (See 1349, 1550, and1665— June 3rd. Great sea fight off Lowestoft, when the
Dutch Adm iral (O pdam )was defeated .
1667— John Carter,twice Bailiff and one of the Elders
,
died,aged 73.
Town farthings coined by the O verseers “ for the use
of the poor.
”In 1673 they were cried down
,and
the town fined £ 90 for setting up a local m int ;Lord Townshend petitioned the King on theirbehalf that he would pardon the offence.
1668 60 chaldrons of coal imported.
1670—An A ct of Parliam ent passed appointing H avmr
Comm issioners , vi z .
,three for N orfol k
,three for '
Suffolk, two for N orwich,and two for Yarm outh .
A pril 21st . Mitchell M ew twice Bailiff, and once
Mayor, died, aged 71 years1671— Sept. 27th. Charles II. visited Yarm outh, aecom
panied by the Duke of Y o1k,Duke of Monm outh
,
and Duke of Buckenham, and publicly entertained
at a cost of £ 1000 . The Corporation presentedthe King with four golden herrings and a chain,
value £ 250 . The K ing knighted three gentlem en,
of the town.
4 4 t brnunlngim‘
l 131mmnf “
guaranty.
. .s . n.
1672— M ay 28 th. Duke of York,
commander of the
English fleet, defeated the Dutch fleet under D eR uyter, in Sole bay, orSouthwold bay. The gunswere heard at Yarm outh
,and the sick andwounded
afterwards brought here. Yarmouth sent presentsto the Duke of York, previous to the engagem ent.
1673— A pril 8 th. William Burton, sen.,twice Bailiff of
the town, died, aged 65 yearsS on of S ir Wm . Paston created Baron Paston and
Viscount Yarm outh also created Earl of Y ar
m outh in 1679. In 1676 he was shot at and
wounded while in his coach. H e died in 168 2.
1674— R obert Paston, Viscount Yarmouth, High Stewardof the Borough.
The fam ous Yarm outh Troll Cart in use. A t thisdate they were known by the nam e of Yarm outhCoaches
,being m ore elegantly made, and let out
to pleasure parties .
Bell factory supposed to have existed.
1 677—Grand celebrat ion in Yarm outh on the marriage of
William III.,Prince of O range, with Princess
Mary.
Captain Booth executed in the . town for stabbing a
seaman.
1 678— Bonfires, by order of the Corporation, m ade in the
Market Place and other parts of the town, on the
passing of the “ Test A ct ” by both Houses ofParliam ent.
1 679— S irW. Coventry, E nt. , re- elected to Parliament withLord Huntingdon.
168 0— R ichard Huntingdon and George England,Esqs.,
returned to Parliam ent.
1 68 1— O ctober 21st . S ir William Gooch,Bart. , born in
Yarm outh. Early in life he entered the arm y,and distinguished him self in theR ebellion of 1715.
George I . made him Lieutenant Governor of
Virginia in 1727 and in 1740 he was appointedColonel of an Am erican R egim ent
,and assisted at
the m em orable siege of Carthagena. For his
services he was prom oted ; being first made Brigadier and then Major- General
,in which capacity, in
1747, he commanded in the expedition to Quebec.Died at Bath, December 17th, 1751.
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itiatnrq nfifignrmnntb.
11. n.
168 4—The Corporation Sword of Justice,carried before the
Mayor,adopted.
S ir Thom as M edowe, Mayor, being the second elected
the same year.
LordHuntingdon andGeorgeEngland,E sq.
, returnedto Parliam ent also in 168 6 and 168 8 .
Town Charters surrendered to Charles II.168 5— Earl of Yarmouth invited Sir A . Dean and S ir H.
Shiers to view the Haven and Piers. The latterwas presented with 105 guineas for his journey.
H e also visited the town in 168 7, accom paniedby Lord Dartm outh, who recommended that a
ship b e sunk, or j etty made,northward of the
north Pier, to prevent the sand from com ing intothe Haven,and that a basin b e form ed westwardof the “ brush,
” with a sluice to let out the waterforcibly into the Haven towards the latter eb b .
1 68 6— Lord Huntingdon and George England, E sq. , electedby theFreem en to serve in Parliam ent. The rightof Freem en to vote was ever acquiesced in by theCorporation.
1 68 7— Aug. 12th. Prince George of Damnark landed at
Yarm outh, and went post to Windsor.
Jam es II. ejected 5 Alderm en and 12 CommonCouncilm en from the Corporate Body and in the
following year 3 A ldermen and 4 Councilm en,and
placed others in their stead. This right of displacing the Corporate body was reserved by theKing.
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168 8 —June 24th. Tumult and riotous proceedings tookplace in the town through the bigoted conduct ofKing Jam es II.
Lord Huntingdon and G. England E sq . again elected,and sent to the Convention Parliam ent the sam e
year. R e—elected in 1690 and 1695.
Bellasis’
R oyal Fusileers quartered in the town.
The office of Mayor ceased, and the Government ofthe town again reverted to two Bailiffs , under KingJames II.
’
s proclamation. This continued till thetim e of Queen Anne. (SeeJoseph Am es
,author
"
of the Typographical Anti
quities, or Mem oirs of Printing and Printers in
England,
”was born at Yarmouth, anddied in 1759.
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A . n.
168 9— February l 6th. Prince of O range and the PrincessMary proclaimed in theMarket Place.
George England and Samuel Fuller, Esqs .,returned
to Parliam ent 5 also in 1695, 1698 , and 1700.
1690— M ay 16th. Edm und Thaxter, A lderman, and twiceBailiff, died, aged 62 .
The Maces carried by the Mayor’s ofiicers ordered tobe made.
1691— Anthony Ellys, Bishop of St. David’
s,and author of
several theological works, was born at Yarm outh.
Died in 1761.
1692— O ct. 18 th. William III. landed at Yarm outh, andreceived with great enthusiasm . The CorporationSpent £ 106 in entertaining him .
200 vessels and nearly 1000 lives lost in one nightoff this coast.
1693— Sept. 11th. Thom as , second son of S ir Geo. England,
A lderman and twice Bailiff, died, aged 4 8 years.
O ct. 2 8 th. John A lbertson,E sq . , A lderman and
Bailiff in 1655, died, aged 71 years.
1694— A Bar having form ed across the Harbor’s m outh,the
dangerous state of the Haven was m ade known bythe beat of a drum , and the inhabitants desired tocut and dig a gut
”or trench through the Bar.
and 18 10— Proposed to break up the streets and laypipes to supply the inhabitants with spring waterfrom a large reservoir
,collected from the wells on
the Denes. (See 18 35 and1697— Corporation voted an address to the King upon his
safe return, and peace with the French King.
1701 —John N icholson and John Burton,Esqs.
,returned to
Parliament.1702—June 30th. George England
,E sq.
,eldest son of S ir
George, died, aged58 years . H e was R ecorder,and
several tim es m ember of Parliam ent for theborough.
(S ee 1693 ,and
Fisherman’
s Hospital (for forty persons) erected bythe Corporation.
Tlic Corporation obtained a new Charter,granted by
Queen A nne, which again allowed them to chooseaMayor instead of two Bailifi
'
s.
Benjam in England and J. N icholson, Esqs.
,returned
to Parliam ent 5 also in 1705.
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1703— July 3rd. Thomas Bradford, E sq.,Mayor, died, aged
74 years.March 11th. Twenty-fifth and last Charter grantedby Queen Anne, re- appointing certain governors ofthe town. (S ee When theParliam entaryandMunicipal Reform A cts were passed (18 32 and.
the Mayorwas again required to b e chosenfrom the whole body of the Corporation
,whether
A ldermen or TownCouncillors.
17O4— A pril 3oth. Thom as Godfrey, twice Bailiff, and
many years Town Clerk“
of this Borough,died,
aged 63 years.
1706 —The expenses of Yarm outh Haven amounted to
7s. 5d.
1707— A pril 27th. Thom as Bendish, E sq. , died, aged 61years. H ewas a descendant of the ancient fam ilyof Sir Thomas Bendish, Bart. , of Essex, who wasambassador from Charles II. to theGrandSeigneur.
H e m arried Bridget, daughter of H. Ireton,E sq. ,
of Ireton, for som e tim e Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland.
1708— H on. R oger Townshend and R ichard Ferrier, E sq.
,
returned to Parliament.l 710— N ovem ber 7th. William Browne, E sq.
, Mayor, died,aged 46 years.
R ichard Ferrierand George England, Esqs.
,returned
to Parliam ent ; also in 1713.
l 7l l— A pril 30th. Benjam in England, E sq. , third s on of'
S ir George, died. H e was several tim es Bailiff,Mayor, andMemberof Parliament for theBorough.
Henry Berrett, E sq. was Mayor, but dying before histerm of office was com pleted, Sam uel Wakeman,E sq. ,
was chosen.
O rdered that no license b e granted to any person to.
draw or retail ale or anyother liquor at any houseb the sea- side, except during the fishing seasons.
1712— O ct. 3rd. Twenty persons drowned on Breydon from
the upsetting of a Wherry.
An A ct obtained for making a causeway over theDenes from Yarmouth to Caister.
1713—The Charity School erected by a few benevolent .
persons ; and in 1723 the Corporation built two
large room s.
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1713— The Charity School erected in the Market Place.
17l 5— Mayors and Justices allowed to wear different gownsto those of other Corporate m em bers.
St. George’
s Episcopal Chapel finished building. The
contractors were Messrs. Price and Son, who afterwards built the Town Hall. It was consecratedDecember 8 th, 18 15 . CostSouth Denes laid out as a race- course by JohnH eldrich and other innkeepers of Yarm outh ; butannual races not held t ill 18 10 .
Easter fair held on Good Friday until this date, whenthe Corporat ion ordered it to be held on the Fridayfollowing .
Geo. England, E sq . , and the H on. Horatio Townshendreturned to Parliam ent.
1716— Town Hall erected at a cost of £ 8 8 0.
1718— It was agreed that the two last and every succeedingMayor should receive £ 100 each
,in lieu of the
fishing thousand.
1721— A 11 A ct passed enforcing half the am ount of ordinaryduties on the Haven to b e expended in im provingthe Haven, Piers, and Jetties ; one- fourth part tob e expended in deepening and cleansing the threerivers, and repairing the bridge and public quaysat Yarmouth ; and the remaining fourth part incleansing and deepening Breydon.
1 722 O ct . 2nd. W1lliam Spooner, Bailiff, and afterwardsMayor, (l ied, aged 67 years.
H on. Charles Townshend and H on. Horatio Walpolereturned to Parliament. The latter created a
Baronet in 1756.
1723— Guildhall , near S t . N icholas’ Church , pulled down
and re placed by an unsightly building,where
Corporate assemblies were held till 18 35 .
l 724— Jan. 28 th. James A rtis, E sq.
, Bailiff, Mayor, and
Captain of Fusileers,died
,aged 68 years.
1726— July 14th. M rs. Bridget Bendish , granddaughter of
O liver Cromwell, died at Southtown.
1728— H on. W. Townshend and H on. Horatio Walpolereturned to Parliam ent.
l 729— Tl1e Pillory rem oved .
£ 50 raised by the town for therei ef of theE iglish
prisoners at M equinez.
D
50 (fibrnrulngiml fiirtnrq nf figurmnntb.A . n.
1730— July. A remarkable storm and tem pest hailstonesof prodigious m agnitude fell .
.1732— S ir R obert Walpole,Earl of O rford. K .G .
,High
Steward of the Borough .
1733— O rgan now at the Parish Church first opened. (SeeJan. 25th,
1734—A poor fisherman nam ed Danby obtained a verdict,
with £ 15 damages,against. W
'
illiam Browne, E sq.
(the Mayor), Justice A rtis,
and Masters (theBridewell m an), for whipping and false imprisoningthe plaintiff.
The Mayor’s chain and m edal appendant subscribedfor. The cost of the chain alonewas £ 141 18 s. 3d.
O rgan at St. George’s Chapel built by Jordan.
H on. Edward Walpole and the H on. WilliamTownshend returned to Parliam ent, but the latterdying in 1737, was succeeded by his brother
, the
H on. R oger Townshend.
1736— Elizabeth Thom pson hanged for the m urder of a
Dutchman in the Gaol- row.
1737— George lI. landed a few m iles south of Yarm outh.
1739— S ir R . Walpole sent 50 guineas to b e expended incoal for the poor.
R obert Ferrier appointed Town Clerk, and elevenyears afterwards filled the civic chair.
1740— Chris . Barnard, E sq. , elected Mayor, but died beforecompleting his term of office.
Expenses of Yarm outh Haven were 15s. 9d..
Am elia Sephia deWalm oden, presum ed to have been.
the m istress of George II. , was created BaronessandCountess ofYarm outh for life. Shedied in 1750.
l 741— H on. R oger Townshend and E. Walpole, E sq.
, re
turned to Parliam ent. Votes— T , 400 W., 391
H ewling Luston, 104 R ichard Fuller, 97.
1742— John Thacker hanged for killing John A uger with a
pistol ball in a shop near theWheel of Fortfine.
1744—The inquest, chosen for electing aMayor, locked upin the Guildhall for ten days in 1765, six days ;in 1767 three days and three nights 5 and in 18 14,fifty
- four hours.S amuel K illett, E sq .
,A lderman, gave the Corpora
tion of Y arm outh a silver oar, double gilt, theinsignia of the A dmiralty Court.
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l 745— R obert Walpole,Earl of O rford, High Steward of
the Borough.
1746— M ayor’s m edal appendant sold its value applied foradding links to the chain.
1747 —H on. E. Walpole and the H on. Chas. Townshendelected to Parliament.
The Cage or Stock—house rem oved.
1748— N ov . 30th. John Dobson Tongue hanged for rob
bing M r. H alsden on the Southtown- road.
1749— O ct. 13th. John Sullivan hanged for robbing M rs.
Meed on the Denes.
1750— John Barcham ,m ariner, executed for the m urder of
R obert Bullen.
A n A ct passed appointing a comm ittee of twelve inhabitants of Yarm outh to inspect the
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Havenworks, and to summ on the Comm issioners in casesof need .
M rs . Cromwell, lineally descended from O liverCromwell
,died at Yarm outh
,at an advanced age.
l 751— George Walpole, Earl of O rford, High Steward of
the Borough.
D r. John Butler m i nister at St. N icholas’ Church,
and afterwards Bishop of O xford and Hereford.
H e died in 18 02 .
A n A ct passed to O pen the port of Yarm outh for theim portation of wool andwoollen yarn from Ireland.
1752— Chris. T aylor, E sq ., Mayor, died before com
pleting his term of office.
The Gallows- house on the N orth Denes removed.
1753— Expenses of Yarm outh Haven am ounted to
£ 3360 3s . 9d.
1754— A pril 18 th. R ight H on. C . Townshend and his
former colleague,then S ir E. Walpole
, K .B .,and
Chief Secretary for Ireland,elected to Parliam ent.
Votes— T , 54 1 W. , 518 ; R . Fuller,397 ; and
William Browne, 342 .
M r. Thos. O livers m ade an unsuccessful attempt tointroduce Methodism into the town. H e and a
friend were assailed on the Sunday with dirt,stones, and m issiles of every description withoutm ercy, and driven out of the town. M r. HowellHarris made an attempt in 1760 , which was m oresuccessful, though at great risk of his life.
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guaranty.
A . D .
1756— July 23rd. William Burton,M.D . , died,
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aged 53.
September l st . N aval engagement off Lowestoftbetween H .M .S .
“ Hazard ” andaFrench privateer,
“ L a Sub tille, carrying 12 guns and 8 6 m en.
A fter six hours the Frenchman struck off Winterton, and the next day (Sunday), the prisoners werelanded and lodged in gaol. By underm ining theprison wall
,fourteen broke out, and only four were
re—taken.
C . Townshend, E sq. , a cousin to the H on. Charles,was elected to Parliament by a majority of 32
votes onthe latter accepting the office of Treasurerof his Majesty’s Chamber. M r. C . Townshendwas elected eight times in thirty- three years.
1758— An A ct for the better recovery of small debts withinthe liberties of the Borough obtained.
1759— Yarm outh S ea- baths built. Cost £ 2000. A handsome public room added in 178 5.
1761— John . Wallis,E sq. ,
Mayor,but died before com
pletinghis term of office.
H on. S ir Walpole, K .B .
,and C . Townshend
,E sq.,
returned to Parliam ent.1763— Gorleston parish , with the Ham let of Southtown, in
M utford and L othingland Hundreds (Suffolk) incorporated for the m aintenance of the poor of its24 parishes, and by an am ended A ct in 18 33.
1765— Decem ber 10th. Rev . Christopher Spendlove, sen. ,
lecturer, of Yarm outh, died, aged 69 years .
l 766— January 8 th. . Much distress caused through the highprice of food
,and a subscription was opened and
liberally supported by the inhabitantsquartern loaves, weighing 4 lb s. 14 oz.
,at 3d. each ,
distributed for three months,am ong the poor till
A pril 25th.
1767 feet of the Jetty carried away by high tide.
1768 -C. Townshend, E sq. , returned to Parliament, with theH on. R ichard Walpole. (A lso in 1770, 1774,
1769— Sept. 16th. Elizabeth Martin executed for the
m urder of her illegitimate child.
1770—A pril 18 th. The day of John Wilkes’s releasem ent from the Tower celebrated at Yarm outhwith great rejoicings. H e was an em inent Englishpolitician.
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178 0— A rm ed associations form ed at Yarmouth.
178 1— William Pain, a pirate, hanged in London, and afterwards put on a gibbet on the N orth Denes.
Two batteries on the N orth Denes erected.
178 2— A fort erected on Gorleston heights, arm ed with six
24- pounders and a battery of nine 18 - pounders,for
the defence of St. N icholas’ Gat . An invasionexpected.
The Fisheries protected by an arm ed force.
Parliam entary R eform agitated and the town wasfilled with troops
,m uch to the annoyance of the
inhabitants.
An act passed for the better securing the duties payable on the im portation of coal and cinders .
The No rfolk Rangers first established.
1 78 3— The celebrated JohnWesley preached in Yarmouth,
and on O ctober the 22nd opened a chapel. H e
paid the town three subsequent visits— 178 6, 178 8 ,and 1791 the last not five m onths before hisdeath.
R ight H on. C . Townshend re- elected to Parliam ent.178 4— First Census taken. Population
Two vessels fitted out fortheGreenland whale fishery.
M r. Barrett died, aged 100 years .
O ct . The Prince of Wales (afterwards Geo. IV.)invited by the Corporation to dine at the TownHall. N ot accepted.
M r. S . Bream , of Yarm outh , advocated the extensionof the N orthPier for the rem oval of the Bar. M r.
J. N ichalls, an engineer,suggested in a report
that the river should b e straightened, and a weirplaced across the river near its junction withBreydon.
Sir John Jervis, K .B . ,returned to Parliament with
H . Beaufoy, E sq.
1 78 5— Another town gate pulled down.
The Dutch sent over 8 7 boats for the herring fisheryoff our coast .
Wooden drawbridge across the stream near the TownHall built, and existed till 18 43.
178 6— Second drawbridge connecting Yarm outh with Southtown over the Yare re- built and opened to the
public.
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178 9— N ovem ber l st. Forty vessels driven ashore betweenY arm outh and Southwold 8 0 fishing boatswrecked, and 120 bodies washed ashore betweenYarm outh and Crom er.
An appointed day of thanksgiving for the King srecovery, and the town illuminated.
700 lasts of herrings taken by 130 b eats.
1 790 - June 18 th. R ight H on. Charles Townshend and
Henry Beaufoy, E sq.,returned to Parliam ent.
Votes— T , 632 ; B . , 455 J. T. Sandys, 18 2 .
fl 791— February 3rd. Part of the Jetty carried away by adestructive high t ide, and the Denes under water.
O n the Southtown—road the waterwas deep enoughfor boats to ply.
O ctober 27th. R iot on account of the dearness ofprovisions, but suppressed by the magistrates.
George Townshend, Marquis Townshend, HighSteward of the Borough .
1 792— February 7th. House of Comm ons petitioned byYarm outh for abolition of slave trade.
M ay 29th. The Church and King Club established, and first m eeting held at theWrestler’s In .
Decem ber. Meeting held in Yarm outh,pledging
them selves to support the Constitution of K ing,
Lords , and Comm ons, as established in 168 8 .
1793— Feb . 11th. Embargo laid on all vessels at Yarm outh .
Feb . 28 th. H.M.S . Savage ” brought in the Frenchprivateer Gustine, she being the first prize takenin the war.
Matthew Cham pion died at the.age of 111 years.
The title of Earl of Yarmouth was revived as the
secondary title of the Marquis of Hertford.
1794— July. Subscription entered into and a benefit playperform ed at Y armouth, for the relief of the widowsand orphans of those killed on board the fleet inLord Howe’s victory on June l st.
1795— M ay 29th. O n the death of H . Beaufoy, E sq.
Colonel S . Howe was elected to Parliam ent withGeorge A nson, E sq. Votes— H ,
4 8 3 A ., 347.
S ir Edm und Lacon, Knt .
, Mayor. This hon. gentleman was knighted for quelling the riot which beganin the Market - place, occasioned by the high priceof provisions.
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1795— January 19 th. The illustrious fugitive, the Princessof O range, with her daughter- ih- law
,little grand
daughter, and the child’
s nurse,accom panied by
two gentlemen, embarked on board a fishing boat .They took up their quarters in the hold of the
vessel, and were covered with the sails as a defenceagainst the inclem ent weather. A fter being safelylanded at Yarm outh, the m ilitary were drawn up,and their R oyal Highnesses driven twice roundthe Market- place, and then entertained by theMayor. The Prince unexpectedly cam e also and!
took his wife away. The next day the Duke of
York visited Yarm outh for the purpose of welcoming them , and, though disappointed, was enthu
siastically received by the inhabitants.
Another unfortunate Princess near landing on our
shore. Princess Caroline of Brunswick , aecom
panied by the English envoy, Lord Malm esbury,
embarked at Cuxhaven on board the Jupiter,
”50 .
guns, and through distress of weather came withinsix leagues of the Beach.
A line of packets to Cuxhaven was started fromour Port, and the Dover and Harwich packetsrem oved.
Congratulatory address from the Corporation and in
habitants of Yarm outh presented to George III.his escape from the attack m ade on his personwhile proceeding to Parliam ent House.
1796— June. Lord C . P. T. Townshend and Colonel S.
Howe returned to Parliam ent. Lord Charles on
theday following his election was found dead inhis carriage, shot in the m outh by a pistol ball.The sam e year (O ctober 26th), Major- General W.
Loftus and H. Jodrell, E sq.,were elected to Parlia
m ent. Votes— L ,599 J. , 561 Sir J. Jervis,
K .B . ,
June 25th. First tim e that a squadron of men- oil
war ships entered Yarm outh R oads. There werethirteen British and three R ussian, under the com
mand of A dm iral Macbride.
Freedom of the Borough presented to CaptainTrollope, for defeating eight French ships of war
off the coast of Holland.
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l 796 —A ugust 19th. Whilst Thelwall , a political lecturer, .
was declaim ing in a room at Y arm outh, a party ofarmed sailors from the ships in the R oads broke in,and in their attem pt to seize the orator, knockeddown every person who opposed them . U pwardsof forty persons were wounded in the scuffle ; theorator escaped unhurt.
1797— June 1st . Mutiny on board the N orth Sea Fleet at .
Yarm outh , and several sail of the line hoisted thered flag of defiance.
Sept . 18 th. A dmiral Duncan assum ed the commandof the N orth Sea Fleet in the R oadstead ; vice
A dm iral Macbride.
O ct. 3rd. A dm iral Duncan put into Yarm outhR oads, and six days afterwards went in search ofthe Dutch fleet
,which was totally defeated (O cto
b er 11th) off Camperdown. The British fleetreturned in trium ph to Y arm outh R oads
,bringing
seven sail of the line as priz es . Thewounded m en
were landed and conveyed to the Barracks and toN orwich— there being no N aval Hospital. Y ar
m outh for several days was thronged with visitorsto see the victorious British fleet and their prizes.
A subscription was raised on behalf of the
wounded.
Som erset Militia quartered in the town.
Captain Rysoort, of the Hercules (one of Adm iralDuncan’
s prizes), died in Y arm outh,andwas buried
with m ilitary honours .
A boat on the river between Yarm outh and Breydonoverset, and six out of seven youths drowned.
Freedom of the town presented to Lord Duncan andS ir R ichard O nslow for their victories ov er the
Dutch fleet ; also to Earl St. Vincent for the
victory over the Spanish fleet on the 14th ofFebruary.
Mutiny broke out at the N ore, and extended itself tothe vessels in Yarm outh R oads
, but was quicklysuppressed.
1798— March 2nd. Through financial pressure at the
Bank of England, Yarmouth banks paid in:
their own notes, and fractional parts were paid"
1n spec1e.
as thrustingiml hiatus; nf agurmnntb...A . D .
1798 —July. Two Volunteer Companies of YeomanryCavalry formed at Yarm outh under Samuel Barkerand H. Worship, Esqs.
O ctober 1st. Intelligence of A dm iral ViscountN elson’
s ever-m emorable victory off the m outhof the N ile received at Yarmouth with greatrejoicing.
3 799— September 28 th. The Duke of York’s army returnedfrom an unsuccessful cam paign
,and the
_Guardsand twenty- four other regim ents, com prisingtroops (infantry and cavalry), were landed at
Yarm outh on their return from Holland.
An em bargo laid on all shipping at Yarmouth.
1 8 00— Septem ber 25th. Freedom of the Borough voted toSir A . Dickson and M r. Pitt.
N ovember 6th. A dm iral Lord N elson landed hereafter the b attle of the N ile, having been absenttwo years and seven m onths from his nativecounty, and was presented with due honors and
the freedom of the town. H e was accom panied byLady and SirWill iam Hamilton.
N ovember 2oth. The herring fishery off Yarmouthwas unusually productive this year ; the catchbeing so great that one of M r. Batley’s boats, aftertaking on board fourteen lasts
,was obliged to
threw two lasts overboard.
718 01— January l st. This day being the first of the 19thcentury, and the day on which the union of GreatBritain and Ireland took place, theDurham Militiafired a few de j oie at Yarm outh
,and the ships in
the R oadstead gave a royal salute and hoisted theirnew colours -in honour of the union.
March 7th. The St. George,” carrying 9 8 guns ,
and bearing the flag of Lord N elson, arrived in theR oadstead.
March 12th. The grand fleet of forty- seven ships of
war, with 3000 m ariners, under the command of
A dm iral S ir Hyde Parker in the London,”
9 8 guns, with Lord N elson as his Vice- A dm iral,sailed from Yarm outh, and proceeded, after theyhad been joined by seven sail of the line in
Leith Roads, to Copenhagen to destroy the Danishnavy.
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1 8 01— March l 6th. The “ Invincible,
”74 guns (built in
R ear- Adm iral Totty, on herway to join thegrand fleet
, got on the ridge near Hasbro’ Sand,
and remained till daybreak next m orning,but had
no sooner floated into deep water than she wentdown with her captain (J. Lawford), severalofficers, and about 300 m en. By the exertions of
Daniel Grigson, master of thecod- smack N ancy,
the A dm iral, seven officers, and about 190 of the
crew, were saved.
A pril 14th. Intelligence received at Yarmouth of
the destruction of the Danish navy in Copenhagen by the British fleet
, on A pril 2nd, after fourhours’ fighting. Great rejoicing in this town and
country generally.
July l st. O wing to Lord N elson’
s ill health heagainlanded at the Jetty from the gun
- brig Kite.
”
N ovember 2md. The Prince of O range arrived at
Y armouth from London and on the 6th sailed inthe packet Diana ”
for Cuxhaven.
Census taken. Population of Yarmouth,
with Gorleston and Southtown,
The batteries erected on the verge of the beach,and
mounted with 32 - pounders. The harbor was alsodefended on each side by two bastions of a muralconstruction. They weredism ountedafterthe generalpeace, and guns returned toWoolwich .
18 02— Jan. 6th. The Public Library first instituted by a
certain number of subscribers. In 18 08 , the Corporation granted the lease of the present building.The Dutch clock (rem oved in 18 61) was erectedon the exterior in 1600
,when the building was
used as a Dutch Chapel by the Hollanders wasafterwards used as an English Chapel
,andprevious
to the Theatre being built the back prem ises wereconverted into a room for dramatic entertainm ents.N ew R eading- room Opened Feb . 19th, 18 59 .
M ay 5th. The town illum inated on the proclamat ion of peace.
M ay 24th. The Duke of Cambridge sailed fromYarm outh in the frigate Am phion for Hanover
,
of which kingdom he was appointed R egent.
(See June 13th,
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18 02— June 28 th. Custom House O pened.
July. R ear-A dm iral S ir Thomas Troubridge,and Thomas Jervis, E sq. , returned to Parliam ent.
300 persons impressed,but 250 were afterwards
liberated. (SeeMontgom eryshire and Cheshire Militia left the town.
18 03— M ay 5th. A n active press at Yarm outh.
M ay 16th. Em bargo laid on all vessels in the R oads.
June 13th. H .E .H . the Duke of Cambridge and
suite left Yarm outh for N orwich . They came inthe sam e frigate which brought Prince Williamof Gloucester from Cuxhaven
,where their
R oyal Highnesses were nearly being m ade
prisoners by the advanced guard of the Frencharm y. H ad they remained there another hourthey would have shared the fate of the Hanoverianarmy. The French General in Holland put animm ense number of fishing boats in requisitionfor the avowed purpose of invading England.
O ctober 25th. The Volunteer R egim ents in N orfolkand N orwich resolved to perform permanent dutyin Yarm outh in case of an invasion,
and on
N ovember the .9th two troops_O i N orfolk Rangers
(established headed by the Marquis Townshend, the Lord Lieutenant, and com manded byCaptain S ir M l B . Ffolkes, Bart. , and CaptainBeaucham p
,marched to Y arm outh on permanent
duty ; also the N orwich and the Fakenham :
Volunteers.
N ovember 5th. The Lord Lieutenants of the
m aritim e counties received warrants under hisMajesty’s sign-manual
,comm anding them ,
as
there was actual appearance of invasion, to givethe necessary orders in pursuance of the latestatute
,that on the approach of the enem y all
waggons and carts,cattle
, and stores of corn, likelyto fall into their hands, b e rem oved or destroyed,and also that all women and children b e likewiseremoved. The proprietors to b e indemnified.
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N ov . 7th.
‘
Lieut - Colonel Harvey’s battalion of N or
wich Volunteers arrived here for garrison duty ;also the N orfolk Rangers and N orwich and Fakenham Corps.
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18 04— M ay 23rd. Blickling and Gunton R ifle Corpsarrived here for a fortnight’s garrison duty.
M ay 25th. A general fast observed. The Shropshire Militia and the Volunteers at Yarm outh
(nearly m en) attended divine service.
M ay 26th. The sloop “ Helena, 20 guns, and on
Sept. 4th the brig M usquito,”18 guns, launched
from M r. J. Preston’
s yard.
September 6th. Sloop of war Cygnet,18 guns
,
launched from M r. N athaniel Palmer’s yard.
O ctober 28 th. Lord Viscount Chedworth, oi~
Ipswich, died worth Thomas Penrice,E sq. ,
surgeon, of Yarm outh, was left a legacy ofand also residuary legatee, by which he
cam e into possession of at leastN ovember 26th. The Corporation and m erchants oi
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Yarm outh voted their thanks to Captain Hancockand his O fficers for capturing the notorious Blackman, who commanded a French privateer of 18 »
guns,and 98 prisoners were also taken.
N ov . 22nd. The Romney,
”50 guns, which sailed
from Yarm outh R oadstead on the 18 th withbullocks and vegetables for the blockading fleet off
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the Texel, under A dm iral R ussell, was lost in a
dreadful gale of wind on the South Haak Sand.
A ll the officers and crew saved them selves on rafts,b ut were made prisoners by the Dutch. The officerswere afterwards liberated on their parole by theDutch A dm iral Kikkert.William Gould, E sq. , appointed Lieutenant- Colonelof the 6th
_ (Yarm outh)N orfolkVolunteer Infantry.N ight signals established along the coast, and specialconstables sworn in at Yarmouth .
Yarmouth Volunteer Infantry embodied for fourteendays’ garrison duty.
The R ows first num bered ; they form erly bore thenam es of houses or persons in or near them .
18 05— A pril 27th. Two gun- brigs, 14 guns each
,built in
M r. J. Preston’
s yard, launched.
M ay 9th. O ne of the sharpest presses ever rem em
bered in Yarmouth took place. N o fewer than 300
persons of the town were impressed, of whom onlyabout 50 were ultimately detained. (See
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guaranty. as
A . n.
18 05— N ov . 7th. Intelligence received of the gloriousvictory over the com bined fleets of France and
Spain, off Cape Trafalgar, on the 21st of O ctober,though purchased by the ever- to- b e- lamented deathof Vice- Admiral Lord Viscount N elson, who wasbornat Burnham Thorpe, N orfolk
,September 29th,
1758 . Congratulatory addresses were voted to hisMajesty by Y arm outh feu de j oz
’
e fired by them ilitary and volunteers.
Several regim ents of Volunteers did garrison dutythe town till relieved by the Shropshire Militia.
18 06—A pril 19th. The frigate Boreas,”2 8 guns, launched
from Messrs . Stone and Constance’s yard ; thesloop “ A riel, 18 guns.
June 9th. Vice-A dm iral Russell, accompanied byseveral officers of the N orth Sea Fleet, stationed atYarm outh
,visited N orwich.
July 26th. French frigate “ L a Guerriere broughtinto the Roadstead by the frigate “Blanche.
”The
form erwas captured on the 18 th,after a desperate
action of forty- five m inutes ; she had taken eightGreenlandm en and one Yarm outh vessel
,all of
which she destroyed.
A ug. 14th. Frigate Com us launched from Messrs.
Constance and Co.
’
s yard.
N ov . 4th. H on. E. Harbord (second son of LordS uffield) and Stephen Lushington, E sq. ,
returnedto Parliam ent, but on June 25th, 18 08
,D r.
Lushington vacated his seat in favor of Giffin
Wilson,E sq.
A n A ct O f Parliam ent passed for repairing the ParishChurch of Great Yarm outh and re building thetower belonging to it. (SeeSouthtown A rm oury built by Wyatt, at a cost of
During the war stand of arm s
were arranged in it,after the disposition Observed
in the Tower of London. Af ter the war the arm s
were rem oved to the Tower.
The gun- brig “ Fancy built in M r. J. Preston
’
s
yard.
18 07—M ay 9th. H on. E . Harbord and S . L ushington, E sq. ,
returned to Parliam ent. Votes— H . ,627 L . ,
604 ; \Villiam Jacob, 341 A . U pcher 21.
434 (thinnnlngiml Erratum; nf agarmnntb.- A . n.
1 8 07— Feb . 17th. Gun- brig Snipe,with thirty French
prisoners on board, wrecked on the Beach. Manyof them were drowned, together with part of her
crew and som e wom en in all upwards of sixty.
There were several other wrecks, for the wind blewa hurricane, and a drifting snow rendered the highways for a tim e im passable.
Feb . 18 th. Captain G. W. Manby,the barrack
m aster at Yarm outh, first succeeded in projecting aline over a stranded vessel and in the following
year (Feb . 12th) brought this plan to a successfulissue, when seven lives were saved from a vessel150 yards from the Beach . Parliament rewardedhim at different tim es with grants am ounting to£ 6000 . H e was born at Hilgay
, N orfolk. CaptainManby, at the age of 8 8 years, had the satisfactionof knowing that hehad been instrum ental in savingupwards of 1000 lives in various parts of the
world byhis invention. The two ingenious painters,theJoys , two brothers andsons of amail guard, owedm uch of their fam e to the patronage and assistanceafforded them in their youth by Captain Manby.
July 3rd. M rs. Cooper, relict of the Rev . D . Cooper,
of Yarm outh, died. This lady,with an ardent
desire to inculcate Christian m orality, pennedseveral publications, _viz. , Fanny Meadows
,
“ The Daughter,” “The School forWives
,
”and
Exem plary Mother.
July 26th. The fleet under the command of LordGambier andVice-A dm iral Stanhope (68 pennantsin all), sailed from Y arm outh R oads. S ir W.
Sidney Sm ith sailed in Gambier’
s flag ship Princeof Wales,
”98 guns. Soon afterwards was fought
the second battle of Copenhagen (Sept. 7th).Most of their prizes were brought to Yarm outh64 vessels m ounting 1994 guns.
Sept. 7th. N orwich Volunteer Infantry marched toYarm outh for garrison duty.
O ct . 29th. Several transports lost off Yarmouth andLowestoft.
N ov . 14th. Privateer L e Decide brought intothis port by the frigate L
’
Amiab le.
”She had
madeno less than 30 prizes.
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18 07— N ov . 2nd. Louis ! VIII. (under the title of Count
18 08
de Lille) landed at Y arm outh from a Swedishfrigate. The Dukes and D e Berri
,
and several French noblem en,cam e with him .
This was the first tim e since the m em orable battleof Poictiers , in 1356, that a King of France hadbeen in England.
D ec. A telegraph erected upon the hill at Thorpecommunicating with Y arm outh. An order from
the A dm iralty O ffice in London was received at
Yarm outh in seventeen m inutes .
N orth Gate rem oved to widen the roadway. It wasflanked with square towers of curious workmanship , and was said to have been erected at the
expense of persons em ployed in the revolting officeof inferring the dead during the plague.
144 dead bodies washed ashore in this vicinity aftera heavy gale.
A new pcal of ten bells put in the tower of St.N icholas’ Church , and first rung out 0 11 M ay
‘
2nd,
18 08 . Cost £ 1161 3s. 4d.
Jan. 10th. Lord Hutchinson and Lord Cower landedhere from the “ Bellette ”
sloop - of-war,from St.
Petersburg.
March 30th. Silver eel,6ft. long and 21111 . m girth,
and weighing 4 2lb s.
,caught a m ile below Y ar
m outh bridge in the Harbour.
The 3rd Eastern Div ision of the N orfolk LocalMilitia
,under the command of L ieutenantrColonel
Gould, disbanded.
M ay loth. Expedition, consisting of 105_tr‘ans
ports,under A dm iral Keats, left the R oadstead for
the Baltic and the protection of Sweden. S ir
John Moore commanded the troops . H e sailed inthe “ Mars
,
”and Major- Generals Paget and
Murray in the A udacious.
A ug. 20th. First pile of the present Jetty driven,
and finished building and opened to the publicJanuary 13th, 18 09, at a cost of £ 5000 ; 450 feet
long and platform 21 feet in width. Extended60 feet in 18 46 at a cost of about £ 900
,and again
60 feet'
in 18 70 at a further cost of £ 359 105 .
Constructedon the site of one built in 1560.
66 ebrnnnlngiml iiifitnrq nf _
‘figarmnntb.A . D .
18 08 - Charles Townshend,Lord Bayning, High Steward of
the Borough .
The Shropshire and Cambridgeshire Militia left thetown.
18 09— Jan. 28 th. Owing to a rapid thaw and the inundation of the m eadows, barges proceeding fromN orwich to Yarm outh were obliged to return,because the m en were unab le to find the channel ofthe river.
O ct 25th. Fiftieth anniversary of George IlI.
’
s
reign celebrated in Yarmouth as a jubilee.
1464 lb s. of fresh salm on from Scotland landed inone day and sold in Yarmouth market
,owing to
the embargo on all shipping.
A very productive herring fishery.
18 10— M ay 10th. VicelA dmiral S ir J. Saum arez’
s fleetleft the R oadstead for the Balt ic— the Victory
(100 guns) and seven other sail O f the line.
M ay 20th. The R ight H on. Charles Lord Bayning,of Honingham Hall, a Privy Councillor and HighSteward of Yarmouth, died in London, aged 8 1years.
A ug. Yarmouth Annual Races first establishedby the officers of the Berkshire Militia, whichregim ent shortly afterwards left the town.
N ov . 2md. The B each from Yarmouth to Wellscovered with wrecks and dead bodies after aheavygale. Another gale and high tide on the l 0th, andmany vessels and lives lost.
N ov . 14th. Gustavus A dolphus IV. , ex-K ing of
Sweden, who had abdicated his throne, landed on
the Beach from the sloop “ Tartar.
”H e assum ed
the title of Count Guttorp,
and afterwards
proceeded to London.
M rs . Hunter died,'
aged 102.
By the Paving A ct, provision was made agains tplacing materials on the Quays or other publicplaces for a longer tim e than necessaryfor rem ovingand housing the sam e.
18 11—March 2sth. Count Guttorp sailed from Yarmouthon his return to the Cont inent.Census taken. Population of Yarm outh,with Gorleston and Southtown,
rt’
brnualngimlnew; 111figurnmufl). 67
A . D .
18 11— The R oyal Hospital or A sylum built by Governm ent
at a cost of £ 120,000 . Foundation stone laid byA dm iral Billy Douglas in 18 09 . (S ee 18 15. The
building was erected by M r. Pete (father of S ir
Sam uelO
M ortonPeto) from designs by H . Pak1n fr
ton, E sq .
,for a N aval Hospital. The room s in
front are 150 feet long,and the whole area
within the A sylum is about fifteen acres, and the
interior arrangem ents are adm irable, to say nothingof the spacious court - yard to thenorth . The elevenacres of ground on the east cost the Government
in 18 75 .
1 8 12 March 13th. The South Gate taken down and soldfor £ 26 to M r. Jonathan Poppy. It presentedtwo m assive round towers, flanking a square curtain
,
beneath which was the arch.
July 27th. General Viscount Cathcart’s embassy tothe Court of R ussia left the R oadstead in the
frigate A quilon.
” Lord W'
alpole, secretary of
Legation to Lord Cathcart,sailed in the Calipso
to the head- quarters of the R ussian arm y.
O ct . 6th. Edmund Knowles Lacon and WilliamLoftus
,Esqs. ,
returned to Parliam ent . VotesLacon, 607 Loftus
,38 7 C . Wilson, 329.
O ct . 26th. Trem endous gale, and eight vesselsdriven ashore in the vicinity.
A . R oyals died, aged 103.
1 8 13— Feb . A high wind blew down and completelydemolished the Conventual Chru'ch at Gorleston
,
dedicated to S t. N icholasFeb . 18 th. Gorleston steeple (about 100 feet high),which stood near the Haven’
s m outh as an
imm em orial sea- mark,was blown down in a gale.
March 24th. Volunteer Corps of Infantry dis
banded, and deposited their arm s in store 0 11 the
establishm ent of the local Militia.
A pril 15th. Prince of O range landed at the Jetty.
A pril 29th. H .R .H . the Duke of Cumberlandarrived at Yarmouth, and em barked on board thefrigate N ymphen.
”
July 4th. N ews of Lord VVellington’
s victory overthe French at Vittoria, in Spain, received herewith great rejoicings.
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111mmnf fi
gurmnutlj .A . n.
IS l S— A ug. l 0th.
‘
First steam barge proceeded from Y arm outh to N orwich, at the rate of five m iles per
Sept. 29th. R egent street form ed and opened at a
cost of £ 30,000 . Before the erection of this
street there was 110 carriage-way through the townexcept by Fuller’s Hill 0 11 the north
,and South
Street“
0 11 the south, the latter of which waswidened in 18 66.
N ov . 14 th. Great rej orcm g at Yarm outh 0 11 the
splendid victories gained over the French in Spainand Germany.
Will iam III. landed at the Jetty.
The Lancasterian or British School erected enlargedin 18 61.
N orth Mayo Milit ia left the town, and theWexfordMilitia the following year.
John Hannah, a m iserable old man,upwards of
seventy years of age, executed for the m urderO f his wife. H e was the last person hung in the
18 14— March 11th. Henry Joddrell , E sq., Bayfi
'
eld Hall,
many” years R ecorder and R epresentative of Y ar
m outh,Chairman of the N orfolk Quarter Sessions
,
died in London.
A pril 21st . R estoration of Louis ! VIII. to thethrone of France. The inhabitants of Yarmouthsubscribed £ 1106 8 e. 6d. , for providing a granddinner to all the inhabitants who chose to partakeof it. Fifty- eight tables were spread in the openair along the Hall and South Quays, at which 8 023persons were seated, and made an excellent dinneroff roast beef and plum pudding. A man personating N eptune in a car, attended by Tritons and
other deities, paraded the town, headed by a bandof m usic. In the evening a large bonfire was madeon the N orth Denes, in which the effigy of
N apoleon the First was consumed am idst m uchrejoicing, and in the presence of nearly 30
,000
persons .
July 6th. Peace proclaim ed at Yarmouth ; Mayorand Corporationwent in procession, and at nightthe town was illum inated.
70 cf 'brnnnlngiml new at “
primarily.A . n.
18 17 —Jan. 1st. The sum of £ 1000 subscribed at Yarm outhto relieve and em ploy the laboring poor ; 460
were employed to form roads to the Bath House,
Jetty, &c.
Feb . 4th. The Corporation voted a loyal address/$0the Prince R egent , expressive of their abhorrenceof the attack m ade upon his R oyal person on his .
return from Openi ng Parliam ent 0 11 the 2 8 th ult.Presented at the levée by Isaac Preston, E sq .
(Mayor), accompanied by the High Stewardl
and
the Mem bers for the Borough .
Feb . 13th. The new silver coinage of crowns, halfcrowns
,shillings, and sixpences
,exchanged for old
ones,at theiTown H all.
A pril 4th, Good Friday m orning. Explosion on
board the N orwich and Y arm outh steam er,ten
persons killed and five injured,just as she was
leaving the Foundry Bridge, N orwich. She had
22 m en,wom en
,and children 0 11 board. £ 350
raised for relief. These steamboats were first employed 0 11 A ugust 10th, 18 13.
June 5th. The celebrated M r. Betty perform ed atthe Theatre in the Iron Chest, as
“ S ir EdwardMortim er and as
“ Frislam Fickle in The
Weather Coch
June 11th. M r. Matthews appeared at the TheatreR oyal as J OIdfiD Ch
”in the R oad to R uin and
as Somno,”in the S leep Walker. On the 12th,
as S ir David Dundee in Wkly/s and Ill eaizs,
Chip in A Chip of the O ld B loch, and
Buskin in Killing no [Warden O n the 16th,as
“R over in lVild Oats and in the Adventures
of a M ail Coach.
June 23rd. Munden appeared at the Theatre R oyalas S ir A ble Handy in Speed thePlough, and as
Crack inthe Turnpike Gate. On the 25th, as
O ld R apir in a Carefor the H eartache, and as
D ozey”in Past Ten o
’
clock. 0 11 the 26th, as
S ir Anthony A bsolute”in The R ivals, and as
Sam Dabbs in t o’
s t o ? On the 28 th, as
Bonus ” in L augh When You Can, as“ N ipper
kin”in the R ival S oldier, and Lazarillo in.
Two S trings to Your B ow.
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A . n.
18 17— A ug. 15th. First stone O f N elson Monum ent laidby Colonel Wodehouse. The column is 144 feet
high,ascended by a flight of 217 steps . The
architect was M r. William Wilkin, R .A a N orfolk
man. There was a grand civ ic,m ilitary, and
m asonic procession from the Town Hall. A fter the
cerem ony,the Mayor (Isaac Preston, E sq. ) gave a
dinner to the com pany and in the evening he gavea grand ball to 350 of the elite, at the Town H all.
A ug. 20th. The great Edward Kean appeared at
the Theatre R oyal in R ichard the Third, whennothing but full prices were taken— Lower Boxes
,
53 . Green,
or Slips 4s. Pit,3s. Gallery,
1s . and part of the Pit taken into the Boxes andpart of the Gallery railed off for the use of the Pit.Free list suspended during the engagem ent. O n
the 21st,M r. Kean took the character of S ir~
Giles O verreach in .N ew Way to Pay O ld D ebts.
O n the 22nd,in O thello. O n September 5th
, .
S lrylock in the M erchant of Venice. O n S eptem ber 6th (M r. K ean
’
s benefit) he appeared as
O ctavia in the ill ozm tainecrs, and as Paulin Paul and Virginia.
N ov . 19 th. The rem ains of Princess Charlotte interredat Wi ndsor. In Y armouth the bells tolled
, shops
closed, and the day otherwise solemnly observed.
D ec. 3rd. The Corporation voted addresses of con
dolence to the Prince R egent and Prince Leopoldof Saxe—Coburg on the death of Princess Charlotte.
D ec. 3l st. A t the Concert- room, M r. M atthews
,
the celebrated Irish Com edian,appeared in the
entertainm ent of the Union,of the English, Irish,
and Scotch characters .
Between 7000 and 8 000 lasts of Herrings taken by193 b eats.
An A ct passed to continue two form er A cts for
widening and am ending the road from Yarm outhBridge to Gorleston.
The R ev . FisherWatson,M .A . , elected m inister of
S t. George’
s Chapel , 0 11 the death of the R ev .S
.L
.
Cooper in June 0 11 A ug. 9th, 18 21, theR ev .
JohnH om fray, and A pril 16th, 18 33, the R ev .
MarkWaters, were appointed at yearly salaries of £ 100.
72 thrunnlngiml itiatnrq nf“
gummutb.A . D .
18 18— Jan. 19th. £ 6000 subscribed for aiding a plan to
extend the navigation of the R iverWaveneyfrom
Bungay to Diss by the inhabitants of Yarm outh atam eeting at the N ew Hall.March 4th. Several ships driven ashore in a heavygale from the south—east.
June l st. Miss Bryne sustained the part of A dela,at the Theatre R oyal, in the H aunted Tourer. O n
the 2nd, in L ove ina Village as R osella,
”and in
N O S ong A O S upper the part of “ Margaretta.
”
O n the 4th, R osina in R osina,and Leonora
in the Padlock. O n the 6th, Lilla in S iege
of B elgrade, and “Virginia”in Paul and Vir
gram .
June 8 th. M r. Bartley appeared at the TheatreR oyal as S ir John Falstaff in H enry IV. O n
the 9th, as Solas in E very One has H is Fault,and Michael in the Adop ted Child. O n the
11th, S ir John Falstaff in the JVIerry Wives ofl/Vindsor. O n the 13th
, as Governor H earta
in the S oldier’s D aughter.
June 19th. H on. T . W. Anson and C . E. R um bold,E sq, , returned to Parliam ent. It was a three days
’
poll, and one of the severest contests ever known inthe Borough. A nson polled 78 0 Rumbold
, 760 3E . K . Lacon, E sq . , 651 General Loftus, 612.
A ug. 3rd. M r. Blanchard appeared at the TheatreR oyal .Sept. 4th. Miss O
’
N eil appeared at the TheatreR oyal as Belvidere in Venice Preserved. O n
the 5th as Juliet in R omeo and Juliet. O n the
7th as M rs. Haller.
”
Sept . 30th. Lord Viscount A nson died in London,aged 57 and the newly- elected Member of Parliam ent succeeded to the t itle.
O ct. 3rd. S ir Edm und Lacon, Knt. , of Great Y arm outh ; Thom as Hare, E sq . , of Stow Hall ; andEdward S tracey, E sq. of Rackheath Hall, createdBaronets.
John R ennie, E sq.,engineer to the Haven Comm is
sioners, drew up a report for im prov ing the BarandHaven. On the 4 th of O ctober, 18 21, died inLondon
,aged 64 .
ct’
brnnnlngiml liifitnrq nf‘jgurmnutb. 73
A . D .
18 18— Yarm outh Savings Bank established. The deposits in18 43 am ounted to 195 . 7d. ,
belonging to2550 depositors, 67 charities and friendly societies.
N early 100 vessels building in our shipyards.
The gun- brig Havoc built in M r. Stone’s yard.
Borough Gaol enlarged and House of Correctionadded it was strengthened in 18 53. The originalbuilt in 1261.
18 19— Feb . 15th. The H on. George Anson unanim ouslyelected Mem ber of Parliam ent for the Borough
(there being no other candidate) in the room of his
brother,Lord Viscount Anson.
A pril. Velocipedes or Pedestrian Hobby- horscs usedthis year. A person could walk from eight to tenm iles an hour on them . Like the Kaleidoscopes,they proved only a nine- days
’ wonder,
”till 18 72,
when they cam e again into general use.
June 1st . M r. Thomas Sutton (as surveyor) died onthe top of the N elson Monum ent
,while giving
directions. A ged 66 years .
June i4th. M r. Edmund Kean again appeared at
the Theatre as “ Brutus,in Brutus ; and on the
15th as Mortim er in the Iron Chest.
July 18 th. M r. N . B . Palm er presented with a
piece of plate (an epergne), value 100 guineas, forhis exertions in the election and firm support of hisprinciples, which seated the H on. G. Anson and
C . E. Rumbold, E sq . , as m embers for the Borough .
Sept. 6th. The celebrated Y oung appeared at the
Theatre R oyal in H amlet.
Paxton’
s“ Picture of Great Yarm outh published
,
illustrated with engravings of public buildings.
18 20 Jan. 29th. Death of George III. ,in the 8 2nd year
of his age and 60th year of his reign. KingGeorge IV. was proclaim ed at Yarm outh withm uch cerem ony and rejoicing.
Feb . 2 8 th. Parliam ent dissolved and on the 10th
of March , after four days’
sharp contest,the H on.
George A nson and C . E . R um bold,E sq.
,were re
turned to Parliam ent for the Borough. The H on.
G. Anson polled 754 C . E . {um b old,E sq.
, 752
Lieut. General John M ichell,612 ; a nd J. H .
S tracey, E sq., 612 votes.
74. abrnnnlngirul iliifitnrq ui “
gurmnntb.
18 20— March 13th . Petition presented by E . Wodehouse,E sq .
, to the House of Comm ons from the ownersand occupiers of land in the v icinity of Yarmouth
,
praying for a repeal of theMalt- tax, and a m odified.
tax on property.
A pril 19th. Frigate Boreas, 28 guns,launched
from Messrs . Stone and Constance’s yard.
July 19th. Coronation day of George IV. at West~m inster A bbey
,which auspicious event was cele~
b rated at Yarmouth by a pub lic dinner at the
Town Hall ; bonfires, bullock roasting,
fireworks,
and other rejoicings also m arked the occasion.
A ug. 15th. A grand Musical Festival at the TownH all. The next m orning selections from the
IVIessiah were performed at S t. N icholas ’ Church ;on Wednesday at the Town Hall ; and again on
the Thursday following the entire first part of theCreation was executed at the Church, with twom iscellaneous acts selected from the R equiem ,
JlIount of O lives, Judas M accabeus, Israel in E gypt,and other esteem ed com positions . The. Church presented a very brilliant appearance from the numberof lam ps and candles with which the orchestra
(expressly built for the occasion) and the otherparts of the edifice were decorated. The principalvocalists were Miss Venes and M rs. Salm on,
Messrs. Vaughan, French Terrail, and Bellam y.
Prices : Single adm ission to St. N icholas’ Church,7s. ditto to the Town Hall, 108 . 6d. Entrance toChurch by small east door. A m ong the em inent ,
professors who aided in the festival was Lindley,the celebrated Violoncello perform er ; M r. Eager,and his principal second M r. Cooper, conducted theinstrum ental band
,and M r. Buck presided at the
organ.
A ug. 20 th. M rs. Bartley cited Collins’
Ode to the
Passions, at the Theatre R oyal .Sept. 6th. M rs. Davidson m ade her appearance at theTheatre R oyal in the Jealous Wife, as
“M rs.
O akley.
N ov . 3rd. S ir Edmund Lacon, Bart . , died at
Yarm outh , universally regretted, aged 69 years.
H e was the senior A lderman of the Borough.
(Ebrmtnlngiml Shittnrq ni “
gnrmuntb. 75
A . D .
18 20— N ov. 4th. Tremendous gale. A great number of
vessels foundered in the roadstead,and also m any
cam e ashore nearYarm outh .
18 21— D ec. 23rd. A fine newEast Indiaman, the Indian,
400 tons, totally wrecked off Yarm outh. The
crew of 20 saved . Value of ship and cargo,
Census taken. Population of Y armouth ,with Gorleston and Southtown, Housesinhabited
,398 1 inhabited by fam ilies, 4318
uninhabited, 157 building, 20 — total, 8 476.
18 22 Jan. 3l st. GeorgeIV. arrived, andhis vessel was anchored in the R oads .
July 29th. Sam uel Tolver, E sq.
, elected TownClerk . H e was succeeded by Henry Palm er
,E sq .
,
on June 5th,18 48 ; John Clowes, E sq. ,
on N ov .
26th,18 50 and Charles Cory , E sq.
,on N ov . .
9th,18 51. (See June 9th,
O ct . 14th. The R evenue cutter Ranger lost at sea.
Exported from the Port of Y arm outh— flour,
sacks barley, malt, oats,beans
,peas, rye, and
wheat, quarters.
J. Matchett,of Lakenham
,published “ The N orfolk
and N orwich R em em brancer and Vade Mecum .
”
O ct . 2l st and 22nd. Miscellaneous Concert , underthe direction of M r. Sippe, given at the Theaire
R oyal. The principal v ocalists were M rs. Salm on
and theMisses Sapis andBeale. Leader of the band,M r. Eager.
18 23 March 3rd. Sam uel Hurst , E sq . ,died at Southtown.
Exported from the Port of Y armouth— flour,sacks ; barley, m alt, oats, beans, peas, rye, and
wheat, quarters .
Messrs. Grout Co.
’
s Silk Crape Factory erected.
A dm iralty Sessions for trial of Pirates last held inY arm outh.
Porpoise found on the Beach— 7 feet long, and
weighed 4 cwt .Masonic Hall erected in the Gaol Paved R ow.
James Sayer, son of a Y armouth block - maker, a
celebrated caricaturist, and author of many satirical
poem s suitable to the political topics of the times,
died in London.
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18 24— Gas Works constructed ; enlarged in 18 62 and 18 64,and new additional works afterwards erected.
A bout five m iles of the main iron pipe were laidin the streets, and on
“
D ec. 6th the street lamps,150 in number, were first lighted.
LukeWaller died,aged 105
,
years .
The num ber of vessels of all classesregistered at theCustom House am ounted to 549 .
‘
18 25— Sept. 3rd. Miss Cranm er appeared at the TheatreR oyal, and on September 8 th M r. Chippendale.
‘
O ct . 11th. A R oman Catholic . Chapel,in George
street (the first built in the town), finished,and
consecrated by the R ev . Joseph Tate.
The mackerel brought to Y armouth realisedR iver overflowed the Quays and entered the houses
and stores .
£18 26— M ay i5th. Lord A nson and C . E. R umbold,E sq. ,
presented with the freedom of the town, and re
turned to Parliam ent June 9th. Votes— B . ,649 ;
A .,645 S ir E . K . Lacon
,250 Lord Suffield, 250.
M ay 25th. The old Crane on South‘Quay blown
down during a heavy gale of wind,and a new one
erected at a cost of £ 1400.
Mariners’ Chapel built by G. Palm er,E sq . , service
previously having been held in a vessel nam ed theA rk
,
” which fell into decay,and so becam e use
less.
Historical and Topographical N otices of GreatY arm outh and its Environs, by John HenryDruery, published . The work was dedicated tothe R ight H on. George William , Lord Stafford,Baron Stafford and Baronet
,of Costessy Park,
N orfolk .
18 27 —February 6th. Mary Welch died, aged seventythree years
,leaving 102 children and grand
children.
Body snatching discovered in St. N icholas’ Church
yard, and the town thrown into great consternation.
1 8 28— M r. Dav id S eryice, the Yarm outh poet , died.
18 29— Suspension Bridge opened. It was .made chiefly ofiron
,and thrown across the river Bure by R obert
Cory, E sq .,underthe powers of an A ct of Parliam ent
passed in the year 18 27. Bridge cost about £ 4000.
7s ebrnnnlngiml $151a ; if guaranty.
A . D .
1 8 32 A pril 17th. M i . “7m . Hazard died,aged 72 years.
M ay 27th. Messrs. Grout ’s Silk Factory bu1nt down.
Pi esent one e1ected 1n the sam e place. (SeeO ct . 11th. R ussianHornBand Concert at Town Hall.D ec. 11th. The H on. G. A nson and C . E. Rumbold,E sq .
,returned to Parliam ent
,after the passing of
the R eform Bill .
E dwaid Pellew, A dm iral Viscount Exm outh, HighSteward of the Bo1ough.
District Visiting Society established,and failed for
want of support ; b ut another attempt was madeto re- establish it A pril 10th, 18 61.
Yarmouth Glee Society gave their first concert.to 18 35— By Municipal R eform A ct
,the rest of
Gorleston parish added to Yarmouth Borough.
1 8 33— Launches : Jan. 18 th, schooner “ Cornelia M ay6th, brig
“Hudson June 12th,
schooner“ A b eona ; July 2 1st
,brig “Margaret sam e
year the barque Harm ony D ec. l 0th, schoonerFairy Queen and 12th
,brig Pioneer.
”
Bishop of N orwich inspected the plate at St.N icholas’ Church and St. George’
s Chapel .Horatio Walpole
,Earl of O rford
,High Steward of
theBorough.
18 34— Jan. 15th . Divine Service perform ed in the Chancelof St. N icholas’ Church for the first time.
Jan. 24th. Brig Pioneer,
”of Yarm outh
,stranded
near the Dungeness- light.M ay 12th . Proprietary Grammar School at Southtown opened the school cost It was dem olished in July, 18 58 , to m ake room for the
Goods Station of the East Suffolk Railway.
June l 6th. Yarmouth and Southtown Ferry opened.
Launches M ay 13th, brig A lexander June211t , schooner “ R acer Sept. 11th
,schooner
Maria ; 17th,brig Vivid ;
”and O ct. 16th,
schooner N ora Creina.
An inquiry opened at the Tolhouse Hall , before J.
H. Hogg and J. Buckle,Esqs . , two of herMajesty
’s
Comm issioners, respec ting the state of the Yar
m outh Corporation. A fter nineteen days’ inquiry,it was adjourned sine die. The evidence adducedwas published the same yearby M r.Henry Barrett.
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A . D .
18 34- A ug. l st. First Annual R oads R egatta held.
Fort rem oved.
18 35— Jan. 7th. Thomas Baring andW. M. Praed,Esqs. ,
returned to Parliament .
Jan. 23rd. Lord Walpole and E . Wodehouse,E sq .
,
returned to Parliam ent .
A pril 7th. The Baltic,” Venus,
’and VVel
lingtou,
” left the Harbor with 200 em igrants forCanada.
O ct. 6th. Sam uel Brock , a Yarm outh beachm an,
with a crew, went off in the yawl Increaseto the rescue of the crew of a Spanish ship
,about
twelve m iles from land. They reached the vessel,
and on returning (in a squall) the yawl was capsized, and nine m en were drowned . Brock
, the
only surviving one, after battling with the wavesfor seven hours, was safely taken on board thebrig “ Betsy at 1 am . the next m orning
,and put
ashore at Lowestoft.The custom of electing Mayors by an inquestabolished. They were elected previous to thisdate on September 29th.
Schem e projected for supplying the Town with FreshWater by m eans of a R eservoir on the high landsat Burgh Castle
,but unsupported.
The H on. and R ev . Edward Pellew, fourth son of
A dm iral Lord Viscount Exm outh , appointed to theincum bency of St. N icholas’ Church, on the re
signation of the R ev . M r. Turner.
The two stuffed figures representing John and BettyGob lett
,annually exhibited in front of Tolhouse
Hall, prohibited being placed there.
Capital Jurisdiction abolished .
18 36—William Barth, E sq.
,elected Mayor on January 1st
and N ovem ber 9th.
Feb . 27th. Brig Isis wrecked on the South Beach.
The History, Gazetteer, and Directory of N orfolk,
including Great Yarmouth, by M r. WilliamWhite, of Sheffield, published ; second edition in18 45.
The las t Market Cross removed.Thomas Will iam A nson, Earl of L ichfield
, H ighSteward of the Borough.
so“
ebrnnnlngirnl ital/tint; ui sitaruinutb.A . D .
18 36- Great storm , twenty - three vessels stranded on Varm outh Beach .
18 37— N ov . 12th. Captain 1Villiam W'
atts died,aged 70
vears.
D ec. 2nd. Brig Veleria launched from M r.
Lubbock’s yard.
First stone of the Wesleyan Chapel,R egent Road,
laid. The building costO n Queen Victoria
0
A scending the Throne, C ER um bold, E sq . was re- seated in Pa1liament and
the election of W. VVilshe1e,E sq.
, secured as his .
colleague.
G . D . Palm er. E sq . , appointed as aMagistrate.
18 38— A ug. 2 8 th. William Wilshere, E sq. again returned toParliam ent.
The Workhouse opened. Cost up to 18 60,about.
£ 10 000.
Sergeant JohnWright died, aged 110 years .
The last of the Town Gates (Pudding) pulled down.
Yarmouth Hospital founded, mainly through'
the oxer
t ions of and com pleted in 18 39 .
Crew of ten hands drowned from the fishing luggerWalter and A nn.
”
1 8 39— Feb . 14th. Brig Jam es of Yarmouth lost off the»
coast of Scotland.
March 7th. A trem endous hurricane, and the streetsand rows
‘wer‘
e strewn with bricks. and debris
from the roofs of houses. Much damagewas done.
Septem ber 25th. A rthur B eevor,E sq.
,died
,aged
8 2 years.
Launches 'J1m e 13th,schooner “ R ob R oy; Aug.
29th, schooner “ George Lord ; O ct . 2nd, brigElizabeth and N ov . 1l th, schooner
“S tar.
- J . Clowes, E sq ,presented with the silver m edal I
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of'
the Lifeboat A ssociation for personal exertionsrendered 1n the N ovember galeJohn W. Shelly and Wm . Johnson, Esqs. wereappointed Magistrates.
GorlestonN ational Schools erected.
1 8 41— March 22nd. First stone of the Victoria Buildings.
laid.
June 29th; E..R umbold an
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dW.
returned to Parliam ent .
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1 8 41—N ov . 18 th. The barque “ Iron Duke cam e ashore,and sunk near the Britannia Pier. The exact spotcannot b e found
,b ut som e of our oldest inhabitants
assert it was opposite the steps in front of
Britannia Terrace.
Launches March 17th, the brig N orfolkLass and M ay 24th, the barque “M aria Soanes.
R ichard Hamm ond, J. F. Costerton, E. H. L. Preston,
J . C . Sm ith, andW. Yetts,Esqs.
, were appointedasMagistrates.
S ir E . Laconand Sons endeavored to make anA rtesianwell on their prem ises, b ut an accident to the pipesafter boring 600 feet caused the undertaking to b eabandoned.
Census taken. Population, 30 males andfem ales Gorleston and Southtown m aking
an addition of 3779 — total , O f the in
habitants of Y arm outh,3340 were not born in
N orfolk , and were above twenty years of
age— 5515 m ales and 7915 females. Gorleston
co1np1ised 3201 a01cs of land, and had 6223
houses of the latte1 , 5408 were considered inY a11nouth, 164 were uninhabited, and 61 building.
Lifeboat Station fi1st established at CaisterDeaths : John Berney Crem e — A ugust 18 th
,Giles
Borrett , E sq . , M.D .
l 8 42— The present Hospital School erected on the site of theone built in 1278 .
The duties lev ied on vessels entering the Port anddischarging cargoes from the Roadstead am ountedto 178 .
Police Court , Station House, and detention cellsadded to the Town Hall.
Corn Exchange, R egent Street , attached to the Comm ercial Club - house
,openedby a company
,to whom
they both belonged. Pulleddown in January, 18 71,for the purpose of bu ilding the new Post O ffice.
l 8 43— A ug. 3rd. Children’
s Hospital School Opened after
its re- erection.
O ct . 15th. Sarah Martin, the prison visitor, died ;and in 18 58 a m em orialwindow toher mem ory was
put in S t. N icholas’ Church. She was born in
1791, at Caister, and left an orphan at anearly age.
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18 43— TheRound Towernear theHospital built ascended bya flight
,of 42 stairs. Itwas built by them erchants
and shipowners, as an observatory tower, at a costof £ 150 . It was afterwards appropriated to theuse of the Hospital.
18 44—M ay 1st. R ailway between N orwich‘
and Yarmouthopened, and the event was marked with great ,
festivity and rejoicing. Messrs. Grissell andPetocontracted for the work at per e
m ile.
Previous to this, steam packets plied twice a dayon the Yare, to and from N orwieh and Yarmouth .
O ct. Fish Market erected and opened on the site ofthe old one.
N ov . 18 th. M rs. Harriet Chandler m urdered in hershop in Howard- street by Y arham , whowas tried atN orwich on March 27th, 18 46, and executed thereon A pril 11th
D ec. i3th. Paget ’s Brewery, N orth Quay, pulleddown.
R ev . Henry Mackenzie, incumbent of Berm ondsey,appointed to the inc
'
um bencyof S t . N icholas’ Church,
but resigned in July, 18 48 , having theVicarage of
St. Martin’
s- ln- the-Fields, Westm inster,conferred
upon him . O n the 15th of February, 18 70 , theTown Council voted an address of congratulationon his being appointed Suffragan Bishop of N ot
tingham ,which was presented
o
at the Town Hall,
A pril l st. This was the first appointm ent‘
of a
Suffragan Bishop in England for 200 years.
The N aval Hospital . converted into a LunaticA sylum . The building was remodelled in 18 63,and 37 new wards added, by M r G. Tyrrell ,Eighty inm ates were received the sam e year (Sept.from H aslar, m aking a total of 169. (See
The Mackerel exported real ised this year £ 14 ,500.
Gorleston Museum ,containing many works of art
,
curiosities, antiquities, &c. ,established .
H er Majesty Queen Victoria passed through the
R oadstead, on her way from Scotland, within a
short distance of the shore. The Beach was linedwith spectators, and several pleasure boats went offclose to the R oyal yacht to testify their loyalty.
18 45—Jan. 2oth. Schooner “ John ”of Jersey stranded
on theSouthBeach.
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18 45— Jan. 26th. The yawl Phoenix and seven liveslost. Meeting convened on the 29th to relieve thewidows and orphans left destitute.
A pril l 6th. First stone of U nitarian Chapel,Middle
gate Street, laid. O pened O ctober l 3th. Buil ton the site of the O ldMeeting House.
M ay 2nd. Fall of the S uspension Bridge. 400
persons precipitated into the water,of whom 79
were drowned.
Sept. 24th. M r. Henry Teasdel’
s warehouses destroyed by fire.
Gorleston 1Vesleyan Chapel re- built.Yarm outh exported qua1ters of corn andin
18 55, quarters.
18 46 Sept. 2nd. Burgh Castle sold to SirJ. Boileau, Bart.of Ketteringham .
W. H. Palmer,W. Thurtell, J. Fenn
,B . Jay, andW.
H . Bessey, Esqs. ,were appointed Magistrates .
Lord Wodehouse, Lord Lieutenant of the County,died at Kimberley.
18 47— County Court first held at Yarm outh.
Steam er Enterprise seized for smuggling tobacco,and the engineer fined £ 100 .
The SeaWall in front of Britannia Terrace erectedby C. Cory, E sq . Cost £ 2000 .
June 17th. The schooner Ann and Jane launchedfrom M r. K ing’s yard.
July 29th. Lieutenant- Colonel A rthur Lennox andO . Coope, E sq . , returned to Parliament .
A ug. 31st. Jewish Synagogue,in R ow42
, consecrated.
N ov . 29th. Cart load of hayburnedon the Hall Quay.
Deaths : June 6th, Captain H . Barrett,ballast -mas ter.
— D ec. 24th, A dm iral S ir George Parker, K .C.B .
1 8 48 — A pril 8 th. The brig A genoria” wrecked on the
N orth Beach .
M ay 17th.— A ddress of Loyalty presented to her
Majesty by the Mayor.June 30th. A Bill brought into Parliament depriving the Freem en of Yarm outh of their votes.
The number on the R egister was Onlysuch householders as were on the R egister allowedto voteat the ensuing election
,when J. Saunders and
C . E.R iunb old, Esqs. , were returned to Parliament.
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18 48— Aug. St. N icholas’ Church re- opened after restoration.
Sept. 22nd. R ichardson’
s Rock Band Concert at theTown Hall.
O ct . 7th. M r. N orman’
s warehouse,in Blind M iddle
Street, burnt down.
Lord Fairfax, with a large retinue, arrived in the town.
Deaths Feb . 26th,at Southam pton
, Rev . H . G.
Maul, form erly curate of St. N icholas’ Church.
Sept. 1st. R ev . A lexander Creak .
— N ov . 2 0th,Jam es Gidney, E sq .
,at Southtown.
— D ec. 9th,John Lacon, E sq .
,at Hopton.
—D ec. 27th, James
N orton Sherrington, E sq.
18 49— Jan. 11th. Fishing boat “William Tell,”
of
Yarmouth (and crew), lost off N orth Foreland.
Feb . 12th. Stone coffin, containing a perfect skeletonwrapped in hem pen sackcloth, discovered in thenorth wall of S t . N icholas’ Church.
Sept. 18 th. M r. John Driscoll buried in the R oman.
Catholic Cem etery ; thiswas the first interm ent there.
N ov . 15th. General Thanksgiving D ayfor Deliverance from Cholera.
The remains of Bishop Stanley landed at the CraneQuay.
The new Bridge crossing the R iver Yare, and con
necting Southtown with Yarm outh, comm enced.
Cost including the site. tons ofstone and about 300 tons of iron were used in
the construction, the two leaves of iron weighingabout 45 tons each . (See
1 8 50—Jan. 2 8 th. Parliamentary and Financial R eformMeeting held at the Corn Hall .March 31st . Mr. Waters’ Mill burned down.
Sept. 5th. Prim itive Methodist Chapel opened. The
Schoolroom adjoining was opened O ct. 29th, 18 55 ,and cost about £ 450. (See A ug. 3rd, 18 74, and
June 22nd,Sept. St. Mary’s R omanCatholic Church com pleted.
CostSt. Peter’s N ational Schools erected.
Deaths : March 21st, William Glenister, E sq. ,archi
toot — March 24th, R ev . G. S . Barlow, rector ofBurgh— June 7th, Capt. Larke, R .N .
—July 11th,.J. Pritchard, E sq. , surgeon.
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guaranty.A .
18 53— A herring, 175» in. long by 719» in. in girth, and
weighing 13 ozs. ,caught near Yarm outh—In
N ov. ,18 70, a mackerel was caught off Yarmouth,
and presented to F. Buckland, E sq. It weighed21b s. l l oz. , length 19 inches, and girth 104 inches.
Sept. M r. Peter Coble,Mayor’s officer, died.
18 54— July 19th. First stone of the Independent Chapel,King street, laid. Building opened in June 18 55 ;cost £ 3700 including site.
18 4 licensed public- houses and 50 beer- shops inthetown.
George John Milles,Lord Sondes
,High Steward of
the Borough.
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Messrs . Gurneys’ Bank erected.
18 55— July 28 th. First number of the Yarmouth Free
Press published enlarged January 19th. 18 56 ;and nam e altered to Yarmouth Independent, June27th, 18 57.
Aug. 11th. Collision between the Dover and Calaism ail steam er Vivid and the schooner Henry,
”
of Yarm outh, by which the latterwas run down inDover Roads.
A ug. 12th. Wesleyan Reform Chapel at Caisteropened.
A ug. 20th.
~ A ffray with Militiam en. Several influential gentlemen sustained severe injuries.
A ugust . Laing’s M ap of Yarm outh published. Ittook fifteen m onths to com plete, and cost £ 600 .
(SeeMarch,Sept. 5th. Brig Venilia launched from M r.
R ust’s yard.
Sept. 25th. A ddress voted by the Town Council tothe Queen, on the fall of Sebastopol.Sept. 3oth. N ational Thanksgiving D ay for the
successful issue of the Crim ean war.
O ct . 3rd. Three French gun- boats cam e into the
Harbor.
O ct . 6th. Russian schooner “ Sampo captured byH.M.S . Tartar
,
”and brought into our harbor.
O ct . 25th. Loss of‘ the steam er Isle of Thanet off
Yarmouth,and three lives.
O ct . 26th. S ir E. H. K . Lacon, Bart., entertainedthe East N orfolk Militia at Hopton.
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l 8 55— O ct . The N ew Cemetery walled- in, and consecrated
18 56
by Bishop Spencer July l 6th,18 56. (See Sept.
7th, 18 7
N ov . 3rd. Two war- ships. PhoenixMaeander
,anchored in the R oadstead.
N ov . 28 th. Miss Fanny Kemble read Shakspeare’
s
Julius Caesar at the Corn Hall .D ec. 17th to 20th. Heavy gales fifteen vesselsdriven ashore on the Beach.
Yarm outh WaterWorks Company completed layingthe water- pipes throughout the town
,and opened
the works at O rmesby.
Deaths : Jan. 25th, R ev . L ithgoe, m inister of the
R oman Catholic Church . A pril 24th,Charles
D ay, E sq.
The'
R ev . C .
‘ Smyth,formerly a curate of St.
N icholas’ Church, ascended to the summ it of
Monte R osa and Monte Blane— The Yarm outhmackerel fishery realised a sum of and
tons of fish of all kinds were sent from thistown by rail . barrels of herrings shippedat Y armouth for foreign ports — The DeneWell,A lbion R oad, covered up, and the ancient m ode of
drawing waterreplaced byapum p,whichwas ordered
to b e removed in N ov . , 18 76, on account of theimpurity of the water.
Yarm outh Elocution Society established.
January 3oth. The N orfolk A rtillery Militia leftby rail for the camp at Colchester.
March 19th. Sarah H unnib ell attempted to set fire
to the Gaol .March. J. Laing, E sq.
, appointed Town Surveyor ofHastings
,a sim ilar office to which he had held for
several years in Y arm outh, and was succeeded by
A . W. Morant,E sq. (See A ug.
A pril l 6th. Steam - tug Robert Owen sunk at the
Haven’
s m outh.
M ay 7th. Gable end of a house near the Beachblown down in a gale
, snow and sleet falling at
the tim e. Considerable dam age done to the shipping in the R oadstead .
M ay 29th. Peace Celebration at the conclusion ofthe Russianwar.
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A . D .
18 56— M ay. The Rev . J. H. H. M cSwinney, m inister of
St. Peter’
s Church, presented with a silver salver~
before his departure for Cronstadt.July 13th. Wesleyan Free Church
,R egent Road,
opened.
Sept . 24th. First general m eeting of the directorsof the Yarmouth and Haddiscoe Railway held at
the Star Hotel.O ct. 20th. Brigantine Lizzie L ee ” launched from .
M r. J. Powell ’s yard.
O ct. 23rd. Parallax lectured at the Corn Hall,and
"
caused great excitem ent by his public discussions.
N ov . 25th. Very high tide and heavy gale.
D ec. R ev .W. D .Wade appointed to the incum bencyof St. Mary’s Church , Southtown.
Commander K isb ie, R .N .
, awarded by the N ationalLifeboat Institution a m edal for saving 90 lives.
barrels of herrings shipped at Great Yarm outh .
for foreign parts .
Marine Parade comm enced. (See March 7th,Deaths A ug. loth. Henry Hum phrey
,in the
100th year of his age—T A ug. 21st . Captain
Charles Pearson, aged 72 .
18 57— Jan. 8 th.
“Volunteer” steam - tug on fire in theHarbor.
Jan. 13th. Inauguration dinnerof the Eastern StarProvident A ssociation Friendly Society
‘
held at theCorn Hall. The society started with near 900
m em bers in twelve branches established in N orfolkand Suffolk. The first chief officers elected were—
,M r. Edward Howes, President M r. Jam es
M oughton,Vice- President M r. George Hum phrey,Treasurer ; and M r. C . W. Harrison, Secretary.
Jan. R orqual Whale, 45 feet in length, and weighing about 20 tons
,caught at Winterton, and
exhibited onWrestler’s Plain.
Feb . 6th. M r. J. B . Beales appointed Inspector of
Weights and Measures,succeeded by M r. E. D .
L outtid,who resigned the office in Jan. 18 71 and on
Feb . 27th, 18 71,M r. F.W. R obinsonwas appointed .
Feb . 20th. M an- of-war ship“
Blenheim ,
”74 guns,
anchored in the R oadstead.
Feb . 28 th. The schooner Branch ” launched).from M r. Fellows’ yard.
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18 57— March l st. The iron screw- collier Isby run '
ashore south of Caister.
March 28 th. E. Watkin andW. Torrens M cCullagh, .
Esqs .
,returned to Parliam ent for the Borough, by
a m ajority of 158 . Grand procession of the
U nited S eam en’
s A ssociation.
March . M r. George Tewsley appointed Superintendent of the Borough Police.
A pril . A fine sturgeon, a R oyal fish, caught off
Yarm outh — A mamm oth tusk picked up at sea, .
which measured 4ft. on the bend and 21m. in
girth .
M ay 15th. Thackeray, the novelist, lectured in Y arm outh Subject Georges Il l . and IV.
”
M ay 16th. Em ily Major,dressed in male attire, at
tempted to escape from Gaol .M ay 27th. Two R ussian trophies on the Hall Quaywere received at Y armouth . The Mayor applied toLord Panmure for them in June. 18 56.
June 7th. Corners tone of St. John’
s Church laid .
This building,which cost was opened Feb .
7th,18 5 8 ; and consecrated A pril 22nd
,18 58 . In
18 59, the southern aisle was added as a mem orial
to the late Miss Maurice,and opened by Bishop '
Hills before his departure for British Columbia.
June 8 th. The Bill authorising the construction of
the Britannia Pier read a third tim e and passed.
This Pier was opened by a public company,July
13th,18 58
,which has since dissolved.
A ug. 28 th. Meeting of the British A rchaeologicalA ssociation at the Town Hall.
A ug. 29th. The House of Commons decided the
election to Parliam ent of 1V. T. M cCullagh and
E. Watkin, Esqs. ,as invalid . A . 1V. Y oung and
J. Mellor,Esqs . ,
were returned to Parliam ent intheir place the next day a m onster m eeting,between and people, was held on the
Quay. E . 1Vatkin, E sq .
, was drawn in a carriageby m en, by m eans of a rope attached to it
,from
the Railway Station round the town.
Sept . 15th . Two Prize Fights took place on the
banks of the Y are,between Batson and Slack
,and.
Stamp and Turner.
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1 8 57— Sept 18 th. Meeting at the Town Hall on theIndian Mutinies ; £ 233 17s. subscribed in theroom for the sufferers.
Sep. 24th. O rgan at St. Peter’s Church opened. Itwasbuilt by Messrs. Bishop and Starr
, at a cost of £ 400.
Sept. 30th. D ay of N ational Fasting and Hum iliation.
O ct. 14th. Dinner given to S ir E. H. K . Lacon,
Bart. , at theTown Hall.O ct . 22nd. Loss of the (es )
“ Ontario and 24of her crew, on the Barber Sand. A dreadfulgaleand great destruction to the shipping.
O ct. 29th. Dem onstration of the Liberal party atthe Town Hall .
O ct . Government Schools of A rt and N avigationestablished, mainly through the exertions of theR ev . J. B. Bampton.
-Exhibitions of Paintings,&c. , held at these schools in 18 60. These schoolsoccupy part of a Mansion formerly the residenceof the Paget fam ily.
N ov . 17th. T. P. Burroughs,E sq. ,
passed hisexam ination for adm ission as Solicitor.
D ec. 4th. The steamship Rapid ”sunk ; and
M ay, 18 58 , divers wereemployed to raisesome of herstores.
318 58— Jan. 11th. Testimonial, consisting of a splendid teaand coffee service
,with an oval 24- inch waiter,
weighing 203 ozs. ,presented to B. Fenn
,E sq.
, bythe Fishermen
’
s Provident Society.
Feb . 11th. An A ddress voted by the Town Councilto her Majesty on the marriage of H .R .H . the
Princess R oyal to H R .H. Prince FrederickWilliamof Prussia.
Feb . 11th. The Town Battery ordered to b e re
m oved. The materials were sold by auction on
N cv . 30th, and realised £ 8 4 123.
Feb . The,Lord Chancellor appointed six (out of
fifteen candidates)newMagistrates for the Borough ,viz. , P. Pullyn, D . A . Gourlay, F. Palm er, W. T.
Clarke, J. Barker, and J. Owles, Esqs.
March 8 th. The FermanaghLight Infantry Militia
(345 rank and file) commandedby Lord Enniskillenand the H on. 8 . Crichton
,arrived in Yarm outh
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guaranty. 91
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1 8 58— March 14th. The Frederica, 420 tons registerand 600 tons burthen,
launched from M r. T.
Branford’
s yard. Between and personswitnessed the sight
A pril 15th. Collision between the E rnestide
and the Prussian ship “ Thomas ”off Yarm outh.
The form er foundered.
A pril 22nd. S t . John’
s Church consecrated, and in thesam e m onth the stone pulpit and the comm unionplate at this church were bought out of the pro
ceeds of sale of the book S tory of Sam uelBrock.
”The Church was opened Feb . 7th eu
larged in 18 59 and 18 66, and again in 18 68 .
M ay4 th. R iot at Southtown between the FermanaghMilitia and som e coalheavers .
M ay 19th. The brig N 11 D esperandum ,300 tons
register and over 500 tons burthen,launched from
M r. J. Rust’s yard. Thousands of persons witnessed the sight.
M ay 26th. The Corn Exchange, R egent Street, soldto R . Steward
,E sq.
,for £ 1540 and in 18 70 was
purchased by Government for the N ew Post andTelegraph O ffices, &c.
June l 0th. S ir E. N . Buxton, M .P. ,died at
Crom er, aged 46 years.
June 15th. Congratulatory address voted by the TownCouncil to J. Paget
,E sq. , on his appointm ent as
Surgeon- Extraordinary to herMajesty the Queen.
June 2oth. Dawson Turner,E sq., M .A . ,
F&c. , died at Brompton
,aged 8 3 years. Few
indiv iduals have been m ore distinguished byliterary honors, either foreign or domestic
,than this
gentleman. H e was born O ctober, 1775 , at Y arm outh
,where his father was a banker. H e was
educatedat the Grammar School at N orthWalsham ,
and entered Pem broke College,Cam bridge, in
1793. A t his father’s decease he becam e a partnerin the firm of Messrs . Gurneys and Co. ,
and
m anaged the Y arm outh bank . H e m arried the
daughter of the late “lilliam Palgrave, E sq . , of
Coltishall . H is library,com prising volum es,
was sold by auction on the 24th N ovember,18 58 ,
and his will was sworn under personalty.
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18 58— July 4th. R ev . William Tritton, of Cambridge,
preached his first sermon at the Independent .
Chapel.July 13th. Britannia Pier opened. D e
’
jeuner givenin the afternoon on the Pier to the shareholdersand their friends, 150 in number. The construc
tion cost aboutJuly l 6th. Grand Procession of the Freemasons toand from S t. N icholas’ Church to the Town Hall ,where about 125 gentlem en sat down to an ex
cellent dinner.
July 20th. N ottingham O rder of O ddfellows openeda new Court in Middlegate- street, andnext daywaspublicly comm em orated by a procession throughthe town
,headed by H ulley
’
s Saxhorn Band.
July. Fifty- seven invalids,m ostly Indian sufferers,
arrived at the Military Hospital on the SouthDenes from Chatham .
A ug. 26th. The N orfolk Hotel,South Beach, sold
by auction to Messrs. Hills U nde1wood for
A ug. 30th. G. Wells Holt, E sq. , Magistrates’ Clerk,
tendered his resignation to the Magistrates. H e
ably filled the office for .over twenty two years .
H is sonWilliam succeeded to the office, to whoma dinnerwas given at the Crown and A nchor on
O ctober 4th.
Sept. 2nd. R iot in Charlotte Street and Broad R owwith the Fermanagh Militia. Tradesm en obliged
to close their shops.
Sept . 4th. R oyal yacht Grille, belonging to the
King of Prussia, arrived in the Harbor, under thecommand of Captain Baron Bothwell , She was
400 tons burthen, and her engines, 160 nom inalhorse- power
,could b e worked up to 8 00. Built .
of m ahogany throughout, by N orman of Havre, at
a cost of
Sept. 8 th. TWO Prussian frigates,“ Thetis and
Gefion,” under the command of the High A dm iral
Prince A dalbert, arrived in the R oadstead.
Sept. 23rd. The Louth R ifles, under the command .
of S ir John R obinson, and comprising 500 m en.
and 24 officers,arrived in Yarmouth.
94 attrmmlngiml t itans ui‘
gtrmnutt.A . n.
18 58— Deaths Jan. 17th, Rev . J. Pike,the m uch- esteemed.
m inister of _the Independent Chapel, Gorleston, .
died directly after leaving thepulpit, where heofficiated in the service— March 4th, Sir Eton S .
Travers, aged 69 years — March 15th,M r. S . V.
M oore, a respected mem ber of the Town Council.18 59 —Jan. 1st . Sailors’ Hom e established. Its com pletion
on Feb . 2nd was celebrated by a tea given to alarge party of beachmen and their wives at the
N orfolk .Hotel. The Hom e- cost about
Jan. 12th. M r. James Buddrell, master of the fish
ing vessel Hosannah , presented with a first - classsilverm edal and diploma from the Emperor of theFrench for saving the lives of eleven m en, the crewof the French brig “ L a Prosp
'
ere,”off Hasbro’
.
Jan. 12th. The Queen constituted the Colonies ofBritish Colum bia andVancouver’s Island to b e a.Bishop’s See, and appointed the R ev . Geo. Hills,D .D .
,to be ordained and consecrated Bishop of it.
This ceremony was performed at Westm insterA bbey by the Archbishop of Canterbury and theBishops of N orwich and O xford, on Feb . 24th.
In-Ja'
n. D r. Hill s was presented with a handsomecomm union service by the m embers of his congre
gation, and on the 26th of M aywas presented at
the Town Hall with a testim onial,value £ 400,as
a token of esteem . H e reached his new diocese inMarch
,18 60, but returned again uponavisit in 18 63.
Jan17th. TheR ev . H. Hitcham died, aged 40 years.
Jan. 19th. The sloop “ Eliza” launched from M r.
J. R ust’s yard.
Feb . l 0th. An A ddress voted by the Town Councilto her Majesty on the birth of a grandson, heir tothe Throne of Prussia.
Feb . 17th. Cuthbert Collingwood Hall, E sq. , of
Beach H ouse, . on the Marine Parade, died at hisseat, Collingwood Court, nearWindsor. M r. Hallwas one of the earliest advocates of ourMarineParade, and gave £ 50 towards its construction.
H e married the grand- daughter and cc- heiress of
the celebrated A dm iral Cuthbert Lord Collingwood,who commanded at Trafalgar after Lord N elsonreceived his death wound
(fibrnnnlngiml lamina} ui“figurmnnflj . 95 .
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18 59— Feb . 20th. The reading- in cerem ony and firstsermon preached by the R ev . H. R . N evill at S t .
N icholas’ Church. The text chosen was I Cor. ,
ii,
1 and 2 verses .
Feb . Portrait of Lord Sondes, High Steward of theBorough , placed in the Town Hall.March 17th. St. Patrick ’
s D ay was ushered in at
break of day by the band of the Louth R iflesplaying through our streets the Irish air dedicatedto the patron saint .March 21st. East Suffolk Railway Bill read a thirdtime in the House of Comm ons and passed. The
line was opened on the 2md of June.
A pril 5th. E. W. Watkin and A . W. Young, Esqs.,
addressed a large m eeting of between 2000 and
3000 persons on the Hall Quay and ag ain on the
15th.
A pril 13th to 16th. Charles Stratton, comm onlyknown as General Tom Thum b,
” with a company,
gave an entertainment at the Theatre.
A pril 19th. The A thelstan” launched from Messrs.
Fellows ’ yard. This fine vessel was commandedby Captain John Bracey, of Yarm outh .
A pril 29th. S ir E . H. K . Lacon, Bart. , and S ir
Henry J. S tracey, Bart. , returned to Parliam ent.Votes— L ,
693; S . , 6535Watkin, 568 ;Young, 537.
M ay 12th. Cardinal Wiseman,accompanied by Lord
Stalford and a party of friends,paid a visit to
Yarm outh .
M ay 26th. Thehouse of M r. Bradnum,at Gorleston
,.
struck by lightning, the fluid knocking a chimney
pot through the roof, smashing the windows andfram es, and doing other damage.
M ay 27th. First m eeting, called by the Mayor at
the Town H all, respecting the enrolm ent of R ifleVolunteers at Yarmouth.
June 7th. Miss Ann Turner, daughter of the lateDawson Turner, E sq.
, presented the Town Councilwith seventeen rolls, &c. ,
relative to the history ofYarm outh.
July 11th. Eighty invalids, m ostly Indian sufferers,arrived at the Military Hospital on the South.
Denes from Chatham .
as (fibrnunlngiml 33mm; _ui «figuranntb.
A . n.
1 8 59— July. The schooner “ A lma” brought to Yarm outhnine
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68 and one 54 - pounder gunsD
from Woolwichfor the N orth and newly- restored South Batteries.
The R oyal A l tillery finished mounting them on
the 24th of A ugust,and returned to
tD
Woolwichthe next day. There are now six guns m ountedon each battery, nam ely, three 8 2, two 68 , and onelong 24- pounders, some of them weighing as m uchas five tons.
July. B. Dowson and F. Worship,Esqs. , appointed
Deputy- Lieutenants of the County.
A ug. 12th. The fine vessel Himalaya,375 ft. in
length, with her saloon of 100 ft .
,brought a
portion of the Donegal Militia to Yarmouth, who
were landed by the steam - tug“ R obert O wen ”
at
the Barrack Wharf and on t he 14th the vesselleft, having previously embarked the Louth Riflesfor Preston.
Sept. l st . A ppointm ent of officers“
for the R ifleVolunteers, and the services of the men acceptedby Governm ent.Sept. 7th R ev .W. Griffiths
,M.A
,m inisterof theCon
gregational body, ordained at theKing- street Chapel.Sept. 12th . Fire at M r. S . Ives’ prem ises, inHowardstreet estimated damage
, £ 150 . A nother fire
originated at the same place on June 5th, 18 67,
doing damage to the amount of £ 600 .
Sept. 26th. C . P. Melly, E sq.,of Liverpool, contri
buted a Mural Drinking Fountain for theBorough.
R . Steward, E sq.
,contributed one in N ovem ber.
Sept. 28 th. Services of the A rtillery VolunteerCorps accepted by Governm ent, and the appointment of officers confirm ed.
Sept. Water supplied by the Yarmouth WaterWorks Company to the inhabitants of Southtown.
O ct. 8 th. R iot in K ing- street with four of the
Donegal Militia, one of whom when in custody atthePolice Stationattempted to set fire tohis cell, anda melée took place before it could b e extinguished.
O ct. 25th. Violent gale, fourteen lives lost off thiscoast, and thirty shipwrecked seamen lodged at theSailors’ Hom e. A sloop driven through the
Britannia Pier and severed it in two.
9 8 thrannlngiml 3am nf figunnnrtb.A . D .
18 60— Jan. 31st. The R ecorder, N . Palmer
,E sq. , narrowly
escaped a railway accident at Wymondham,while
crossing the line.
Jan. F. Palm er, E sq.
, appointed hon. surgeon to theR ifleVolunteer Corps.
Feb . 2nd. The fishing lugger “ Paymaster,belong:
ing to M r. B . Fenn, sailed from Yarmouth to Portsm outh, a distance of 240 m iles
,in twenty- three
hours.
Feb . 14th. A detachm ent of the Donegal Militia
(159 m en and 3 officers) left Y arm outh for
Deptford.
Feb . l 6th. The prem ises of Messrs . Bullim ore,
West, and Todd, coachbuilders, carpenters, &c.,
destroyed by fire.
Feb . 17th. The fishing smack “ John Bull ” drivenon Yarm outh beach in a gale. The crew of five
were taken out of the rigging by a lifeboat crew,
and all saved except one b oy. George Milligan,
one of the beachm en,at the risk of his own life
and under great difficulty, bravely rescued a helpless m anwhowas lashed to the rigging. In March
,
he and Captain T. Davies, R .N . , inspecting com
mander of the Yarm outh Coastguards, receivedsilver medals for their bravery on this occasion, andthe lifeboat crew £ 24 .
Feb . 24th. Enquiry opened in the House of Comm ons upon the petition against the return of Sir
E. Lacon and Sir H. S tracey, Bart. as M .P.s for
the Borough. A fter seven days investigation,the Chairman of the Comm ittee announced ‘ themas duly elected.
Feb . 28 th. A tremendous hurricane, which for
about half- an- hour in the afternoon raged with the
greatest f-ury, t he pressure per square foot being30 lb s. The like not known before for
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manyyears.
In 18 39 it reached only 28 lb s.
Feb . A beautiful silver epergne,of Eastern design,
representing a giraffe feeding under a palm tree,
presented to the Rev . J. B . Bam pton on his leavingYarm outh for Dover, by the supporters and
students of the Yarm outh Governm ent School ofArt and N avigation, as a token of esteem .
ebrnrnlngirul Tartan] ui ajnrmnntb. 99
a. n.
l SGO—‘
March 7th. A t a L evee at S t . Jam es’ Palace, Cap
tains S . C . Marsh andW. J. Foreman ; LieutenantA . W. Morant and D r
,Stephenson
,of the l st
N orfolk A rtillery Volunteers ; and Captain J. H.
O rde, Lieutenant E. P. Y ouell, EnsignJ . Tom linson,and H on - A ssistant SurgeonF. Palmer
,2nd N orfolk
R ifle Volunteers, were introduced to her Majestyby the Earl of Leicester, Lord Lieutenant of theCounty.
March 13th. A new fishing smack ,“Harriet Todd
,
belonging to M r. T. Todd, launched from M r.
Sym onds’ yard. M r. Todd lost the smackViper,
”and had three others damaged, in the
gale of the 20th N ovember, 18 61.
March . The brave crew of the Gorleston LifeboatRanger ”
awarded the sum of £ 233 by the
owner of the brig “Martin Luther,for assisting
his vessel into Harbor during the hurricanes of
February 28 th.
March. Petition sent to the House of Comm ons
for total abolit ion of Church - rates also a petitionto suppress Bribery by a condign punishm ent uponall guilty of the practice. The latterwas signedby 230 electors, and presented to the House on the24 th instant , by J . M ellm
,E sq.
,M .P.
March. Loss of the Y arm outh fishing smack“ Em erald,
”and seven hands
,about twenty m iles
east of the Lem an and Ower Sands .
A pril 6th. A rtillery and R ifle Volunteers’ firstdemonstration on the South Denes.
A pril l 0th. Conservative Banquet at the Theatre.
The entire pit was boarded over on a level withthe stage
,where the tab les were arranged ; and a
m ilitary band played in the gallery. A m arquee
was erected on the plain as a reception- room .
A pril 23rd. First stone of the Gorleston MethodistN ew Connexion Chapel laid. Building cost £ 250.
It was opened July 22nd.
M ay 17th. The barque “ Caroline launched,after
being repaired at an outlay of £ 5000,from M r.
Powell ’s yard. The band of the Donegal Militiaplayed “ Rule Britannia as she glided off the
incline.
100 (tbrnrnlngiml Iiifiinrq nf ‘fignrmnntb.A . D .
18 60—M ay 28 th. Fearful gale and loss of life at sea
eight vessels— brigs,schooners, and a barge— lost
on S crobyand in the CockleGat , with their crewsalso 14 fishing vessels and 156 m en and boys, lostoff Yarm outh . Eight boats were sent out insearch of those m issing, but returned um
successful . The appeal to the town and nation on
behalf of 50 widows and 160 orphans left destituteresulted in the handsom e sum -of H er
Majesty and Prince Consort headed the list with£ 100 each. Six bronzemedals were forwarded inJuly, 18 61, by the Board of Trade, to the crew of
the smack G1hon belonging to_
M r. T . Todd,
for rescuing the crew of a Prussian barque. The
Gihon ”and all hands were lost in D ec. 18 63.
In the form er gale the north- east pinnacle of St.Peter’s Church fell over the nave and crushedthrough the roof into the organ gallery
,the organ
narrowly escaping. Damage estimated at £ 250 .
June 5th. G. S . Harcourt, E sq. , resigned the Secretaryship of the Sailors
’ Hom e owing to ill health .
June 30th. The Channel Fleet of thirteen vessels,having in all 937 guns, under the command of Sir
C . Freemantle, anchored in theRoadstead, andcomprised the R oyal A lbert,
”121 guns ; Donegal
,
”
101 ;“Edgar,
”91 ;
“A boukir,
”91 ° “Conqueror,
101 “Trafalgar,91 ; Centurion, 91 ;
“Al giers,
91 “Mars,
”8 0 ;
“Mersey,”40 ;
“Diadem,
”32
also the Greyhound ” corvette, and“ Locust.
July 9th. Procession through the town of the Foresters andMembers of the Eastern Star ProvidentA ssociation to theVictoria Gardens; where a galawas given.
July 18 th. Sir Sam uel Mort on Peto presented witha superb china dessert service, and an elaboratelyworked plateau epergne candelabrum and otherplate
,value about £ 2000, by 300,
subscribers, as atoken of regard and obligation to him in makingthe East Suffolk R ailway.
July 24th. Prince of Wales’ Own Donegal Militia,under the command of Lieut. - Colonel Lord ClaudeE . Ham ilton, left Yarmouth for Ireland, afterstaying twelvem onths.
102 t hrnrnlflgirul Mann] nf figurmnnflj .A . n.
18 61— Jan. 6th to 1 l th. Colder weather than has been‘
experienced inYarm outh within living m emory.
Jan. 15th. Meeting at the Town Hall for the reliefof the Poor in the Town £ 330 subscribed in the
room .
A pril 8 th. Census taken. The returns were as
follow —Populat ion of Yarm outh, m ales ;
females Gorleston and Southtown,
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2029 m ales 2456 fem ales— 44 8 5. Housesinhabited in Yarm outh, 68 61 uninhabited, 239building, 73 ; inhab ited in Gorleston and Southtown, 975.
A pril l 3th. A detachm ent of the R oyal A rtillery,com prising 403 men
, officers included, with 15
wom en and 19 children,arrived at the A rm oury
from Woolwich .
A pril 24th. The barque “ Harmony, 300 tonsregister, or about 450 burthen
,launched from M r.
H . Fellows’ yard, after which .a religious servicewas held on board. She was built for carryingMissionaries to Labrador, andwas the second built .
by M r. Fellows for the Moravian Mission, the one
built in 18 33 being of the sam e nam e.
M ay 2oth and 21st . R iot in the town between theR oyal A rtillery and the E. N . Milit ia. A bout .
100.
m en,arm ed with sabres, broke out of the
Armoury, and rushed down the road towards thebridge like wild men
,where several hundred
civilians had congregated, but who fled before thesoldiers, spreading terror in the neighborhood.
Tradesm en had to close their shops.
M ay 24th. Gable- end of a three- storey house, built .
on the site of the Convent of Blackfriars, in.
Friar’s Lane, fell out from top to bottom .
M ay 29th. The Rev . Jam es Tann,fourteen years
Pastor of the Particular'
Baptists of this town, died .
June 18 th. Storm y m eeting at the Town Hallrespecting the election of a Vestry Clerk . The
four following days a poll was taken, whichresulted in the return of M r. S. B. Cory by a
m ajority of 233 votes.
“ Cory,8 56 M r. C . H . .
Chamberlin, 623. M r. Cory died in O ct . 18 76
(See A ugust 16th, 18 61, and N ovember,
itbrnxinlngiml flirting"
at fi
gurmnnth. 103
a . n.
18 61— June 23rd. R ev . H . Squire, U nitarian Minister ofthis town, term inated thirty years
’ Ministry. O n
A ugust 5 th, he was presented with a silver inkstand
,value £ 30 , by the m embers of the congre
gation. H e died inLondon, August , 18 69 , aged 62 .
June 30th. Com et first seen in Y armouth. Its
brightness and length of tail rivalled D onati’s,which appeared in 18 58 .
June. Mons. A . A . D esfougerais appointedas FrenchMaritim e Consul and A gent in Yarm outh
,by the
French Governm ent .
June. M r. Frederick Danby Palm er, son of F.
Palm er,E sq.
,surgeon
,passed legal exam ination in
honors,he being the first local candidate who
obtained that distinction.
June. Lieutenant E. Leeds, R .A . , instructor to the
A rtillery Volunteers,presented by the officers and
m en of the corps with a gold watch and chain, asa m em ento of their esteem .
July 6th. S ir Francis Palgrave, K .H . ,Deputy
Keeper of her Majesty’s R ecords, died, aged 72
years . H e married the daughter of the lateDawson Turner
, E sq. , of Y arm outh,and was
Knighted in 18 32 for his serv ices and attentionto Constitutional andParliam entary literature.
July. M r. George Tyrrell,builder
,of Southtown,
received the Go vernm ent contract for altering andre constructing the R edoubt at Harwich. In M ay,18 62
,he also obtained the Governm ent contract
for the erection of a Fort at Bembridge Town,
Isle of “right, at an outlay of aboutA ug. 16th. Purse of £ 70 presented to M r. S . B. Cory
,
the newly - appointedVestry Clerk. (See June 18 th).A ug.
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Jurkish Baths on R egent R oad established,
b ut were not in existence many m onths.
A ug. M r. J. S . Cobb passed his exam ination at the
R oyal College of Surgeons,and obtained his
diploma as adental surgeon.
Sept . 1st . M r. F. IV. R olfe played his openingserv ice at S t . Peter’s Church, and received hisappointment as organist . In N ov .
, 18 70 , he was
presented with a purse of £ 11 b y the m em bers ofthe S t . Peter
’
s Musical A ssociation.
104 t hrunnlngirul ram; nf agurmnutt.A . n.
l 8 61— Sept. 12th. Yarm outh and other N orfolk Volunteersreviewed at the Earl of Leicester’s Park at
Holkham .
O ct. 26th. Alarm ing fire at M r. J. Self’s fish storehouse and drying- rooms
,in R ow 145. E stimated
damage, £ 400. A nd on N ov . 25th, M r. T. W.
Downing’s fish- stores damage, £ 200 .
N ov . 2nd and 3rd. Heavy gale and great loss of lifeand property ; nineteen shipwrecked seam en re
ceived at the Hom e the previous ten days, fortyfour.
N ov . 2 1st. N ew Lifeboat sent to Yarmouth by theN ational Inst itution.
N ov . 26th. A Site on the South Denes, for erectingan Iron Mission Church and Schools, granted bythe Town Council to the R ev . H. R . N evill . The
Church was opened for Service on March 4th,18 62. Cost, £ 500 . (See M ay 26th,
N ov . 28 th. A rtillery Volunteers’ First Distributionof Prizes and Presentation of eight Saluting Flags,which cost £ 14, the gift of fifty lady subscribers,took place at the Corn Hall .
N cv . The fishing- lugger Triumph , of Yarm outh,
lost in a gale in the N orth Sea, and eleven hands,principally belonging to Sherringham . M r. J. W.
D e Caux, assisted by the Mayor (R . Steward,E sq ), collected £ 52 13s. for the widows and
orphans.
N ov . The R ev . Hezekiah Martin, B .A . , Curate of
Caister Church, presented by the parishioners witha silver salver as a tribute of esteem .
D ec. 14th. E .R .H . the Prince Consort died, aged4 2. During the ensuing week all outward m anifestations of sorrow were paid in Yarm outh to thedeceased Prince— shops were partly closed, flagsraised half-mast, m ourning uniform worn byvolanteers, &c. O n the 23rd theTown Council adopteda vote of condolence to herMajesty.
D ec. The R ev . F. C . Skey, late Curate of St.N icholas
’ Church, appointed Minor CanonBristol Cathedral. A gold pencil case was presented to him (D ec. 19th) by the scholars and
teachers of St. Peter’s School.
106 thrunnlngiml 113mm nf i
gurmnrib.A . D .
18 62— June 19th. R eview of the Eastern Counties Volunteers at Yarm outh. N 0 less than spectatorsfrom all quarters of the country assembled on the
South Denes to witness the rev iew,which -was of
the grandest description. A dinnerwas afterwardsgiven to the Volunteers and about 250
other guests , on the St. George’s Denes , whichpassed off
.
adm irably. Purveyor, M r. J. Franklin,
Crown and A nchor. The cost to the town wasabout £ 530 .
July 9th. Blondin,the N iagara rope-walker, ap
peared at the Victoria Gardens.
July 16th. Caister lifeboat , while lying on CaisterBeach
,was struck by lightning during a heavy
thunderstorm .
July. H . R . Harm er, E sq. ,solicitor, appointed a
Comm issioner to A dm inister O aths in A dmiral ty.
A ugust 19th. Sir E. Lacon assum ed the commandof the A rtillery Volunteer Corps on the resignationof Major S . C . Marsh .
Sept . 12th. Grand fete of N orfolk Volunteers at
Crown Point,N orwich .
O ct . 8 th. The R ev . C . H . Spurgeon preached at the
Wesleyan Chapel .O ct . 2oth. Fearful gale. A bout 1000 vessels shelteredin the R oadstead. Five others were reported tohave gone down on the Sands with their crews.
N cv . 2 l st . Publicm eeting at theTown Hall , forraisinga fund to relieve the distressed Lancashire operatives . £ 160 was subscribed in the room .
N ov . The Trustees of the Municipal Charitiesreceived the sanction of the Charity Comm issionersto erect a Gramm ar School at Y armouth, which wasbuilt and opened July 29th,
18 63.
D ec. 20th. High tide. O n the Southtown R oadthe waterwas a foot deep , and many parts of the
town were inundated. The tide was higher thanthat recorded in 18 16. M r. T. W. Downing lostthe smack Gem in the gale.
D ec. 22nd. The brig L otus ” launched from M r.
J. W . R ust’s yard. Dim ensions— length, 103 feetbreadth
,24 feet ; depth, 24 feet burthen, 258
tons.
Gtrnnnlugiral lining ui“
garment. 107
a. n.
18 62— Deaths : Feb . 27th, the R ev . Thom as C . Clowes, .form erly Incum bent of S t. Mary’s Church, and.
HeadMaster of the Proprietary Gramm ar School,Southtown
,at A shbocking Vicarage, aged 61.
March 20th,M r. H enry Danby Palm er, third son
of George Danby Palm er, E sq. , aged 47 years.
N ov . 12th, N athaniel B. Palm er,E sq .
,aged 37.
18 63— Jan. l st A ssem bly R oom s O pened by a company.
O n Feb . 13th, 18 70 , the Billiard R oom s weredestroyed by fire. £ 700 damage.
Jan. 20th. The smack “ Baron Campbell,belong
ing to M r. Y axley,foundered in a heavy gale. The
crew, after battling with the fury of the waves for'
thirteen hours, and being nearly exhausted at the
pumps, were gallantly rescued by the crew of the
smack Greyhound.
March l 0th. Marriage of Prince A lbert Edwardwith Princess A lexandra of D enmark, at Windsor.
The display of enthusiasm at Y arm outh somewhat ,resem bled the Volunteer R ev iew of June 19th
,
18 62,with this difference— the town in the even
ing was brilliantly illum inated, and a display offireworks took place in theMarket Place. N early600 Volunteers were entertained by S ir E . Laconto a sum ptuous repast at his stores on the N orthQuay. 4669 school children were regaled with atea at the town’
s expense,which
,with all other
expenses,incurred an outlay of £ 259 . The sub
scriptions am ounted to £ 322.
March 19th. The Y arm outh Gas Bill Clauses toincorporate the Company
,and make fur ther pro
visions for lighting the town,were agreed to by a
Comm ittee of the House of Comm ons . The Billwas read a third tim e, and passedMarch 23rd.
March . The R ev . John Beazer ordained as Deaconby the Bishop of Tasmania.
A pril 18 th. A very fine otter captured on the HallQuay.
A pril . The R oyal Marriage Celebration Comm it teepresented R . Steward
,E sq. ,
and Capt . W. J.
Foreman with a sil ver m edal as a souvenir of the
eventful occasion,and in recognition of their‘
valuable services .
.108 (tbrnnnlngiml iiirinrq ri “
guaranty._ A . n.
18 63— M ay 12th. Sardinian barque Mississippi, with1000 tons of cargo
,sprung a leak andwas beached,
but got off again by the Gorleston boatmen for
£ 300, when (on the 16th) she stranded on the
Bar. In June she was dry- docked in the yard of
Messrs. Fellows and Sons.
M ay 26th. Charles Marsh,a nigger acrobat, went
up the N elson Monument, got outside
,and after
clambering up the caryatides to the figure of
Britannia, perform ed som e of his gambols, butaccidentally m issing his footing
,fell headlong
from the trident to the ground,a distance of 140
feet,andwas killed.
M ay 31st. First service for the ordaining of priestsand deacons held at S t . N icholas ’ Church by theBishop of N orwich. Five ordained as deacons andfour as priests .
June 17th. The N orfolk A gricul tural Society heldtheir Annual Show of Stock and Im plem ents forthe first time at Yarm outh. The prizes offeredwere £ 558 in m oney
,£ 53 in silver m edals
,and
£ 37 in four silver cups .
June 24th. Bishop Hills returned to England upona visit from British Colum bia, and preached at St.N icholas’ Church
,A ugu st l 6th.
June 25th. M r. N . Clowes, Secretary to the YoungMen
’
s A ssociation, was presented with R outledge’s Edition of the Poets (19 vols ), as a markof esteem .
June 25th. The Yarm outh Gas Bill read a thirdtim e and passed, and received R oyal assent June29th.
June. David Falcke, Jam es Scott, and WilliamBriggs, Esqs . ,
were approved as Magistrates by theLord Chancellor.
July 1st . The barque “ Egbert,
”400 tons burthen,
launched from Messrs. Fellows and Sons’ yard ;commanded by Captain Bevon.
July 6th. Two m en accidently killed by the fallingof a hatchway belonging to the wherry R igby,
”
while at Burgh Water Frolic with a freight of90 or 100 pleasure- seekers
,many of whom were
precipitated into the water.
110 thinnnlngiral iiirtnrrif gamma.
A . n.
18 63— N ov . l 6th. The R oyal S ea Fisheries Comm issionersheld an inquiry at the Sailors’ Home.
N ov . 2oth. Destructive fire at the farm of M r. J.
Hamm ond,at Gorleston.
N ov . 21st. M r. Robert Hales , the N orfolk Giant,
died in Yarm outh,aged 43 years. H e was born
at West Som erton, M ay 2nd, 18 20. In the prim e
of life his height was 7ft . Gin,and he weighed 33
stone. H e m easured round the chest 64in.,waist
62in.,thigh 36in. ,
calf of leg 2l in.,across the
shoulders 36in. H 1s father was 6ft. Gin , and
m other 6ft . in height. H is brothers averaged 6ft.5in.
,and sisters 6ft . 3in.
N ov . 29th. R ear- Adm iral S ir J . H . Plumridge,died at Hopton. H ewas distinguished for
many gallant services in Egypt, Denmark , Genoa,and Bomarsund. H e was Knighted in 18 55.
N ov . 30th. M r. H . Penks presented with a silverwatch and chain, and a book
,as a mark '
of
esteem and appreciation of his efficient servicesas organist, by the congregation of St . John’
s
Mission R oom .
N ov . The R ev . W. T. Harrison presented with a'
handsom epocket'communion serv ice.
N cv . The lifeboat “ Friend of all N ations launchedfrom M r. Critton
’
s yard . Cost nearly £ 400 .
D ec. 3rd. Furious gale (m oredisastrous than recordedM ay28 th, attended with loss of 17 smacks,2 schooners, and 1 brig, belonging to .Yarm outh,and all their crews also seven other vessels lost offthe coast . The total num ber of lives lost was 145m en and .boys, leav ing 73 widows and 110 orphanchildren. H er Majesty’s gunboat Ruby,
”one of
the vessels despatched from the Humber to searchfor the m issing smacks, was lost on Texel Beach .
O n the 21st, the Government sent from Sheernessthe steamer
“ Medusa (8 00 tons) to search theN orth Sea for m issing smacks, b ut she returnedunsuccessful . O n the 28 th a m eeting was convenedat the Town H all by the Mayor, for relievingthe sufferers , £ 222 being subscribed in the room ,
which , with other subscriptions, amounted to nearly£ 2000
,herMajesty heading the list with £ 100 .
dbrurnlngirul Maine; at agarmnrtb. 111
A . D .
18 63— D ec. 8 th. Case of arbitration at the Town Hallbetween the Corporation and the Gas Com pany as
to the value of square yards of land forbuilding the new Gas Works . The Corporationdemanded b ut the arbitrator (M r. R odwell
,
Q .C .) awarded 15s.
D ec. 14th. The schooner “ Spray on fire, andwas
run ashorenear theWellington Pier. Shewas ladenwith deals
,coal, and coke valued at about £ 700.
D ec. l 6th. O wing to the death of Major S . C .
Marsh on A ug. 30th, the A rtillery Volunteerspresented his fam ily with a solid silver workingm odel of a field piece, with a m iniature officer at
the trail end,the whole standing on a chased silver
plateau and an ebony stand, as a m em ento of M r.
Marsh ’
s connection with the Corps .
D ec. 17th. Conversazione at the Public Library,
m any objects of interest exhibited .
Great Yarm outh Building Society established.
Deaths : March 25th, Wm . Yetts,E sq.
, J .P. , aged67.
— A pril 6th,John S . Coxon, E sq.
,who held the
office of Post Master for one year, aged 32.— A pril
29th,Joseph G. Plumm er
, E sq .
,J.P aged 58 .
M ay 8 th, Wm . T . Clarke, E sq . , J.P.
,aged 49 .
M ay 19th, M r. William Green, m any years O verseer of the Parish, aged 74.
—Sept . 18 th, R osam ondMatilda, widow of the late Dawson Turner
,Fsq. ,
at Kirtley,Lowestoft
,aged 52.
— Sept . 25th,John
Y ouell,E sq.
, aged 8 9.
—O ct . 7th, A mbroseR eeve Palm er
,E sq .
, of Haddiscoe Hall, aged 5 1.
N cv. 4 th, Edmund R eeve Palmer
, E sq.,for many
years Registrar of Yarmouth County Court,aged
63.— N ov . 30th
,Capt . B . Love
,aged 71.
1 8 64— Jan. 2 8 th. R ev . JohnWalker,M .A .
,instituted to
the R ectory of Bradwell and the R ev . JohnJam es licensed to the Curacy of Southtown.
Jan. R ev . T . K. R ichmond,six years Curate of S t .
N icholas’ Church, elected Chaplain of St. George’sHospital, London. O n the 17th of March
,this
gentleman was presented with a gold leverwatch,
value £ 27, and a purse of £ 10, by a number of
parishioners ; and a Silver communion service bythe Clergy.
112 atrnnnlngiml arena; nf figurmrtb.A . n.
18 64— Feb . l oth. The Danish corvette N eils Juel, 4505
m en and 47 guns, and a powerful iron- clad gunboat captured a Prussian ship outside the Sandsand after putting a prize crew on board took her toCopenhagen.
Feb . 27th. D. Tomkins, E sq.,elected a member of
the College of Preceptors .
March l st. The brig “William and R ichardfoundered off the M onum ent. Seven m en belonging to the A dm iralty cutter “ Dolphin
,
”seven
beachm en, and five from the screw- collierRyhope,
” were immersed in the water, four beingdrowned.
March 2nd. Petition presented to the House of Comm ons by Edward Howes, E sq.
,M .P.,
from the
Haven Comm issioners of Yarm outh, in oppositionto the East N orfolk Railway Bill .
Launches March 31st, the first barge,The Garson
,
A pril 26th, barge Whitwell July 5th, the.
barque- rigged vessel O riental A ug. 20th,
schooner Shepherdess.
March. The R ev . A rthur P. Holm e, M .A . ,licensed
by the Bishop of N orwich to the Incumbency of"
S t . Andrew’
s Church.
March. Jam es Morris Hill, E sq. late Major M ilitaryTrain
,approved of by her Majesty to fill the
A djutancy of the 1st N orfolk A rtillery Volunteers .
A pril 28 th. .JohnDawson, E sq. ,
admitted am emberof the R oyal College of Surgeons .
July 20th. The East of England Joint Stock Bank. (established in Decem ber, 18 35) suspended paym ent
,with liabilities amounting to 7s. 5d.
and assetsA ug. l st . M r. Solom on A-llies appointed Gaoler ofthe Borough Gaol.
A ug. R ev . A . B. Crosse resigned the Incumbencyof St. John’
s Church. O nD ec. 3oth this gentleman
was presentedwith a handsome clock, value £ 30,and a purse of 60 guineas, previous to his leavingfor K essingland.
A ug. 15th. Three fishermen out of seven belongingto Cromer lost off the Haven’
s m outh, out of the.
crab - boat “ Garibaldi.”
114 dbbrnnnlngiml iiirlnrq nf ‘igurmnutb.A . D .
18 64— D ec. 7th. A crew of thirteen hands gallantlyrescued by the Yarmouth life- boat from the
A ustrian brig Zornizza,” which foundered on
Sereby Sands. The N ational Lifeboat Institutionsent the beachm en £ 25
,and they also received
an acknowledgm ent of thanks from the A ustrianGovernm ent .
D ec. 15th. The Haven Bill adopted by the TownCouncil .St. N icholas’ Churchyard contained gravestones.
Deaths Jan. 17th,Wm . Briggs, E sq.
, J .P. ,aged 63.
_ M ay 7th, Lieut - Colonel C . S . N aylor, at Bog
nor,aged 75 ,
— M ay 21st,John Brightwen, E sq.
,
partner in Gurney’s banking firm ,died at Thorpe
,
near N orwich, aged 8 1.
—July 23rd, Geo. W.
Steward, E sq. , M .B .
,M .A . ,
second son of the
R ev . G . W. Steward , Incumbent of Caister,aged
28 .
- O ct . 19th, the R ev . Mark Waters,Incumbent
of St. George’s Chapel, aged 57 — N ov . l 0th, Capt.Barry Haines, R .N .
-N ov . 11th, R ev . E. B. Frere,
M .A .
,aged 8 2 .
18 65—Jan. 8 th. Hopton Church destroyed by fire. On
Sept. 27th, the new Church was consecratedby the Bishop of N orwi
'
ch.
Jan. . 11th. M r. R obert Warner Durrell , organist ofthe Independent Chapel, Gorleston, presented with
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a splendid tim epiece by the choir as a m em ento of
their esteem and on Jan. 11th,18 70, an easy
chair.
Jan.Sergt. Berry prom oted to therank of Inspector ;
and on D ec. 15th, 18 70, the town presented himwith a gold watch, value £ 20, and a purse of £ 140in m oney, in recognition of his valuable services.
Feb . 1st . R oyal Hotel Com pany proposed to b e
form ed in Y arm outh at a cost of in
shares at £ 10 each . O n Jan. 23rd,18 68 ,
shares had been taken by 48 shareholders, and the
claim s against the Company were los in
cluding a m ortgage of on the R oyal Hotel,which led to serious litigation.
Feb . 27th. The Haven and Port Bill passed its
second reading in the House of Comm ons by a
majority of 112.
(thinnulngiml iiirtnrq nf“
guaranty. 115
A .
18 65— March 8 th. M r. A . W. Morant appointed to theTownSurveyorship of N orwich . H is office in Y arm outhwas filled by M r. H. H. Baker
,on M ay 13th.
March 31st. M r. J. R . Jones,who had been Head
Master of the Governm ent School of N avigations ince its establishm ent on O ct . l st, 18 57 , resignedhis appointm ent
,having accepted the post of Head
Mas terof the Board of Trade N avigation School atA berdeen.
June 13th. Lieut. H . R . Harm er presented with a
s ilver salver by the Yarm outh R ifleVolunteers,as a
mark of esteem on his retiring from the corps.
July 12th. S irE. H . K . Lacon,Bart.
,and J . Goodson
,
E sq . , returned to Parliam ent for the Borough .
Votes, L . , 8 28 ; G .
, 78 4 ; A . Brogden, E sq.
, 634 ;P . Vanderbyl, E sq.
,58 9 . J. C . Marshman
, E sq. ,
retired from the contest in favor of the latter.
O ct . 12th. Henrich E rcnschiusen,a Dutch sailor
,
comm itted a shocking tragedy on a fellow—shipmateby stabbing him through the heart, at the City ofLondon Tavern, Charlotte- street. Sentenced to
twenty years’ penal serv itude.
O ct . 25th. The lifeboat "Jam es Pearce launchedfrom Messrs. Mills and Blake’s ship- yard .
D ec. The Gospel Hall erected by M r. T. C . Forem an,
subsequently proprietorof theFreeL ancenewspaper.
Deaths Jan. 8 th, Benjam in Dowson,E sq. , aged 77.
- Jan. 14 th, John Barker, E sq . July 2 l st,M r.
Matthew Hastings Swann, aged 5 8 . In 18 35,this
gentleman penned and published a Guide toY arm outh .
— N ov . 21st, B. Fenn, E sq. , aged 73.
18 66— Jan. 13th. The lifeboat R escuer upset at
Gorleston Pier, and twelve of her crew drowned.
Eight widows and over thirty orphan childrenwere left unprovided for.
Jan. 27th. Exhibition of curiosities,&c. , at the
Town Hall, closed after five weeks .
Feb . St. George’
s Denes laid out as a park and
prom enade, at a cost of £ 449 to the town. June2 1st, 18 67, an epergne of frosted silver and a
s ilver salver were presented to M r. Edward Stagg,
b y 200 subscribers, for the prom oting and layingout of these grounds.
116 thinnnlngiml iiirtnrq nf agarmnutlr.A . D .
l 8 66— A pril 23rd. Foundation stone of the GorlestonWesleyan Chapel laid.
M ay 7th. First Yarm outh Annual Spring Meetingheld.
July l 0th. H.M.S . Dauntless , 36.
guns, and
carrying 28 0 m en July 14th,H .M.S . Tra
falgar and on the 15th, H.M .S . Irresistible,
”
anchored in the R oadstead.
July 19th. General holiday. Volunteer R eviewday ; Volunteers practised on the SouthDenes.
July,
2oth. Fishwharf and Tramway Bill passed inthe House of Lords.
July 31st . The lifeboat “ Leicester,presented by
M rs. Hodges, launched at Gorleston. Cost, £ 600.
A ug. 16th. R oyal Comm ission of Inquiry into the
state of bribery at Parliamentary elections opened.before Wyndham Slade
,Lucius Henry Fitzgerald,
and George R ussell, Esqs., barristers - at - law,at the
Town Hall . The inquiry lasted 34 days, and over700 witnesses .were exam ined. (See Feb . 15th,18 67)
O ct . “A verne and “ Cuvier in
the harbor.
D ec. 3rd. The town, through an accident at theGas Works, put in total darkness. Loss of gas
estimated at about cubic feet,value £ 1000.
D ec. 12th. Loss of the fishing- lugger “William and
Mary, belonging to M r. U tting,and nine lives, off
Pakefield.
D ec. 30th. Meeting at the Town Hall on behalf ofthe sufferers from a coll iery explosion in Yorkshire.
and Staffordshire.
Chapters on the East Anglian Coast, in two vols.
,
8 00 pages, published. The L ondon Q uarterlyR eview of A pril
,18 67 says, We have seldom
met with am ore elaborate, exhaustive,beautiful,
and ably-written guide book and local history.
”
It was penned by M r. John Greaves N all, who diedin June
,18 76.
Messrs. Lacon, Youell, and Co.
’s Bank re—erected.
Top of Regent R oad,near Dene House
,widened by
the Corporation.
118 thrnunlngirnl 15min] at agrunnrlt.A . n.
18 67— A pril 4th. Foundation stone of the GourlayWes
leyan D ay Schools laid. The founder, D .A .
Gourlay, E sq.
, J.P. , gave £ 1000 towards thebuilding.
A pril 2oth. A party of gentlemen,comprising
Messrs . Spence, Fenner, Everard, R . Veale,Moore
,
Silvers, Douglas, N eave,and Harrison had their
boat upset on O rm esby Broad, 100 yards from the
shore, andnarrowly escaped drowning.
A pril 2 l st . H eavy gale,and loss of the smacks
Swan and Talisman and twelve hands .
M ay 8 th. Service of plate presented at the Duke’sHeadHotel to W. Heath, E sq.
,of Ludham Hall.
M ay l 6th. Foundation stone of the new PrimitiveMethodist Chapel
,Queen’
s R oad, laid. Chapelopened Sept . 26th. Building cost £ 1000 .
M ay 20th. R eform m eeting. M r. Edm ond Beales,the great R eformer
,addressed from 2000 to 3000
people from the balcony “
of the Steam PacketTavern .
June 1st . A halibut,weighing 161 lb s.,
6 feet inlength
,and 30 inches across
,capturedby a smack
and in March,18 68
,two were caught off the coast
—0ne weighing 19 8 1b s. ,and the other 140 lb s.
June 24th. R esolved by the Town Council to havenew fire engines anda fire escape for the Boroughtheir capabilit ies were tested on Sept . 9th. On
A ug. 20th, an engine was provided for Gorleston.
June. Sergeant John Quince presented with a goldm ounted m eerschaum pipe by the officers of the
A rtil lery Niilitia.
July 6th. First London daily passenger boat toYarm outh .
July. E. H. L . Preston, E sq. , received from the
Belgian Governm ent the Decoration of Knight ofthe O rder of Leopold, in recognition of 28 years’
service as Consul .
Aug. 29th. R oman Catholic Mortuary Chapel
opened by the Bishop of Dem erara. Foundationstone laidon A ug. 15th, 18 66, by Lady Stafford.
Sept . 10th, R outledge’
s Magazine for Boys’
lifeboat for Caister launched. Built by Messrs .
Beeching at a cost of £ 300.
t hrnunlngirul fiirtnrq nfaffirmed. 119
18 67— Sept. Permanent Fund established. The surplus of£ 500 remaining from the relief fund of Decem ber
,
18 63, was added to this institution, and in Jan.
,
18 68 , the Princess of Wales sent a cheque for£ 25 to this Fund.
O ct. 3rd. The dead body of an infant foundwrapped up in a bundle in M r. Knight’s yard ;Jane Jarronwas exam ined on 1l th, and comm ittedfor trial at the A ssizes on the charge of murder onthe 18 th. A cquitted D ec. 5ih.
N ov . 6th. M r. Jam es Sharman,keeper of the
N elson Monument,died
,aged 8 2 years. H e was
a Trafalgar veteran, and one who assisted LordN elson in his dying m oments.
N ov . l oth. The R ifle Volunteer Dril l Hall openedby the Mayor, Captain E. P. Youell. Cost
D ec. 2md. High tide ; the Southtown R oad and
various parts of the town near the river wereinundated
,through the banks of Breydon
being broken. O n the following day there was a
heavy gale,when the Gorleston lifeboat R escuer”
was again capsized (see Jan. 13th, 18 66) throughcollision with the fishing lugger James and
Ellen,
”and 23 were drowned, including 11 of the
crew of the George Kendall,”for whose widows
and orphans a Special donation of £ 234 was re
ceived. The num ber of m en lost off the coast was8 5, leaving 33 widows and 71 children destitute.
Launches : A pril 16th, fishing boat “ Express,
from Messrs. Hastings Brothers’ yard ; M ay 20th,sm ack “ Spring Flower
,from Messrs. King and
Baker’s yard ; July 4th,
smack “ Pathfinder,
from Messrs. J. and H . Beeching’s yard ; Jul y8 th, smack Herm it
,
”from M r. A . J. Palm er
’
s
yard ; A ug. 13th, smack “ Mermaid, from M r.
R ust’s yard A ug. 20th, m odel pleasure boat
“ N onpariel, from Messrs . A ldred and Merl ’syard ; Sept . 10th
,smack O lga
,
”from Messrs.
Fellows’ yard ; O ct. 24th, smack “ Silver Cloud,
”
from Messrs. Gritten and Clarke’s yard ; O ct.31st, M r. Lawrie’s small steam tug
“ Enterprise,
she being the first iron vessel built at this Port.
120 (thrnnnlngiml itirtnrq nf ‘
garmurtb.A . D .
18 67,—D ec. 6th. The Haven Comm issioners resolved to
borrow 15s. for Haven and Pier improvem ents.
D ec. 26th.
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An original local Christmas pantom ime,entitled N ep tune
’
s D ecree,&c.
,was produced at
the Theatre R oyal,written by “ Felix,
”a local
author ; also from the same pen the pantom im e of18 76- 7, B oy B lue, L ittle B o-Peep, &c.
Deaths : March 2nd, W. H. Bessey, E sq.
,J .P.
December 25th,W. Mayes Bond, E sq.
,aged
66.
— D ec. 31st, M r. J. N orman, aged 8 0.
18 68— Jan. 3rd. The schooner R oberts driven on the
N orth Sand near the m outh of the Harbor,300
yards from the shore, and her crew bravely rescuedout of her shrouds by M r. J. M. Petts and fourbeachmen—The brig Carl Frederick was lostthe sam e m orning on Hasbro’ Sand, with seven of
her crew, two boys only being saved .
Jan. 9th. F. Diver, E sq. , of Yarmouth, commanderof the R .M .S . R om an,
” presented with a handsom e watch , subscribed for by thepassengers of theship fer having com pleted a voyage from thiscountry to Table Bayin thirty days.
Jan. 23rd. A t m idnight a destructive fire took placein the Market R ow,
in which three precious‘
lives
(a lady, M rs. Pigg, and two children)were sacrificed, and property destroyed and damaged to
the am ount of £ 3000 .
Feb . 8 th. The fishing lugger Flying Fish fouledthe sunken wreck of the barque Lord Clyde,and foundered in the roadstead.
M arch 6th. The cigar steam ship Walter S .
Winans,of Havre, arrived in the Harbor. D im en
sions— length, 112 ft. deck, 66 ft in length ;width am idships, 5 ft . 24 tons register.
A pril 29th. The brig Ewerette founderedopposite the Monum ent.
A pril 29th. The R ev .
’
W. T. Harrison, m inister of
St.John’
s Church, presented with a chaste silver
tea and coffee pot, cream jug, and sugar basin,
value £ 50, by 300 of the m em bers of his congre
gation, previous to leaving for Thorpe Morieux,
S uffolk . H ewas succeeded by R ev . R . J. Dundas.
122 (thrnnnlngiml Itirtrirq nf agarmnulb.A . n.
18 68— O ct . 24th. Heavy gale and loss of three vessels.
U pwards of sixty French fishing boats to
m en) sought refuge in theHarbor. The (s.s)Ganges,
” tons,struck on Hasbro’ Sands
the previous day.
O ct. The Board of Health A ct adopted in Gorleston,and on March 8 th, 18 69, 12 m embers
,out of 27
nom inated,were chosen for constituting the Board.
N ov . 14th . First number of the Yarm outh Gazette
and N orth N orfolk Constitutz’
onalist published byM r. C. W. Godfrey.
N ov . 19th. The Scotch fishing- boat Excellent
on fire in the Harbor, and was scuttled to extin
guish it. Estimated loss £ 200 .
N ov . 22nd. During a gale the schooner “ Seagullbroke the m assive piles of the Britannia Pier, andsmashed 100 feet away. (See July 13th,In O ctober, 18 59, a sloop was driven through,and did dam age to the Pier am ounting to £ 8 00 or
£ 900 . The Pier has since been shortened fiftyfeet.
N cv . 26th. The H on. F. Walpole and S irE. H. K .
Lacon,Bart. , elected M .P.s for N orth N orfolk .
Votes,W.
,L .,
Edmund R . Wodehouse
,E sq. ,
R obert T. Gurdon,E sq.,
including Yarm outh votes, viz . , W.
,913
L .
,971 Wodehouse, 514 ; 476. O n Sept.
15th, 18 69, a Banquet was given at the DrillHall, at which 8 00 or 900 persons were present,and a testim onial
,value £ 600, was presented to
S ir Edm undin honor of the successful issue of thepetition. The testim onial was am agnificent pieceof plate
,weighing nearly 900 ozs.
,and consisted
of a massive centre piece and plateau of silverthe base was flanked by three elaborate buttressessupporting brackets, with fluted columns, aroundwhich were grouped the figures of A griculture,Comm erce, and A rt the capital being encrustedwith a frieze of lions heads and festoons of laurels,a figure of Fam e crowning the summit. TheH on.
F. Walpole died on A pril l st , 18 76 and on A pril2 l st, Colonel Jam es Duff was elected M .P. for
N orth N orfolk by amajority of 110 .
«tyrannlngiml flirtingnfrfignrmnutt. 123
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l 8 68— D ec. 7th. The south aisle of St. N icholas’
Churchclosed for restoration. In 18 64 M r. Seddon,architect, estimated that the restoration of the
ent ire church would cost aboutD ec. 9th. A Grand Concert, under the patronage
of the Mayor (S . N ightingale, E sq.) and the
Mayoress ; R ight H on. Lord Sondes, R ight H on.
Lord and Lady Suifield, S ir E. Lacon, Bart. , M .P. ,
and the Deputy-Mayor and M rs. Worship, wasgiven at the R egent Hall. Distinguished artistes_ Mdlles . Titiens and Sinico
,Signors Bulterini
and Campi,and M r. Santley. M r. Wehli
,solo
pianoforte and Signor Bevignani acted as con
ductor.
D ec. l 0th. The (s.e )“ City of Ham burg, plying
between this port and London, stranded close tothe N orth Pier
,and thereby sustained considerable
damage.
Engine- house and reservoir erected on the north sideof the Jetty for supplying the Bath House withwater (see
An octagonal tower and observatory, 75 feet high,
erected on South Quay by the Trinity Corporation.
Launches : A ug. 17th, the carrier cutter Chieftain
,from Messrs . Sm ith and Son’
s yard ; Sept .23rd
,the brig Sultana
,310 tons
,.from Messrs .
Fellows and Son’
s yard.
Deaths : Feb . 24th,M r. Chas. C . N ewcom b e Post
m aster,
aged 49. M ay 25th,Edward N orris
Clowes, E sq .,Solicitor, N ew Buckenham
,aged
61. June 2ud, M r. W. Shuekford, fif teen yearsGovernor of the Workhouse
,aged 63. June 7th,
Thomas Bunn,E sq .
,Corn Merchant
,and an A lder
m an,at Southtown, aged 8 7. Sept . 18 th, Captain
R obert Bensley Davie, Commander of the Capem ail steam er Saxon,
”at Southam pton, aged 37.
Sep t. 18 th, John Palgrave, E sq.
,son of the late
William Palgrave, E sq. Collector of Custom Duesat Yarm outh, and afterwards at Dublin
,aged 55.
N cv . 2nd, John D’
A de, E sq. ,at Southtown
,aged
8 6. D ec. 5th, M r. W. C . N utman,m any years
R elieving - officer, aged 45. D ec. 27th, Richd. FerrierE sq.
, Brewer, aged 73.
124 (thrnrnlngiml IBirtnrq nf gamut.
18 69— Jan. 25th. The Chancellor (E. Howes, E sq., M .P.)
decided the long- pending question of removing St.N icholas
’
Church organ from the west end of thesouth aisleto the north transept
,in the affirmative.
This grand old organ, built by Jordan, Bridge, andBayfield, in 1733 repaired by England (Jordan
’
s
grandson) in 18 12 , and by Gray in 18 40 ; was re
m oved to the north transept in Feb . , 18 69.
Jan. Gaol - street Congregational Chapel (built in18 73) closed, and pulled down for the purpose of
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building the Middl egate Church .
Feb . 9th. TheN orth- endChurch Mission- room opened.
Cost about £ 100 . M r.W . Wrightwas the architect.Feb . l 6th. The Fish Wharf
, feet in length,
shed 750 feet, com pleted. Total cost,
The sum borrowed and advanced by the Corporation for the works was 6s. total am ountof annual outgoings estimated at 178 .
O ffices and prem ises let at £ 565 168 .
Feb . 23rd. The (s.e )“ Buccleuch,
” while on the
point of leaving the wharf in Yarm outh Harborfor Hull
,with twenty passengers on board
,her~
boiler burst,and several persons were scalded
and otherwise slightly injured,the Captain (W.
Wright) being seriously hurt . The steam er wasm uch dam aged
,and her fittings am idships blown
to a considerable distance.
M arch l st . The ful l- rigged ship Hannah Pattersen
,
” laden with tons of coal, cam e ashoreabreast of theWorkhouse, where she becam e a
total wreck . Insured forMarch 2nd. Ten tenders opened for re- building thesouth aisle of St . N icholas’ Church, and M r.
William s,of Cardiff
,was selected, his estimate for
the work being out of which sum £ 48 0
was deducted for old materials.
March 9th. M r. C. L. Chipperfield presented byMajor Forerfian with a handsom e t im epiece, inacknowledgm ent of his valuable services as Secretary of the Yarm outh Building Society.
March loth. The smack Silver Cloud run into ;
by the steam er“Earl of Durham ,
off Winterton,and foundered with loss of all hands.
126 ctbrunnlngirul fiifitnrq ui «gammy.
A . D .
18 69— Aug. 24th. Corner stone of the residence of the.
Head Master of the Grammar School laid next thesite for the intended new Grammar School.
A ug. The H on. and R ev . Edward Pellew, M .A . ,
(about eight years Incu'
mbent of St. N icholas"
Church, and which he resigned in 18 44 in favorof the Ven. H. Mackenzie, M .A .) died at Crowehill, N ottingham shire
,aged 69 .
Sept. 6th. Two gentlemen started on a voyage bythe rivers and stream s
,a distance of about 130
m iles— from Hitchin t'
o Yarmouth, m’
ci N orwichand R eedham— in the canoes Wanderer and
R uby,” which adventurous journey was com
pleted in six days.
Sept 9th. The French iron steam er Fulton,worth
about and cargo £ 650,through collision
with the brig Thomas Gales,”Opposite the Monu
m ent, foundered, but her crew were saved. Insuredfor
Sept. 15th. Sm ack Ann,
” belonging to M r. T.
Todd, foundered.
S ept. 20th. M r. H. Stonex presented by the Yarm outhMusical Society with a gold-m ounted ivorybaton and an inlaid-walnut music stool as a tokenof their appreciation of him as their conductor.
Sept. 23rd. M r. William Jam es Palmer adm itted alicentiate of the Society of A pothecaries.
S ept. Commander T . S . Gooch, R .N . , son of Ad
m iral Gooch, of Y arm outh, appointed to the com
m and of H.M.S .
“Beacon,”on the coast of A frica.
O ct. 5th. M r. Thomas H. Colley,on resigning the
office of House Surgeon at the Yarm outh H os
pital,after fourteen years’ service, was presented at
the Town Hall wlth a gold watch and chain, valueabout £ 40, and a purse of 250 guineas
,by 500
subscribers, for his zeal and kindness in' the dis
charge of his duties.
O ct . 19th. Terrific gale. More than 70 smacks putin disabled, and som e seven lost their crews (41 '
m en), besides 14 other men washed overboard 3 13 ,
widows and 25 children left destitute.
O ct . 29th. The Italian barque O ceana Antonio,529 tons, run ashore south of theWellington Pier.
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18 69—D ec. 2oth. Gas explosion at Messrs. Bracey and
Son'
s counting - house,whereby two persons were
injured.
Launches : Feb . l st, the schooner “Maria, from
M r. Rust’s yard after extensive repairs — O ct .
l l th, the smack “A lice, 40 tons register, from
M r. Rust’s yard— N ov . 12th, the self- rightinglifeboat “Penny R eadings,
”thirty- three feet long
,
cost £ 500,launched at Lynn, the boat having
been built in Yarm outh— N ov . 25th, the smack
Cambria,from Messrs. Sm ith’s yard .
Deaths : Jan. 11th. A rthur Steward, E sq.
, aged68 .—March 4th, William Jex, E sq.
, Masterof theHopton Hunt, aged 68 .
—A pril 14th, William Hil lWinm ill, E sq. , of Gorleston, aged 35 .
— A ugustl 0th, Edward Trafford, E sq. , of Wroxham .
December the 8 th , M r. Stephen Hardingham,
ag ed 74 .
18 70—Jan. 2md. N ew organ at R oman Catholic Churchopened.
Feb . 14th. The schooner St. Cyran came ashoresouth of the Britannia Pier
,and the crew rescued
by the rocket apparatus the A ustrian brig Gio
vanning came ashore in the South H am thesteam er S ea Queen,
”677 tons burthen or 903
dead weight, laden with tons of coal,
wrecked off Yarm outh,and her crew of twenty
four hands perished ; and . the barque “Victoria”
wrecked on Gorleston Beach, 500 yards from theshore
,and out of a crew of sixteen
,but five were
rescued.
Feb . 15th . The schooner Favourite cam e ashorebetween the Jetty and Wellington Pier
,and the
crew,except one b oy, saved ; and on the sam e
m orning, the crew of the lifeboat Friend of A ll
N ations courageously proceeded out of the H ar
b or to avessel in the South H am,and theperilous
venture of the crew was hailed with lusty cheersfrom a crowd assembled on the Gorleston Pier. In
these gales, the sm ack “ Chance It was burnt tothe water’s edge off Yarm outh
,and the crew gal
lantlyrescued by the smack William and A nnof this Port.
12 8 (t'
hrnnnlngiml 115mm} nf gummy.
A . D .
18 70— Feb . 23rd. The organ at St. N icholas’ Church, after
being repaired by Messrs. Hill,of London
, at a
cost of £ 8 20,was Opened by a grand choral ser
vice. Before removal it contained 2133 pipes,
which number has been increased to 2 8 73,viz
.,
great organ 1311, swell 908
,choir organ 504
,
pedal organ 150 45 stops and 7 couplers.
Feb . R ev . A . P. Holme appointed by the Bishop ofChester to the Rectory of Tattenhall
,Cheshire ;
and on March l st, the rev . gentleman was presented with a silver inkstand
,value £ 25
,marble
tim epiece £ 5, and an electro- plated cruet stand .
March 5th. Collision in the R oadsteadbetween theChester,
” value £ 8 000,and Tham es the
form er being run ashorenorth of the BritanniaPier.
March 20th. Fire on board the iron (s .s )“ Em ily.
”
A pril 27th. The first portion of St. Jam es’ Church
,
which cost about £ 1000,was opened by the
Bishop of Colum bia. The entire building,when
finished, will cost £ 8 000 or
A pril 28 th. The south aisle of St. N icholas’ Church,
after being re- built,
opened with a full choralservice, the Lord Bishops of R ochester and
N orwich officiating in the service. This servicewas the grandest since A ugust
, 18 4 8 , when D r.
Stanley andD r.Wilberforce preachedat the openingservices, after the oldgalleries, pews, &c.
,had been
swept away. The church covers an area of
square feet is 228 ft. long and l l O ft. wide, transept14 8 ft . and will accomm odate 5500 worshippers.
A pril. Captains Spencer Smyth, R .N . , and C . Dent,
prom oted to the rank of R ear- A dm irals . The
form er served in several naval engagem ents fromMarch
,18 03 (when he entered as M idshipman on
board the Dreadnought,”98 guns), to O ctober
22nd,18 27, the date he was prom oted to the rank
of Commander and from 19th of M arch,18 33,
to O ct 18 35, he filled the position of A ssistantCommander of the Coastguard at Yarmouthand prom oted to Captain on the reserve list F.G .,
July 28 th,18 51, for m eritorious services. (See
A ug. 3rd.) Admiral Dent also served in severalsim ilar engagements since the year 18 10.
130 (tbrnunlngiml f lirtingnf “
gurmnuth.A . n.
18 70— July 27th. M r. E. Sturge,the newly- appointed
bandmaster of the East N orfolk M ilitia, pre ented
with a richly- chased ebony and gold baton by the
m em bers of the band, as a mark of their respectand esteem .
A ug. 3rd. Police- constable Shreeve gallantly rescued alady
, who had fallen overboard while in the act
of landing from the London passenger steam er
“ A lbion,”from drowning.
A ug. 3rd. M r. W. S . Stanford appointed HarborMaster in the place of R ear- A dm iral S. Sm yth.
A ug. 4th. M r. William Jam es Palmer,
adm itted a Mem ber of the R oyal College of
S urgeons .
Aug. 7th. H.M. S . Penelope put into Yarmouth,but left on the 12th. This iron- clad vessel, underthe command of Lieut. Moger, is a double- screwcorvette, 600 horse-power, 3096 tons, carries tenguns
,and a crew of 400 all told.
Aug. 8 th. Edward Youell , E sq.,died at Yarmouth ,
aged 8 9 years. This m uch- respected gentlemanwas a partner for forty- two years in the bankingfirm of Lacons, Youell, and Cc. ,
from which heretired in 18 63, having been in the house nearly70 years.
A ug. 8 th. A fishing trawler driven into the new
works of the Jetty (see A ug. 2oth, carryingaway one of the piles and knocking down the piledriving m achine, which fell on her deck and com
pletely crushed it.Aug. 18 th. M r. J. S . Dom iny, previous to leav ing forYork
,resigned the position of Head Master of the
Governm ent School of A rt in favor of M r. J. F.
R yan.
A ug. 2oth. Mr. John Harrington gallantly rescuedtwo men from drowning on Y arm outh Beach ; andduring the present year he was instrumental insaving the lives of two others, for which he wasawarded a testim onial on vellum by the R oyal
H um ane Society.
A ug. 23rd. Great Yarm ou th Annual Marine R egattat ook place. The first annual Roads R egattawasheld A ug. 1st, 18 34.
(thinnnlugirul 33min; nf figurmnurt. 131
A . D .
18 70~ Sept. l st. Meeting convened by the Mayor at the
Town Hall on behalf of the sick and wounded inthe Franco- German war ; £ 297 6s. 7d. collected inthe town, out of which sum £ 29 1 16s. was for
warded, when the list closed in Jan. 18 71, to the
N ational Society.
Sept. 22md. S . J. F. Stafford, E sq .
, surgeon, presentedwith an elegant
'
crystal- and- gold claret jug, and on
D ec. 29th with a silver salver by the N ottinghamO rder of O ddfellows, as a token of their esteem .
Sept. Miss Emma Pearson, daughter of the lateCaptain Pearson, of Y arm outh
,sacrificed the com
forts of her hom e to undergo suffering and privation in a foreign country as head nurse am idstthe carnage of battle fields, and too much cannotb e said in praise of her conduct. O n beinginvited by Count Bernstoff to the Prussian Em ~
bassy,she received m any m erited thanks for her
kindness and attention to the German wounded.
(See A ug.
O ct. 14th. Heavy gale, in which the Ex, of
Yarm outh foundered and on the 16th,the lugger
Proverb,
of Gorleston, and six other vessels.
O ct . 24th and 25th. The m ost beaut iful display of
the A urora Borealis witnessed since 1707.
N ov . 26th. The “ Dolphin,
” with cattle forLondon, towed into Y arm outh R oadstead. To savethe vessel
,150 bullocks and 250 sheep were thrown
overboard.
N ov . 18 th. The “ M. E . Clarke totally loston Hasbro’ Sands
,and her crew of sixteen hands
landed at Cromer.
D ec. 13th. The catch of herrings this season up tothis date was lasts
,which realised no less a
sum than O ne boat brought in 142
lasts,another 132 lasts, and others were alm ost
equally successful. Last year’s catch was aboutlasts and in 18 68
,lasts. 12 vessels
left with barrels of bloaters for exportation.
D uring the summ er season, the town was v isited byupwards of people
,viz .
,by rail
,and
by the passenger steam ers“ Albion and
“ S eine.
132 thinnnlngiml itirdnni nf fi
gurmnutb.A . D .
18 70— 156 full- licensed public—houses, 16 hotels, and 8 8
beer- houses,including Gorleston— making a total
of 260.
The cost of lighting the town (330 lamps) with gasthis yearwas £ 1178 12s.
18 70— Deaths : Jan. 9th, Thomas Brightwen, E sq., J.P.
,
senior local partner in the banking firm of Messrs.
Gurneys,Birkbeck , and Co. , aged 57 —Feb . 24th
,
D . Stewart , E sq . , aged 79 .-Feb . , M r. Henry
Jay, shipowner, and formerly a Member of the
Corporation— A pril 4th, the R ev . John M effin,
fifty years m inister of the Countess of Huntingdon Connexion
,aged 93.
— M ay 25th,John
Branch, E sq. ,aged 74 .
- M ay 31st, M r. GeorgeA lexander, artist, aged 64.
— June l st , at Y ar
m outh, A lex. John, son of the late SamuelGrimm er
,E sq .
,of Haddiscoe Hall, aged 61.
July 21st,M r. Sam uel Cubitt R ichm ond
,m er
chant,
a Mem ber of the Town Council . _ O ct .
6th,at Portsm outh
, Col. EdwinWodehouse,C .B . ,
R .A .,A ide- de- camp to the Queen, eldest son of the
late A dm iral the H on. Philip Wodehouse, aged
53.
— O ct . 17th, M r. Edward Stagg , a Memberof the Town Council, aged 57 (see Feb .
N ov . 14th, C . E. Bartram ,E sq .
, J and TownCouncillor, aged 72 .
— N ov . 30th, Henry HoltBarber
,E sq. , a Member of the Town Council
,
aged 38 .— D ec. 19th, M r. Henry Fellows
,ship
builder, at Southtown, aged 69 .
Launches Feb . 14th, the smack Valentine June20th, the brigantine Ethel
,
”100 . feet long
,and
200 tons register, belonging to W. J. Foreman,E sq. ,
launched,after being repaired, from M r.
R ust’s yard A ug. 29th, the new trawling smack,Bonny Boys ; O ct . l st, the fishing luggerGuiding Star ; N ov . 17th, the lifeboatBolton
,
” built by Messrs. Beeching, of Y ar
m outh, publicly inaugurated at KessinglandN ov. i 9th,
trawling smack Statesman,
D ec.
14th, smack Galatea.
18 71—Jan 3rd. A male otter caught 111 one of the Broadsnear Yarm outh . It weighed 30 lb s. andwas fourfeet long, the tail alone fireasuring 21 inches.
131. «thrnnnlngiml 151511111] ui figurmnntl).. .A :
-D .
18 71— March 3rd. Police- constable George Shreeve met
with a fatal accident by falling from the fire escapeat the Police- station. (See A ug. 3rd
,
March 29th. M r. A . D . Stone purchased the barque“Frederica
,with stores
,&c. ,
for £ 1425 .
A pril 3rd. Census taken. Populat ion of Yarmouth,
Gorleston and Southtown,6645 ex
clusive of about 700 absentees at sea. N o. of
houses Yarm outh,
8 0 93 Gorleston,1534 .
Population of surrounding villages : Belton, 58 2Bradwell
,38 7 Burgh Castle
,409 Fritton, 221
Hopton,309 A shby
,95 Blundeston, 716
Corton, 530 Flixton,52 Gunton
, 73 Herringfleet
,230 Lound
,422 O ulton, 8 60 Somerley
ton, 592 Flegg Hundreds, 938 1.
A pril 7th. The new Tabernacle on Wellesley Roadopened for DivineWorship. It cost £ 2496. (SeeM ay,
A pril 19th. M r. H . Fenner’s smack Sebastopoldestroyed by fire whilst at sea.
A pril 19th. Edmund Girling, q . , formerly inMessrs . Gurneys and Co.
’
s bank,died in London,
aged 75. H e was a talented artist.A pril 22nd. The screw steamer Kestrel, with
em igrants for Am erica (about run down bythe screw Collier Frankland
,near Crom er. All
the hands were saved, and m uch of her cargowas subsequently recovered and brought to Y arm outh.
A pril 24th. The smack O tter, 56 feet on keel,belonging to Messrs. Lettis and Sm ith, launchedfrom M r. J. Fellows’ shipyard.
A pril 25th. M r. Charles Blyth passed his prelim inary exam ination in Anatom y and Physiology atthe R oyal College of Surgeons, London.
A pril. A beautifully- stained window placed in S t .
N icholas’ Church to the m em ory of the late John
Goate Fisher, E sq . Mayor of the borough in 18 20.
—John Worlledge, E sq.,County Court Judge,
elevated to the dignity of the Chancellor of the
Diocese of N orwich— The number of wherries
registered as belonging to the river Bure was 103,of 18 46 tons burthen.
«tbrnunlngiml EBifitnrq nf figurmnutb. 135
A . D .
18 71— M ay 4th. M r. J. R . Baum gartner passed his ex
amination at A pothecaries ’ Hall, and receivedcertificate.
M ay 6th. R ichard Hamm ond, E sq . ,J.P.,
died at
Y armouth,aged 78 . This m uch- respected gentle
man was the oldest Magistrate of the Borough,having been called to the Bench in 18 41 he was
also a Haven and Pier Comm issioner.
M ay 9th. A ccording to a poor- rate made this day,it appeared that under the general rate and com
pounds in Yarm outh, there were tenem ents,
of the total rateable value of 10s .
M ay3l st . David A . Gourlay, E sq. , J .P. ,died. at
Y arm outh,aged 8 8 years . H e was elected Mayor
of the Borough in 18 49 , and was for many yearsa respected m em ber of the Town Council. (SeeA pril 4th
,
June 6th: Salmon Palmer, E sq.,J. W. D e Caux,
E sq. ,and Garson Blake, E sq.
,nom inated by
the Town Council as new Magistrates for the
Borough.
June loth. N early fifty porpoises observed disporting them selves in the roadstead.
June 13th to 24th. The D Battery, B Brigade of
R oyal Horse A rtillery,encamped on the N orth
Denes,under the command of Captain Strang
ways. M en (including officers) numbered about120
,having 116 horses, and six nine- pound rifle
loading guns,&c.
June 2l st . Messrs . F. S . Smyth and R . G. Batelyacquitted them selves satisfactorily in their preliminary exam inations at the R oyal College of Surgeons,London.
June. MajorW. J. Foreman, 1st N orfolk ArtilleryVolunteers, passed his exam ination and received acert ificate of efficiency at the School of Instructionformed at Woolwich, under Lieutenant - ColonelWoolsey , R .A .
— Messrs. J. T. Waters,F. Burton,
and F. W. Dendy passed final exam ination at the
London Incorporated L aw Society.
July 9th. Fire on the fishing prem ises of Messrs .
Bland Brothers, Queen’
s R oad. A public sub scription was made on their behalf.
it"liumulngirnl iiiatnui ni
A .
18 71— QIulv 1 3111. Boat accident in the roadstead,by which
a in in and two‘
boys, out of a crew of five, weredrowned
,the youths being m embers of a N orwich
huri l i Cll oil .
J l ll \ |5 t .ll The l st Suffolk and (on the 18 th) 1stN o ihilk R ifie Volunteers encamped f or a weekon the N orth Denes. The form er m ustered m all
ab o ut 660 m en.
Jul i 20111. H .M S .
“ Repulse, 3749 tons burthen,
8 00 horse power,having twelve guns on board, and
eonu uanded by Captain R ollins,cam e into the
i n u l to em bark about fifty coastguardsm en.
J ul\ 30 th. A terrific thunder peal,the like not
hav ing been heard for m any years . The electricfluid did a considerable am ount of dam age to theres idence of M r. Hinchm an Hamm ond.
Aug. l s i. The new smack Zephyr on A ug. 3rd,t lu fishing boat “ Henry and Edm und ; and on
A ug.
“
7th, the dandy sm ack Coral,
” launched.
S ince A ugust last year 30 smacks andfishing boatshad been launched at the various shipyards in(11m onth and Gei leston.
A ug 7ih. Miss E . Pearson,accom panied by lMiss
ll. 1 M ac Laughlin,paid a visit to the Sailor ’
s
H om e, hav ingt
ijust returned from the Franco1 arm an Wai . In O ct . these two ladies had con
hn ed upon them the bronze cross and diploma of
the S ocié tié de Secoui s aux Blesses of France,in recognition of their services on the battlefie lds of Metz
,Sedan, and O rleans . (t ee
S ept ,18 70, A ug , 18 72 , and A ug. 8 th,
A rig. filth. The steam tug R eliance, while entering the Harbor with a freight of pleasure seekers,acc i dentally fouled the South Pier.
A ug. 11th. Fatal accident to M r. Henry Worlledge,third son of our respected County Court Judge, .
while bathing at Folkeston.
A ug. 14th. E. P . Youell, E sq. , who had for eleven
years previous been Captain of the 2nd Com panyo f 1he Y arm outh R ifle Volunteers, was presentedb y the m embers of his com pany at the Drill Hallixithahandsom e silver salver, value £ 13, as am arko f their esteem .
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gnrmnutt.A . D .
18 71— A ug. 31st . The Yarm outh Horticultural Society’sfirst show, held in St. George
’
s- park,which was
entirely enclosed with boarding, was a grandhorticultural and floral fete, and patronised bym ostof the é lz
'
te of the town._
TheEast N orfolk Militiaand Militia A rtillery bands played at intervalsduring the day.
Aug. H .R .H . the Prince of Wales accepted thehon. colonelcy of the N orfolk Militia A rtillery,rendered vacant by the death of Lord Hastings.
Sept. Mons. A . A . D esfougerais, Vice- Consul to theFrench Governm ent, after 11 years’ residence inYarm outh, obtained an appointm ent in the ForeignO ffice in Paris. O n Septemb er 22nd, this gentleman was presented with a claret jug and cup,value £ 40, as a testim ony of respect.Sept. 11th. The dandy smack “ Fern, 54 ft. long,7
'
ft. 2 in. deep, and 32 4 - 100ths tonnage, launchedfrom M r. R . R ust’s yard.
Sept . 17th. O rgan at St. George’s Chapel re—openedafter being restored.
Sept . 17th. The R ev . C . Voysey, B .A . , late Vicarof H eaulaugh, preached at the U nitarian Chapel.Sept. 22nd. The trawling smack “Maria and
Isabella,belonging to M r. Seago, of this port,
run into by the barque R ock City, near the
Dogger Bank, where she f0 1m dered, and four of
her crew,including the master, drowned.
Sept. 25th. The captain of the passenger steamerA lbion, plying between Yarmouth and London,
fined £ 6 11s. for having (on the 6th instant) onboard 111 passengers m ore than the vessel waschartered to carry (337 persons), there being 448passengers.
Sept. 29th. The new General Post O ffice, R egentStreet, opened.
Sept. 29th and 30th. The brig N ew Fair Trader,and the fishing lugger Black- eye’d Susan, of thisport
,received m uch damage.
Oct . N um ber of persons by excursion trains duringthe summ erwas— Vauxhall - station, Southtown, total
,Last season, V.
,
S .,total,
rvtrnnnlngirul 13am nf fi
gurmnuth. 139
A . D .
18 71— O ct. 4th. The schooner “ John Watson,belonging
to Messrs. VVatling, of this port, collided with thebarque Thomas Knox, in the roadstead
,between
the Britannia Pier and the Jetty, when the formersunk . Crew of five saved .
O ct . 5th. M r. William Mallam Vores adm itted a
licentiate of the Society of A pothecaries.
O ct . 16th. The screw steam er“ A nnie Broughton
,
120 horse power, 78 2 tons register, 230 ft. long,32 ft. beam ,
drawing 19 ft. of water,and valued
at while on a voyage from N ewcastle to
Alexandria with 1650 tons of coal, got on Hasbro’
Sands,from which precarious position she was
assisted off after four days’ hard exertions. The
salvage claim s am ounted to £ 1300 .
O ct . l 6th. Fire at M r. A . Tab raham’
s j ewellery shopon St . Peter
’
s R oad. Considerable damage done.
O ct . l 6th. A monster royal sturgeon caught off Y ar~
m outh. It was 7 ft. 10 in. long, and weighed 28stone.
O ct. 18 th. The new Corn Hall,Howard Street,
opened by a public dinner,to which nearly 200
gentlem en sat down, including Viscount Mahon,M .P. , S ir E. H . K . Lacon
,Bart. , M .P. ,
the H on.
F. Walpole,M .P. , C . S . R ead, E sq . ,
M .P.,E.
Corrance, E sq. , M .P. ,and the Mayor (E. H. L.
Preston,E sq .) H. S . Grimm er
,E sq.
, occupied thechair.
O ct. 24th. George S . Harcourt, E sq.
, of Ankerwych, formerly M .P. forBucks
,diedat St. George
’
s
Square,Belgrav ia
,aged 64 years . This gentlem an
established the Yarmouth Sailors’ H om e.
O ct . 26th. A silver tea- kettle,value £ 25
,presented
as a testim onial to the R ev . R . J. Dundas,prior to
his leaving the town for A lbury,near Guildford,
Surrey.
O ct . 3oth. The Rev . W. Boycott,rector and patron
of Burgh S t . Peter,died at O rmesby
, aged 73 years.
N ov . M r. Ziba Rayson passed his third and finalexam ination at the L aw Society’s Hall
,London.
N ov . 3rd. Fire at the drapery shop of M r. E .
Bostock , King- street,and damage done to the
am ount of £ 350 .
140 drnnnlngir'
nl lithiumnf egurmnntlj.A . D .
18 71— N ov . 14th. The iron screw steamer Benj am inWhitworth
,639 tons register. 99 horse power,
commanded by Capt . John Sm ith,accidentally got
upon the Cross Sands and there encountered a
terrifically heavy sea but after great perseveranceshe was floated off on the following day. The
steam tug“ R eliance
,
” value £ 2500,belonging to
the Standard Company, while rendering assistanceto the Whitworth,
”struck against apiece of
sunken wreck, and so damaged her bottom as to
necessitate her being run on to Caister beach,where she became a total wreck. (S ee D ec. 4th
,
18 75
N ov . 1)4th . A fleet of som e 1200 sailing vessels
passed through the roadstead.
N ov . 25th. The smack “ Evangeline, 55ft. on keeland 17ft . beam ,
built for M r. O lley of this town,launched from M r. Fellows’ shipyard.
N ov . 25th. The fishing lugger Sailor’s Friend,value
,with nets , &c.
,about £ 8 50, the property of
M r. C . R umbold, was run into by the Frenchscrew steam er Union Bayonnaise,
” which causedthe lugger to founder. The crew were, however,all saved.
N ov . 30th to D ec. 2nd. Heavy gale. Lifeboatcrews perform ed several daring acts of bravery, andalthough about twenty- five hands were unfortu
hately lost near Yarm outh, no less than twenty.
three shipwrecked m en were rescued and taken tothe Sailors’ Hom e.
D ec. 4th. The sm ack George and Elizabeth ran
ashore north of the N orth Pier, where she went topieces
,her crew being rescued by the rocket
apparatus.
D ec. 4th. R ev . A . T . Shelley, Congregational m inister
at A ylesbury, and form erly of this town, died at
A ylesbury, Bucks, aged 45 .
D ec. 6th: Intense frost. Every street and road one
m ass of ice, and so sm ooth and slippery as to renderwalking upright im possible. Several accidents
occurred to people and horses.
D ec. 9th. The smack “ Friendship,” value £ 400, lost
in theN orth Sea.
142 cthnunlngimlm amui “
guaranty.
A . n.
18 72— Jan. 12th. R estoration of Gorleston Church mooted.
O n M ay 15th, M r. Hubbard’s (East Dereham) contract of £ 2642 accepted. (See June 12th, 18 7
Jan. 16th. Congratulatory addresses voted by theTown Council to her M ajesty the Queen on the
recovery of the Prince of Wales from a severe illness also an address to the Prince himself
,as well
as one of congratulat ion to the Princess of Wales.
Jan. 17th. Gallant lifeboat service by the Caisterbeachmen during a heavy gale in the preservationof the barque Jessie,
”and the whole of her crew.
Jan. 25th. The Gorleston Board of Health resolvedto borrow £ 1000, in addition to the pre
viously borrowed, for the Southtown drainage.
(S ee A ug. 17th,Jan. 28 th. John Lomas Cufaude, E sq.
, solicitor,
died,aged 61 years. The deceased gentleman was
Clerk of the Peace, Clerk to the Board of
Guardians, and Superintendent R egistrar of thisBorough.
Jan. 29th. Caleb Burrell R ose, E sq. , F died,
aged 8 1 years.
Jan. 29th. Supt. G. Tewsley presented with a
richly- chased silver cup, at the Bear Hotel, by thesergeants and constables of the Borough Police
,-as
a m em ento of their esteem .
Feb . 2nd. F. Danby Palm er, E sq., elected Supt.
R egistrar, and on the 9th, Clerk to the Board of
Guardians .
Feb . 2nd. Further experiments in the roadsteadwith Harvey’s sea torpedos , under the
‘
inspectionof gentlemen representing the Am erican Governm ent.
Feb . 9th, loth, and 13th. A ction in the Court of
Chancery— I. C . A . Preston the Mayor,
A lderm en, and Burgesses of the Borough— to re
cover lent by various m ortgagees on the
general district rates . Bill dism issed with costs.
An appeal was made against the judgm ent in the
sam e Court on June 19th, with a like result .Feb . 13th. Isaac Preston, jun.
,E sq. , elected Clerk
of the Peace by the Town Council and on March5 th, Visiting Justices
’ Clerk.
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18 72— Feb . 23rd. Brigantine “ Isabella Walker collidedwith the steam tug
“ A ndrew Woodhouse,”
the
latter sustaining damage to the am ount of £ 50 .
Feb . 27th. General Thanksgiving D ay for the
recovery from sickness of the Prince of Walesobserved in Yarm outh.
Feb . £ 468 0 required for the restoration of GorlestonChurch . (S ee A pril 28 th, 18 7
March 1st. M r. G . M. Burton elected VaccinationO fficer.
March 2nd. Smack Queen of the Fleet launchedfrom M essrs. Sm ith and Son’
s shipyard.
March 14 th. J. Cherry,E sq. , of the N orfolk
Circuit,took the oaths and handed in his formal
appointm ent as Clerk of the Peace for Suffolk ,conferred by the Lord Lieutenant of the County
(Lord Stradbroke), vacated by the late M r.
Borton,who held the office thirty years prior to
his death .
March 22nd. Henry N egus Burroughes , E sq.
,died
at Burlingham H all,aged 8 2 years . This gentle
m an was elected M .P. for East N orfolk in A ugust ,18 37 ; July, 18 41 ; A ugust, 18 47 ; and July,18 52, with the late EdmundWodehouse
,E sq .
, as
a colleague, on the last two occasions withoutopposit ion. In 18 55, however, M r. Wodehouse,accepting the Chiltern Hundreds
, S ir Henry J ..
S tracey was returned in the place of that hon.
gentleman, but at the dissolution in M arch,18 57,
they neither of them went to the poll. M r.
Burroughes was a Haven and Pier Comm issionerfor m ore than forty -five years. The R ev . RandallBurroughes, who married a sister of Lord Suffield,succeeded to the possession of his fine landedproperty .
M arch 30th. N athaniel Palm er, E sq.,died at Coltis
hall, aged 79 years, being born in Yarmouth inO ct . 1792 . In 18 27 he was called to the bar bythe Inner Temple
,and in 18 36 appointed Judge
of the Guildhall Court of N orwich and R ecorderof Great Y arm outh .
March. The loop - line between Somerleyton and St.O laves on the Great Eastern Railway opened.
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18 72— A pril 4th. The marriage of Lieutenant CharlesFrancis Hastings Dent, commanding her Majesty
’
s
ship O rwell ,”
eldest son of the late Adm iral)ent (seeJan. 3rd) and Lady Selina (daughter of the
eleventh Earl of Huntingdon) to Miss Jane Collinsof Bury
,was celebrated at St. Mary’s Church .
A pril 19 th. Corner stone of the new schools in con'
l 1ect ion with S t . Jam es’ Mission laid.
A pril 24th. Simm s R eeve; E sq.
,took the declara
tion at the Tolhouse Hall on acceptance of‘
the
office of R ecorder of Yarmouth.
M ay2nd. The fine new lugger “ S irR ogerTichbornelaunched from Messrs . Sm ith’s shipyard at Runham .
M ay 13th. The smack R enown, belonging to
Messrs. Sm ith and S on, collided with the SouthPier
,and afterwards sunk with her cargo of fish
the harbor.
M ayl 3th. TheDutch man- of—warbrig “Tornate,used
as a training ship and having on board 110 boysand 10 m en and officers, was towed into ourharbor.
M ay 20th. A young shark , about six feet long,
caught off Y arm outh,and landed on the beach.
M ay 20th. Serious accident to John W. D e Caux,
E sq. , J .P.
,by falling from a cart on the Marine
Parade.
M ay. A salm on weighing 12% lb s.,and two salm on
trout, one 15 lb s. in weight and the other 2 ft . 4 in.
long, taken near Caister.
June 6th. Visit to Yarm outh of H R H . the Princeof Wales, attended by the Earl of Leicester, MajorGeneral Brobyn, C B ,
and Col. Teasdale. Thisnever- to- b e- forgotten visit of the Heir A pparentto the Throne was the grandest event in respect tothe general superb decorations and illum inations,together with the rapturous enthusiasm and opengenerosity of the populace, ever recorded in the
annals of local history. Som e excursionistsfrom N orwich, as well as numbers from neighbouring districts, flocked into the town on the two firstdays. The Prince and suite
,who were entertained
he ie by Jam es Cuddon, E sq. J.P.,at Shadding
field Lodge, left the borough on the 8 th, by theE ast Sufib lk line, en route for London.
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18 721 —A ug. 9th. M r. R . Collins resigned the appointm ent of Town Hall keeper
,which he had held
for twenty years, and was succeeded on A ug.
13th by M r. George Harvey . (S ee O ct . 2oth,18 74)
A ug. loth. By an A ct of Parliam ent this day inforce different independent sanitary bodies wereplaced underone authority
,including theYarm outh
and Gorleston Local Boards. Yarm outh TownCouncil ”then becam e the sanitary authority forthe whole district, at the sam e tim e taking posses~
s ion of the property in Gorleston and Southtown,assessed at
A ug. 13th. H . Fellows,F. Dendy
, and S . W.
Spelman, Esqs .,appointed as Magistrates for the
Borough.
A ug. 13th. M r. C . H. Chamberlin’
s resignation as
Borough Coroner accepted . by the Town Council.M r. Wm . Holt was at the sam e m eeting appoin (1
his successor. M r. G. B . Kennett,who was form
erly m anaging clerk to M r. Holt, was appointedclerk to the N orwich Magistrates in September,18 67.
A ug. 18 th. John Hillam Mills, E sq . ,barrister
,died
at Lowestoft . The deceased gentlem an acted as
Deputy—R ecorder of Yarm outh during the m anyyears’ protracted illness of the late M r. N . Palm er.
(See March 30th,A ug. 20th. Edward Harbord Lushington Preston,E sq. , died, aged 65 years . The deceased gentlem an
,who was M ayor of the Borough at the tim e
and held several offices of responsibility, was m uch
respected by his fellow townsm en. H e was bornon N ov . 4th, 18 06. The remains of the deceasedgentleman were interred on the 24th in the
fam ily vault in St . N icholas’ Churchyard, near
the Cem etery.
A ug. 20th. The new smack Star,built for M r.
Flem ing H ewitt, . launched from the shipyard of
M r. J. H. Fellows.
A ug. 27th. Charles Woolverton,E sq .
,elected Mayor
to the l st of N ovember,in the place of the late
E. H. L . Preston, E sq.
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A .
18 72— A ug. 29th. Part of the fleet of H .M .
’
s ironclads,
under the command of R ear- A dm iral G. G. R an
dolph, C.B .
, anchored in the roadstead. The fleetcom prised the “ A chilles
,26 guns ; Hector,
18 ; Penelope,
11 5“ A udacious,
” l l “ Vanguard
,14 ;
“ Black Prince,
”28 ;
“ R esistance,
”
16 ;“ Favourite
,
”10 ;
“ Valient,
”18 ; and the
dispatch boat Im ogen. In the whole squadronthere were som e 4 500 m en
, including about 1500coastguardsm en. The A dm iral ’s ship A chil les”)carried 750 m en ; had forty furnaces
,and when
steam ing at full speed consum ed at the rate of 250
tons of coal a day.
Sept . 29th. The lugger “ Bee (form erly“ Prima
belonging to M r. T. Tyrrell of this port,
foundered about fifty m iles abreast of Winterton,
during a very heavy gale.
O ct . 3rd. Destructive fire at the shop of Messrs.
Leach Brothers oilm en,& c.
, Market Place,which
resulted in the alm ost entire destruction of the
shop and stock - in- trade. Estim ated loss, £ 1000 ;
property saved, value about £ 400.
O ct. 11th. Heavy gale. Loss of the schoonerLucy
,belonging to M r. R Barber, of this port
,
onWhitby beach .
O ct. 14th. S ir E . H . K . L acon,Bart .
,M .P.
,laid
the first plate of the Gorleston tramway, whichcerem ony was celebrated by a banquet at theTownHall in the evening.
O ct. l 6th. M r. J. Suffling’
s sm ack Hum ilitydriven ashore in a gale north of Britannia Pier.
O ct. 17th. Terrible accident on the Great EasternR ailway near Kel vedon— eighteen people woundedand one killed, am ong the form er being Will iamWorship
,E sq. , of Y arm outh.
O ct. 26th. The schooner “ Blyham founderedin the N orth S ea. M r. Walter Haylett
,m aster of
the sm ack Eclipse,
”was subsequently awarded a
silver m edal and certificate of honor by the Kingof the N etherlands for rescuing the crew.
O ct. 29th and five following days . The sale of M r.
J. Owlcs’
collection of pottery and porcelain,at
the CornHall,realised
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18 72— O ct. M r. A . J. R ivett passed them inor examinationof the Pharmaceutical Society.
O ct . The widow of SirWm . J. Hooker died. Thislady was the daughter of the late M r. DawsonTurner, of Yarm outh, and m other of D r.
Hooker. She was m arried to S irWilliam in 18 15 .
O ct . The R ev . John Beazor,late of Y arm outh, ap
~
pointed to the R ectory of Portland by the Bishopof O xford. This rev . gentleman had for six yearspreviously held the sole charge of Minster Lovell.
(SeeMarch ,N ov . 2nd. The lugger “ Good A dvice
,belonging to
M r. John Hart, of Gorleston, run down by a brig.
N ov . 11th to 17th. Heavy gales, the smacks Coronella and “ Thomas and Edward ” lost
,and all
hands,on the 12th
,and GorlestonPier was also
damaged to the extent ofN ov . 13th. M r. A . E. Cowl, third son of M r. HenryCowl
,passed his final '
exam ination prior to his
adm ission as an attorney,at the Institute of the
Incorporated L aw Society, London.
N ov . 13th. Sudden death of M r. S . C. Cooke, of
Horstead,at the Thorpe Railway Station
,aged 71.
The deceased was a m ember of the Port andHaven Comm ission.
N ov . 26th. Captain John Garnham , R .N . , died,aged 8 3. The deceased was 42 years a Magistratefor S uffolk , andwas for som e years a Lieutenantin the R oyal N avy, and taken prisoner by theFrench in 18 14 , after which he returned to
N ov . 3oth. The smack Challenger,
reputed tob e the largest built in Yarm outh
,was launched
from Messrs. Sm ith and Son’
s yard.
N ov . M r. F. J. Dowsett passed his final exam inationfor an attorney at the Incorporated L aw Society
’
s
Hall,Chancery Lane.
D ec 8 th and for several days, a succession of gales .
A bout fifteen vessels in all foundered, and 100
shipwrecked mariners were received at the Sailors’
Hom e.
D ec. The MilitiaDepot at Yarmouth offered to theGovernment at
150 abrnnnlngirul new; at i
gurmnutb.A .. l ) .
18 73— Feb . 26th. The R ev . J. Partridge, formerly headmaster of the Yarm outh Proprietary GrammarSchool
,Southtown
,diedat Thornbury, nearBristol,
aged 46 years .
March 17th. M r. George T. Watson,Secretary and
Superintendent of Sailors’ Hom e, presented witha handsom e gold ring by the m em bers of theBeachm en
’
s andFishermen’
s Friendly Society, as a
m emento of respect .
March 24th. The steamtug Minuet stranded, on
the N orth Sand at the m outh of the harbor.
March 2 5th. The new brick- built reservoir at
Gorleston, belonging to the Great Yarm outhWaterWorks Com pany, opened. It is 115 feet
square inside height from floor to roof 16 ft . ,and
holds gallons of water,being
,when ful l
,
1319; feet from the top.
March. The R ev . D r. R aven was presented with a
handsom e silver- plated coffee-
pot, teapot, cream jug,and sugar basin, by the pupils of the Y arm outhGramm ar School, of which he is head m aster, as amark of their esteem .
March. The R ectory of Buckenham , Kent, conferredupon the R ev . Will iam Cater, B .A . , curate of St.N icholas’ Church .
A pril 11th. Loss of the fishing smack “Vesper,
value off the Holland coast ; on the 19th,
in the N orth Sea, the dandy“ Morgan,
” value£ 400 and on the 27th, the smack “ Proctor
,
”
value £ 720 . Crews all saved.
A pril 13th (Easter D ay). The new peal of bells at
Gorleston Parish Church, first rung out . Thesesix bells were cast by Messrs. Mears and H ainb an k,of Whitechapel, and presented to Gorleston byMiss C . R oberts, of Hersham , Esher. The tenor
bell, weighing 10'
cwt.,is in the key of G
,and has
a chim ing apparatus.
A pril 14th. John Owles, E sq. ,
"died at GreatY arm outh, aged 65 years. (See Feb . 18 58 and O ct .
29th,A pril 17th. H . E. Buxton, E sq. , and Captain JohnGilbertson elected Churchwardens of the ParishChurch. Stormy vestry m eeting.
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18 73— A pril 18 th. The R ev . R . Shelley, U nitarian ministerof Y armouth, died at N ewbury, Berks, aged 39years.
A pril 24th. The R ev . H . R . N evill, M .A . ,vicar of
Y arm outh,form ally installed a Canon of N orwich
Cathedral. (See Jan. 25th,A pril 29th. The schooner “ Margaret sunk in theharbor whilst crossing the bar. She subsequentlybroke up, and the wreck and stores sold for £ 40 .
A pril ; Bat .- Sergt. -Major E . Cooke
,1st N
presented with a m assive electro- plated cup by T.
Dawson,E sq.
M ay 1st and 2md. S ir John Coode, E .C.
,visited
Yarmouth to inspect and report upon the SouthPier and Haven works
,and on the 3oth forwarded
his report to the Port and Haven Comm issioners.
The estimated cost of improvem ents was put downby S ir John at
M ay 3rd. M r. Jam es Mitchell died,in the 100th
year of his age.
M ay 11th. R obert Palm er Kem p,E sq. , J.P. for the
Borough and also for the County of N orfolk, diedat Coltishall
, aged 70 years.
M ay 12th. The R ev . J. W . Colvin,M .A . ,
m inister ofSt. Andrew’
s Church,presented with a pair of
handsom e oak study candlesticks and a platedchased biscuit caddy
,by the Su nday- school teachers
,
and m embers of the choir and Bible classes, as a
m em ento of their kindly feeling towards him .
M ay 25th. Loss of the sm ack “A ctive and threeof her crew in the N orth S ea, by being run downby the steam er Iris .
”Value of smack £ 1000.
M ay 29th. John Fisher Costerton, E sq.,J.P. , of
this borough,died at Yarm outh
,aged 8 8 years .
(S eeM ay30th. A bout fifty m embers of the H on. A rtilleryCom pany cam e from Finsbury
,London, to this town
by rail,and marched from Yarm outh to Brundall
a distance of fourteen m iles— on the followingm orning
,en route for N orwich .
June 7th. Three of the crew of the smack Pioneer,and one of the “ E thelwolf
’
s,lost at sea whilst
ferrying fish to the London carrying steam ers.
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18 73— June 11th. M r. Sam uel Linay, of N orwich,
m anaging clerk to William Sadd, E sq. ,solicitor of
’
the sam e city, presented with a handsom e silversalver and 100 guineas as a testim onial in recogni
tion of his services to som e poor persons in re
covering m oney for them through the Court of‘
Probate in California the previous year (Feb .) hewas also presented with a m assive silver cigarcase for professional services. This gentlemanwas formerly Clerk and Deputy- SuperintendentR egistrar under the late J. L. Cufaude
,E sq. ,
of'
Yarmouth (see Jan. 28 th, b ut left this townand entered the service of M r. Sadd, of N orwich,on N ov . 3oth, 18 63
,as managing clerk . O n
N ov . 9th, 18 68 , the Lord Chief Baron of H er
Majesty’s Court of Exchequergranted him a fiat tob e articled without the delay and expense of a
prelim inary exam ination. O n A pril 29th, 18 74,M r. Linay successfully passed e xam inations at
the Incorporated L aw Society, London, beforeadm ission as solicitor and attorney. O n M ay8 th
,18 74, he was duly adm itted an attorney,
and also sworn in as a solicitor of the HighCourt of Chancery and in the ensuing week hebecam e a partner with M r. Sadd (to whom he
served his articles) under the style of Sadd 85Linay on July 15th was granted the freedomof the City of N orwich , and the following m onth
(A ug. 12th) the Lord Chief Baron andMr. BaronAm phlett appointed M r. Linay a Comm issionerfor taking affidavits in the Court of Exchequer.
O n N ov . 18 th,18 74, Lord Coleridge and M r.
Justice Denman appointed him a Commissionerfor taking affidavits in the Court of Comm onPleas ; and at the end'
of the sam e year (D ec.
2nd), the Lord Chief Justice of England appointedM r. Linay a Comm issioner to take affidavits inH er Majesty’s Court of Queen’
s Bench. M r.
Linay,as a s olicitor, is connected with several
Societies in N orwich and since his residence in.that city he has obtained an extensive practice,and is well known as a gentleman of considerable
professional ability.
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18 73— Sept. 15th.
— The new smack “M ercv
’
launchedfrom Messrs. Mack’s yard.
Sept. 25th. The will of M rs. Jem ima Bacon Ciocci,form erly the wife of Raffaelle Ciocci
,late of
Yarm outh,proved inider
Sept. 29th. A new steam tug, the S tar, the
property of the Star S team tug Com pany, launchedfrom Messrs. Beeching’s shipyard. Length 8 8 ft .,width 16 ft. 7 in. ,
depth 9 ft . 9 ih . ,builders’
m easurement 113 tons, gross register 8 8 tons, andcost over £ 2000. H er lever engine of 45 wassaved from the Minuet.” (See March 24th.)Sept. Shadingfield Lodge, the R oyal residence,during the Prince of Wales’ stay in Y arm outh inJune, 18 72, purchased by S . N ightingale
,E sq.
,
for
O ct . l st. Destructive fire at the farm of M r. T. W.
Daniel, at West Caister, and property destroyed
am ounting to overO ct . l st. Loss of the “Whittington, of N ew
castle,with 4 00 tons of coal, on the Middle Cross
Sand.
O ct . 7th. Three m en lost belonging to the smack“ Ellen
,whilst ferrying twenty- nine packages of
fish to the London carrying steamer,near the
Dogger Bank .
O ct. 7th. R . Morgan, E sq. , C .E . , visited Yarm outhon behalf of the Local Governm ent Board and
took evidence upon the m atter of the MarketGates’ Im provem ent
,for which a loan of
was required for thirty years. O n D ec. 2nd,
sanction to the loan was given by the Governm ent
Board in a letter to the Corporation.
O ct . 8 th. The lugger Young Charles run downby the (s . s)
“ O sborne,”
off Sm ith’s Knowl (14m iles off Lowestoft), and the whole of her crew,10 hands
,unfortunately lost, while engaged hauling
in nets.
O ct. 10th. Dem onstration of Freemasons at GreatYarm outh on the opening of the Provincial GrandLodge at the Hospital School by the Honorable F.
Walpole, M .P.,Deputy Provincial Grand Master
of N orfolk .
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18 73— O ct . 1l th. The reputed fastest schooner yacht afloat,the “ Livonia,
”128 tons burthenand a crew of 16
hands, put into Yarm outh harbor.
O ct . l 1th. D r. Jam es Berrett, late of Yarm outh,died at Clifton
,near Bristol . H is remains were
interred in Castleton Churchyard.
O ct. 15th. The high lights on the north - east cornerof
the Sailors ’ Hom e,at an altitude of 60 feet above
high water,and the lower light on the Britannia
Pier,at an elevation of 20 feet
,
’
used for the firsttime.
O ct . 23rd. The new sm ack Livonia, belonging toMessrs . Sm ith and Son, launched from theirshipyard.
O ct . 24th. Inspector Berry resigned from the boroughpolice force
,having been unanim ously chosen
Chief Superintendent of Police for Gravesend out
of forty candidates for the appointm ent, at a
stipend of £ 200 per annum . H e entered on his
new duties on N ov . l st . (See Jan. ,
O ct . 30th. A testim onial, comprising a gilt - fram ed
docum ent and a sealskin purse,containing £ 20,
presented to‘ Police
—sergeant Brown by CaptainMatthews, on behalf of sixty- four subscribers, as am ark of respect from the inhabitants of Gorleston.
O ct . M r. W. M . Veres resigned the office of housesurgeon to the Yarm outh Hospital .
O ct. A m em orial window,adm irable in design and
execut ion, placed in the Parish Church by theem inent surgeon
, Sir Jam es Paget , a native of
Yarm outh , and brother of Professor Paget, inm em ory of his father and m other. Sam uel Pagetdied in 18 57
,aged 8 3 Sarah Elizabeth Paget in
18 43,aged 65 . Twelve of their children rest with
them in and near the church. (See June 15th,18 5 8 )
O ct . Henry E. Buxton W. P. Brown,G . B . Palm er,
J. H . O rde,A . D . Stone
, and E. H . H. Com be,
Esqs .
, appointed as Magistrates for the Borough bythe Lord Chancellor of England. (S ee Jan.
, 18 74 .
N ov . 2nd. The Methodist N ew Connexion Chapel,
King Street, re- opened after extensive alterationsand im provem ents .
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gaunt let.A . n.
18 73— N ov . 3rd. A Local Governm ent Board Inquiry,
opened by Inspector H . B . Farnall,E sq.
,at the
Tolhouse Hall, and resulted in the ejection of
three Liberal Guardians from the Board in
February, 18 74 . This inquiry cost the town £ 18 7.
N ov . l 0th. D isglaceful riot in Middlegate streetandat the Fishwharf with Sherringham fishermen.
(See Jan. 12th,N ov . 18 th. Thomas Baring
, E sq .
,M .P. ,
died at ,
Fontm ell—lodge, Bournem outh,aged 73 years. The
deceased represented this Borough in Parliamentin 18 35 .
N ov . 20th. M r. R . S . Steele presented with a hand- 1som e electro- plated tea and coffee serv ice by them embers of the Perseverance Lodge of N ottingham O rder of O ddfellows
,in recognition of his
valuable services.
N ov . 27th. The R ev . J. W. Colvin,m inister of S t.
A ndrew ’
s,presented with a water- color drawing
by Mr. W. Platt ; and on the following evening,by his congregation, a m arble tim epiece, set of
bronze chimney ornaments and candlesticks, and a
pair of salts,as souvenirs of their esteem , previous
to his leaving Yarm outh . (See M ay 12th.)N ov . 30th. Fire at the warehouse of M r. J. Green,King Street
,and damage done to the amount of
about £ 15.
D ec. l oth. A gold A lbert chain presented by theYarm outh Bathing
'
and Swimm ing A ssociation to
Mr. John Page, secretary, in acknowledgement,
of his kindness to them embers.
D ec. 12th. M r. Sam uel Brock, better known as .
Brock the swimmer,” died at Yarmouth, aged 70
years. (See O ct. 6th, 18 35.)D ec. 17th. Fire at the prem ises of Mr. W. Lawrie,m anufacturer of vegetable black , ink, &c. and
damage done to the extent of about £ 150 .
D ec. 2 lst . lasts of herrings delivered at the
Fishwharf, and sold at the average price £ 11 10s.
4000 last (equal to in excess of the pre
vions year’s catch.
D ec. The Rev . D r. Gott appointed by the Queen to '
theVicarage of Leeds.
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18 74— Jan. l 0th. Police- constable Layton bravely rescued’
a man and woman from the river Opposite QueenStreet. Another male and female fell over thequayhead on Jan. 15th, when Police- cons table Green1endered good service.
Jan. 11th. R ev . J. B . Woolnough, the newm inisterof St. Andrew
’
,s preached his first se1mon at this
Church after his appointm ent.Jan. Captain Gilbertson,
A djutant of N appointed a Gentlem an- at Arm s at Windsor Castle.
H e died on June 18 th, 18 76.
Jan. 12th. Six Sherringham fisherm en convicted at .
a special Session, for creating, with others,a riot in
the t own.
Jan. H. Teasdel (Mayor) and E. H . H . Combe,
Esqs.,appointed trustees of the Southtown R oad.
Jan. 13th. First m eeting of Scientific Society at thePublic Library.
Jan. 13th. John Godwin Johnson, E sq .
, late am emb er
of the Yarmouth Port and Haven Comm ission forN orwich, died, aged 76. The deceased gentlemanwas Mayor of N orwich in 18 55 .
Jan. 18 th. M r. Frederick Diver, comm ander, U nionSteam
“ Shipping Com pany, died at Woolston,Southam pton, aged 34 . (See Jan. 9th
,18 68 .
Jan. 23rd. A general holiday and day of rejoicingin celebration
D
ef the marriage of H .R .H. the Dukeof Edinburgh to the Grand Duchess Marie of
R ussia, 200 gentlem en dining togetherat the TownHall being the main feature of note. O n the 27th
the Town Council voted a congratulatory addressto the Queen and R oyal paii .
January 23rd. R ev . Henry R . N ev111 presented witha massive antique oak cabinet by the schoolteachers ,
and a handsom e escritoire by the scholars
of St. Ai1drew’
s andPriory schools, as souvenirs .
Jan. 25th. R ev . H . R . N evill preached his farewell
sermon at the Parish Church. (See D ec.
Jan. 25th. The Yarm outh sloop Harriet run
down by the steam er Tanjore off Chapmanhead. Crew saved.
Jan. 26th. The first A quarium Com pany liquidated,and the list of contributories settled.
dtbrnnnlngirnl ifiifitnrq uiA . D .
18 74—Jan. 27th. Jam es Curtis, one of the crew of the
sm all river steamer “A lpha,”accidentally drowned
0 11 Breydon.
Jan. 27th. General Election. The Mem bers forN orth N orfolk (S ir E. Lacon and the H on. F.
Walpole) issued an address to their constituencyprior to the general election, but at the nom inationat A ylsham on Jan. 31st there was no oppositionto their return. (See Feb . 10th. )
Feb . 3rd. R ev . J. H. Rawdon, on leav ing Y arm outh,
was presented,at the N orth- end Mission
,with a
biscuit basket and a chased- silver inkstand,as a
m ark of appreciation of his labours in the N ortherndistrict of the town.
Feb . 4th. Messrs . H. Brand, J. R ivett , and“7. T .
Fisher, after an enquiry under M r. H. B .
Farnall,were unseated as guardians
,in favor of
Messrs . W. Laws, W. J. Foreman,and J. T .
Bracey .
Feb . 5th. M r. G. W. Buck presented with a handsom e silver watch , for his dutifulness as
, pupilteacher in the Gorleston and Southtown N ationalSchools , prior to his leav ing for the Borough R oadTraining College.
Feb . 6th. M rs. H . Teasdel, the Mayoress, died at
Southtown,aged 68 .
Feb . 6th. Charles John,son of the late Charles John
Moore,of Caister, killed by being thrown from his
trap on Caister turnpike, aged 26.
Feb . 7th. The barque Krona,
of Landskrona,with quarters of oats
, struck on Hasbro’
Sand and remained fast till the 9th.
Feb . 10th. Elect ion of Mem bers of Parliam ent forEast Suffolk took place. Colonel Tom line (L),O pposedLordMahou (C) and LordR endlesham (C)and the result of poll made known next daywas :R endlesham
,4 136 Mahon
,38 96 Tom line
,3014 .
Gorleston and Southtown polled 5 11, out of about700 voters. (SeeM ay 30th,
18 70 , and Feb . 22nd,
The South N orfolk Election also took placton Feb . 10 th.
Feb . l 6th. The new smack “R eindeer launchedfrom M r. Mack ’
s yaid at Southtown.
160 atrnnnlngiml newif “
garland.
A . D .
18 74— Feb . 18 th. M r. R . W. Durrell, organist, presented
with a handsom e electro- plated sugar basin and a
bottle by the m em bers of the Gorleston Congrega~
tional Chapel choir as amem ento of esteem . (SeeJan. 5th
,
Feb . 22nd. R ev . G. Venables, Vicar of
Y arm outh,read him self in and preached his first
serm ons at the Parish Church,from (m orning)
11 Tim . 1. 13 (evening) Psalm xlvii-i. 12 3 beforecrowded congregations.
Feb . 24th. R ev. W. S . Beevor, assistant m inisterat St. Peter’
s Church,presented
,by 157 sub
scribers,with a silver inkstand, and a silver pen»
holder with gold pen, by the Sunday Schoolteachers and friends, as a mark of esteem beforeleaving for Diss.
Feb . 25th. Meeting to dispose of the balance of theM ay Gale Fund. (See M ay 28 th, Statem ent of accounts : Subscript ions, 4s. 7d.
accumulated interest,
8 s. 2d ; total,15s. 9d. Paid inrelief, 15s . 11d. ;
printing,& c. , £ 779 65 . 9d. A
_
m itigated balanceof £ 50 or £ 60 was distributed am ong the. remaining 44 widows and 22 children.
Feb . Two stained- glass windows placed in the
south wall of Gorleston church in m em ory of M r.
and M rs. John Sayers Bell and Miss JaneWhaites by their relatives.
March 2nd. Jam es Crow, E sq. of Gorleston, died,aged 78 .
March 6th. The result of the arbitration relative tothe purchase by the Co1poration oi property forthe Market Gates’ improvem ent received by the .
Town Clerk . The um pire’s awardwasMarch loth. Excitable public m eeting at the TownHall to consider the abolition or retention of the
annual Easter Fair. The latter chosen by a largemajority.
March loth. A fine otter caught two m iles fromYarm outh
,and subsequently made great havoc in
the residence of M r S . J. F. Stafford, prior tothat gentleman sending it to the Zoological Society,London.
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18 74— A pril 29th. Four smacks— the “ Edgar,
” “ Ceres,
Blue Jacket,”and Mispah”— lost on the Dutch
coast near Terschelling.
M ay 4th. A lad nam ed Everett A lbert Parkerthrown into a ditch at Flegg Burgh by four schoolboys and drowned.
M ay. M r. C . F . Laws passed his final exam inationfor an attorney.
M ay 14th. M r. F. W. R obinson resigned the officeof
'
Inspector of Weights and Measures (see Feb . ,
and M r. R . J. Buddery was subsequentlyappointed.
M ay 2 l st .
~Insubordination in the Gaol,and con
spiracyto kill awarder.
M ay2'
7th. M rs . Cator, wife of the Rev . “Tm . Cater,and daughter of Lady Elizabeth O rde, died at
.Beckenham , Kent.M ay 31st . The Mayor’s new robe first worn in
public . It was purchased by the Corporation, andis m ade of flowered scarlet silk .
M ay3l st . R ev . Jas. Sm ith,B .A . , eldest .son of J. C.
Sm ith,E sq. , M.D . , died, aged 57
June ,l 0th. The brigantine “ Good Design
,
”of this
port,lost off the Spurn. Crew saved.
June. Messrs . P. Chamberlin and J . S . Clowes, jun.
,
passed exam inations for attorneys.
June l 1th. The Great Y arm outh Provisional orderPort and Haven Bill confirm ed in the House of
Comm ons.
June 11th. A deputation from,Yarm outh waited
upon the President of the Local Governm ent
Board (the R ight H on. Selater—Booth) in London,respecting the “ trickery resorted to in the
Elect ion of Guardians, and urged a remedy.
June 13th. The brig Eleanor,
”of Yarm outh
,coll ided
with the barque Belle Vue,
”and was dism asted.
June 24th. M r. J E . B ales entertained at the R ose
to a luncheon by his friends on the attainm ent ofhis 8 0th birthday. (S ee March 27th,June 25th. The . R efuge, a m odel floating bat tery40ft . long, and1D the feim of two ob longs
!3
crossed
like a star,with asliding keel,water- ttight compart
m ents, &c. ,left the roadstead for Shields.
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18 74— June 30th. A m assive and elaborately- chased silversalver and a sum of m oney presented by the
parishioners to A rchdeacon N evill, in token of
esteem . (See Jan. 23rd and 25th.)July 2nd. M r. Shadrake, m aster of the GorlestonN ational schools, presented with a gold watch andchain and a purse of twenty guineas, as a m em entoof esteem .
July l 6th. M r. Edward Morgan saved the life of
George Dandy while bathing, and on the 26th of
O ct . received the Humane Society’
s award on.
vellum for his courageous conduct.July 22nd. A com et visible at Y arm outh for severaldays previous to this date. Its distance from the
earth was m iles.
July 27th. The R ev . J. U pjohn, M .A .
, of Queen’
s
College,Cam bridge, for many years vicar of Gor
leston, died in London.
July 30th. R ents first demanded by the Corporationfor stalls 0 11 the beach .
July 3l st. The smack “Elizabeth and Marylaunched from Messrs. Fellows’ yard.
A ug. 3rd. A new Prim itive Methodist Tem ple,
Priory Plain,to accomm odate 1100 persons— to
re- place the Chapel built in 18 50— decided upon at
a public m eeting and luncheon held this day.
(See June 22nd,Aug. l 0th to 24th. L ocal Governm ent Board : Inquiry
,relative to the election of Guardians in S t.
George’s and R egent Wards in the prev ious A pril,
was opened at the Tolhouse Hall,before George
Taylor,E sq . M r. J . H . N orman was subsequently
unseatedin favorof M r. 1.Preston, jun (R egent), andM r.W . J. Forem an gained the seat forSt . George’s.
A ug. 20th. H .R HH the Duke of Connaught, accom
panied by two or three officers of the 7th Hussars,
paid an unexpected visit to Y armouth and againon A ug. 28 th, and proceeded to Lowestoft on the
following day. H e was entertained here by theH on. Courteney Boyle
,in apartm ents at N o. 3,
Kim berley Terrace.
A ug. 23rd. M r. Sam l . D urrcll,m any years assistant
overseer of Gorleston and Southtown,died
,aged 8 2 .
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18 74— Aug. 27th. The R oyal A ssem bly R oom s sold byauction to M r. Henry W. U lph for (SeeJan. l st
,
Sept. 4th. The dead body of a newly- born babefound on the river- side ridge of the Bridge, buthow it cam e there was never traced out.Sept. l oth. The fishing smacks Gazelle and
“ Curlew sold by auction for £ 615 and £ 905
respectively.
Sept. l oth. The never- to- b e- forgotten appallingThorpe railway accident
,in which the Yarm outh
night mail collided with the N orwich down train,and resulted in the death of 27 persons, besideswounding 50 others.
Sept. l 6th. Sergt. -Major Hanlon, E .N .M . (on hisretiring from the service after 22 years) presentedwith a chaste silver tea- service and silver inkstandb y Sir E. Lacon, Bart. , M .P. , and the officers and
non- comm issioned officers of his regim ent,at the
Town Hall.S ept. 19th. Thenew three-masted schooner “Eunicelaunched from Messrs . J. Fellows and Son’
s yard .
Dim ensions : 156ft. overall ; beam 24 ft. depth ofhold 13 ft.
,registered tonnage 260 tons .
Sept . 20 h. The war ships N orthumb erland,Sultan
,
”and Monarch anchored in the roads
,
but left again on the 23rd.
S ept . 23rd. Lieut. F. A . N ewington, of
H.M.S . Sultan, after leaving a ball at theTownHall , jumped into the river and rescued fromdrowning two wom en who had fallen overboardwhile in the act of landing from the steam tug“Victoria,
”at am . A public subscription
am ounting to £ 47 5s. 6d. was afterwards got up,and M r. N ewington was presented with a breachloading gun,
' value £ 34, and an illuminatedtestimonial, for his bravery ; on N ov . 17th he
was also presentedwith a sword by the officers of
his ship.
O ct . 1st . First annual m eeting of the Young Men’s
Christian Association, held at the Town Hall.O ct. 7th. Sir Thos. W. B. ProctorBeauchamp, Bt .,
died at Langley Park, aged 59.
166 thinnnlngiml Maine; at “
guaranty.
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18 74— D ec. 11th. The smack R osa .
o came ashore. in a
gale near the Britannia Pier, where she becam e a
total wreck. The crew were saved by the rocketapparatus.
D ec. 14th. Jam es Morris Hill,A djutant 1st Ad
m inistrative Brigade N and late Major"
Military Train,died at Southtown, aged 51, and
was interred with m ilitary . honors in Gorlestonchurchyard. Deceased served in the Kaffir warin 18 45, and received subsequently several marksof honor forhis services abroad.
D ec. 17th. M r. Edward Smyth,eldest son
'
of the
late E . H . L ._Preston, E sq .
,died at Seaford
,
Sussex,aged 37
D ec. 17th. The R ight H on. Lord George JohnSondes (fourth baron), Lord High Steward of theborough for twenty years, and also DeputyLieutenant and J .P. for the county, died at
Elmham Hall, in N orfolk, aged 8 0, andhis remainsinterred in Elmham Churchyard on the 23rd.
D ec. 21st . lasts of herrings landed duringthe season (from A ugust to now) at the FishWharf.
D ec. 23rd. The dandy cutter Ben N evis founderedin H ollosley Bay. Crew saved.
D ec. The smack “ A ce of Trum ps ” launchedfrom Messrs . Hastings’ yard.
D ec. A bout twelve acres of Corporation land on
the South Denes accepted by the Governm ent at£ 100 per acre
,for establishing aMilitary Dep6t
Centre.
D ec. The rem oval of the Parish Church organ tothe north and south aisles of the chancel
,esti
m ated to cost £ 1000 .
The returns of the weight of fish carried fromYarm outh by the Great Eastern R ailway this yearwere tons
,as against tons in 18 60 ;
in 18 61 ; in 18 62 ; in
18 63 ; in 18 64 ; in 18 69 ;in 18 70 ; 31, 8 98 1n 18 71 ; in 18 72 ; and
in 18 73. The railway books containingthe returns from 18 65 to 18 68 were destroyed byfire.
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18 75 -Jan. 4 th. A t the Quarter Sessions held this day,the Visiting Justices’ report was read
,containing
a long reference to the closing of the Gaol andsending all prisoners to N orwich, by order of theHom e Secretary.
Jan. 5th. M r. R . W. Durrell, organist, presentedwith a superior silver watch by the choir and
congregation of the Gorleston CongregationalChapel
,in recognition of his services and on the
27th, Mr. and M rs . Durrell were presented withan electro- plated cream jug and a pair of sugartongs
,as the remaining articles required to com
plete a previously- subscribed service.
Jan. 7th and 8 th. Two consecutive explosions of
oxygen gas, used in the pantom im e of A li B aba
took place at the Theatre R oyal, but little damagewas done to the building.
Jan. 8 th. Board of Trade Inquiry at the Policecein't into the circum stances attending the stranding and abandonm ent of the oak- built brigantine“ Effort ” on the 23rd of December last . The
vessel (160 tons register) was built in Yarmouthin 18 30
,and had at the ti me of her abandonm ent
on the Cross Sand 120 tons of coals on board.
Jan. 1l th. Jas .
’
Cob b , E sq .,solicitor, died, aged 8 4 .
Jan. 13th. M r. Joseph Flem ing N eave,a late m em
b er of the Town Council, died at the age of 59.
Jan. 18 th. The new S t. A ndrew’
s Hall at Gorlestonopened by the then Mayor (R . D . Barber
, E sq. ) ata public entertainm ent . This hall
,built by a
com pany,and situate in N ew- street
,is 60 feet long
by 40 feet wide. It is lighted by windows on
both sides, and has a tim bered roof.
Jan. 19th. The schooner “ Sham rock , of this port ,struck on S croby Sand , and subsequently foundered . The value of the vessel was £ 400
,and
that of her cargo (167 tons of coals) £ 100.
Jan. 19th. S irE . H . K . Lacon,Bart . ,
M .P. , electedby the Corporation to the office of High Stewardin the place of the late Lord Sondes . A counter
preposal that the Marquis of Salisbury,
Secretary of State for India, b e appointed,was
negatived by 22 to 4 .
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18 75— Feb . 1st . Storm y m eeting at Town Hall on the
question of the School Board formation,and sub
sequently many other public m eetings in variousparts of the borough.
Feb . 11th M r. G. P . Bracey passed exam ination as
Captain at the London Local Marine Board.
Feb . l 6th. Election of a School Board forYarm outh,andalthough twenty- sixgentlem en werenom inated,but twenty- four went to the poll
,the greatest ex
citem ent being m anifested as to the returns,which
were published the next morning, as followsS . J. F. S tafford
,3975
,G. Baker
,3149
H; D .
Tom kins,2672 ; R ev . A . Peaton, 2615 ; C H S .
Geake, 2411 ,J. Bracey, 2 131 ; T. P. Burroughs,
2060,R . E. Dowson, 204 1 ; J . W. D e Caux,
18 8 4 ; E . P. Youell, 18 58 ; and J. H. O rde, 18 27.
The total number of persons polled was 9901, andthe votes given The above gentlem en
were elected for three years. (See M ay 28 th.)O n M r. Burroughs resigning in 18 76, M r. H. E .
Buxton took his seat.Feb . 23rd. Four of Messrs. Watling and Son’
s vesselssold by auction, andrealised the following pricesMary
,
”£ 8 90 “ Isis
,
ӣ 390 Kate
,£ 38 5
and John Wrey, £ 340.
Feb . 24th. The schooner Jessie Brown,
of thisport, stranded on Sereby Sand
,but she was sub
sequently towed into harbor, her cargo of 1425
bags of flour (16 st . each) keeping the vessel afloat .Feb . F. D . Palmer, E sq elected a Vice- President
of the Legal Practitioners’ Society, London.
March l st . First m eeting of the School Board held atthe TolhouseHall . M r. J.H. O rde elected chairman,and M r. D . Tomkins vice- chairman for three years.
March 2nd. Messrs. Massey and N orton m et the
Borough Lands Comm ittee (after M r. Bank ’sapplication), in com pliancewith a resolution passedon February 4th, and obtained their consent tolease from Michaelmas, 18 76, for 999 years, a pieceof ground north of the Britannia Pier— 430 ft . by100 ft. —for the purpose of making an A quarium ,
& c. , at an estim ated cost of which wasconfirm ed by the Council on the 9th.
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18 75— A pril 2nd. M r. C .
'
H . Wiltshire selected Clerk to
the School Board, out of ten candidates nom inated.A pril 5th. Last m eeting held in the old Prim itiveMethodist Chapel, Priory Plain. (See Sept ,
A pril 8 th. Bradwell Church (St . N icholas’
) re
opened after £ 750 had been expended in restoringthe fabric and interior fittings. This church
,
dating from the 14th century,consists of nave,
north and south aisles, chancel, south porch, andround tower at west end.
A pril 9th. M r. William Laws, after serving as a
Guardian of the Poor for 25 years, retired fromthe Board, at the age of three secre and ten.
M ay 1st . The smack Harkaway lost on the
Barber Sand. Value £ 600.
M ay. Petition forwarded to the Comm issioners ofCharities for England andWales against the appointm ent of new Charity Trustees for this town,but on June 7th there was an excitable m eetingat the Town Hall, called
“ for the purpose of con
sidering the present position of the Children’
s
Hospital and other local charities, and the nom ination of new trustees in conjunction with theexisting five trustees— Sir E. H. K . Lacon
,Bart. ,
M .P. , and C . C . A ldred, B . Jay, W. Johnson, andJ. Palmer, Esqs. July 2 8 th
,the Comm issioners
concurred in the annual publication of localcharity accounts, and thought fifteen ‘
trustees suf
ficient . In July,18 76, the Charity Comm issioners
appointed them as follows : The Vicar (for the
tim e being), andW. Worship , R . S . Watling, TB . Steward, H . E . Buxton,
R . H . I. Palgrave, JBracey, C . H . Wiltshire, W. J . Foreman, and T.
P . Burroughs , Esqs.
M ay 7th. A paper balloon sent up at the CrystalPalace at Sydenham ,
fell at Belton sam e evening.
M ay 18 th. Contracts for enclosing additional groundto N ew Cem etery— am ounting to viz . ,brick - work, stone work, £ 28 6, palisading,&c. , £ 520— accepted by the Corporation, the [workto b e completed by 29th Sept. (See June 9th, .
18 75, and Sept. 7th,M ay 18 th. The whaling ship “ Labrador, from the
A rctic Seas, anchored in the roadstead.
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_ M ay 20th. The foundation stone of the newBaptistTabernacle on the Lowestoft - road
,at Gorleston, .
laid by J. Edwards, E sq . of London. The
building, of o1namental brick, cost about £ 600 ,and will accomm odate 300 persons.
M ay 20th. M r. G. W. Bond, of Pulham ,N orfolk,
was elected House- Surgeon to the Gt . Y arm outh:
Hospital ; vice D r. Murrell resigned.
M ay 28 th. The R eturning O fficer’s account for thenewly- appo1nted School Boardwas £ 220 l l s. 7d.
,
but the Education Department finally decided
(Sept ) that £ 173 9s. 2d. was sufficient .
June. The total cost of pauperism last yearwasout - relief in-maintenance —total
For the previous year EastandWest Fleggs for first - nam ed period
, £ 8 55.
June. M r. E. W. Worlledge, solicitor (second son
of John tVorlledge, E sq .
, County Court Judge of
this district, and Chancellor of the Diocese),appointed joint R egistrarofYarm outh County CourtJune. D r. Macleod of Yarm outh N aval Hospital
,
prom oted to the rank of Inspector - General of'
H ospitals and Fleets ; and Sub- Lieut. F. C. N
Knox to Lieut. in 2nd or East N orfolk R egim ent .June 8 th and 9th. Frank Buckland
, E sq . ,Inspector
of Salmon Fisheries , held an enquiry at the TownHall, as to “ the state of the crab
,lobster
,and
other sea fisheries along this coast,with a view of
preserving them for the future.
”0 11 N ov . l 6th,
18 63,Comm issioners Caird
,M .P. ,
Lefevre, M .P. ,
and D r. Huxley held an inquiry here on the sam e
subject,but saw no reason for legislative m easures.
June 9th. The m em orial stone of the new Cem eterylaid by the Mayor. (See M ay 18 th.)June 14th. M r. Edward O wen, a native of Shrewsf
bury, schoolmasterand local preacher, in travellingfrom Yarm outh to Gorleston
,accidentally fell
while in the act of jumping from a tram car in
which he was riding,and the injuries received
resulted fatally. Deceased had resided in Gor
leston for Six years, and was 37 years of age. A .
public subscription of £ 100 was raised for his
widow and four children.
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18 75— June 15th. Two new smacks— “A lbatross and“ Terrier —launched from Messrs. Beechings’
shipyard.
June 22nd. The four chief stones of the Temple,Priory Plain, laid by Messrs. J. R iches, F. Salmon,J. W. N eave, and A . J. N . Chamberlin. A tea
for a thousand persons was served in theDrill Hall,and the sam e evening -
a public m eeting was heldin the K ing Street Congregational Chapel. (SeeA ugust 3rd
,
June 22nd. The principal stone of the WalrondSmack Boys’ Hom e laid by Vice- A dm iral Sir JohnWalter Tarleton, Commander- in—Chiefof H er Majesty’s N aval R eserve. The
”
prom oter
(the R ev . A . T. Walrond) died on O ct. 2nd, 18 73,but the fam ily raised £ 1000 toward the buildingfund. (See February 15th, 18 7June 23rd. The marriage between the R ev. E . M .
Sanderson, M .A . , and Miss EvelineMary Venables
(only daughter of the Vicar of this parish) solemnized, with m uch festivity.
June 24th. The Yarm outh Gaol, after this date, tob e used only as a lock- up for prisoners on remand,by order of the Hom e Secretary.
June 28 th. Color- Sergeant Chipperfield presented, atthe N ew R oyal Standard Tavern, with a handsom emarble t im epiece by the officers and m en of the
D Company of R ifle Volunteers, as a m em ento of
their esteem on his retirem ent and prom otion to
the office of Paymaster- Sergeant,after fifteen years ’
service.
June 29th. M r. Hinchman Hammond, a latem ember of the Yarm outh Town Council, died, aged46 years.
June 30th. The new smack William and Ann
launched from the yard of Messrs. S . K . Sm ithand Sons.June 3oth. The opening of St. Andrew’
s Church,Gorleston, after its com plete restoration, was comm emorated by a full choral service and sermons bythe R ev . George Venables, and the R ev .
G ibson, of Lound. Tbenew pulpit was the gift ofE. W. Bell, _ E sq.
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1 8 75— July 24th. The French gunboat Cuvier,with four
guns and crew of 75 hands, put into Yarmouthroadstead.
July 28 th. R ev . T. W. Harrison, late of Yarmouth,
i nstituted to the Vicarage of Cln ist Church,Luton
,
Beds, by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese.
July 30th. A hoax, resembling som ewhat the evergreen Crom er hoax of Sept. 2nd
, 18 68 , apparentlyperpetrated. 0 11 the first occasion
,large bills were
previously posted over the town,representing that
on this eventful day a fine comm odious steam er,
”
with every com fort and convenience, nam ed theIsis ”
from London,would take excursionists on
a days pleasure to Crom er and back , at the reasonable charge of 2s. 6d. a- head. Tickets to b e procured before Wednesday, the 2nd. A bout £ 14worth— ale. 112— were disposed of, and the m oneyhanded over to the enterprising swindler.
Intending passengers waited long and patientlyon the Jetty andbeach on the m orning in question
,
but the steamer never cam e to View,and our towns
people retired hom e the wiser for their boughtexperience. O n the latter occasion, however, a
steam er did go to Cromer,but left som e forty or
fifty of her passengers to get hom e as best theycould overland, owing to a heavy sea running.
July. D r. Hubert A iry visited Yarm outh,by
order of the Local Governm ent Board,to enquire
into the cause of zy'
m otic diseases then prevalent.H e issued his report with num erous suggestions inN ovember.
July. The N orfolk Militia A rtillery received the“ honor of being called The Prince of Wales ’
Own R egim ent of N orfolk MilitiaA rtillery,”H.R .H.
the Prince of Wales being the H on. Colonel .A ug. 2nd. The barque Ponda Chief,
’
nam edafter a Kaffir tribe in A frica, one of the finestvessels ever built in Yarm outh, and the longestby som e six or eight feet, launched from Messrs.
J . Fellows’
ship yard. Dim ensions -140 feet long,
28 feet beam ,14 ft . 6 in. deep, and 416 tons
register. A luncheon was afterwards.
given at the
Crown and Anchor.
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1 8 75— A ug. 3rd. (R egatta day. ) The arm our- plated cor
vette “ Favorite, of 2094 tons and 400 - horsepower, got on Sereby Sand, but cam e off with theflood t ide.
A ug. l 0th. The War Departm ent applied for additional ground, 2a. 3r. 0p.
,for the Military Centre
Dep6t, on the South Denes, at £ 10 0 per acre, b utit was decided by the Council (A ug. 17th) notto dispose of the land for less than £ 500 for thetwo acres.
A ug. l 1th. The new carrier- cutter,Flower of the
Fleet,” launched from Messrs . S .K . Sm ith and Son’
s
yard.
A ugust 17th. The Council were apprised by a letterfrom the Lord Chancellor’s Secretary
,that Henry
Teasdel,John Bracey, R obert Veale, and R obert
Henry Inglis Palgrave, Esqs. ,had been appointed
Justices of the Peace for the Borough.
A ugust 31st. An extraordinary race horse nam ed
Skardo jum ped over the iron railings in frontof the Town- hall, dashed into an iron gate whichwas carried away, then crossing the garden to the
south side in its mad career,knocked down the
two entrance- gates ; also several feet of iron railings across the road
, but the force of the blowagainst the wall of Messrs . Fenner and S ufl‘ling
’
s
office overpowered the animal . It has since wonseveral races , and the fam e of Skardo (alias IronDuke) will b e handed down to posterity am ongthe wonders of the past .
A ug. 3l st . Messrs . G. T . Clough and J. Bonnickaccomplished, on bicycles, the journey from Londonto Yarmouth , 122 m iles in 175 hours, or 123
1;
hours exclusive of the 571 hours they stopped forrefreshm ents. They left Bow at 4 am
,and arrived
here at 9 30 p m . The sam e two gentlem en on.
Sept. 3rd com pleted 120 m iles hom eward in11h. 55m .
,exclusive of 4h. 25m .. stoppage.
A ug. 31st . Collision in the Tyne between thesteam er
“ Glanab anta,”
of N ewcastle, and the
schooner“ Second A dventure, of Lynn,the latter
being sunk and the crew drowned. (See Jan.
23rd,
176 thrunnlngiml 3am ; nf. figurmnntb.DA
18 75—Sept. 3rd. The cost for purchasing property andwidening the Market- gates
,up to this date
, was£ 1446 4s. £ 1400 being borrowed at 4 per cent.onm ortgage of the General District R ates.
Sept 6th. The new sm ack Huntsman ” launchedfrom M r. H . Critten
’
s yard. Length, 55 feet overall depth of hold, 7ft . 4in. beam
,16ft. Sin.
Sept. 9th. The new organ in St. George’s Park
(Baptist) Chapel opened. The instrum ent,built
by M r. W. C. Mack, contains 318 pipes, and . one
row of manuals, 54 notes,from CC to F, and 1%
octave of German pedals, from CCC to F. Fivestops are in general swell. The cost includingalterations in fixing,was £ 200. (SeeAug. 8 th
,1
Sept. 2oth. R evs. W. J. Blake and H. J. Bode,
B .A . , were licensed as curates for Yarm outh, the
R evs. R . V. Barker and E. R . A dam s being aboutto b e rem oved. (See O ct. 29th.)Sept . 26th. O ne boat brought in mackerelcaught off the coast, which sold at 2d. each.
Sept. 28 th. The deliveries of herrings up to this datefar below those of last year and less than in 18 73.
Sept . 3oth. The body of a male child discoveredin a rain- water cistern, after five or six m onths
, on
the prem ises of D . Meadows, E sq .,surgeon
, K ingStreet, which was subsequently proved to havebeen illegitimate, and concealed by a maid servant.
O ct . 7th. The R ev . Samuel Hurst, of Southtown,died very suddenly at Corton, near Lowestoft,aged 8 0. The deceased gentleman was m uchesteemed for his liberality to local charities.
O ct. 9th. The foundation stone of the A quariumlaid by Lord Sufiield, the ceremony being attendedby the Mayor and other m embers of the Corporat ion, and a large concourse of spectators . The
b and of the B .W.O . N orfolk Mil itia. Artilleryplayed at intervals. A luncheon was afterwardsspread at the Town Hall, to which about 100
gentlemen sat down, including the Mayor (R . D.
Barber, E sq.) and Deputy-Mayor Lord Suflield,H on. F. Walpole, M .P., Colonel Duff, and the
officials of the Aquarium Society. (See Sept. 5th,18 76)
178 t brnnnlngiml fiifitnrq nf«fiurmnutb.
A . D .
18 75— O ct. 27th. Captain William Swaun Stanford, fiveyears pier-m aster of this port
, and eigh t years previously harbor-master, died suddenly at Gorleston.
O ct. 29th. Sale of six smacks b y auction,late the
property of M r. R . Galleway, realisedO ct . 29th. The R ev . E. R . A dam s presented with acase of four elegant silver salt stands
,by the con
gregation of S t . A ndrew ’
s ; and the rev. gentleman
’
s wife received a walnut inkstand for herservices in the Sunday School— as m em entos of
esteem . 0 11 the 31st M r. A dam s preached hisfarewell serm on
, and on N ov . l st was presentedwith a pair of silver fish calvers in m orocco leathercase
,by the Sunday School Teachers.
O ct . 29th. Charles Diver, E sq. , tendered his resignation as Town Clerk of the Borough . (See N ov .
30th and D ec. 16th.)O ct. A handsom e specim en of the Maigre (S cz
'
oena
aqm'
la) caught off Yarm outh . The fishwas 4 feet
9 in. long, and _weighed 75 lb s. It is a M editerra
nean fish, and seldom caught on the English coast.N ov . 3rd. Gallant lifeboat services rendered by theCaister beachm en. The brigantine Harm stonlost on the Middle Cross Sand, b ut the crew of
seven, who were in the rigging for several hoursduring a very heavy sea
,were ultim ately hauled
through the surf to the lifeb oat - and saved. U pto 18 74 the Caister boatm en
,about forty in
number, had launched their boats on 122 occasionsand had rescued 541 lives. A public subscriptionwas opened in N ovem ber through the exertions of
the Misses Morton. (See D ec. 25th.)N ov . 3rd. A t a general m eeting of the Shareholders ofthe Yarm outh A quarium Society (Lim ited), heldin London, Lord Sufiield, K .C.B Colonel EdwardMoney, and T. A . Masey, I. Strutt, and J. H.
O rde, Esqs. ,were appointed the E xecutive Com
m ittee of Directors. It was stated at this m eetingthat the contractors, Messrs. Chas. A ldin and Sons,offered to take shares to the am ount of
and that the contem platedoutlay up to the date of
opening would b e about In July the
subscriptions am ounted to
thinnnlngiml Ifiiatntq nf
“
gurmnnib. 179
A . D .
18 75— N ov . 7th. Thirty- five large sound codfish capturedin the roadstead with hook and line by two m en.
N ov . 9th. First school under the School Boardopened at the O ddfellows’ Hall
,Gorleston ; on
N ov . 26th,the Yarm outh Temporary Grammar
School was hired and in Jan.,18 77, the new
Cobholm Island and"Gorleston Schools were opened.
N ov . 11th. A conveyance m ade out to H erMajesty’sprincipal - Secretary of State for the War Departm ent of land and hereditam ents situate on the
South Denes for the purpose of a Mil itary D epfit
Centre, and release of certain rights. Purchasem oney, £ 1635 , was sealed by the Com m ittee.
N ov . 11th. Heavy rain fall,no less than 120 tons
per acre fell in twenty- four hours.
N ov . 13th. Frederic Graham Lacon,late of the
17th R egim ent of Foot , of Tharston,N orfolk
,only
son of JohnEdm und Lacon,E sq . , died at Madeira,
aged 26 years.
N ov . 13th. S ir E . H . K . Lacon,Bart. , M .P.
’s
brougham overturned near the Workhouse,the
horse having becom e frightened and bolted,and
although the coachm an was severely hurt,the
Baronet escaped with only a severe shaking.
N ov . 14th. Floods, and m uch destruction of pro
perty throughout the country. Therewere eighteenfeet of Water on the bar at our harbour
,
nine feet m ore than the usual flood . The
schooner “ Elizabeth and Susan, of this port ,
was lost off the Humber,and m uch damage done
to fishing craft and shipping generally.
N ov . 17th. M r. H . S tonex,organist of the Parish
Church, presented, in the R ecord- room of the
Town Hall, with a purse of £ 8 1, subscribed by
the parishioners of the town as a token of respect .
N ov . 19th and 20th. Very heavy gale and seriousloss of life and property . The schooner “ WildWave (95 tons), of Sunderland
,laden with
bottles, run on to Caister beach (afterfouling with the Cockle lightship) and two hands—master and b oy
— were washed off the riggingand drowned
,b ut three m en were rescued by the
hardy Caisterboatm en.
180 . t brnnnlngiml distant; nf «gamma.
A . :o .
18 75— N ov. 2 l st . A daring Scotchman, nam ed Watson,again climbed through the caryatides outside theN elson Monum ent on the roof
,and after embracing
the figure of Britannia,&c. ,
descended by the
lightning conductor wire outside,144 feet, to the
am azem ent of several spectators . (S eeN ov . 23rd. M r. Edward Catterm ole resigned the
office of librarian at the Public Library,which
he had held fifteen years . (S ee D ec. 9th).N ov . 26th. The R ev . A . J. Spencer presented bythe congregation of St. Jam es
’ with a silverpocket Comm union service and som e volum es of
books, as tokens of regard.
N ov . 27th. A tar tank,containing about
gallons,
on the works of M r. Davy, CobholmIsland, burst, and the tar ran about in hugestream s.
N ov . 30th. A Comm ittee of the Town Councilaccepted M r. Charles Diver’s resignation as TownClerk of the Borough
,the term to expire on Jan.
3rd,18 76. (See D ec. 16th.)
N ov . 30th. The smack Chosen ran ashorenear the N orth Pier.
N ov . The R ev . R . V. Barker, M .A . , presented,previous to his leaving Yarmouth for a sojournthrough the Holy Land
,with a silver salver
,
silver tobacco jar, gold pencil case, and a b ox of
m athem atical instruments, by the congregation,
Bible- class, and teachers and scholars of St. John’
s
Church .
N ov . The original m anuscript of M anship’
s Historyof Yarm outh found by the R ev . A . Peaton
,at an
old book shop in Bury St. Edm und’
s.
N ov . The Perlustration of Great Yarm outh, in
three vols . , by Chas. John Palm er,E sq. ,
printed and published by M r.
'
George N all. It isa beautifully—illustrated work of 128 2 quarto,
wages.
N c
iv . M r. W. SavilleKent , F.Z .S . appointedN aturalist and Manager of the A quarium .
D ec. 2nd. The schooner “ Tantivy ” of this port,
went ashore on Kessingland beach during a densesnowstorm .
1 8 2 (ttrnnnlngiral itiatnu; ui fi
gurmnntt.A . n.
18 75 - D ec. 25th. The sum of £ 197 23. subscribed as a
l 76
testim onial for the Caister Com pany of Beachm en,
for their bravery at thewreck of the WildWaveon N ov . 19th, and many form er acts of daring inrescuing shipwrecked crews . O n Jan. 4th them oney was distributed, each of the 40 m en re
ceiving 4 guineas tied up in blue satin bags. (SeeN ov . 3rd).
D ec. 26th. Edward R eynolds Aldred, E sq .
,J.P. ,
died at Southtown, aged 68 years.
D ec. 29th. The new smack “ Gem,belonging to
M r.
'
W. H . Stanley, of Southtown, launched fromMessrs. J. F. Mack’s yard.
D ec. 30th. Singular freak of a horse, ridden byM r. F. Danby Palm er. The anim al havingthrown his rider, bolted towards the sea
,into
which it dashed, and swam out with considerableenergy for nearly a m ile and a half
,towards
S croby, when it was captured by som e boatm en,
and brought safely to shore again.
Jan. 3rd. Quarter Sessions. N o prisoners for trial,a maiden session not having occurred for m ore
than twenty years, and the Mayor presented theR ecorder with a pair of white kid gloves — R . H. I.Palgrave, E sq.
,qualified as a magistrate for the
Borough .
Jan. 4th. A rthur George Thom pson incantiously walked on an overhanging cornice at the
top of the new Tem ple, Priory Plain,from which
he fell 45 ft. to the ground andwas killed. The
falling debris so injured Thomas Kirk, as to
result fatally.
Jan. 6th. Five of M r. Malden’
s smacks sold for£ 2775 .
Jan. 6th. Juvenile Fancy Dress Ball at Town Hall .Jan. 10th. A woman nam ed Hannah Ives
,
was brutally m urdered with a spade by an insanewoman nam ed Swatman, at Belton.
Jan. 13th . Fire in the Card- room of the TownHall
,under the hearth- stone, and damage done to
the extent of £ 15 or £ 16.
Jan. 19th. The smack “ Charley, belonging to M r.
A lfred Fisher,launched from M r. Fellows’ yard.
attrnnnlngirul Tainan; iii f nrmnntb. 18 3
A . D .
18 76— Jan. 20th. The marriage of R eginald ThorsbyGwyn
,E sq .
,Captain of the 4th King
’
s Own
R oyals. and A djutant of the 4th N orfolk R ifleVolunteers, with Miss Mary JoannaFarr, youngestdaughter of Isaac Preston, sen. ,
E sq .
,celebrated
at the Parish Church, by the Vicar, assisted bythe R ev . T . L. Fellows , Vicar of Honingham ,
and H on. Canon of N orwich CathedralJan. 2oth. The case of ill- treating a b oy nam ed
Frederick Drake on board the smack “ HarriettTodd
,
”inDecem ber
,whilst at sea
,heardbefore the
Magistrates,and two out of three prisoners (on the
24th) comm itted for trial. O ne was sentenced at
the Quarter Sessions, on March 6th,to fifteen
m onths ; and the other at N orwich A ssizes inA pril to four m onths.
Jan. 23rd. Collision in the roadstead about 1 p.m . ,
between the Glanabanta and
Transit. The latter, with a crew of 21 all told,of Dieppe (described in the Veritas to b e 54 8 tonsgross, 373 tons net [French] engines 90 hp ,
and
built at N ewcastle- upon- Tyne in was ladenwith 120 tons of coals and a general cargo of 290
tons, com prising m achinery, silk , cotton, and lightmanufactures
,valued between and
The Transit was run on to the beach , between the
Jetty and Britannia Pier (opposite Trafalgar- road).Divers were subsequently em ployed to get the
cargo out,which was sold in London. The
G lanab anta (comm anded by Captain A b litt , ofYarmouth) was a new vessel (built in and
was insured for £ 1600, but did not sustain suchserious dam age. This latter vessel claim ed £ 5000dam ages b ut in a cross action the Transitclaim ed heav ier dam ages
,as the loss was com puted
to b e £ 50 000 . The first suit Glanab anta”
fv.
Transit — was tried in the High Court of
A dm iralty,on March 20th and 2 l st
,when S ir R .
Phillim ore ruled that the Transit was alone toblam e for the collision ; b ut on an appeal in the
High Court of Justice on M ay 29th,Lord Justice
Baggallay reversed the decision. The salvors inN ovember were awarded £ 2000.
18 4 (thrnunlngiml hitting ui agarmnutt.A . n.
18 76— Jan. 23rd. The R ev . Mangan, D .D . ,
LL.D .,lateDean
of Lim erick afterbeing appointed evening lecturerat S t . Peter s Church
,preached his first serm on.
Jan. 26th. The cabin of the brigantine WilliamCrow, whilst in harbor, caught fire, and damagewas done to the extent of about £ 200.
Jan. 30th. The smack “ Flash ” launched.
Feb . 3rd. First Spell ing Bee entertainm ent heldin Yarm outh .
Feb . 15th. The Walrond Smack Boys’ Homeopened by Earl N elson. (See June 22nd,This Gothic building cost with fittings about£ 2000
,and will accomm odate about 40 boys .
Feb . 21st. M r. Wm . Laws,as superintendent of St.
N icholas’ Sunday School since 18 44,presented by
the teachers and friends with a silver inkstand,and
silver penholder and pencil , previous to his leavingfor Beccles
,of which town his brother had been
four tim es Mayor. M r. Laws had previously‘
re
ceived several sim ilar tokens of respect viz. , a
handsom e book from the Bishop of Columbia; aninkstand and fam ily Bible from the teachers. The
R ev . T. K . R ichm ond, the R ight R ev . D r. HarveyGoodwyn (Bishop of Carlisle), and the R ev .
Blanchard,also acknowledged his zealous exertions.
Feb . 22nd. East Suffolk Elect ion. Lord Mahonhaving been elevated to the House of Peers on thedeath of his father
,his seat in Parliam ent for East
Suffolk becam e vacant , and Lieut.- Colonel St. JohnBarne (C) and Charles Easton, E sq . (L) contestedfor the seat. O n the following day (Feb . 23rd)the result of the poll was given at Ipswich, vizColonel Barne, 3659 3M r. Easton, 27O8— majority,951. Colonel Barne
’
s election cost £ 4140, and
M r. Eaton’
s £ 2312. E ast Suffolk has givennothing but a Conservative vote since the ReformBill. In 18 32 it did return a Liberal, but repentedof that in 18 36. In 18 68 Colonel A dair (nowLord Waveney) lost by only 229 .
Feb . 22nd. The R ev. J . J. Gurney presented by theparishioners of Martham with a handsom e silverclaret- jug as a m ark of their esteem , previous tothat gentleman’
s leaving for Yarm outh.
1 8 6 t trunnlngirul new; nf ‘figarmnutb.A . n.
18 76— A pril 14th. Loss of the Cygnet and all hands.
A pril 18 th. The full - rigged ship Humboldt,
” with349 em igrants on board
,ran on toWinterton Beach
,
but was got off again all safe.
A pril 19th. Fire at M r. J. N elson’
s warehouse at
Gorleston. Much damage to sails,nets
, &c.
A pril 20th. The R ev . G. Merriman, M .A . ,presented
with a gold watch, silver tea service, and a silver
claret- jug, by the St. Jam es’
congregation and otherparishioners
,prior to his leaving Y arm outh, after"
six years m inistry,for Martham .
A pril 21st . Lieutenant- Colonel James Duff electedas a Mem ber of Parliam ent for N orth N orfolk,
the place of the H on. F . Walpole,deceased.
(S ee A pril l st, 18 76, and N ov . 26th, The
declaration of the poll was made on the 22nd, as
follows z— Colonel Duff 2302 ; Sir Thom asFowell Buxton
,Bart. 2192 m ajority, 110.
O ut of the 6231 voters on register, only 4494v oted
,thus leaving l737 unpolled. N umber on
register in the borough (including Runham), 198 0num ber voted in Y arm outh
,138 0 .
A pril 22nd. R . Morgan, E sq.
, C.E . , Governm ent
Board Inspector, visited Yarm outh respecting theborrowing of by the Corporation,
for
widening the Drive, 850 . (See March 7th).A pril 23rd. Lady Elizabeth Susan O rde died at
H opton,aged 77 years. She was eldest daughter“
of Henry Charles, sixth Duke of Beaufort, and
was born June 23rd, 1798 . H erfirst husband wasLord Edward O ’
Brien, and second, General Jam es
O rde, who died in M ay,18 50. H er Ladyship was
s ister of the Dowager Marchioness Cholmondeley,Lady Louisa Finch, the Dowager Countess of
Galloway, andLadyMary Farquhar. H er ladyship’
s
Yarm outh residence sold(O ct . 26th, 18 75)for £ 1225”
A pril 28 th. E. P. Youell. E sq. , presented by the
parishioners of Gorleston with a m assive silverfour—glass epergne, value about £ 8 0 ,
“ in acknowledgm ent of his great zeal and indefatigable exer
tions in connection with the restoration of GorlestonChurch.
ӣ 5000 had already been spent about .
the church , and only £ 1500 m ore were required to~
complete the work. (See A ug. 14th,
(thrnnnlngiml itittnrq ui“fignrmnntb. 18 7
18 76— M ay 8 th. The designs for erecting St. Peter’s PlainBoard School chosen by the Board. O n A ugust 2mdM r. J. Leggett ’s contract of £ 2370 for entire workof the erection adopted by the Board.
M ay 8 th and 9th. Y arm outh and Stalham R ailwayBill was before Comm ittee in the House of
Comm ons, and subsequently passed third reading.
It was in the Lords on June l st and 22nd, and
passed. The first ordinary general m eeting washeld at the Town Hall on January 2nd, 18 77.
M ay 9th. The Y arm outh brig “ Tradesman ” loston the N ormandy coast .
M ay. The new smack “R uby launched at Gorleston.
June 2nd. Meet-ing at the Town Hall resolved tohave a four- dial clock in S t . Peter’s Tower
,which
was placed there the sam e year.
June 4th. The Victoria Gospel Hall, Blackfriars’
R oad, opened.
June 8 th. The Great Yarm outh Bowling Green,
N orth - end,opened .
June 13th. Vice- Adm iral Thomas Lewis Gooch ,youngest son of the late S ir Thom as SherlockGooch
,Bart. , died at Y arm outh, aged 69 years.
June 22md. Captain William Holt,16 years con
nected with the 2md N presented,on his
retirem ent,with four elegantly- chased silver dessert
spoons by the m embers of his Com pany (D) as a
m em ento of esteem .
July. The new yacht “ Harry,belonging to M r.
H . A . Morris, of Gorleston,launched from that
gentleman’
s yard. H er length is 30 feet, and
registered 15 tons .
July 8 th. Heavy thunderstorm. The electric fluidstruck the chimney and entered a cottage in the
factory yard, disarranging and breaking the furnir
ture and ornam ents in the room ; it also did
dam age to other property in the town.
July 10th. Fire in Church Street, Gorleston. Sixcottages burnt down
,and three others partly
destroyed. N early 40 men,women
,and children
rendered hom eless for a tim e. A subscriptionwas subsequently raised to alleviate the losses of
furniture,&c.
1 8 8 t trnnnlngiml 315mm] nf é
gnrmnutt.A . n.
18 76— July l 1th.
"
N ew Town Hall and public ofl'
icesm ooted by the Corporation
,as a substitute for
Tolhouse Hall .July 27th. The Yarm outh Temple dedicated for
Divine worship before its com pletion. Interiordim ensions, 72 feet by 52 feet ; height, 35 feet.Cost £ 4000 ; accomm odates 1100.
July. St. Peter’
s R oad footway laid with concrete.
A ug. 2nd. M r. E. J. Bonney’s new fishing vesselArab Steed, 56 feet long
,36 tons, launched
from M essrs . Hastings Bros.
’ yard.
A ug. 8 th. Miss E. Pearson,
of Yarm outh, and
Miss M acL aughlin, left London for Servia, via
Vienna, their services as nurses to the sick andwounded in the Eastern war having been acceptedby A rchbishop Michael, at Belgrade. They weregreeted by a torchlight procession on their arrival.
(S ee A ug. 7th,A ug. 19th. Fishing dandy “ Challenge launchedfrom Messrs. Mills and Blake’s yard.
A ug. 2 l st . The stallage, rents, and tolls in the
Market and Fair let by auction for five years fromJan. 1st
,18 77, to Messrs. Bower, of Leeds
,for
£ 925 per annum . (See D ec. 11th, Somethirteen years ago, the sam e lessees gave but £ 625
per annum .
A ug. 22nd. The H on. M rs. Harbord Harbord,
daughter of Sir H. J. S tracey, Bart. , died.
A ug. 29th. A cyclone of great violence swept oversom e parts of this district, and carried trees, stacks,&c. ,
away in its narrow track.
Aug. The R egistrar- General’s returns shew that them ortality of Yarm outh was 15 per 1000— nineother places only out of forty- six being lower.Sept. 5th. The Yarm outh A quarium opened to
the public with m uch ceremony, and a recherche
luncheon was spread in the corridor. The ConcertHall andWinter Garden are not yet constructed.
Sept. 7th. Anotherl
new cemetery (N o. 3) con
secreted by the Bishop of N orwich. It comprisesabout ten acres, and the cost, with the wall andpalisading, am ounted to about £ 400. (See O ct.18 th
,
7190 thrunnlngiml Tart ar; Hf e
gurmnutt.A . n.
.18 76 —O ct . 2 1st and 22nd. Heavy gales. Loss of the
fishing lugger Cynthia,”
of this port,and all
hands.
O ct . 23rd. First burial in the new Cem eterySamuel M annall
,m any years in the Trinity
service, aged 47.
O ct. 2 8 th. A live stag found swimm ing at sea,
over three m iles from land. The crew. of the
sm ack Gleaner picked the anim al up,and
brought it safely to the R oyal Hotel stables.
O ct . 3oth. The Gorleston St. Andrew ’
s Lodge
(N o. 1631) of Freemasons consecrated. Bro. E. P.
Youell, E sq. , was installed Worshipful Master.
N ov . 4th. The smack “Phoebe on the CockleSand. Value £ 600.
N ov . 5th. M r. Jam es William Parsley, smackowner, late of Greenwich, died at Gorleston,aged 46.
N ov . 8 th. Schooner‘ “ Essex driven ashore
, and
wrecked south of Gorleston Pier. On the l 1th
the brig Vul can shared the sam e fate in theSouth H am . A collier, “ Valeria,
”of Yarm outh,
was caught in the same gale at H artlepool,and
was wrecked . Several other casualties occurred.
N ov . 15th. M r. T. Elliot, of O rm esby, presentedat the A quarium with a testim onial —a handsom e
epergne or candelabrum ,with a group of stags
at the base— in acknowledgem ent of pub lic servicesrendered to numerous charities.
N ov . 15th. Great Conservative Banquet held at
the Drill Hall. A bout 600 guests present,cluding the m embers for N orth N orfolk, and
Colonel Barne, M .P.
N ov . 17th. 11. R . Harm er, E sq.
,appointed as
Vestry Clerk without a poll, in place of the lateM r. S . B. Cory.
N ov . 18 th. H. E. B . Giles, E sq.,solicitor, died
at Yarm outh, aged 65.
N ov. 23rd. Mr. W. Stockton, Master of the Schoolof N avigation, presented with a travelling hag,com pletely fitted up, a silver pencil case, and set of
gold studs, by his old pupils and friends, as atoken
of esteem .
tt trnnnlngiml 15mm; nfG
gurmnutt. 191
.A . n.
1 8 76— N ov . The new steam tug“ Com et
,
” built for theYarm outh Star Steam tug Company, arrived at this)ort .
N o
lv . M r. Henry Spelman Palm er attained the
degree of B A . at the London U niversity.
N ov . A patent wedge or railway key invented byM r. Jam es Gillings.
N ov . 27th. The schooner A rthur (120 tons)launched from Messrs . Fellows ’ yard.
N ov . 29th. M r. John VVoodger, fish-m erchant, of
this town and N ewcastle- upon- Tyne, died at the
latter place, aged 63 years . Deceased was a m em
b er of the Y arm outh Corporation and Board of
Guardians.
N ov . M r. Thom as Sm all resigned the ConsularA gency after twenty- four years
,and the French
Governm ent presented him with a gold m edal (incase) in recognition of valuable services.
D ec. 3rd. The A ustrian barque O lym pe strandedon Yarm outh beach . The smack Steadfast ” waslost on the following day, with two hands.
D ec. 6th. M r. Wm . R udd presented with a handsom e tim epiece
,silver inkstand and penholder,
and two bronze candelabra, by the Sunday schoolteachers and congregation of S t . A ndrew’
s .
D ec. 7th. Baptist school—room s, Crown R oad
,built
and opened. Cost, £ 950 . The corner stone waslaid July 2oth.
D ec. 8 th. A handsome black m arble tim epiece,inlaid
with m alachite, presented to M r. Jam es Johnson
(forem an to Messrs. A ldin), by the Directors of theA quarium
,for his skill and assiduity in conducting
these prodigious works .
D ec. 11th. The new trawling sm ack Carlisle
(55 tons) launched from Messrs. Mills and Blake’syard.
D ec. 12th. The smack Gnat, of this port
,after a
collision,founderedat the Sil ver Pits
,value £ 1000.
D ec. 13th. S ir Charles R ob ert Turner,
fifth son of
the late R ev . R ichard Turner of this town,
died in London, aged 8 7.
D ec. 2 1s t. The Sam uel Plim soll Lifeboatlaunched at Lowestoft.
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18 76— D ec. 21st. The num ber of lasts of herrings for thepresent season landed at the FishwharfwasThe aggregate earnings of 20 boats amounted to
i.e. , £ 12 10 per boat, and the grossexpenses am ounted to about £ 4907. The previousyear the aggregate of 20 boats was£ 931 per boat, and the expenses reached £ 458 2.
D ec. 23rd. The barque “ Ingleborough, of Hull
,
lost on the Barber Sand. Value, £ 2000 ; cargo,
£ 900. O n the 27th, the“ Countess of Zetland
,
”
damaged by the floating wreck of the above, wasrun ashore opposite the A quarium
,where she he
cam e a total. wreck .
D ec. 28 th. Captain Jam es Wright,m aster of the
smack O live Branch,
”awarded a silver medal by
theKing of Sweden and N orway for his braveryin saving the crew of a N orwegian brig in
N ovem ber last. The crew of the smack re
ceived £ 26.
Decem ber 30th. H .M . paddle- steam er Valorous,
and four iron twin- screw gunboats, of 360 tons
each,arrived in the roadstead.
Winners of the Ladies ’ Challenge Cups in the
Yarm outh Volunteers — 2nd N orfolk R cfies18 76, PrivateWill iam Hunt first year presented18 60
,J. Henry Bly ; 18 61, H. Fenner ; 18 62,
Color- Sergeant C . L. Chipperfield 18 63,Bugle
Major H. Fenner 18 64,G. W. N . Barrett ; 18 65 ,
H . E. Pestell ; 18 66, Captain E . P. Youell ;.
18 67,Corporal Gunton ; 18 68 , Corporal J. Wilshak ;18 69
,Sergeant G. S . Pearson ; 18 70, A . J.
H arpour ; 18 71, Corporal J. Wilshak (who wonthe N orfolk Champion Medal in A ugust, 18 63)18 72 , A . J. H arpour ; 18 73, A rm oury- SergeantD . Wales 18 74,Will iam Hunt 18 75, CorporalJ. G. Goddard— l st N orf olk A rtillery : 18 75
,
18 76, Quartermaster- Sergeant W. C. Mack ; first
year presented 18 69, won by Lieutenant H. H.
Baker ; 18 70, 18 71, Sergeant G. Self ; 18 72, W. C .
Mack 18 73, Gunner Woodhouse 18 74, Gr. Self1 8 77— Jan. A portion of the N orth Denes levelled,
preparatory to laying the rails of the StalhamR ailway. (See O ctober 27th,
194 att ainment in tintinguiagatnmutt.
CO A L M E RCH A N
GR E A T Y A R M O U -TE .
H ouse Coal Well S creened), at Current Prices,
D elivered Free for Cash within two m iles
of the Vauwhall R ailway S tation.
D I G-P O T S A T
N O RWICH —Thorpe and Victoria S tations .
L O N D O N —D ev onshi'
re S treet ,‘M ile
'
E nd.
L O UGH TON RAIL WA Y STA TIO N
BU CKH U RST H IL L D ITTo
O N GAR D ITTO
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SNARE SBRO OK D ITTo
WO O DFO RD D ITTO
L OWE STO FT—a O omm ercial R oad.
Y A R M O U TH R ailway S tation, Vauxhall .
J. IlLMOUTH.“EM F-OFFICE : CHURCHPLAIN.
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E . H . W R IG H T,
(Ten Years withM r. Wm. L aws} ,
GROCER , TEA DEAL ER ,
PROVISION MERCHANT,
68 , H OWARD STRE ET,
Three D oors South of Broad Row,
T . Y A R M O U T H .
SO L E AGE N T FO R TH E
OELEBRATED YORKSHIRE GREAM' CHE ESE
(M ay to O ctober} , Fresh every Friday.
H U N TL E Y A N D PA L M E R ’S B IS CU ITS ;
FISH SA U CE S , PICKL E S , &c., fire}
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M A RKE T PL A CE Y A R M O U TH ;
H IGH STRE E T, GOR L E STON .
STABL E TO O L S O F A L L KI N DSIn S tock, and everything connected with the B usiness
, on
the most reasonable terms.
S H E E T O F 110 0
English, French, L atin, Greek, and Hebrew
ABBREVIATIONS AND REPRESENTATIVE LETTERS,non TH E U SE on
PR INTE R S AN D GE N E RAL CO RR E SPO N D E N TS .
Price 65d, Post Free, of
W . F . CR ISP, GR E A T Y A R M O U TH .
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DAVID Mo EWEN ,
S E E D A N D PL A N TS M A N, &c.
(Twenty- two Years Managing A ssistant to the lateM r. J. Ewing, of
the E aton N urseries, and 9, xchange S treet, N orwich also for a shorttimewithEwing 6Cc.,who havenowrelinquished theS eedBusiness.)
IM PO R TE R O F
D U TCH O TH
'
E R'
F L OWE R R O O TS ,
Continental Flower S eeds ,
FREN CH IMM O RTELLES IN WREATHS, &0 .
Agent for Watson’
s Lawn Sand or Weed Destroyer,
For the D E STRUCTIO N of D AISIE S , D A N D E L ION S , PL AN TAIN , andall coarseWeeds , at the same tim e fertilizing the Grass. With D irections andTestim onials , 6d. per 1h.
A PPL E B Y ’S C O M PO U N D TO B A CCO PA PE R ,
For FUM GATIN G GRE E N H OUSE S , &c. It requires no Blowing.
Packets, 35 »
TO BACCO POWD E R ,1s. m m TIN .
GR O U ND TO BA CCO . 1s.
, 2s. 6d., AN D 4 8 . PE R Tm .
H O RTICUL TU RAL TO BA CCO JU ICE ,l s. , 2s. , AND 33. 6d. PE R BOTTL E .
ORD E R S R E CE IVE D FOR
FRUIT TREES, SHRUBS. ROSES, is PL ANTS
OF EVE RY D E SCRIPTIO N , AN D E ! E CUTE D WITH EVE RY CARE
AND D E SPATCH .
D . M CEWE N ’S lon experience in the Trade, and his consequent
knowledge of the very est Growers of each class Seeds , enables him
with thegreatest confidence to supp ly a PureA rtic e and True to N ame.
4,R E D L ION STR E ET
,ST. STE PH E N ’S
(N E AR CO L M A N a G L E N D E N N IN G ’S ),
N O RW IC H .
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E CO N O M Y,FIT
, A N D FA S H IO N .
S . RA N D E L LPR A C T IC A L TA I L O R ,
& c . ,
5 , MAE KET Row,.YARMOUTH .
©1113 t dqr ,jilfieyaqtment
E NTL EM E N waited upon at their own Residences if desired ; and
all O rders attended to with the utmost dispatch.
WE D D IN G A N D M O URNIN G O R D ERS
E ! E CU TE D O N TH E S H O R TE ST N O TICE .
T ro u s e rs , t o m eas u re , from
S c o tch T w eed S u i t s , t o m eas u re , fro m
R e al ly G o od S u it s , t o m ea su re ,
Q TheL argest S tock of Fancy Tweeds in the Trade to select from .
:fiqadg- made EspaqtmentN order to keep pace with the competition of the age, S . RAN D E L L
has now entered fully into this D epartm ent in all its branches,
and is prepared to supply M E N’
S , Y O UTH S’
,A N D CH IL D RE N
’
S
SUITS , in every style and quality, at Prices that m ust recommend
them selves,being made up of M aterials equal to those made to measure,
but at O N E - TH IR D L s ss m PR ICE .
Ch ildren’s S u it s fro m
Y o u th s ’ S u it s fro m
M en’
s S u it s from
A Very L arge S tock of R E A D Y- M A D E CL O TH IN G to select f rom.
NOTE THE ADDRESS—5 , MARKET ROW.
206 fitnrfiamrnuinEithernf 6figurnnmflt
cmsp's YARMOUTH AND NORWICH.
HAND - BOOK TO ANGL INGAND SA L T-WA TE R FISHIN G
D E SCR IBIN G TH E VARIO U S BR O AD S IN TH E
COU NTIE S O F N O RFO L K AN D SU FFO L K .
AND H OW TO GE T TO TH E M ;
AL SO
WHAT BA IT TO U SE , AN D H OW TO CAPTURE TH E
FINN Y TR IBE .
Price 3d.—Agents : M r. Cooper, M arket Place, Y armouth ; M r.
Greene, N orwich; and all Tackle D ealers.
Orisp’
s YarmouthHistorical Almanac/f
FOR 24 YEARS— END IN G 18 99.
Containing 375 Local Events and aN ovel. Calendar.
This Sheet Should decorate the Walls of every O ffice and Workshop
Price 3d., at Independent O ffice.
PA GE
WO O D CO CK’
S
"
VVIN D PIL L S .
TH E SE CRE T O F IE AL TH AN D L O N G L IFE consists in a
good digestion, a clean alimentary canal, pure blood, clean tongue,fragrant breath, sound sleep, and a good appetite. The great want ofthe day is health, that is, the harmonious action of all the elements of
our being, physical, mental, and social. This want finds its satisfactionin possessing andknowing when
'to usePA GE WO O D CO CK ’
S WINDPIL L S Theyare especially celebrated for the removal of Indigestion,Wind In the S tomach or B owels, H eartburn
, Biliousness, L iver Complaints, and
“O ut of S orts of any kind.
S old by all M edicine Vendors at 1s . 1%d. and 25 . 9d. or free bypost for 14
_
or 33 stamps, from' PAGE D . WO O D CO CK , L incoln
H ouse, St : Faith’
s, near N orwich.
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