Chronological Retrospect of the History of Yarmouth and Neighbourhood: from A.D. 46 to 1884Finch-Crisp, William
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Chronological Retrospect of the History of Yarmouth and Neighbourhood: from A.D. 46 to 1884
Finch-Crisp, William
Great Yarmouth (England) -- History
“Historical and Topographical Notices of Great Yarmouth and its
Environs,” by John Henry Druery, published. The work was dedicated to
the Right Hon. George William, Lord Stafford, Baron Stafford and Baronet,
of Costessey Park, Norfolk.
1827.
Feb. 6th. Mary Welch died, aged 73 years, leaving 102 children and
grandchildren.
Vaughan and Murphey, two noted resurrectionists, stole several bodies
from St. Nicholas’ churchyard, and caused great excitement in the town.
The railings on the west side were subsequently erected in consequence.
1828.
Mr. David Service, the Yarmouth poet, died.
1829.
May 29th. The bells rang out a merry peal on the opening day of the
Suspension Bridge. This structure, on the North Quay, was made chiefly
of iron, and thrown across the river Bure by Robert Cory, Esq., under the
powers of an Act of Parliament passed in the year 1827. It cost about
£4,000.
1830.
Feb. 8th. Intense frost; river frozen as far down as the Public Library.
July 31st. Hon. Colonel G. Anson and C. E. Rumbold, Esq., returned to
Parliament. Votes—A., 946; R., 945; H. Preston, 751; T. E. Campbell,
754.
1831.
Launches: March 8th, schooner “Sea Witch;” March 15th, brig “Ocean,” from
Mr. Palmer’s yard; Aug. 1st, brig “Earl Grey,” from Mr. Teasdel’s yard.
March 15th. Marriage at Stokesby Church of Samuel Taylor, only son of
Wm. Huke, of Yarmouth, with Charlotte Crowe Norton, of Stokesby.
May 2nd. Hon. G. Anson and C. E. Rumbold, Esq., again returned to
Parliament.
July 7th. First stone of St. Peter’s Church laid, and finished building
and consecrated Aug. 26th, 1838. Cost £12,000.
Sept. 12th. Mr. Power, of Covent Garden, appeared at the Theatre Royal,
as “Colonel O’Dillon,” in _The Married Lover_.
Census taken. Population of Yarmouth 21,115; with Gorleston and
Southtown, 28,231.
St. Mary’s Church, Southtown, erected. Site presented by the Earl of
Lichfield; cost, raised by subscription, about £3,000.
1832.
April 3rd. The Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew appointed Chaplain of St.
Nicholas’ Church, at £40 per annum.
April 17th. Mr. Wm. Hazard died, aged 72 years.
May 27th. Messrs. Grout and Co.’s Silk Crape Factory burnt down.
Present one erected in the same place. A Hospital originally stood here.
(See 1828.)
Oct. 11th. Russian Horn Band Concert at the Town Hall.
Dec. 11th. The Hon. G. Anson and C. E. Rumbold, Esq., returned to
Parliament, after the passing of the Reform Bill.
Edw. Pellew, Admiral Viscount Exmouth, High Steward of the Borough.
District Visiting Society established, and failed for want of support;
but another attempt was made to re-establish it April 10th, 1861.
Yarmouth Glee Society gave their first concert.
1832 to 1835.
By Municipal Reform Act the rest of Gorleston parish added to Yarmouth
Borough.
1833.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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