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
Feb. The Lord Chancellor appointed six (out of 15 candidates) new
Magistrates for the Borough, viz., P. Pullyn, D. A. Gourlay, F. Palmer,
W. T. Clarke, J. Barker, and J. Owles, Esqs.
Feb. 11th. The Town Battery ordered to be removed. The materials were
sold for £84 12s.
Mar. 8th. The Fermanagh Light Infantry Militia (845 rank and file),
commanded by Lord Enniskillen and the Hon. S. Crichton, arrived in
Yarmouth.
Mar. 14th. The “Frederica,” 420 tons register and 600 tons burthen,
launched from Mr. T. Branford’s yard. Between 8,000 and 4,000 persons
witnessed the sight.
April 15th. Collision between the s.s. “Ernestide” and the Prussian ship
“Thomas” off Yarmouth. The former foundered.
April 22nd. St. John’s Church consecrated, and in the same month the
stone pulpit and the communion plate at this church were bought out of
the proceeds of sale of the book, “Story of Samuel Brock.” The Church
was opened Feb. 7th; enlarged in 1859, 1866, and 1868.
May 4th. Riot at Southtown between the Fermanagh Militia and some
coalheavers.
May 19th. The brig “Nil Desperandum,” 800 tons register and over 500
tons burthen, launched from Mr. J. Rust’s yard. Thousands of persons
witnessed the sight.
May 26th. The Corn Exchange, Regent Street, sold to R. Steward, Esq.,
for £1,540; and in 1870 was purchased by Government for the New Post and
Telegraph Offices, &c.
June 10th. Sir E. N. Buxton, M.P., died at Cromer, aged 46 years.
June 15th. Congratulatory address voted by the Town Council to J. Paget,
Esq., on his appointment as Surgeon-Extraordinary to her Majesty the
Queen.
June 20th. Dawson Turner, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., F.R.S., &c., died at
Brompton, aged 83 years, and his will was sworn under £70,000
personality. He was born Oct., 1775, at Yarmouth, where his father was a
banker. He was educated at the Grammar School at North Walsham, and
entered Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1793. At his father’s decease he
became a partner in the firm of Messrs. Gurneys and Co., and managed the
Yarmouth bank. He married the daughter of the late William Palgrave,
Esq., of Coltishall. His library comprised 40,000 volumes.
June 29th. County Election between Cooke and Stracey, for the vacancy
caused by the death of Mr. Buxton. The former returned by a large
majority. Each party had a booth in the Yarmouth Market Place.
July 4th. Rev. William Tritton, of Cambridge, preached his first sermon
at the Independent Chapel, King Street.
July 13th. Britannia Pier opened. _Déjeûner_ given in the afternoon on
the Pier to the shareholders and their friends, 150 in number. The
structure cost about £6,000.
July 16th. Grand Procession of the Freemasons to and from St. Nicholas’
Church to the Town Hall, where about 125 gentlemen sat down to an
excellent dinner.
July 20th. Nottingham Order of Oddfellows opened a new Court in
Middlegate Street, and next day was publicly commemorated by a procession
through the town, headed by Hulley’s Saxhorn Band.
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