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
May 20th. Serious accident to J. W. de Caux, Esq., J.P., by falling from
a cart on the Marine Parade.
May. A salmon weighing 12½ lbs., and two salmon trout, one 15 lbs. in
weight, and the other 2 ft. 4 in. long, taken near Caister.
May 29th. James Scott, Esq., J.P., a shipowner of this port, died, aged
69 years. (See June, 1863.)
June 6th. First visit to Yarmouth of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales,
attended by the Earl of Leicester, Major-General Probyn, C.B., and Col.
Teesdale. This never-to-be-forgotten visit of the Heir Apparent to the
Throne was the grandest event in respect to the general superb
decorations and illuminations, together with the rapturous enthusiasm and
open generosity of the populace, ever recorded in the annals of local
history. Some 3,500 excursionists from Norwich, as well as numbers from
neighbouring districts, flocked into the town on the two first days. The
Prince and suite, who were entertained here by James Cuddon, Esq., J.P.,
at Shadingfield Lodge, left the Borough on the 8th by the East Suffolk
line, _en route_ for London.
June 6th. The new Grammar School opened by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales,
K.G.
June 6th. Primitive Methodist Conference opened at Yarmouth, and lasted
for a week. Number of members in 1872, 161,464.
June 13th. Two Companies of 33rd Regiment of Foot (Duke of Wellington’s)
and the staff of the Essex Rifle Militia, 152 rank and file, arrived at
the Southtown barracks, where they stayed for a month.
June 15th. At Cambridge, the degree of Doctor of Divinity conferred on
the Rev. J. J. Raven, head master of the Yarmouth Grammar School.
June 15th. Mr. Edward Fyson, a member of the Town Council, and a Captain
in the 2nd Norfolk Rifle Volunteers, died, aged 37 years.
July 9th. William Sheppard, Esq., died, aged 76.
July 11th. Heavy tempest. Mr. Burton Steward’s house struck by
lightning, and the interior of more than one room was damaged by the
electric fluid.
July 16th. The Royal Humane Society presented Mr. Thomas Joyce with the
usual honorary testimonial on parchment for saving the life of a lad
named F. J. Martin, while in a very precarious state in the sea. This
was the second testimonial Mr. Joyce had received for his bravery.
July. Cuddon-Fletcher, Esq., of Somerton (son of James Cuddon, Esq.,
late of Shadingfield Lodge), created a Justice of the Peace for Norfolk.
Aug. The decoration of the Order of Sanitat Kreuz Militar of Hesse
Darmstadt, conferred on Miss E. Pearson (of Yarmouth) and Miss L. E.
MacLaughlin, for their attention as nurses to the wounded soldiers in the
Franco-German war. (See Sept., 1870, and Aug. 7th, 1871.)
Aug. 8th. The new organ in St. Mary’s Church, Southtown, opened with a
full choral service. This fine-toned instrument was built by Mr. W. C.
Mack, of Yarmouth, at a cost of £250. (See Sept. 9th, 1875.)
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