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
Jan. 10th. The new building annexed to the Priory Schools for the
accommodation of some 200 children, opened by the Mayor.
Jan. 20th. Dr. Lushington, judge, philanthropist, and politician, and
late M.P. for Yarmouth, died at his seat near Ockham, aged 91 years.
Jan. 20th. Charles H. Chamberlin, Esq., Registrar of the Yarmouth County
Court and Borough Coroner, died, aged 51 years.
Jan. 22nd. Mr. Blyth, of this port, and second mate of the “Northfleet,”
lost in that ill-fated vessel, with over 300 passengers.
Jan. 27th. A halibut, 4 ft. 6 in. in length and weighing about five
stone, caught near Yarmouth.
Jan. Henry John Walker, Esq., solicitor of Brompton, appointed to the
Registrarship of the Yarmouth County Court. In March, 1875, resigned for
a Registrarship in Southampton, and in Dec., 1876, District Registrar of
High Court of Justice at Manchester.
Jan. A very handsome silver waiter presented to Alderman W. Laws by the
teachers of St. Nicholas’ Sunday School, in token of their respect.
Feb. 1st. Mr. Holmes’s new smack “Serjeant Ballantine” launched from Mr.
Mack’s shipyard.
Feb. 7th. Great Yarmouth and Eastern Counties’ Aquarium Company
registered, with a capital of £50,000 in shares of £2 each. (See June
18th.)
Feb. 26th. The Rev. J. Partridge, formerly head master of the Yarmouth
Preparatory Grammar School, Southtown, died at Thornbury, near Bristol,
aged 46 years.
March 17th. Mr. George T. Watson, Superintendent of Sailors’ Home,
presented with a handsome gold ring by the members of the Beachmen’s and
Fishermen’s Friendly Society, as a memento of respect.
March 24th. The steam tug “Minnet” stranded on the North Sand at the
mouth of the harbour.
March. The Rectory of Buckenham, Kent, conferred upon the Rev. William
Cator, B.A., curate of St. Nicholas’ Church.
March 25th. The new brick-built reservoir at Gorleston, belonging to the
Great Yarmouth Water Works Company, opened. It is 115 feet square
inside; height from floor to roof, 16 ft., and holds 800,000 gallons of
water, being, when full, 1½ feet from the top.
March. The Rev. Dr. Raven was presented with a handsome silver-plated
coffee pot, teapot, cream jug, and sugar basin, by the pupils of the
Yarmouth Grammar School as a mark of their esteem.
April 11th. Loss of the fishing smack “Vesper,” off the Holland coast;
on 19th, in the North Sea, the dandy “Morgan;” and on 27th, the smack
“Proctor.” Crews all saved.
April 13th (Easter Day). The new peal of bells at Gorleston Parish
Church first rung out. These six bells were cast by Messrs. Mears and
Hainbank, of Whitechapel, and presented to Gorleston by Miss C. Roberts,
of Hersham, Esher. The tenor bell, weighing 10 cwt., is in the key of G,
and has a chiming apparatus.
April 14th. John Owles, Esq., died at Great Yarmouth, aged 65 years.
(See Feb., 1858, and Oct. 29th, 1872.)
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