History of Brighthelmston; or, Brighton as I View it and Others Knew It: With a Chronological Table of Local EventsErredge, John Ackerson
History
History of Brighthelmston; or, Brighton as I View it and Others Knew It: With a Chronological Table of Local Events
Erredge, John Ackerson
Brighton (England) -- History
The removal from the old to the new house took place on the 12th
September, 1822, when 27 persons changed their residence. On the 20th of
the same month, nine others followed; and on the 24th, sixty-four more
were removed, making a total of ninety-five inmates. Mr. Baldey was the
parish surgeon. The new governor—Hayward,—remained only a few days on
the removal to the new house; as, without the least intimation to any
one, he abruptly took himself off. His successor, Mr. Nuttall, remained
only four or five weeks, when he was summarily dismissed by the
Guardians, on the 5th of November, 1822. Mr. S. Thorncroft was then
appointed Governor, a situation which he continued to fill with great
honour to himself and satisfaction to the town, till April, 1834,
although he did not leave the house till April, 1835. Mr. John Harper
was Mr. Chassereau’s successor. Mr. Thorncroft was appointed
Assistant-Overseer—a position which he still so ably holds—in October,
1834. Mr. Collington, at the close of 1834, succeeded Mr. Thorncroft as
Governor; and he held the office till the middle of the summer of 1836,
when Mr. Bartlett entered on the duties of Governor, he having been
previously the superintendent of pauper-labour, at a salary of £160
a-year.
At the old house Mrs. Idle was a species of matron; but when the inmates
went “up the hill,” Mrs. Harriet Dennett held that appointment, and
continued it till 1827, when she was succeeded by Mrs. Alice Pickstock.
Mrs. Pickstock,—the mother of Mrs. S. Thorncroft,—died in 1843. As a
memento of respect, her tomb, erected by subscription in the Cemetery
Ground of the Old Church, expresses the appreciation of her valuable
services. On her death, Mrs. Bartlett, the wife of the Governor, was
appointed Matron. Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett resigned in June, 1848, and were
succeeded by Mr. and Mrs. Cuzens. About the middle of the year 1849,
Cuzens absented himself from his duties, and they were in consequence
both discharged in September. Mr. and Mrs. Hodges were appointed to the
vacancies, and they held their respective offices till September of the
following year. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. King succeeded them, and in October,
1854, on their resignation, Mr. and Mrs. Passmore entered upon their
duties. On the 7th of June, 1859, Mr. Passmore absconded; the dismissal
of himself and wife ensued in consequence, and on the 15th of July, Mr.
and Mrs. Sattin were appointed to fill the vacancies.
The poor-rate collectors hitherto have been Mr. Edward Butler, Mr. Harry
(Captain) Blaber, Mr. W. H. Smithers, and Mr. Frank Butler. The parish
assessors have been Mr. Saunders, Mr. Robert Ackerson, Mr. Richard Bodle,
Mr. Henry Styles Colbron, Mr. Richard Edwards, and Mr. George Maynard.
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