Norfolk Annals, Vol. 1: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth CenturyMackie, Charles
History
Norfolk Annals, Vol. 1: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century
Mackie, Charles
Norfolk (England) -- History
19.—The Norwich and London caravans were advertised to perform the
journey in 24 hours. They set out from the Angel Inn at six a.m. on
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and from the Swan-with-Two-Necks, Lad
Lane, London, on Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday evening. Goods were
conveyed from London to Norwich at 7s. per cwt., and from Norwich to
London at 9s. per cwt.
22.—Mr. Nathaniel Bolingbroke was sworn into office as Mayor of Norwich.
There was no guild feast, but 80 of the Mayor’s friends dined at the
Assembly Rooms in honour of the day.
JULY.
4.—A severe thunderstorm occurred, accompanied by a tremendous hailstorm
and a heavy rain. Hundreds of acres of turnips were washed away in
various parts of the county. Upwards of £600 worth of damage was done to
the wheat and barley crops of Mr. William Ungless, of Whitwell, near
Reepham.
5.—Holkham Sheep Shearing commenced. In a speech at the dinner Sir John
Sinclair confessed that he came to Holkham prejudiced in favour of the
broad-cast system of agriculture, but after what he had seen and heard
during his visit he was now convinced that the drill system was superior.
8.—Many deaths having occurred from small-pox in Norwich the Mayor, in
accordance with a requisition, called a public meeting at the Guildhall,
and resolutions were passed in favour of general vaccination. From
January 6th to the September ensuing 519 deaths were recorded. “There
has not been a single death from small-pox in those parishes where
vaccination has most prevailed.”
9.—Work was completed at the Nelson Monument, Yarmouth, and the
scaffolding on the top removed.
12.—The Duke of Gloucester and Princess Mary, with other distinguished
personages, paid a visit to Mr. T. W. Coke, M.P., at Holkham.
14.—Died at his house in Union Place, Norwich, aged 39, Mr. William
Saint, “whose extraordinary mathematical talents advanced him to the
honourable situation of professor of that science in the Royal
Institution at Woolwich.” In the latter part of his life he was employed
in teaching mathematics in Norwich. His widow was appointed matron of
the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.
20.—A cricket match for £500 was played at Newmarket, between the Holt
and Cambridge clubs. Holt, 93-56; Cambridge, 65-34.
27.—A meeting, presided over by the Mayor, was held at the Guildhall,
Norwich, for the purpose of “taking into consideration the state of
mendicity in the city.” The meeting was adjourned until October 22nd,
when, on the motion of the Hon. Edward Harbord, it was unanimously
resolved to establish a Society for the Suppression of Mendicity in
Norwich. At the first annual meeting, held on October 9th, 1820, it was
reported that 437 vagrants had been dealt with by the society, and had
been relieved with food and lodgings at small expense, and others had
been handled over to the magistrates as notorious impostors.
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