Norfolk Annals, Vol. 1: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth CenturyMackie, Charles
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Norfolk Annals, Vol. 1: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century
Mackie, Charles
Norfolk (England) -- History
—The 8th Hussars marched from Norwich Barracks for Ipswich.
19.*—“One day last week Messrs. James Stannard, T. Turner, Samuel Poll,
and Alfred Stannard, four oars, rowed from Norwich to Yarmouth and back
in eight hours, notwithstanding wind and tide were full against them in
crossing Breydon.”
—The season’s benefits at Norwich Theatre were announced to have been as
follow: Mr. Smith, £125; Mr. Chippendale, £39; Mr. Vining, £114; Mr.
Beacham, £89; Miss Pindar, £40; Mr. G. Smith, £70; Mr. Harrison, £46; Mr.
Clifford, £67; Mr. and Mrs. Sloman, £156; Mr. Benson, £69; the Misses
Glover, £91; Mr. Crook, £63; Miss Wensley, £72; Miss Mason, £74; Mr. and
Mrs. Hamerton, £51; Mr. Brundall, £45; Mr. Wharton, £41; Mr. Mueller,
£62; Mr. Thorne, £28; Miss Tubby, £99; Mr. Hunt, £78; Mr. Chippendale
(second benefit), £57. The total amount was £1,556; average, £70 14s.
9¾d.
22.—Guild Day at Norwich. The Mayor-elect, Mr. Henry Francis,
entertained 806 guests at the guild feast, and the ball at Chapel Field
House was fully attended. The streets in the parish of St. Stephen’s,
where the Mayor resided, were decorated.
29.—Great rejoicings took place at Costessey in celebration of the
elevation to the peerage of Sir George Jerningham, Bart., by the title of
Baron Stafford, of Stafford Castle, in Staffordshire, of Shiffnall in
Shropshire, and of Costessey in Norfolk. A large cavalcade attended by a
band of music proceeded to Easton, where Lord and Lady Stafford and their
daughters were received with enthusiastic cheering and escorted to
Costessey Hall. Sheep were roasted, 500 loaves of bread distributed, and
many barrels of beer consumed.
JULY.
7.—At a meeting, presided over by Dr. Yelloly, at the Rampant Horse Inn,
Norwich, the medical men of the city decided “to form a union between the
two previously existing societies in order to render more efficient the
circulation of medical books, and the establishment of a medical library
in Norwich.”
12.—Meetings of Loyal Orange Societies, No. 50, held at the Waggon and
Horses, Tombland, and No. 213 at the Waterloo Tavern, St. Stephen’s,
Norwich, celebrated the anniversary of the battle of the Boyne.
14.—A severe thunderstorm occurred at Norwich after a period of very
sultry weather. “Almost immediately after the tempest a cloud of immense
magnitude and extreme density, having the appearance of a mass of snow,
passed over the city. Drifting with a strong westerly wind it was so low
as to envelope a considerable portion of the Cathedral spire. Its
passage was attended with a very curious phenomenon. The current of the
river, which had previously been sluggish, suddenly became very rapid, as
if propelled by the irruption of some mighty flood. This acceleration
lasted about ten minutes, the cloud having once passed over, the stream
gradually resumed its former rate of progression.”
15.—Died at his residence, Catton Place, aged 58, Mr. Joseph Fitch, who
served the office of Sheriff of Norwich in 1808.
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