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June & July 1866 Beccles & Bungay Weekly News

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Janelle Penney --- 2000, 2001

Beccles & Bungay Weekly News 5 June 1866 Page 4, column 4

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MARRIAGES

On the 22nd May, at St George's, Hanover Square, Capt. Alfred MORSE, 73rd Regiment, to Diana Ann, second daughter of the late Sir Edward GOOCH, Bart., M.P.

On the 24th May, at St Clement's Church, Norwich, by the Rev --- RIGG, Mr Nathaniel COLBY, fishmerchant [sic], of Pakefield, near Lowestoft, to Mrs Mary Ann WARFORD, widow of the late Jeremiah WARFORD, of the same place.

DEATHS

Lately at Harleston, aged 66 years, Mrs Edward RANT, late of Mendham, deeply regretted by her family and friends.

On the 27th May, at Halesworth, aged 71 years, after a long and painful affliction, Ann, the beloved wife of Thomas CLARKE, of the above place.

On the 29th May, at Beccles, John Edward, son of Mr William ARNOLD, veterinary surgeon, aged 7 years.

On the 2nd June, at Beccles, aged 65 years, Eliza Elizabeth [sic], wife of Mr William SMITH, baker.

Beccles & Bungay Weekly News 12 June 1866 Page 4, column 5

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MARRIAGES

On the 30th May, at St Paul's Church, Clapham, Surrey, by the Rev T.J. GASTER, Mr H. George PRIME, of Bungay, to Sarah Ann, eldest daughter of J. L. WOODWARD, Esq., late of Missenden, Bucks.

On the 6th June, at Pulham St Mary, by the Rev Richard BOND, Mr D. W. HARVEY, of Lowestoft, to Eleanor, youngest daughter of the late William BUTCHER, of Flixton.

DEATHS

On the 6th June, at Beccles, in the 12th year of her age, Ellen, the youngest daughter of Mr Denny WADE, cooper.

On the 5th June, at Beccles, Mary, widow of Thomas SMITH, labourer, aged 90 years.

On the 1st June, suddenly, aged 2 years 7 months, Charlotte Rose, the beloved daughter of Walter V. and Emily Rose LAMB, Stubbs' Green, Loddon.

On the 5th June, at Thurlton in her 24th year, Sarah Victoria, the wife of James MANTHORP.

On the 2nd June, at Loddon, deeply regretted, Rosa Goddard, youngest daughter of Robert PEDGRIFT, Esq., surgeon, aged 21 years.

On the 30th May, at Lowestoft, in her 91st year, Sarah, widow of the late Daniel COOPER.

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Beccles & Bungay Weekly News 12 June 1866 Page 4, column 3

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HALESWORTH 7th Suffolk Rifles.---The general annual meeting of this Corps was held on the 4th June. The members of this very efficient Corps assembled in full uniform at the Railway Station at 4 o'clock, and after some preliminary drill, formed into fours and marched to the parish church, headed by the band, when an excellent sermon was delivered by the Rev R.S. BELOE, of Holton, Hon. Chaplain to the Corps. There was a good attendance of friends and visitors in addition to the members. Refreshments were afterwards served in the Rifle Hall by Mr Isaac MILLS, of the Swan Inn, to whom great credit is due for the taste and general excellence of the arrangements so successfully carried out on this occasion. During the evening a statement of the monetary affairs of the Corps was placed before the meeting, from which it appeared that the capitation grant and the subscriptions amounted altogether to 135 Pounds 16 Shillings 9 Pence. The expenses connected with the encampment at Lowestoft last summer, the clothing, drill, and sundries, ran up to 136 Pounds 13 Shillings 11 Pence, leaving a balance of 25 Pounds 19 Shillings 11 Pence in hand, as against 26 Pounds 17 Shillings 1 Penny, for the balance of the preceding year.---Captain H.A.S. BENCE presided on the occasion, and gave the usual loyal, patriotic and complimentary toasts, which were briefly but ably responded to by the various gentlemen whose names were coupled therewith.---The Committee, Treasurer, and Secretary were elected for the ensuing year. Amongst the company present we may mention the Rev R.S. BELOE, Hon. Chaplain to the Corps, Lieut. STRATHERN, Paymaster BURLEIGH, Ensign BAAS, and F. HAWARD, Esq., Surgeon to the Corps and Messrs F. CROSS, J. HOWLETT, J. GARROULD, and other visitors. In the course of the evening the prize of one guinea was given to Private C. HOWARD, for the greatest number of attendances at drill, to which the Rev V.J. STANTON added a prize of a Bible to Private J. TILNEY, who was second in point of attendance and nearly equal to HOWARD. The meeting broke up about half-past 9 o'clock.

Beccles & Bungay Weekly News 19 June 1866 Page 4, column 4

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MARRIAGES

On the 12th June, at St Michael's Church, Beccles, by the Rev J.T. JOHNSTON, rector, Mr Henry WOOLNER, to Mary Ann, only daughter of Mr Robert MARTIN, millwright and engineer, of the above place.

On the 13th June, at St John's Church, Lowestoft, by the Rev H. WILMOT, M.A., rector of Kirtley, Spencer W. SCOTT, Esq., of Shrewsbury, late of the National Provincial Bank, Lowestoft, Ensign of the 17th Suffolk Rifle Volunteers, to Jane Gertrude, eldest daughter of Edward JEFFERY, Esq., M.D., Lowestoft.

On the 14th June, at the Congregational Chapel, Lowestoft, by the Rev F. GOODALL, Mr Samuel Crane CLAXTON, to Elizabeth DUNNETT, both of Lowestoft.

On the 18th June, at the parish church, Beccles, by the Rev C.H. SHAW, curate, William STROWGER, of Barsham, to Eliza SPALL, of Beccles.

DEATHS

On the 2nd June, Mr Robert PRECIOUS, ironmonger, Lowestoft, an old and respected tradesman.

On the 8th June, at Ringsfield, of congestion of the brain, Philip William, eldest son of Philip and Harriet BENNS, aged 6 years.

On the 13th June, Mr John PARKINSON, stationer, London Road, Lowestoft.

On the 13th June, at Bungay, after a lingering illness, Mr Robert HAWES, aged 43 years.

On the 15th June, at the Union House, Shipmeadow, Mr Stephen ROE, late of Beccles, blacksmith, aged 70 years.

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Beccles & Bungay Weekly News 19 June 1866 Page 4, column 3

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EPITOME OF SUFFOLK NEWS ....A man named John STUBBINGS, of Kirtling, near Bury St Edmund's, was watching a hive of bees about to swarm, and accompanying their hum with a house-key and fire-shovel, the queen apparently attracted by the music, alighted upon his head, and was immediately followed by the whole swarm. STUBBINGS had the presence of mind to stand perfectly still, and in a few minutes he presented a ludicrous appearance, the bees completely covering one side of his head, leaving him only sufficient breathing space. As soon as they were settled the man's wife swept them off into a hive, and was stung in doing so, but he escaped unhurt.................................... ....A correspondent has favoured the Bury Post with the following extracts from the letter of a native of Suffolk, named Joseph CHAPMAN, who has for the last twenty years held a confidential situation in the family of a Polish Count residing near Warsaw, on the subject of the rinderpest in that country: ---"The rinderpest is an illness that we have here continually in the country. I have lost my cows twice, and here in Iabloma, near Warsaw, on the estate of my Count, we have lost during six years about 550 cows. Two years ago we lost in one year 300. There is no cure, no remedy for them, but we have seven cows which have had the illness, and since that have been among cows that have died with the rinderpest, and it takes no more effect on them. The only cure for the rinderpest is the knife and separations. If you find one ill separate it directly from the others, and great care must be taken that the people that attend to ill animals never might communicate with the people that have to do with the healthy cattle, or stacks, and never let a stranger go into your cow-stable. With one word the only cure is the Knife and Separation. If an ill animal is in one field, and a healthy one in the next, it can also fall ill, without further communication; and people bring it with them in their clothes. Dogs, carts, hay, straw, all woollen things take the illness from one to another. If you have food enough keep your cattle in the stable, and do not let the men or people that attend them go anywhere only in your yard and house, and take care that the people do not communicate or speak with people that come from the part where the rinderpest exists. With one word, we have no remedy; the rinderpest is until now incurable."

Beccles & Bungay Weekly News 26 June 1866 Page 4, column 5

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DEATHS

On the 4th June, at Lowestoft, Sophia ADAMS, aged 80.

On the 10th June, at Great Yarmouth, aged 14 months, Edgar Crisp, the beloved son of Charles and Eliza Sophia BLAXHILL.

On the 15th June, at Aslacton, aged 31, Julia, the wife of Mr H.A. GRIMES, and third daughter of the late Mr William BREWSTER, of the Hall Farm, Carleton Colville.

On the 15th June, at Ipswich, Amelia ROBERTS, in her 32nd year.

On the 18th June, at Flixton Grange, Bungay, in her 17th year, Amelia Sarah, youngest and much beloved daughter of Mr James READ.

On April 12th, drowned off Port Philip Heads, Australia, Frederick, youngest son of Mr Charles S. D. STEWARD, Yarmouth, aged 28.

On the 20th June, at Beccles, aged 16 years, William, son of Mr James FLOWERS, gardener.

Beccles & Bungay Weekly News 3 July 1866 Page 4, column 6

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MARRIAGES

On the 28th March, at St Michael's Church, Christchurch, New Zealand, by The Ven. [sic] The Archdeacon JACOBS, George Edward FREESTONE, youngest son of Anthony George FREESTONE, Esq., of Southelmham, Suffolk, to Phoebe LEWIS, third daughter of the late Wm. [sic] Partridge LEWIS, Esq., Higham, Suffolk, England.

On the 26th June, at St Stephen's Church, Albert Square, Clapham, Mr G. C. CHAMBERS, of Clapham Road Place, to Eliza, only daughter of Mr James MARTIN, of Bungay.

On the 27th June, at Spencer-street [sic] Chapel, Leamington, by Rev T. BINNEY, of London, Rev J. Morell BLACKIE, LL.B, youngest son of the late Rev J. BLACKIE, of Bungay, to Priscilla Louisa, eldest daughter of John HORDEM, Esq., Leamington. No cards.

DEATHS

At Harleston, on the 11th June, deeply lamented, aged 73, Catherine, wife of Mr William CANN, bank agent, of that place.

On the 18th June, at Hoxton, in his 60th year, Mr Robert BLOOMFIELD, son of the Suffolk poet Robert BLOOMFIELD, author of "The Farmer's Boy," and other poems.

On the 26th June, Mr Richard GARRETT, of Carlton Hall and Leiston Works, in his 60th year.

On the 26th June, at St Helier's, Jersey, Edward SWATMAN, Esq., late of Beccles, solicitor, aged 51.

On the 26th June, at Beccles, Mr John REYNOLDS, gardener and corn inspector, aged 72 years.

On the 27th June, at Bungay, Mr Edward DURRANT, harness-maker, aged 25 years.

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Beccles & Bungay Weekly News 3 July 1866 Page 1, column 2

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JONATHAN READ (Formerly DURRANT) Watch and Clock Maker, Jeweller, Silversmith & Optician, Market Place, Beccles. Repairs Carefully And Promptly Attended To The utmost value given for Plate, old Gold or Silver. Established 1804.

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Beccles & Bungay Weekly News 3 July 1866 Page 1, column 3

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Time & Sight JOSEPH HARMER, Watch and Clock Maker, Silversmith & Optician, Market Place, Beccles, Is now selling the best Steel Frame Spectacles at greatly Reduced Prices. An assortment of new and Second-hand Watches kept for sale at the most reasonable price. Watches, Clocks, Jewellery and Plate of every description carefully repaired.

Beccles & Bungay Weekly News 10 July 1866 Page 4, column 6

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DEATHS

On the 22nd June, at her residence, Red hill [sic], Surrey, in her 64th year, Cordelia Anne, widow of the late J.J. ROBINSON, Esq., of Banff, N.B., and only daughter of the late J.D. PALMER, Esq., of Great Yarmouth.

On the 27th June, at Lound, Suffolk, Martha, the eldest, loved, and affectionate daughter of Jonathan and Mary NEWSON, in her 24th year.

On the 1st July, at Bungay, Mrs Lucy CORNISH, aged 77 years.

On the 1st July, at Halesworth, aged 60, Elizabeth, relict of the late Thomas MORE, formerly of the Bullock Fair Farm, Spexhall.

On the 2nd July, at the Esplanade Cottage, Lowestoft, aged 34, the Rev William Dolben LEATHES, youngest son of the Rev Frederic LEATHES, of Reedham, and late Curate of Freethorpe and Wickhampton.

On the 6th July, at Lowestoft, Walter Henry, infant son of Mr Henry W. STACY, bookseller, of Norwich.

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Beccles & Bungay Weekly News 10 July 1866 Page 4, column 6

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EPITOME OF NORFOLK NEWS ...On Tuesday last, a man about thirty years of age called upon Mr Thomas LYNES, ironmonger, Market Hill, Diss, and said his name was Mr George CARR, and that he was farm-bailiff to Sir E.C. KERRISON, Brome Hall. In the blandest manner possible he gave Mr LYNES an order for a number of scythes, to be sent to Brome Hall. Mr LYNES not having sufficient number of the particular kind required by Mr CARR, obtained two or three of a neighbour.The fellow who had thus selected Mr LYNES for his patronage gave him some strong hints that some gratuity should be given in page for the order, but Mr LYNES wisely deferred that matter until the delivery of the goods. On taking the scythes to Brome Hall on Wednesday, it was found that no such person as Mr George CARR was known there, and that no orders had been given for new scythes.----The next dodge was to proceed to Mr John HUMPHREY's Railway Tavern, Victoria-road, where the fellow represented himself as a gamekeeper in the employ of Sir E.C. KERRISON; that he had taken two or three poachers and was then after another, but as he could not take him without the necessary papers, which he had unfortunately left at Brome Hall, he must have a pony and trap at once in order that he might fetch them. Mr HUMPHREY being deceived by the respectable appearance and address of "Mr George CARR," immediately furnished him with a poney [sic], which he had recently purchased, and a car, and away went his visitor. On reflection, Mr HUMPHREY, thinking there might be some swindling in the matter, set off at once for Brome, but could obtain no tidings of his patron. Thence he went to Scole, and learnt that his pony and car had passed through that village. Driving towards Harleston, tidings were again obtained at Fish Needham, where it appears the fugitive made a detour, taking the low road to Harleston, and thence to Bungay, where he passed the "Thatched House" between one and two o'clock. Mr HUMPHREY now started on the road home, and shortly overtook the objects of his search, and jumping out of the vehicle in which he was riding, got into the one driven by "Mr George CARR," and commenced a chat with him on recent events, winding up by demanding 1 Pound for the expense he had been put to in the chase. CARR at once jumped up, put his hand in his pocket, and said, "I'll pay," and in an instant jumped out of the vehicle and made leg bail across the fields, which was the last Mr HUMPHREY saw of him. When CARR ordered the trap, he was very chatty about the keepers on the Brome estate, and seemed to be well up in all matters pertaining thereto, which threw Mr HUMPHREY off his guard. He is described as being of light complexion, dark whiskers, and somewhat above the average stature.

Beccles & Bungay Weekly News 17 July 1866 Page 4, column 5

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MARRIAGES

On the 11th July, at the Wesleyan Chapel, Lowestoft, by the Rev John LOCKE, Mr Charles BREEZE, gardener, of North Cove, to Miss Ann COWLES, of Blundeston.

On the 11th July, at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Bungay, by the Rev F. BARKWAY, Mr Henry LAWRANCE, of Barnet, Herts (late of Flixton), to Susannah, eldest daughter of Mr George CATCHPOLE, of the former place.

DEATHS

On the 6th July, Alice, daughter of Mr Edwin HAWARD, Bungay, aged 18 [or 13? ] months. [Hard to read number because of smudging].

On the 13th July, at Beccles, Mr John NORMAN, brazier, aged 68 years.

Beccles & Bungay Weekly News 24 July 1866 Page 4, column 6

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DEATHS

On the 11th July, at Great Yarmouth, Capt. James BANCE, Royal Navy, in his 77th year.

On the 13th July, at Telegraph House, Great Yarmouth, George Anthony Wyrley BIRCH [sic!], Lieut. Royal Navy, fourth son of the late George WYRLEY, Esq., aged 23.

Beccles & Bungay Weekly News 31 July 1866 Page 4, column 5

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MARRIAGES

On the 18th July, at the parish church of St Margaret's Lowestoft, Mr John BULLARD, shopkeeper, Mutford Bridge, to Charlotte, widow of the late Mr Charles BULLARD of Yoxford.

On the 19th July, at Redenhall Church, by the Ven. Archdeacon ORMEROD, William Rayson, eldest son of William SMITH, of Dickleburgh, to Maria, eldest daughter of Henry Lombard HUDSON, of Harleston.

On the 24th July, at the parish church, Beccles, by the Rev C.H. SHAW, curate, James CUTLER, bricklayer, to Emma STARLAND, both of Beccles.

DEATHS

On the 19th July, at Great Yarmouth, Mr J. WILLIAMS, late of Southwold, aged 45.

On the 19th July, at Old Vicarage, Lowestoft, aged 84, Mr John TUBBS, sen., late of Narborough, Norfolk.

On the 27th July, very suddenly, at St Margaret's Ilketshall, Mr Aldridge BERRY, farmer.