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HEREFORDIENSIS
160 Years Ago - Abstracts from the Hereford Journal
Herefordiensis is the name of the Society's Journal, which has been published quarterly for over twenty-five years now. It is free to Members and includes helpful articles, members interests, and a query and help section. Articles submitted for publication by members are always welcome. The Journal Editor is Brian Passey, 70 Kimberley Road, Penylan, Cardiff, CF23 5DL (email: bcp@supanet.com). Back numbers of Journals can be obtained from Mr D Jones, 28 Treherne Close, Lugwardine, Hereford, HR1 4AF. Most Journals are available, price £1.00 per issue plus 37p postage.)
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The following is a brief extract of an ongoing feature in the Herefordshire Family History Society Journal by John Harnden, entitled:
160 Years Ago - from the Hereford Journal of January, February and March 1841
(This particular item is taken from the April 2001 issue, back numbers of Journals can be obtained from Mr D Jones, 28 Treherne Close, Lugwardine, Hereford, HR1 4AF. Most Journals are available, price £1.00 per issue plus 37p postage.)
6th January
The birth of the Princess Royal has been duly registered. It was entered in the books of the parish of St. George Hanover Square on the 22nd December by the Registrar, Mr. William Pierce JORDAN, who went to Buckingham Palace for that purpose.
Not many readers will be interested to know that the great frequency of diseases of the rectum amongst Turks is due to their ‘indolent habit of sitting almost the whole day on warm cushions.’ Prince Albert is now busy learning all about the constitutional law of England prior to taking his seat in the council. J ADAMS has now taken over the lease of the Three Mills at Bromyard mentioned in the last journal. Quarter Sessions: Jane WOODHOUSE for stealing two half-crowns from W. MORGAN of Ross got ten years’ transportation. James BRACE & John NASH for stealing wheat from William LANE of Llangarren got seven years’ transportation. George PAINE for house-breaking at Kingsland twelve sheep belonging to Mrs RACSTER and three sheep belonging to Thomas NEEDHAM got ten years. Robert DAVIES for stealing three geese at Much Marcle got fourteen years. My Transported to OZ list has only the last two.
13th January
Kurruck Singh, King of Lahore, died in November and his corpse was burnt ‘with the usual ceremonies.’ His favourite wife and three female attendants joined him. On the way home an elephant knocked over a pillar which killed the new monarch of a day, No Nehal Singh. Luckily they kept the fire going!
BARCLAY’S ASTHMATIC CANDY is an effectual preservative from the ill effects of Fogs and Damp Airs. Available, of course, from the Hereford Journal office. On the frozen river Wye, just above the bridge in Hereford, children were sliding on the ice when it cracked and a youth of 16 named PUGH fell in. A son of Mr JENNINGS went to help out and also fell in. PUGH was drowned but his helper was saved.
20th January
Marriage on 2nd January at Michaelchurch of Revd Thomas POWELL, Primitive minister, to Miss WATKINS of the Greens in that parish. Death on 13th January of John NICHOLLS, aged 26, a member of the Nag’s Head Philanthropic Friendly Society. Funeral at All Saints attended by 36 members with their wands of office. An inquest on an infant child found in a privy at Llandinabo leads to the arrest of Mary NASH.
27th January
Death at Walford of Robert Farthing BEAUCHAMP Esquire aged 64. The son of a farmer named FARTHING, he went to London with half a crown, worked as a clerk, and died worth £200,000. The old St Nicholas church in King Street, Hereford, has now been completely removed and work starts on its replacement in the Spring on a new site.
3rd February
Fire broke out at a farm at Hunderton occupied by James STEPHENS. The waggoner was sent on horseback to Hereford to fetch the fire engine, and he left without waiting to put any clothes on. (In February!) Despite three fire engines the losses were two stacks, a new thrashing machine, a barn, cowhouse, stable and a shed. The horses were saved although some had their tails burnt off. A later letter to the editor was highly critical of the fire services and called for a far more disciplined arrangement to be set up integrating all seven fire engines in the city. Marriage on 20th January at Plumstead Parva, Norfolk, of Mr C F TIMAEUS, bookseller, of Bedford, youngest son of the late Mr John TIMAEUS of Leominster, & Georgiana, fourth daughter of the late George Webb HALL Esquire, of Sneed Park, Bristol.
10th February
Preparations are being made in the House of Lords for the trial of the Earl of Cardigan. It appears to concern a duel. Death on 4th February at the Maidenhead Inn, Hereford, of Margaret, widow of the late Mr Herbert WEAVER of Mansel Lacy, aged 77. Marriage on 8th February at Titley of Mr William PARKER senior, and Mrs Elizabeth JOSEPH, widow, both in their 60s. It was her third trip to the altar. Two weeks ago a slight earthquake was experienced at Carmarthen. Not to be outdone several people have written in to say that it was also felt in Hereford.
17th February
Prince Albert does it again! He went skating on the lake again, watched by Queen Victoria. Getting near the edge of the lake he suddenly disappeared through the ice. With great presence of mind (it says) the queen held Miss Murray’s hand and got hold of Prince Albert with the other and dragged him to safety. After a hot bath he was none the worse for the incident. Death on 14th February of Phoebe, wife of Mr Joshua WILLIAMS of Ledbury, officer of excise, aged 52, and the mother of Mrs Edward PRITCHARD of Packer’s Lane, Hereford. Dinners are being held all over the country in honour of the christening of the Princess Royal.
24th February
Another tesselated pavement has been found at Kenchester. Death on 11th February at Blackman Street, London, of Mrs Anne CORBETT, widow of the late Mr James WOAKES of Hereford. The trial of the Earl of Cardigan started at the House of Lords last Tuesday. He was charged with shooting at Captain Harvey Garnett Phipps TUCKETT on Wimbledon Common with intent to kill him, and intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Counsel for Lord Cardigan said that the prosecution had failed to prove the christian name and surname of the aggrieved party. All the noble lords agreed that the objection was valid, and all voted the Earl not guilty, and after all that hard work they went home. Could the trial have possibly been carefully orchestrated?
3rd March
Strangely enough another duel took place at Edinburgh between ‘Mr L and Dr H.’ Both parties fired twice and both came close to slaughtering their seconds. Then they all went home. The dispute arose over the right to a discovery in minute anatomy! In case you were wondering, the British are still blockading China and waiting for £3,000,000 from the Emperor for the opium that had been seized. A great number of British troops are sick or dead from illness. Death recently at Greenwich, aged 56, of Revd Sampson HAWTHORN, late pastor of the Countess of Huntingdon’s Chapel, Hereford. An eccentric character, labelled as DROFFNORE, has appeared in Leominster after an absence of over two years. Last time he constructed a musical instrument, and this time he lectured on The Character of Man and the Organic Principles of Muscular Action.
10th March
Death on 9th March at the Friars, Hereford, of Thomas, eldest son of Thomas ATKINSON of Manchester, aged 16, grandson of John BENBOW Esquire, and a member of the Society of Friends. The substantially built Inn or Hotel called the City Arms, in Broad Street, Hereford, is to be sold by auction on the 31st March. Previously owned by John BOSLEY.
17th March
To be sold by auction. A Messuage with Water Corn Grist Mill, Stable, etc, in Longtown, Clodock, now occupied by J ROBERTS & Co. John BAUGHAN of Showell, Madley, is offering a £20 reward for information leading to the arrest of whoever set fire to his wheat stack. Death on 23rd February at St Helier, Jersey, of Elizabeth, relict of the late James Lloyd HARRIS Esquire of Kington, and eldest daughter of the late John LEWIS Esquire of Harpton Court, Radnorshire. An order by her Majesty in Council authorises the Dean and Chapter of Hereford Cathedral to remove the canonical house in the College Green, by which the magnificent chapter house erected in 1370 will be exposed to view.
24th March
Arrangements are being made for the forthcoming census. The enumerators will be paid 10 shillings for every 50 houses, and pro rata. A sad letter criticises the workings and shortcomings of the new Poor Law. Caroline was the wife of Thomas GARSTONE, an out-of-work carpenter lodging in St Martin’s Street, Hereford. Her infant child died, and they had been almost without food for several days. She asked the Board of Guardians of the Workhouse for a small sum of money in order to bury her child. They refused. She asked for a piece of ground so that she could carry out the burial. They refused, unless her husband came into the workhouse. She refused. She was reduced to begging an old box from which her husband made a coffin for the child. How sad.
31st March
Death on 8th February at Kingstone, Upper Canada, of Joseph, youngest son of the late Mr Charles WILSON of E’Withington, aged 29. At a meeting of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Company it was reported that soil from the deep cutting at Ashperton was being boated to complete the Leadon embankment at Prior’s Court, and that Mr Ballard was marking out the land required between Canon Frome and Hereford. Herefordshire Lent Assizes. Richard HALL, Richard JONES, Richard HADEN & Thomas JONES were all convicted of the manslaughter of John DAVIES in a prize fight at Kingsland, and all got two months. Compare this with William DANIEL who got 14 years’ transportation for stealing ten sovereigns and two shirts.
Contributor: John Harnden, 11 Longworth Road, Tupsley, Hereford HR1 1SP
Last revised: 2nd October 2006
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