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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 April, May and June 1842
(This particular item is taken from the July 2002 issue, back numbers of Journals can be obtained from Mr D Jones, 29 Frome Park, Bartestree, Hereford, HR1 4BF. Most Journals are available, price £1.00 per issue plus 33p postage.)
6th April The General Post Office advises the public not to send coins or jewellery through the post but to make use of Money Orders available from the nearest Post Office. In the case of bank notes the advice is to cut the note in half and send by different posts, preferably registered. ♦ Patent Elastic Stockings, made in Metallic or India Rubber are available from Mr DRAPER, chemist, Broad Street, Hereford. All you have to do is study the diagram and then measure the depth from A to B to C to D, circumference ABCD, length from A to B, B to C, C to D, to the middle of the sole of the foot, and then go and buy them. ♦ Death on 28th March at Kensington of Mrs Catherine MATCHAM, aged 78, sister of the late Lord Nelson. ♦ Herefordshire Easter Sessions. Thomas TAYLOR, late of Holme Lacy, labourer, charged with stealing a quantity of birch twigs, property of George ECKLEY. Got four months, the last fortnight in solitary confinement.
13th April At Portsmouth the government hired transport Cornwall is loading 10,000 bags of biscuits for the fleet in China. ♦ The Shah of Persia with 60,000 men, and financed by Russia, has marched against Heart. ♦ Richard MEREDITH the younger of the Apostles Farm, Kington, apologises profusely for the slanders he made against Miss Ann BEAVAN of Wood’s Eaves, Eardisley, and will be paying all her expenses. ♦ Death on 25th March at Oakfields, Llandinabo, of Nathaniel HARDWICK aged 45. Death on 4th April at Crow House, Upton Bishop, of John HARDWICK aged 72, father of the above, and death on 9th April back at Oakfields of John, infant son of Nathaniel.
20th April A despatch has been sent to Lord Auckland recommending an advance on Peking. ♦ As a postscript to the entry in 6th April, a firm in Bristol pasted together the wrong halves of two £10 notes. Only one was returned, so everybody lost out. ♦ At Bath John ALEXANDER Esq aged 80 married Miss BEWLEY aged 18. "The youthful bride is grandniece of the antiquated groom." ♦ It is intended to build a new gaol in Hereford on garden land occupied by Mr James BOSWORTH, between Grope Lane and the city wall. ♦ A gravestone at Wistanstow, Shropshire, gives the wife’s age as "Twice six, twice seven, Twice twenty & eleven."
27th April Marriage on the 19th at St Leonard’s Shoreditch, of John Oliver TWELLS of London & Sarah, daughter of Mr J MELLIN of the Hill, Kings Pyon. ♦ Three deaths in Homend Street, Ledbury on the same day – Isabella GIBBONS aged 5, Matthew JONES aged 1 year & 10 months, and John PROVERBS aged 3. ♦ Next July the Act prohibiting the employment of boys in sweeping chimneys comes into force.
4th May Notice is given of the forthcoming Courts Leet & View of Frankpledge with the Courts Baron of Richard ARKWRIGHT of Hampton Court, Lord of the manors of Bodenham, Bodenham Devereux, Marsh Maund, Maund Brian, Pencombe, St. John’s of Jerusalem within the City & Suburbs of Hereford, Stoke Prior, Ivington, Wharton & Ford, Newton & Broadfield, Leominster & Leominster Foreign. ♦ The scaffolding around the new St. Nicholas church is being removed, and the improved plans for St. Martins church meet with approval. ♦ "The body of COOK who lately committed murder and suicide, & which could not be interred owing to the peculiar nature of the verdict, was lately removed at night by nobody knows whom and conveyed nobody knows whither."
11th May The musket ball which killed Nelson is now in the possession of the Rev W F BAKER of Bath. ♦ Marriage on 30th April at Aberystwyth of Charles HEBB, grocer & tea dealer of Kington, & Hannah, eldest daughter of Mr Francis STEPHENS of Pitfield. ♦ Sudden death on 4th May of Miss EVANS aged 28, daughter of Mrs EVANS of Oxford Terrace, Hereford, & sister of Mr Thomas EVANS of the Elms. She died of syncope, which seems to mean that her mother found that she had passed away peacefully during the night. [Syncope = cutting short]
18th May Where would we be without Dr. Wright’s Celebrated Pearl Ointment? It cures Cancerous, Scrophulous & Indolent Tumours, Inveterate Ulcers, Erysipelas, Scurvy, Evil, Ring Worm, Piles, Sore Nipples, Chilblains, Grocer’s Itch, White Swellings, Ulcerated Sore Legs……need I go on? ♦ General Meeting of the Proprietors of the Rivers Wye & Lugg Navigation & Horse Towing Path Company at the City Arms Hotel, Hereford, on 1st June. ♦ Death on 11th May of the Rev Thomas BARNEBY, aged 69, rector of Stepney and of the united parishes of Edvin Loach & Tedstone Wafer.
25th May The Queen’s birthday was celebrated on 19th May with the ‘usual demonstrations of loyalty and attachment’, and the letter carriers of the General & Penny Post appeared in new uniforms. ♦ Leominster Mechanics’ Institution has been presented with two Platypuses (Platypi?) by Mr GRIFFITHS of Liverpool. Weird. ♦ Marriage on 16th May at the Countess of Huntingdon’s chapel, Hereford, of Mr Thomas Preston POWELL & Miss Jane EVANS, both of Didley.
1st June Insolvent debtors to be heard soon – Thomas PULLEN of Ocle Pychard, sawyer, Paul HUCKSON of Much Marcle, carpenter, Samuel Taylor MOYLE of Leominster, tailor & farmer, James WEST of Bromyard, farmer & cattle dealer, and Frederick WEBB of Munsley, attorney’s clerk, previously also a corn dealer in Newport, and later attorney & solicitor in London & Newport. ♦ Second attempt to assassinate the Queen fails. A John FRANCIS, aged 20, fires his pistol into the queen’s carriage near Buckingham Palace, but she is unharmed. Prince Albert was not amused.
8th June Jane DUGGAN, late servant of Mr Thomas PINCHES of Lyonshall, publicly expresses her sorrow for having left his service. She will pay all expenses incurred, including this advertisement, whereupon Mr PINCHES will withdraw proceedings against her. ♦ The 25th Annual Meeting of the Wyeside Association for the Prosecution of Felons will be held at the Boat Inn, Whitney. ? The governors of Hereford Infirmary recently had seven applicants for the vacant post of Resident House Surgeon. As they all appeared equally qualified the governors chose Samuel WAUDBY as they learnt he was likely to stay longer. The other candidates all got a bit uppity and have complained, albeit rather politely. Even Mr WAUDBY got uppity, saying that his qualifications were superior, and copies of his testimonials take up a whole column in the paper.
15th June Llangarron church reopens on Wednesday after extensive improvements, including 200 extra sittings and a new organ. ♦ Marriage on 9th June at Humber of Edward PRICE of the Court House, Pembridge, and Amelia, third daughter of Mr William LLOYD, Bridge Farm, Burghill. ♦ Mr Thomas WILKINSON of the Stone, Pencombe, died about one month ago and now his body is being exhumed. There is some dispute over his will. ♦ Death on 10th June of Mrs TAYLOR, aged 59, the only sister of her late brother, Mr James CONNOP of Fownhope, and mother of Mr Thomas TAYLOR "the respected and active superintendent of his uncle’s affairs."
22nd June Queen Victoria makes her first trip by railway, from Slough to Paddington. Mr BRUNEL, the engineer, drove the engine. ♦ "A proclamation was ordered to be issued respecting a new coinage of half-farthings." ♦ The trial of John FRANCIS takes place, starting at 10 am. At 5 pm he was found guilty of several charges and sentenced to be hung, drawn and quartered. Collapse of guilty party. ♦ Long report on the exhumation & autopsy of the body of Mr T WILKINSON, 56, bachelor. The autopsy was carried out in a barn next to the Pencombe church, with men and boys at every available door and window. WARNING: The original version of the autopsy, described in full & minute detail, should not be read by anyone within six hours before or after a meal. The outcome was that the death was natural and that the surgeon, Mr John SHELTON of Bromyard, did all he could for Mr WILKINSON during his illness. The latter made Mr SHELTON his executor & sole beneficiary. The diocesan court, despite objections from relatives, ruled that the will was perfectly legal.
29th June There are now stricter precautions regarding the safety of the Queen, including a plain clothes policeman at the tradesmens’ entrance during the day. ♦ A proclamation states that the new half-farthings are legal tender to the amount of sixpence, i.e. you can offer up to 24 at any one time. ♦ A Mr BROWN, in the Baptist church in Bristol, announced the hymn and then fell down dead. An inquest came to the appropriate and only possible verdict – Visitation of God. ♦ And an eclipse of the sun is due on 7th July.
Contributor: John Harnden, 11 Longworth Road, Tupsley, Hereford HR1 1SP
Last revised: 2nd October 2006
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