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From: "Janelle Penney" <>
Subject: November 1867 East Suffolk Gazette
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 04:24:07 +1200

DEATHS - if anyone finds a death listed here, it would be a good idea to
check with me for any other details that might come to hand. Deaths through
accidents, or those resulting in an inquest, may have additional material in
the paper. In addition, auctioneers' advertisements for sales relating to
deceased estates can sometimes yield quite detailed lists of the late
person's possessions.

No marriage or death announcements. Instead: -
East Suffolk Gazette And Beccles And Bungay Weekly News
5 November 1867 Page 5, column 1
From microfilm supplied by the British Library Newspaper Library
YARMOUTH
Extract From Cassell's Magazine.---I don't mean to be too typographical, but
I must say a word about the "Rows" for which alone Herringhaven deserves a
visit. The rows are not wooden arcades like those of Chester, but straight
and extremely narrow alleys, running between the principal street and the
river, like the rungs of a ladder, to the number of one hundred and
fifty-six. Now-a-days, only the humbler class of people live there, but
having penetrated into a good many of them, I am bound to say that in no
instance have I seen the squalor and misery of a low neighbourhood in
London. There are vice and poverty in Herringhaven, as elsewhere, but you
see none of those sights which sadden the heart of the reflective Londoner.
I think the filthy coal-smoke has something to do with the degradation of
our metropolitan poor. Country folks, who come and settle in Babylon, grow
in time weary of contending with the blacks, and suffer their children to
grow up grimy and ragged, while the children playing about the doors in the
rows of Herringhaven are clean, healthy, decently dressed, and
civil -spoken. Some of these rows are paved with flagstones, or the yellow
bricks, and in such cases are tenanted by the smaller class of shopkeepers;
but the majority of them are furnished with the ordinary egg-shaped flint
pebbles of the country, picturesque to the eye, but torturing to tender feet
in canvas shoes. In these rows the houses stand back from the narrow
footway, being separated from it by a low wall with a gate in it. If you
peep in at the gate, you will see a scrupulously-scrubbed paved yard with a
pump in it - pumps abound in Herringhaven - some fuchsias in pots, for the
natives are great flower fanciers, or a scarlet-runner climbing up the wall.
Whitewash is laid liberally on every accessible place; the causeway is
plentifully supplied with gutters, made of semicircular yellow tiles; and in
no instance have I encountered those vile odours which offend you on the
Continent. It would be false to say that I never smelt fish; one gets whiffs
of fish in all parts of Herringhaven, and there is a vast deal of
shrimp-boiling and curing done in these rows; but of those filthy stenches
which Coleridge numbered seventy-two in the city of Cologne, I detected not
one. I must observe, in conclusion, that these rows are traversed by narrow
carts, made expressly for that purpose.

East Suffolk Gazette And Beccles And Bungay Weekly News
12 November 1867 Page 5, column 5
From microfilm supplied by the British Library Newspaper Library
MARRIAGES
On the 30th October, at Frant, Sussex, by the Rev Sir Henry THOMPSON, Bart.,
assisted by the Rev T.W. CRANE, John Humphrey BLAND, Esq., eldest son of the
Rev R.W BLAND, of Abbeville, White Abbey, in the county of Antrim, to Emily
Charlotte, daughter of the late Rev Wyndham C. MADDEN, rector of Bergh
Apton, Norfolk.

On the 31st October, at Diss Church, by the Rev C.R. MANNING, rector,
assisted by the Rev Mr WARREN, curate, Peter H. NEWSON, maltster, of Bury St
Edmund's, youngest son of Mr George NEWSON, of Banham, Norfolk, to Emily,
eldest daughter of Mr John ESLING, of Diss.

On the 31st October, at the parish church, Swanage, Dorset, by the Rev
Duncan TRAVERS, Ettrick William, Navigating Lieutenant R.N., son of the late
William CREAK, Commander R.N., the nephew of the late General Sir Henry
HAVELOCK, K.C.B., to Grace Mary, daughter of the late W.B..BRODIE, Esq., of
Salisbury, and niece to the late Sir Benjamin BRODIE, Bart.

On the 4th November, at the parish church, Beccles, by the Rev J.J.S. BIRD,
curate, Benjamin REVELL, Bombardier, Royal Horse Artillery, to Henrietta,
third daughter of Mr James MOORE, of Beccles, baker.

On the 5th November, at Geldeston Church, Norfolk, by the Rev A.O. HARTLEY,
M.A., (brother-in-law of the bride), the Rev W. George SHARPIN, B.A., curate
of Broome, Norfolk, to Mary Ann, second daughter of Robert DASHWOOD, Esq.,
of Dunburgh Hill, Geldeston.

DEATHS
On the 28th October, aged 90, Mr William LYON, of Melton, formerly a farmer
of Bulcamp.

On the 1st November, at Ellingham Hall, Norfolk, Alfred Townsend SMITH,
second son of Henry SMITH, Esq., aged five months.

On the 4th November, at the Union House, Shipmeadow, aged 51, Mr Robert
SCOTT, currier, late of Bury St Edmund's.

On the 4th November, at Lowestoft, aged seven months, Jane, the beloved
child of Mr Robert BURGESS, Factory Lane.

On the 5th November, in London, of typhoid fever, William, the dearly
beloved son of Frederick and Elizabeth Harriet CHENERY, of St Mary's-street,
Bungay, in the 22nd year of his age, deeply regretted by all who knew him.

On the 5th November, at Hillington Hall, Norfolk, Hugh, eldest son of Hay
GURNEY, Esq., of Thorpe, near Norwich, aged 19 years.

East Suffolk Gazette And Beccles And Bungay Weekly News
19 November 1867 Page 5, column 5
From microfilm supplied by the British Library Newspaper Library
MARRIAGES
On the 6th November, at Broome, Mr John R. PALMER, farmer, Broome, to
Elizabeth, third daughter of the late Mr John DOE, of Kirby Cane, Norfolk.

On the 12th November, at St Mary's Church, Bungay, William WALPOLE, eldest
son of Mr William PEPPER, of Covehithe, to Emma Hammond, only daughter of Mr
Wm CLEMENTS, Angel Hotel, Bungay.

On the 12th November, at Barningham, Norfolk, by the Rev T. WILSON, Harry
Berners UPCHER, fourth son of H.R. UPCHER, Esq., of Sherringham Hall,
Norfolk, to Frederica Lucy, third daughter of John Thomas MOTT, Esq., of
Barningham Hall, Norfolk.

On the 17th November, at the parish church, Beccles, by the Rev J.T.
JOHNSTON, rector, Joseph PITCHERS, labourer, to Eliza FREEMAN, both of
Beccles.

DEATHS
On the 3rd November, at Spexhall, in the 74th year of his age, Mr Francis
GIRLING.

On the 4th November, at Barton Hall, Norfolk, Anne, daughter of the late Sir
Thomas PRESTON, Bart., of Beeston Hall, in the same county.

On the 5th November, Sarah, wife of the Rev Frederick G. GOODWYN, rector of
Thurlton, Norfolk, younger daughter of the late J. COMBERBACK, Esq., of
Eccles Hall, Staffordshire.

On the 10th November, at Benacre Hall, Lady Caroline, wife of Lord William
Godolphin OSBORN, aged 71 years.

On the 11th November, at Beccles, aged 38 years, Hannah WORMAN, many years a
faithful servant in the family of John CRISP, Esq.

On the 15th November, at Beccles, Mr Charles WELLS, shoemaker, aged 56
years.

In addition to the above: -
East Suffolk Gazette And Beccles And Bungay Weekly News
19 November 1867 Page 5, column 1
From microfilm supplied by the British Library Newspaper Library
YARMOUTH
Death Of A Naval Veteran.---On the 10th November, the grave received, at the
good old age of eighty-two years, the remains of James SHARMAN, who was a
seaman on board the Victory at Trafalgar when NELSON received his death
wound. For very many years SHARMAN had been one of the "lions" of Yarmouth,
and but few visitors to the splendid monument erected on the South Denes to
the memory of NELSON - of which SHARMAN was the keeper - would omit having a
gossip with the veteran. He was a native of Yarmouth, and entered the navy
in 1799, having been "pressed" when a waiting-lad at the Wrestler's Inn, on
board H.M.S. Weazel [sic], Capt DURBEN. Having served four years, he was
wrecked
off Cabaratta Point, near Gibraltar. He then joined the Victory, under Capt.
Thomas HARDY, and at Trafalgar he assisted in the sad office of carrying the

dying NELSON from the lower deck to the cock pit. From Nall's Guide to
Yarmouth we learn that - "He returned home in the Victory, and that he was
successively drafted to the Ocean, the Milford, and the Prince Frederick,
from which he was discharged for illness. He was subsequently admitted to
Greenwich Hospital, the confinement of which, however, not suiting him, he
was, upon the warm recommendation of his old commander, Capt. HARDY,
appointed to the office of keeper of NELSON's monument at Yarmouth, which he
held for upwards of fifty years. Referring to 'David Copperfield,' its
readers will not fail to remember the graphic description of a tempest and
shipwreck on our coast, and of the deed of daring performed by Ham Peggoty,
in dashing into the surf to save a struggling mariner; the incidents are no
creations of the novelist's brain; they occurred at Yarmouth many years ago,
and the prototype of the brave Ham was James SHARMAN. The facts as detailed
in the local papers of the day, are briefly these: - On the 25th November,
1829, the Hammond brig, from Newcastle to London, during a tremendous
tempest, both of wind and wave, parted from her only chain, and came on
shore south of the Monument near to the harbour; but owing to there being
loose sand between the vessel and the beach, she was unable to come nearer
than three or four hundred yard. All attempts to reach the vessel from the
shore having failed, and the day fast closing in, the sight, it may readily
be believed was distressing enough; but the lingering light of heaven
displayed one more appalling - amid the rage and war of elements, the wreck
parted, a mast falling on either side, burying, as was supposed, the whole
of the crew in the surging tide. About seven o'clock in the evening,
however, SMITH, a preventive man, brought in a report to the Fort
public-house, that he heard groans upon the wreck. Upon this, SHARMAN, the
keeper of the monument, went down to the shore with the man, and attaching a
rope to his waist, which he gave to SMITH to hold, he ventured through the
surf to where the wreck had drifted. The surf carried him three times off
his legs, and the fourth time threw him with his back on the wreck; the sea
all this time running mountains high, and the night as dark as pitch. After
some search he discovered a man clinging to the breast-hook, who informed
him that three other men had but a few minutes before been washed off by the
sea. SHARMAN took the rope off his own body, tied it round that of the man,
took him up in his arms, and plunging with him into the swelling surf, at
the same time calling to SMITH to haul ashore, the man was thus rescued
from sharing the fate of his six companions; while SHARMAN, in the heroic
endeavour to save the life of a fellow-creature, left himself at the mercy
of the waves, and the chance of getting to shore."---The hardy old veteran
kept the possession of his faculties to the last, and until within a few
days of his death was always ready to greet those who came to while away an
hour listening to the yarns the old seaman was only too delighted to
recount. About a fortnight ago, however, his usual health failed him, and he
gradually became weaker, until Wednesday, the 6th November, when he breathed
his last.

East Suffolk Gazette And Beccles And Bungay Weekly News
26 November 1867 Page 5, column 5
From microfilm supplied by the British Library Newspaper Library
MARRIAGES
On the 15th November, at the parish church, Horsford, by the Rev J.D.
BALLANCE, Mr Henry RICHES, of Bungay, to Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter of
Mr Frederick A. WILLIAMSON, of Horsford.

On the 20th November, at Hedenham, by the Rev Francis HOPKINSON, L.L.D.,
uncle of the bride, the Rev Robert M. MARSHALL, M.A., Rector of the parish,
youngest surviving son of the late W.S. MARSHALL, Esq., of 4, Hyde Park
Square, and Plashwood Hall, Suffolk, to Edith. eldest daughter of Sir Samuel
W. BAKER, of Hedenham Hall.

DEATHS
On the 18th November, at Ditchingham, deeply regretted by his family and
friends, Mr William STAMFORD, farmer.

On the 18th November, at Southwold, in the fourth year of her age, Margaret
Elizabeth, youngest child of J. Eustace and Julia C. GRUBBE.

On the 19th November, at Leiston, aged 44 years, Mr James FORSDIKE. Deceased
was for many years foreman of the drill department at Leiston Works.

On the 19th November, at Beccles, the infant son of Mr William POLL, aged 6
weeks.

On the 20th November, at Hastings, in the 20th year of his age, deeply
regretted, Arthur Henry Selby, eldest son of the late Rev W.H. BEAUCHAMP,
rector of Langley and Chedgrave, Norfolk.

On the 20th November, after a few days' illness, the infant son of Mr
YOUNGMAN, of Ellingham Mills, near Bungay.

On the 20th November, at Beccles of consumption, Mr John STAMFORD, engine
fitter, aged 52 years.

On the 21st November, at Beccles, aged 35 years, Emma Mary Ann, wife of Mr
Henry HOPSON, of Beccles, bricklayer.

On 21st November, at Beccles, Ann, wife of Mr William DELF, of Beccles,
gardener, aged 48.

On the 24th November, at the Union House, Shipmeadow, Philip GIRLING, at the
advanced age of 93.

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