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Norfolk Annals, Vol. 1 / A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century

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This volume compiles a chronological register of local events and civic life in Norfolk and Norwich during the early nineteenth century, drawn largely from contemporary newspaper files. Entries record political, social, and economic incidents alongside concise topographical sketches and parish-by-parish population returns. Supplementary material presents lists of civic officeholders, road distances, and an index of notable estates and villages. The day-by-day and year-by-year arrangement delivers a practical reference for public ceremonies, administrative changes, and everyday occurrences in the county.

Education, national system of, 373.

Eel, large, 384.

Eldon Club, Norwich, first anniversary of, 318.

Election compromises, 409; of Common Council, Norwich, 266, 274, 294, 304; conducted upon “correct principles,” 304; dinners, 109, 299, 320, 324, 337, 363; dinner bill disputed at Thetford, 114; fracas at Swaffham, 337; by juveniles, 365; nominations at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, 98; petitions, 53, 341, 368, 372, 409, 468; against Lord Stormont and Sir James Scarlett, 321, 334; against Mr. Edmond Wodehouse and Mr. H. N. Burroughes, 372; against Mr. C. E. Rumbold and Mr. W. Wilshere, 372; against the Hon. R. C. Campbell and the Marquis of Douro, 373; against the Earl of Euston, 409; scrutinies, 15, 317.

Elections on Sunday, 116, 306.

. . . (Parliamentary), 15, 52, 56, 99, 147, 159, 160, 165, 180, 209, 230, 256, 297, 298, 300, 305, 306, 319, 320, 333, 336, 337, 363, 364, 408, 409, 410, 415, 444, 464, 465.

Electric light, 478.

Elephant, death of, 468.

Elliston, Mr. (actor), 133.

Elopement of an actor and actress, 429.

Enlistment of a woman, 83.

Ensign of the Généreux, 6.

Embargo on Yarmouth shipping, 19.

Embezzlement, 81, 338, 428, 445, 483.

. . . alleged fictitious charge of, 340, 348.

Emery, Mr. (actor), 155.

Emigrants, 193, 294, 338, 349, 360, 427.

Episcopal chapel, Yarmouth, 298.

Equestrian feat, 6.

. . . performances at Norwich Theatre, 123.

Equipage of High Sheriff, 108, 174.

Escapes from prisons, 69, 157, 182, 192, 293, 361, 371.

Estate owner sentenced to transportation, 135.

Estates, sales of, 54, 73, 76, 78, 79, 80, 199, 203, 271, 283, 351, 352, 388, 394, 401, 411, 415, 447, 449, 455, 466.

Evening services at Norwich churches, 101, 143.

Exchange Street, Norwich, opened, 279.

Excommunication, 292.

Excursion of Yarmouth Headborough Inquest, 98.

Excursions to Rotterdam, 246, 457.

Execution at Lynn, 9; at Yarmouth, 109; disgraceful scene at, 454.

Executions, 4, 8, 9, 13, 16, 19, 39, 56, 58, 61, 64, 104, 135, 137, 140, 151, 170, 174, 175, 206, 207, 211, 220, 232, 285, 288, 295, 305, 330, 338, 343, 348, 359, 384, 401, 410, 454, 476.

. . . , at Thetford, 232.

Exhumations, 172, 485.

Expeditions to the Baltic, 65, 82; to Copenhagen, 58, 60.

Explosion on Wright’s steam packet, 145.

Eye Infirmary, Norwich, 204.

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Factories, employment of children in, 321.

Falconry.  See Hawking.

Fall of city wall, Norwich, 54.

. . . east end of St. Julian’s church, Norwich, 445.

. . . floors, 94, 219, 385; at Taverham Mills, 385.

. . . Yarmouth Suspension Bridge, 446.

. . . , singular death from a, 423.

Farmers’ funerals, 111, 351.

Farms, extent of Norfolk, 78.

Farren, Mr. (actor), 376, 398, 465.

Farren, Mr. H., 465, 471.

Farrier’s funeral, 99.

Fasting man at Buckenham, 45.

Fasts, 2, 24, 30, 38, 80, 89, 95, 103, 311, 462.

Fatal accident during a gale, 70.

Faucit (or Faucett), Mrs. (actress), 109, 169.

Faucit, Miss Helen (actress), 471.

Felo de se, 104.

Female letter-carriers, 316, 321.

. . . pedestrian, 289.

. . . quack doctor, 18.

Fight in a magistrates’ room, 422.

Fillover work, copying of patterns, 377.

“Finest barley and worst ale,” 108.

Fire alarm regarded as an April hoax, 266.

. . . at Cathedral, Norwich, 7; at Cavalry Barracks, Norwich, 431.

. . . brigade organized at Norwich, 459.

. . . engine kept in a church, 53.

. . . engines, 53, 132, 183, 386.

. . . escape, 352.

. . . Insurance Society (Norwich Union), 198.

. . . , killed at a, 218.

Fire-balls, 324.

Fires, 7, 9, 14, 30, 31, 39, 53, 65, 89, 129, 164, 187, 191, 199, 214, 218, 238, 266, 283, 290, 314, 320, 324, 331, 345, 359, 386, 394, 417, 431, 456.

First day of the century, 1.

Fish, immense captures of, 480.

Fisher, Mr. Charles, at the Prince’s Theatre, 450.

Fisher, Mr. David, at Drury Lane Theatre, 155.

Fisher family, 32, 69, 95, 113, 126, 130, 137, 155, 161, 178, 213, 218, 239, 243, 276, 316, 322, 400, 442, 450, 453.

Fisheries preservation, 383.

Fishermen drowned at Sheringham, 61.

Fishing rights at Thetford, 315.

Fitzgerald, Mr. (actor), 116, 169.

Fitzwilliam, Mrs. (actress), 432, 447.

Flaw in an indictment, 268.

Flax, cultivation of, 424.

Fleets at Yarmouth, 2, 48, 58, 60, 65, 82.

Floods, 70, 133, 178, 180, 202, 277, 355, 405, 413.

Florin, introduction of the, 478.

Flower, Sir James, as High Sheriff, 371, 376; elected member for Thetford, 409; death, 484.

“Flying Actæons,” 172.

Foot-steeplechase, 376.

Foote, Miss, 285.

Forehoe tontine, 271.

Foreign barley bought by Norwich maltsters, 170.

Forged bank notes discovered, 134.

Forgery of a will, 114.

Forncett centenarian, 133.

Fortune-telling, 131.

Foundation-stones laid, 98, 106, 149, 169, 176, 200, 234, 269, 276, 296, 298, 388, 399, 406, 427, 431, 445, 470, 473.

Foundry Bridge, 68, 72, 386, 436.

Four at a birth, 149, 168.

Fox, Charles James, 51.

Fox chased by greyhounds, 202.

. . . on cottage roof, 216.

Freedom of Norwich, 31, 38, 63, 120, 168, 189, 192, 224, 257, 285, 302, 304, 310, 324, 339.

Freemasonry, 11, 132, 175, 406, 450.

Friars’ Society, 100.

Friends’ Meeting House, Norwich, 260.

Frightened to death by a fortune-teller, 131.

. . . at a theatre, 352.

Frosts, 11, 112, 178, 262, 301, 355, 369, 404, 405, 443, 444.

Funeral at night, 89.

Fye Bridge, 276.

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Gales, 45, 55, 60, 63, 70, 87, 148, 155, 180, 202, 203, 214, 226, 263, 277, 290, 347, 354, 357, 378, 380, 404, 432, 443, 481.

Gamecock, child attacked by a, 222.

Gaols (Norwich), 171, 234, 258, 260, 339.

Gas lighting, 122, 163, 167, 168, 231, 237, 243, 295, 301, 332, 341, 347, 368, 379, 403, 480, 482.

. . . , price of, at Norwich, 347.

Gates of Norwich, 69.

George III., Jubilee of, 76, 77; death, 179; funeral, 179; address of condolence by Norwich Corporation, 180; by the county, 181.

George IV., accession of, 179; coronation, 197; receives loyal addresses, 189; death, 296; funeral, 297.

German Legion at Norwich, 46, 129.

Ghost, Orford Hill, 259; at Syderstone Parsonage, 324.

Giants, 262, 436, 447.

Gibbets, 6, 29.

Gibbs, Capt., feat by, 140.

Gill, Mr., his first appearance at Norwich Theatre, 316; elopement with Miss Vining, 429.

Gin shops, 101.

Girl widow, 337.

Gladstone, Mr., on Norwich railway petition, 347.

Glee Club, 369.

Glory, East Indiaman, loss of, 78.