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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.

. . . relic, 438.

Nemesis, H.M.S., on Happisburgh Sand, 79.

Neville, Lord, and Mr. Cobbett, 281.

New Concert Room, Norwich, 141, 335.

News of victories, 97, 98, 100, 106, 108, 110, 111, 114, 115, 127, 140.

Newsreaders, 35, 76, 195, 389, 391.

Nobleman charged with assault, 89.

Nonconformist claims, 335.

Norfolk and Norwich Bazaar, 313.

. . . and Suffolk Institution, 279.

. . . “Chronicle” burnt by Norwich mob, 188.

. . . Declaration, 146.

. . . Duke of, at Norwich, 44.

. . . Estuary works, 488.

. . . loyalty, 5.

. . . men and scientific societies, 184.

. . . Petition, 217.

. . . Rangers, 21, 25, 223.

. . . Society (or Club), 44, 185; revival of, 56.

. . . in London, 221.

Norman’s School, 395.

North Walsham church steeple, 346.

. . . Theatre opened, 276; converted into a school, 450.

“Norwich a Port,” 162, 164, 200, 213, 216, 218, 242, 253, 263, 276, 291, 325, 455.

. . . and Lowestoft Navigation Co., 310, 326, 330.

. . . Assize Bill, 310.

. . . Castle, 49, 67, 180, 259, 283, 328, 420; as a prison, 180; discovery of rooms and passages in the keep, 259; Hill enclosed, 67; restoration of, 283, 328, 420.

. . . (Connecticut), 455.

. . . Equitable Insurance Office, 291.

. . . improvements, 108.

. . . oarsmen on the Seine, 465.

. . . Poor Bill, 305.

. . . Public Library, 339, 346.

. . . recruits in the French War, 5.

. . . Union Independent Society, 257.

. . . Union Life Insurance Society, 367, 390.

Nuns of Montargis, 41, 47.

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Oakes, Lieut.-Col. R. M., appointed Chief Constable, 390.

Oath, declining the, 412.

Observatory on Norwich Cathedral, 431.

O’Connell at Norwich, 367.

O’Connor, Feargus, at Norwich, 464, 480.

Oddfellows, 400, 480.

Oliver v. Painter, prize-fight, 184.

Ominous titles of plays, 135.

Omnibuses, 357.

O’Neil, Miss (actress), 162.

Opah, or King-fish, 82, 387.

Opera at Houghton Hall, 61.

. . . at Norwich Theatre (Italian), 346, 430, 440, 469.

Opium eating, 350.

Opulent Norfolk farmers, 321, 336.

Orange fair at Yarmouth, 426.

. . .  , Prince of, at Yarmouth, 9.

. . . Societies, 236.

Orford Hill ghost, 259.

Orford, Horatio, Earl of, elected High Steward of Yarmouth, 322; dismissed from office, 346; presides at Protectionist dinner, 458.

Organists, 63, 69, 72, 115, 121, 177, 232, 358.

Organs, 13, 16, 69, 109, 110, 115, 156, 198, 232, 258, 271, 312, 329, 441, 485.

Osbaldiston, Mr. (actor), 255, 268.

Oury, Mr. and Mrs., 387.

Outrage at Fakenham, 43; at Norwich Theatre, 195; by female factory hands, 482; on a clergyman, 9.

Oyster bed at Happisburgh, 196; at Cley, 361.

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Paganini at Norwich, 307.

Pageant at Yarmouth, 115, 153.

Painter Ned, 178, 181, 184, 203, 219, 232, 277, 293, 426; his fight with Oliver, 184; action at Assizes, 426.

Pains and Penalties, Bill of, 185, 188.

Panic at St. Margaret’s church, Lynn, 334.

Panoramas, 54, 81, 199, 215, 216, 219, 337, 362.

Panoramic view of Norwich, 74.

Pantomimes, 37, 81, 291, 433, 459, 474, 488.

Papal aggression, 488.

Paper duty, 284.

. . . mills, 76; accident at Taverham, 385.

Parachute descents, 388, 389.

Parish clerks, 90, 96, 99, 100, 109, 110, 178, 210, 308, 310, 437, 445.

. . . , funerals of, 90, 210.

Parliamentary Reform, 204, 208, 302, 313, 314, 315; re-division of the county, 315.

Parry, Captain (afterwards Sir Edward), presented with freedom of Norwich, 192, of Lynn, 254; appointed Poor-law Commissioner, 340; official visits to Boards of Guardians, 341.

Paton, Miss (Mrs. Wood), 286, 288, 313, 323, 411, 418.

Patteson, Alderman, resignation of, 306; death, 317.

Patteson, John, appointed Judge, 299; on circuit at Norwich, 400, 401, 436, 444.

“Paul Pry,” a slanderous publication, 389.

Pauper, cost of maintaining a, 368.

Pavements defective at Norwich, 131.

Paving and improvement of King’s Lynn, 53.

. . . Bills, 17, 43, 45, 234, 241, 390, 392.

Payne, the pirate, 29.

Peace of Amiens, 12, 13, 14.

. . . preliminaries, 8.

. . . rejoicings, 8, 9, 12, 13, 112, 117, 118, 124.

. . . Society, 455.

. . . with America, 124.

Pedestrianism, 31, 35, 40, 48, 138, 149, 150, 162, 171, 185, 195, 200, 205, 234, 259, 289, 350, 397, 399, 407, 418, 430, 434, 454, 477.

Peel, Major, candidate for Norwich, 255; election of, 256; receives hon. freedom, 257.

Penance in church, 274.

Penny Library, 231.

. . . post to Stalham, 128.

. . . postage, 370, 391, 428.

Pensioners, Corps of, 438, 477.

People’s College, Norwich, 477.

Peregrine falcon killed in Norwich, 378.

Perpetual motion, 223.

Peterloo incident, 176, 177.

Petty sessions, disturbance at, 422.

Pew disputes 237, 292, 442.

Pews, appropriation of, 467.

Phenomenon during thunderstorm, 236.

Philharmonic Society, 406.

“Philip Augustus,” 409.

Philipsthal’s Phantasmagoria, 59.

Phillips, Mr. and Mrs., first appearance at Norwich, 465; engaged at Norwich Theatre, 488.

Phœnix yawl, wreck of, 444.

Phonography, 447.

Phosphorus, winner of the Derby, 372.

Photography, 433.

Phrenology, 394, 478.

Picture of North Walsham steeplechase, 360.

Pigeon shooting, 141.

Pike, large, 47, 295, 330; voracity of, 214.

Pikes for special constables, 28.

Pilch, Fuller, 323, 332, 449; his single wicket match with Marsdon, 324.

Pilgrim case, 340, 348.

Pillory, 21, 98, 121.

Pinson, Mr. G., appointed Governor of County Gaol, 433.

Pirates tried at Yarmouth, 225.

Ploughing matches, 65, 311; aged competitor at, 311.

Ploughs, 419, 469.

Poaching, 37, 58, 261, 348.

Pocket-picking at an execution, 206.

Pockthorpe Guild, 374, 485.

Poisoning at Burnham Westgate, 343, 348; Happisburgh, 455; Hempnall, 384; Tibenham, 462; Wighton, 322; Yarmouth, 245.

Police, 189, 300, 347, 390.

Polito’s menagerie, 26, 92, 101.

Polka, introduction of, 439.

Poll-book, attempted mutilation of a, 320.

Polytechnic exhibition at Norwich, 403.

Poor-law relief, 56, 195, 252, 253, 259, 305, 342, 359, 365, 435, 462.

Porpoise captured at West Somerton, 377.

Porson, Richard, 68, 416.

Portrait of Mr. T. W. Coke, 112.

Portraits at St. Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, 8, 19, 29, 50, 92, 120, 168, 203, 227, 252, 256, 270, 281, 345, 381.

Postal deliveries on Sunday, 397.

Posting charges, 12, 72, 89, 331.

Postman, a crippled, 406.

Postmaster of Norwich, 132.

Postmasters, 221, 222, 331.

Potash Farm, sale of, 486.

Poulteney, Sir James, tragic death of, 90.

Power, Mr. (actor), 295, 310.

Power, Rev. A. Bath, and the electric telegraph, 459, 466.

Prendergast, Mr., qualifies as Recorder of Norwich, 474.

Presentations, 32, 42, 64, 88, 95, 101, 108, 117, 122, 124, 133, 149, 172, 173, 187, 199, 203, 213, 215, 220, 241, 240, 243, 246, 248, 249, 253, 256, 286, 290, 296, 327, 332, 335, 345, 348, 366, 377, 381, 398, 400, 413, 454, 477.

Press gangs, 19, 40, 126.

Preston, Isaac, appointed Steward of Norwich, 262; appointed Recorder, 301; marriage, 313; claimant to the Stanfield property, 378; action against James Blomfield Rush, 469; murdered by Rush, 473.