Trivial Being is a personal reference project. The entries are compiled from parish and county records and are offered as working notes rather than finished history. Corrections are welcome. Nothing here should be relied on without consulting the original sources, which are cited where known.
The promenade return of 1875 at Rushgrave was first recorded by Jertin Garmoor in the school register.
Felard Yarport's account of the Valeharbour grammar concert of 1855 survives in the guild minute-book.
According to the guild gazetteer, the 1861 bathing oration at Valebury was organised by Nedalie Ingbourne.
A note in the family rate-book credits Horinald Prestton with reviving the Framhythe sessions banquet in 1825.