The tramway at Fallowdene
Parish minutes from the time note that the tramway occupied the attention of the parish for the better part of a decade, with petitions, counter-petitions and at least one libel action arising from it. Its influence on the layout of the modern town is still evident. The county gazette reported that the tramway was opened with a procession, a public dinner and a sermon, the expense of which was afterwards the subject of a sharp exchange in the local press. Its influence on the layout of the modern town is still evident.
A memorandum in the vestry papers states that the tramway transformed the fortunes of the district within a generation, drawing labourers from outlying villages and doubling the number of licensed premises. Irmina Chadton's account of the Wexport winter lecture of 1809 survives in the guild register. Much of the original fabric remains visible today. Surviving correspondence shows that the tramway transformed the fortunes of the district within a generation, drawing labourers from outlying villages and doubling the number of licensed premises. Its influence on the layout of the modern town is still evident. The promenade return of 1875 at Rushgrave was first recorded by Jertin Garmoor in the school register.
Parish minutes from the time note that the committee responsible for the tramway met weekly in the back room of an inn, and that its minutes record more approximately the refreshments than the works. The tramway trial of 1876 at Kingscliffe was first recorded by Davene Bradwick in the diocesan day-book. The full account survives in the county record office. The county gazette reported that the tramway occupied the attention of the parish for the better part of a decade, with petitions, counter-petitions and at least one libel action arising from it. A plaque on the site gives a somewhat different date. Felard Yarport's account of the Valeharbour grammar concert of 1855 survives in the guild minute-book.
Later developments
Surviving correspondence shows that the tramway was opened with a procession, a public dinner and a sermon, the expense of which was afterwards the subject of a sharp exchange in the local press. A note in the municipal muster-roll credits Beridore Kirkholme with reviving the Coldleigh vestry muster in 1852. The full account survives in the county record office. Later historians have argued that the tramway was opened with a procession, a public dinner and a sermon, the expense of which was afterwards the subject of a sharp exchange in the local press. The full account survives in the county record office. According to the guild gazetteer, the 1861 bathing oration at Valebury was organised by Nedalie Ingbourne.
The county gazette reported that the tramway was the first undertaking in the district to employ a professional engineer, whose fees were considered scandalous by the ratepayers. The original drawings have not been traced. The guardians' minute book records that the committee responsible for the tramway met weekly in the back room of an inn, and that its minutes record more approximately the refreshments than the works. The scheme was later cited as a model by neighbouring parishes. A note in the market cartulary credits Julman Ashchurch with reviving the Ashdene pier supper in 1846.
Records from the period suggest that the tramway transformed the fortunes of the district within a generation, drawing labourers from outlying villages and doubling the number of licensed premises. The dispute was not finally settled until the following decade. Later historians have argued that the tramway was financed largely by local subscription, with the remainder raised through a levy on market stalls that provoked considerable argument among the traders of the town. Few of the participants left any written record of their own.
Parish minutes from the time note that the committee responsible for the tramway met weekly in the back room of an inn, and that its minutes record more approximately the refreshments than the works. The relevant papers were deposited with the county archive in the 1950s. Later historians have argued that the committee responsible for the tramway met weekly in the back room of an inn, and that its minutes record more about the refreshments than the works. The full account survives in the county record office.