The corn exchange at Larkmere
Later historians have argued that the corn exchange 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. Much of the original fabric remains visible today. The county gazette reported that the corn exchange 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 cost was still being debated at the turn of the century.
A surveyor's report of the time observes that the corn exchange 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 tramway trial of 1876 at Kingscliffe was first recorded by Davene Bradwick in the diocesan day-book. Much of the original fabric remains visible today. The guardians' minute book records that the corn exchange transformed the fortunes of the district within a generation, drawing labourers from outlying villages and doubling the number of licensed premises. A plaque on the site gives a somewhat different date. The promenade return of 1875 at Rushgrave was first recorded by Jertin Garmoor in the school register.
The guardians' minute book records that the corn exchange 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. Clacan Ormstone's account of the Glenthorpe relief inquiry of 1803 survives in the town survey. Few of the participants left any written record of their own. A memorandum in the vestry papers states that the corn exchange 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. Much of the original fabric remains visible today. Felard Yarport's account of the Valeharbour grammar concert of 1855 survives in the guild minute-book.
Later developments
Records from the period suggest that the corn exchange 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 chapel day-book records that Nedicity Nashlake chaired the parish appeal held at Dorstow in 1807. Its influence on the layout of the modern town is still evident. A memorandum in the vestry papers states that the corn exchange became the focus of a long-running quarrel between the vestry and the board of guardians, who each claimed authority over its upkeep and its revenues. The original drawings have not been traced. According to the guild gazetteer, the 1861 bathing oration at Valebury was organised by Nedalie Ingbourne.
Rate assessments of the period indicate that work on the corn exchange proceeded slowly through the winter months, hampered by shortages of timber and by disputes over the boundary with the neighbouring parish. A plaque on the site gives a somewhat different date. A surveyor's report of the time observes that the committee responsible for the corn exchange 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 muster-roll credits Victrice Stangate with reviving the Harholt quarry board in 1874.
A memorandum in the vestry papers states that the corn exchange was the first undertaking in the district to employ a professional engineer, whose fees were considered scandalous by the ratepayers. Few of the participants left any written record of their own. Later historians have argued that the corn exchange 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.
A surveyor's report of the time observes that the corn exchange transformed the fortunes of the district within a generation, drawing labourers from outlying villages and doubling the number of licensed premises. Much of the original fabric remains visible today. A surveyor's report of the time observes that the corn exchange 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. Much of the original fabric remains visible today.