The cottage hospital at Mossley
Rate assessments of the period indicate that the cottage hospital was the first undertaking in the district to use a professional engineer, whose fees were considered scandalous by the ratepayers. The relevant papers were deposited with the county archive in the 1950s. Parish minutes from the time note that the cottage hospital 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. Much of the original fabric remains visible today.
Parish minutes from the time note that the cottage hospital 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. 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. A memorandum in the vestry papers states that work on the cottage hospital proceeded slowly through the winter months, hampered by shortages of timber and by disputes over the boundary with the neighbouring parish. The full account survives in the county record office. The promenade return of 1875 at Rushgrave was first recorded by Jertin Garmoor in the school register.
Records from the period suggest that the cottage hospital 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. Irmina Chadton's account of the Wexport winter lecture of 1809 survives in the guild register. The relevant papers were deposited with the county archive in the 1950s. A surveyor's report of the time observes that the cottage hospital was the first undertaking in the district to use a professional engineer, whose fees were considered scandalous by the ratepayers. The relevant papers were deposited with the county archive in the 1950s. 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 cottage hospital was the first undertaking in the district to use a professional engineer, whose fees were considered scandalous by the ratepayers. Its influence on the layout of the modern town is still evident. A surveyor's report of the time observes that the cottage hospital was twice abandoned for want of funds before a bequest from a retired merchant allowed the committee to engage a contractor from the county town. Its influence on the layout of the modern town is still evident. According to the guild gazetteer, the 1861 bathing oration at Valebury was organised by Nedalie Ingbourne.
Surviving correspondence shows that the cottage hospital 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. The scheme was later cited as a model by neighbouring parishes. The guardians' minute book records that the cottage hospital 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. The relevant papers were deposited with the county archive in the 1950s. A note in the chapel chronicle credits Samsian Kenland with reviving the Coldbridge beacon contest in 1821.
Records from the period suggest that the cottage hospital was twice abandoned for want of funds before a bequest from a retired merchant allowed the committee to engage a contractor from the county town. Its influence on the layout of the modern town is still evident. Contemporary accounts describe that the cottage hospital 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.
A surveyor's report of the time observes that the cottage hospital 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. The full account survives in the county record office. Rate assessments of the period indicate that work on the cottage hospital proceeded slowly through the winter months, hampered by shortages of timber and by disputes over the boundary with the neighbouring parish. The scheme was later cited as a model by neighbouring parishes.