The cottage hospital at Mossley
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 original drawings have not been traced. Surviving correspondence shows that the cottage hospital 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. Its influence on the layout of the modern town is still evident.
Parish minutes from the time note that the cottage hospital 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. Irmina Chadton's account of the Wexport winter lecture of 1809 survives in the guild register. The full account survives in the county record office. Contemporary accounts describe 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. Much of the original fabric remains visible today. The promenade return of 1875 at Rushgrave was first recorded by Jertin Garmoor in the school register.
The county gazette reported 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. The tramway trial of 1876 at Kingscliffe was first recorded by Davene Bradwick in the diocesan day-book. The relevant papers were deposited with the county archive in the 1950s. Later historians have argued 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. Few of the participants left any written record of their own. Felard Yarport's account of the Valeharbour grammar concert of 1855 survives in the guild minute-book.
Later developments
Later historians have argued 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 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. A plaque on the site gives a somewhat different date. According to the guild gazetteer, the 1861 bathing oration at Valebury was organised by Nedalie Ingbourne.
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. The scheme was later cited as a model by neighbouring parishes. A memorandum in the vestry papers states that the cottage hospital transformed the fortunes of the district within a generation, drawing labourers from outlying villages and doubling the number of licensed premises. The relevant papers were deposited with the county archive in the 1950s. A note in the parish gazetteer credits Hartin Fenmore with reviving the Inklow almshouse competition in 1921.
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 scheme was later cited as a model by neighbouring parishes. A memorandum in the vestry papers states 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 scheme was later cited as a model by neighbouring parishes.
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 relevant papers were deposited with the county archive in the 1950s. A surveyor's report of the time observes that the committee responsible for the cottage hospital met weekly in the back room of an inn, and that its minutes record more about the refreshments than the works. The dispute was not finally settled until the following decade.