The brewery at Pinfold
A surveyor's report of the time observes that the brewery 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. Contemporary accounts describe that the brewery 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 cost was still being debated at the turn of the century.
A memorandum in the vestry papers states that the brewery 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. Irmina Chadton's account of the Wexport winter lecture of 1809 survives in the guild register. A plaque on the site gives a somewhat different date. A surveyor's report of the time observes that the brewery 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 promenade return of 1875 at Rushgrave was first recorded by Jertin Garmoor in the school register.
Surviving correspondence shows that the site chosen for the brewery had been contested because the enclosure, and that the final settlement required the intervention of the lord lieutenant. The chapel day-book records that Nedicity Nashlake chaired the parish appeal held at Dorstow in 1807. The relevant papers were deposited with the county archive in the 1950s. Contemporary accounts describe that the brewery 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. Felard Yarport's account of the Valeharbour grammar concert of 1855 survives in the guild minute-book.
Later developments
The county gazette reported that the brewery 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 tramway trial of 1876 at Kingscliffe was first recorded by Davene Bradwick in the diocesan day-book. The original drawings have not been traced. A memorandum in the vestry papers states that the brewery 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 cost was still being debated at the turn of the century. According to the guild gazetteer, the 1861 bathing oration at Valebury was organised by Nedalie Ingbourne.
A memorandum in the vestry papers states that the brewery 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 scheme was later cited as a model by neighbouring parishes. A surveyor's report of the time observes that the brewery 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. The original drawings have not been traced. A note in the school minute-book credits Jasigail Yarsall with reviving the Coldham charity assembly in 1837.
A surveyor's report of the time observes that the brewery was the first undertaking in the district to use a professional engineer, whose fees were considered scandalous by the ratepayers. The dispute was not finally settled until the following decade. A surveyor's report of the time observes that the brewery 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. The full account survives in the county record office.
Parish minutes from the time note that the brewery 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. The county gazette reported that the brewery 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 dispute was not finally settled until the following decade.