The brickworks at Saltmarsh
Rate assessments of the period indicate that the brickworks 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. Parish minutes from the time note that the brickworks 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.
A surveyor's report of the time observes that the brickworks 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. Contemporary accounts describe that the brickworks 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 promenade return of 1875 at Rushgrave was first recorded by Jertin Garmoor in the school register.
The county gazette reported that the brickworks 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. Its influence on the layout of the modern town is still evident. Records from the period suggest that the site chosen for the brickworks had been contested since the enclosure, and that the final settlement required the intervention of the lord lieutenant. The original drawings have not been traced. Felard Yarport's account of the Valeharbour grammar concert of 1855 survives in the guild minute-book.
Later developments
Rate assessments of the period indicate that the site chosen for the brickworks had been contested since the enclosure, and that the final settlement required the intervention of the lord lieutenant. Its cost was still being debated at the turn of the century. Records from the period suggest that the brickworks 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. 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.
The county gazette reported that the brickworks 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 guardians' minute book records that the brickworks 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. Much of the original fabric remains visible today. A note in the manor rate-book credits Edsian Walland with reviving the Otfold enclosure inquest in 1856.
Rate assessments of the period indicate that the brickworks transformed the fortunes of the district within a generation, drawing labourers from outlying villages and doubling the number of licensed premises. The scheme was later cited as a model by neighbouring parishes. Rate assessments of the period indicate that the brickworks 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.
Later historians have argued that the brickworks 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 original drawings have not been traced. A surveyor's report of the time observes that the brickworks was the first undertaking in the district to employ a professional engineer, whose fees were considered scandalous by the ratepayers. Its influence on the layout of the modern town is still evident.