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The Good Old Town of Lancaster in 1841
Researched by Linda Moorhouse
101 pages of A4 - 68,839 words
Contents:
- Chronological and Statistical Table for 1841
- The Weather
- Everyday Life of the Townspeople
- What the Townspeople did in their free time
- Lines written in Lancaster Churchyard
- Lines written while sailing in Morecambe Bay
- To the Lancashire Witches and Readers of the Lancaster Gazette
- Christmas Festivities
- The Lancashire Yeomanry
- The Meetings of the Town Council and other Public Meetings
- Events leading up to the Election
- Curious Family Register
- The Duchess of Lancaster Steamer
- Reduced rates of Freight
- The Shipping Reports
- The Police Reports
- Marriages reported in the Newspaper
- Deaths reported in the Newspaper
- Joseph Cunard ship
- Map of Lancaster
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EXAMPLE of book:
14th August 1841
WANTED :- A good Plain COOK of middle age; who thoroughly understands her situation.
A little girl aged 2 daughter of John Till of Market-street, tailor fell into the fire and died.
Thomas Shaw knocked down by a horse and carriage in St Leonard Gate. The deceased was a half penny member of the Lancaster Benevolent Burial Society and his parents have received from the society £2 12s. for funeral expenses.
Narrow Escape - A youth named Varley was knocked off his ladder by a coach when he was painting a window three stories high in Nicholas-street. By great presence of mind he seized on the window side and held fast till the ladder was replaced.
A young man Whiteside, a plasterer, in the employ of Mr Preston of New-street was working at Mr Armstrong’s house at Acrelands when he fell off his ladder and died in a few minutes.