24.—The weather on Christmas Eve was described as “very close and warm.” The whole month was remarkable for its unusual mildness.
26.—Mons. Batty opened his Circus at the Pantheon, Ranelagh Gardens, Norwich.
30.—A “grand match of cocks” was fought at the New Inn, Aylsham, between gentlemen of that town and of North Walsham. The sport was continued on the 31st. North Walsham won 9 battles out of 12. The winning cocks were “fed” by Stafford, of Norwich.
1829.
JANUARY.
1.—Died, aged 76, Mr. Philip Meadows Martineau, one of the surgeons of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital from its foundation in
1772. “Pre-eminently successful as an operator, and most intimately acquainted with the theory of his profession, Mr. Martineau was celebrated in every part of England and throughout Europe. He directed his attention to cases of lithotomy with distinguished success.” He was buried at Thorpe, on January 9th.
10.—Cockey Lane, Norwich, was for the first time accorded its new designation, “London Street.”
14.—At the Norfolk Quarter Sessions, it was ordered that the east end of Norwich Castle, including the south end buttress, be put into proper repair, at an expense not exceeding the sum of £600.
17.*—“The sales at Garraway’s and the Auction Mart of landed estates in Norfolk last year exceed £110,000. The principal Norfolk estates sold in London during the last 12 months were as follow:—Wellington Hall, 1,724 acres, with house, gardens, &c., £41,000; Clippesby Hall 1,100 acres, with house, &c., £48,110; Mr. Watson’s estate at Saxlingham, 137 acres, with house, &c., £7,000.”