1794.—February 10th, Dr. Henderson at a Vestry meeting, held at the Unicorn Inn, was presented with a pint silver cup, for his care and attention to the Parish.
— April 16th, Howell’s stables, in the Bartholomews, burnt down, and nine troop horses consumed.
— Cannons planted on the east and west batteries.
— General inoculation, 2,113 persons, including 250 from the neighbourhood, were inoculated for small pox.
— An encampment of 7,000 men at the west part of the town. It was broken up in November.
1795.—Great flood and 18 weeks’ frost.
— June 12th (Saturday), Edward Cooke and Henry Parrish, shot at Goldstone Bottom, for mutiny.
— Cavalry Barracks on the Lewes Road completed.
1796.—By order of Vestry all vagrants and beggars were to be apprehended by the Crier, who was to receive a shilling a-head for their capture.
— The Percy Alms Houses, Lewes Road, built.