Nov. 15th. General Thanksgiving Day for Deliverance from Cholera.
The remains of Bishop Stanley landed at the Crane Quay.
The new Bridge crossing the River Yare, and connecting Southtown with Yarmouth, commenced. Cost £50,000, including the site. 2,600 tons of stone and about 300 tons of iron were used in the construction, the two leaves of iron weighing about 45 tons each. (See 1427 and 1854.)
1850.
Jan. 28th. Parliamentary and Financial Reform Meeting held at the Corn Hall.
Mar. 31st. Mr. Waters’ Mill burned down.
Sept. 5th. Primitive Methodist Chapel opened. The Schoolroom adjoining was opened Oct. 29th, 1855, and cost about £450. (See Aug. 3rd, 1874, and June 22nd, 1875.)
Sept. St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church completed. Cost £10,000.
St. Peter’s National Schools erected.
Mr. Archard, with the assistance of Mr. C. C. Wilkinson (a resident of Yarmouth in 1880, and a relative of Mr. J. W. Argyle, of this town), brought out the invention for perforating postage stamps. They were before this date cut up with scissors. The former gentleman received a Government grant of £4,000 as inventor, and the latter £150 for constructing the machine. (See March 14th, 1881.)