Category: Norfolk Annals

Captain Frederick Marryat died at Langham in Norfolk. He was a former Royal Navy officer, born in 1792, who had a distinguished literary career.

Author George Borrow, writing to the Norfolk Chronicle, suggested the derivation of the word Tory.

Mr Bellamy, the favourite comedian of the Norwich Company, was engaged by the managers of Covent Garden Theatre at what was described as “a liberal salary”.

A balloon ascent was made from Ranelagh Gardens, Norwich, by Mr Sadler. The balloon rose at 3.35 and descended at 4.30pm in a field near Sprowston Hall.

At Diss a number of labourers in husbandry refused to work at the customary wages.

A lecture was given at St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, by Prof Isham Baggs, of the Polytechnic Institute, London, on the ‘Economy & Philosophy of the Electric light’

A list of names was published as those of local officers present at the Battle of Waterloo.

Norwich, in common with the cities and towns of the kingdom generally, celebrated the Coronation Day of King George IV.

The summer of 1816 was a disaster. Crops were beaten down, acres of turnips were washed away and in several villages the lanes were full of water.

A crowd of up to 20,000 boxing fans gathered near North Walsham to see Norfolk fighter Ned Painter box an opponent named Oliver on a specially built platform.