1849 cholera genome mapped

The genome of the cholera that caused the 1849 pandemic has been mapped - do see the post on The History Blog.

And don't miss checking out the full range of Giant Microbes in the Mütter Museum of Philadelphia's online store - Livius of The History Blog includes a picture of the Cholera Vibrio ("adorable, plush & cuddly") in his post.

Rudby Parish Magazine: March 1892

More from the old parish magazines:

CHURCH OFFERTORIES

Jan. 24th ................. £1 1s. 7½d.
Jan. 31st .................. £1 7s. 11½d.
Feb. 7th .................... 9s. 7d.
Feb. 14th .................. £1 5s. 9d.
Feb. 21st .................. 11s. 2½d.
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BURIALS

Jan. 22nd Margaret Cowan, of Hutton, aged 70 years
Jan. 27th Mark Hall, of Brawith Farm, Skutterskelfe, aged 18 years

EAST ROUNTON

There is a Service in the Church at East Rounton on Sundays at 2.30 pm

CHURCH OF ST CUTHBERT'S, MIDDLETON-ON-LEVEN

A Service is held on alternate Sundays at 2.30 pm

CONFIRMATION

The Confirmation at Yarm by the Bishop of Beverley will take place on Monday, March 7th, at 11 am.

THE COTTAGE HOSPITAL

Lord and Lady Falkland sincerely hope that the Cottage Hospital of four beds now established in the Parish under the charge of Sister Florence may be the means of alleviating the sufferings of many in the village.
They acknowledge with many thanks the kind professional attendance of Dr Snowdon, and the interest taken in the Hospital by many friends, and their generous donations and gifts.
The first patient has returned to her home completely cured.

Rudby Parish Magazine: February 1892

Excerpts from the parish magazine of Rudby-in-Cleveland:

CHURCH OFFERTORIES

Dec. 27th, 1891 ....................... £1 3s. 8½d.
Jan. 3rd, 1892 .......................... 8s. 1d.
Jan. 10th, 1892 ........................ 10s. 0d.
Jan. 17th, 1892 ........................ 14s. 8½d.

MARRIAGE

Jan. 2nd – Harry Butler and Hannah Honeyman, both of Hutton.

BURIALS

Jan. 12th – Thomas Milburn, of Hutton, aged 77 years
Jan. 16th – James Richardson, of Potto Carr Farm, Parish of Whorlton, aged 65 years
Jan. 16th – William Hammond, of Hutton, aged 47 years

EAST ROUNTON

There is a Service in the Church at East Rounton on Sundays at 2.30 pm

CHURCH OF ST CUTHBERT'S, MIDDLETON-ON-LEVEN

A Service is held on alternate Sundays at 2.30 pm

COAL AND BLANKET CLUB

The names of those who have kindly subscribed to the Coal and Blanket Club this year are –

Viscount and Viscountess Falkland

Mrs Sadler

Mrs Brigham

Mr A B Wilson

Miss Wilson

Miss Paver

Mr Barthram

Mrs Chapman

Miss O'Connor

Mr Park

The Misses Park

Mr T Bowes Wilson

Mrs Blair

Mr Passman

Mr Coverdale

N. H. Coal Company

These subscriptions amounted to £13 10s. 7d.  Money paid into Club by members, £17 0s. 9d.  With this fund 25 tons of coal and 9 pairs of warm blankets were distributed to the members, the total amount paid for the coals and sending being £24 16s. 9d., and for the blankets £5 9s. 9d.

Our best thanks are again due to Mrs Brigham this year for the time and thought she has given to the Coal Club.  Her good work is much appreciated throughout the village, both by the poor and by those who realise what an amount of labour and of anxiety is incurred by the successful carrying on of a Coal Club.

CONFIRMATION

A Confirmation will be held at Yarm on March 7th.  It is requested that the names of those desirous to be confirmed may be sent in at once to the Vicar.

CHOIR TEA

The members of the Choir and their friends gathered together at the Schoolhouse on December 29th, for their Annual Tea.  After a comfortable tea dancing began, and continued with unabated spirit until one o'clock in the morning.  The dancing was interspersed with a few much-appreciated songs from Miss Clarkson.  

The Sunday School Tea took place on December 31st.  Oh, children!  judging from the noise you made you must have been happy.  Prizes were given to the scholars for attendance at school during the year.

The Search Box problem

I will try to get round to doing something about the Search Box, but I've got to get started again with the 16th century, and once in it, it's hard getting out ...

In the meantime, just use a general Google search. 

Put "northyorkshirehistory" plus whatever you're looking for (eg. surname, place name) into google, and the references should all come up ...

Happy New Year!

Catching up from Christmas, wishing you all a Happy New Year & getting ready to resume my current research project ...

In the meantime, I'll post some excerpts from the Hutton Rudby parish magazines of the 1890s – always a useful source of local information.  

There may be some overlap with previous blogposts, but the Search Box still isn't working and I haven't time to check!  (The 16th century beckons ...)

News from Guisborough & Stockton: January 1877

From The Weekly Exchange
(price One Penny)

Thursday 25 January 1877

LOCAL AND DISTRICT NEWS

GUISBOROUGH

MARRIAGE OF MR J W CLARKE. -
The bells of the Parish Church rang merrily last Thursday in celebration of the wedding of Mr J W Clarke, agent to Admiral Chaloner, and Miss Marjorie Gow, daughter of Mr Gow, agent to Sir Walter Trevelyan, Northumberland.  The marriage took place at St George's Chapel, Hanover-square, London.

Jock Clarke was a son of the Revd Henry Clarke of Guisborough (1831-61) and brother of author and journalist Henry Savile Clarke.

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STOCKTON

NIGHT TURNED TO DAY AT TEES-SIDE IRONWORKS.

A scientific novelty has been brought to the aid of our local industry.  A few evenings ago, passengers by the Quayside at Stockton or over the bridge may have been a little startled by the perception of a brilliant light located on the southern side of the river.   It was not like a flare, nor the glare of a furnace; and gas, or any ordinary illuminator, was out of the question.

It was the novelty of which I have spoken.  Messrs Head and Wrightson having a pressure of work on hand, and short days to do it in, bethought them of the beautiful expedient by which Messrs Hopkins, Gilkes and Co. have turned night into day for convenience in the building of Tay Bridge.

This they have done by the use of two of Gramme's electro-magnetic machines, which are fixed in a building close to the foundry engine and driven from it.  The electric current so generated is conveyed through insulated wires to two of Serrin's lamps, which are fixed in sentry boxes on the top of the hill overlooking the works.  Each of the lamps gives the light of a thousand candles, which is cast by a parbolic [sic] reflector in the direction required.  

Work proceeds in the night almost as freely as in the daytime; and the range of the illumination may be judeged of by the fact that in the hours of darkness the time can be read on a watch two miles away from the lamps.  On a smaller scale, Messrs Head and Wrightson have called into requisition the electric light.  They are perfectly satisfied, I understand, with their experimental lighting up on the occasion mentioned, though the important adjunt, a reflector, was wanting; and I believe it is their intention to perfect the apparatus for ordinary use.  I expect the example will be widely followed. - "Local Gossip," South Durham and Cleveland Mercury

News from Brotton, Bilsdale and Castleton: 1 March 1877

From The Weekly Exchange
(Price One Penny)

Thursday, 1 March 1877

LOCAL AND DISTRICT NEWS

BROTTON

NEW RECTORY. – The erection of the new rectory for the Rev J Bell, M.A., has just been commenced by Mr Thomas Dickinson, builder, of Saltburn, from plans prepared by Messrs Ross and Lamb, architects, of Darlington


BILSDALE

ACCIDENT. – A narrow escape from drowning happened one day last week, near Bilsdale.  Mary Ann Collier, the wife of William Collier, Carnforth, who lives in one of the Mount Cottages, was across at the village of Chop Yat, with her two children. 

The road is over a foot bridge across the beck, and the latter being rather swollen with the late heavy rains, on returning, the elder child, about 4 years of age, slipped off the bridge into the stream.  At the place where the bridge crosses is a whirlpool of great depth, but the mother, fearless of any danger where the life of her child was concerned, dashed into the water and rescued the child, though not without difficulty. 

The husband had just returned from work, and the cottage being only about fifty yards from the beck, hearing a scream, he rushed off to the water's edge in time to assist his thoroughly exhausted wife and child home, where, it is needless to add, they were soon delivered from their uncomfortable situation.


CASTLETON

ALLEGED BREACH OF THE EDUCATION ACT.

At the Guisbrough Petty Sessions on Tuesday, before Canon Yeoman, R Yeoman, and James Merryweather, Esqs., James Raw, woodman, Castleton, who did not appear, was charged by Mr Appleton, schoolwarden, with neglecting to send two of his children to school.  The children, the warden stated, had missed 14 times during the past few weeks.  The case was adjourned for a short while for the production of the bye-laws of the Board.  On returning into court, Mr Appleton produced the bye-laws, stating in answer to the Bench that he was not aware there was any sickness in the family.

Hannah Watson was then charge with not sending two of her children to school at Danby, by the same officer.  The defendant was a widow, with a family of five children.  She lived close to the school, and had been warned of the non-attendance of her children.

Isaac Smith was similarly charged.  He was a millwright, and had not a large family.  The child had only attended seven times in January.

Order made to attend school and pay the costs.