Newspaper articles from
the past
a selection of local press cuttings from the archives that refer
to the village over three centuries
Just as
today, newspapers in the past conveyed a somewhat narrow view of everyday village
life, as they predominantly contain reports of court cases, public events and
meetings, the social life of the more wealthy, injuries and deaths, sporting
activities, property sales, etc.
Nevertheless, they still tell us a good deal about the past life of the
village. More press cuttings are also included in...
Property sales from the past, Tragedies in the
past and Top
articles from the 20th century
Many of these newspaper articles are by courtesy of
www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
The 100
cuttings below are arranged in chronological order. Scroll through the entries,
search for a keyword in the title lines, or go directly to one of these
periods...
1700s
1800s 1850s 1900s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950 (last entries)
1787 –
Rector claims tithes from Longwick Farm owner...
1789 – sale of the Maltings
at the location of the Bird-in-Hand...
1791 – large customs seizure
at Goldhanger...
1811 – 6ft eel caught in the
Blackwater near the village...
1831 – a 10% reduction
of tithes...
1832 – Report of the
sale of the Benefice and 36 acres of land for £6600...
1832 – theft of
candlesticks and beer from the Bird-in-Hand...
1833 – “an interesting
looking female” not guilty of theft from Hall Farm...
1836 –wealthy Mr William
Prentice’s obituary...
1836 –
Worker “removed” from parish...
1836 – pauper removed
from the parish...
1840 – Tollesbury man
run over by his own wagon near the Church...
1840 – the shoemaker
assaults the police constable...
1841 – Ploughing match
at Hall Farm with Bentall and Warren ploughs...
1842 – apprentice wanted
for water mill...
1843 – 12 year old boy
stabs another...
1843 – 5 year old blacksmiths
daughter died in fire started by candle...
1843 – windmill worker
and Wesleyan preacher wanted...
1846 – Friendly Brothers taken to court by a
member...
1850 - Hall Farm farmer
in debtor’s goal...
1850 – Goldhanger man
prosecuted for smuggling...
1850 – Bird-in-Hand
tenant Mr Ponder has “glass” beehive in the Great Exhibition...
1854 – St Peters Church
restored by the Revd Leigh...
1855 – Farmers son, Thomas Gurton killed at
Sebastopol...
1855 – starving labourer charges with stealing a
duck...
1857 – Goldhanger still suffering from marsh
malaria...
1861 – seven young boys stole from the curate
after drinking in the Bird-in-Hand...
1862 – a fire in St Peters Church started in the
flue...
1862 – fisherman Samuel Johnson stole coal from
coal mechant’s boat...
1862 – Revd Leigh organised concert in the Old
Rectory as the schoolroom was unsuitable...
1869 – Goldhanger’s “plucky little Regatta” has
“capital company”....
1872 – John Pettican sold beer without a
licence...
1873 – Drunken man in
the Dolphin beerhouse,,,
1874 – high tide caused
5- acres of loodin...
1878 – Goldhanger publicans
censured for unjust measures and and conduct..
1879 – entertainment in
the school to clear debt and pay for Church music...
1887 – The Queen’s
Jubilee celebrations in barns and Rectory meadow...
1890 – School treat at
Follyfaunts with Rose’s swinging boats...
1890 – fire in hay
stacks near the Church...
1891 – entertainment in
the Wesleyan Chapel by the Band of Hope...
1892 –
Donkey being ill-treated...
1892 –cottages unfit for
habitation...
1893 – school children
treated to a wagon ride to Lt. Totham Hall and entertainment...
1893 – Rector’s daughter
and organist given presentationon her departure...
1894 – Sanitary
authority found several “nuisances”, defective drainage and polluted water...
1895 – shoemaker drunk
in charge of a donkey cart and nearly ran over children...
1896 – Parish Council
objects to “unnecessary” drainage system...
1896 – Rectory organised
Bazaar in Rectory to raise funds for a Lt, Totham school...
1899 – Funds for a lych
gate not available...
1904 – Drunken man fell
off the seawall...
1906 – A concert in the
school room to do up the Churchyard...
1906 – Farmer Dobson of
Hall Farm, wedding and a triumphal arch...
1906 -the Sick and Poor
Fund...
1906 – advertisement for
local postcards...
1910 - Bonfire in The
Square on the fifth of November...
1911 - report of a
temporary Chancel screen in the Church...
1911 - Coronation
Festivities in Hall Farm barn...
1911 - a fire at the
Parsonage on the 5th of November...
1912 – the Rector's
eldest son dies...
1913 – Parish Magazine
articles about the new and old organ...
1913 - farmer's boy low pay,
who can’t go into the Parish Room...
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There was heavy censorship of newspapers
during The Great War so very few local articles were published
for more about this
period see our webpages on...
The Great War and Parish
magazine reports during the Great War
1919 –a letter in The
Times from the Curate requesting a captured WW-1 gun...
1919 – Soldiers welcomed
home...
1919 – celebrations at
the end of the Great War...
1919 – article in the
Daily Express reporting the “Rectors Outburst”...
1921 - Bonfire in The
Square on 5th November..
1922 - Father of ten children
fined for neglecting them..
1922 -Fire at the Old
Rectory...
1922 – Overcrowded
3-bedroom cottage had 15 occupants...
1923 – The Coastguard
Station closes...
1927 - report the
Friendly Brothers Club Feast in The Chequers...
1929 - smugglers
“dumping ground” at goldhanger...
1930 – Vikings past the
mouth of Goldhanger Creek...
1934 - Fete in The
Rectory park...
1935 – new telephone
kiosk opened...
1935 – Stanley Wilkin
objects to fine for winkle picking...
1935 – Frost ruins fruit
crops at The Old Rectory and Fruitfields...
1936 - Old folks party
in the Parish Room with entertainment by the Goldhanger Minstrels...
1936 - Goldhanger
Minstrels concert in the schoolroom with sketch by Crawshay Frost..
1936 – the Hindenburg airship passes over the
village...
1936 – Spartina / Rice
Grass in the Creek reported in New Zealand...
1936 – school head
teacher, Miss Ault retires...
1936 – old English fayre
in aid of the new Village Hall held at Follyfaunts...
1937 – Coronations
Celebrations in The Square...
1937 – the opening of
the Village Hall...
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There was heavy censorship of
newspapers during WW-2 so very few local articles were published
and
the Parish Magazine was not produced
for more about this
period see our webpage on...
Memories of World War Two and WW-2
newspapers and other articles
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1941 - Fire watcher
volunteers & W.I. meeting held...
1941 - Hall Farm owner
fined for poor quality milk...
1941 - war savings for parachutes
and Bren gun...
1943 – W. I. talk on
emacipation and the price of beer...
1944 – “Traffic in Arms”
talk by former RN college headmaster...
1945 - £500 anonymous
gift for the proposed British Legion Hall...
1946 – gift of 17
Guineas for each returning man & woman returning for WW-2...
1949 - Gardening Society
second annual exhibition in the Village Hall and Hall Farm field..
The 1950...
1950 – three former
Rectories replaced...
1950 – Goldhanger Players
performed in various hall before their own hall was built...
More press cuttings are in... Property
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