Fairs

Fairs

Sheerness Fair , the name of stalls 1865 Aug 12^th

Queenborough Fair lasts two days 1868 Aug 8^th

Annual Fair at Minster 1869 Mar 23^rd and 1870 April 16^th

Sheerness Fair 1870 Aug 13^th

Queenborough-petition to stop Fairs 1871 Aug 12^th

Queenborough Fair 1881 Aug 11^th

Queenborough Fair 1908 Aug 1^st

Minster Fair, Monks fire 1904 April 30^th

Farms

Cheyney Rock farm 1868 April 18^th

Labourers strike 1875 April 3rd

To let, Kingsborough, Bell Farm, Old Hook, Rowetts 1879 July 19^th

List of appro farmers 1892 July 30^th

Attendance list Farmers dinner 1893 April 1^st

Attendance list Farmers dinner 1903 Nov 5^th

Annual shearing match 1906 June 16^th

Mkinster Abbey Farm in 1550 1907 April 13^th

Fenian Outrage

Special Police sworn in. 1869

Figureheads

Chesapeak and Devonshire ( prison ships ) 1879 Sep 13th

Fire Brigade

A suggestion that Sheerness has its own 1865 April 15^th

Service at Sheerness and Queenborough 1865 Oct 14^th

Suggestions for fire hydrants 1865 Dec 2nd, 1866 Jan 6^th/13^th

Letter re Fire Brigade wanted 1882 Sept 2^nd , Oct 7^th

Advert for volunteers 1882 Oct 14^th

Firemen have bells in their houses to call them 1893 Mar 25^th

At the Lord Mayors show in London 1893 Nov 18^th

Short history 1907 July 20^th

To have new steam engine, costs £295 1908 Aug 12^th

History of Queenboroughs Fire Brigade 1914 July 4^TH

Fires

Bluetown fire 1827 50 house lost 1914 Oct 24^th

Great fire in Miletown 1867 Nov 6^th 1917 Nov 3^rd

South Lees farm at Eastchurch 1889 Aug 31^st

Rowetts Farm 1884 Sept 7^th

Three houses and shops £1,200 1892 Sept 3^rd

Wyburns 1892 Sept 3^rd

Royal Oak East End Lane destroyed 1892 Nov 26^th

Sea View Hotel Shop 1893 July 22^nd

Admiralty House 1893 Sept 12^th

Swanley Farm, telegram sent to Brigade 1893 Sept 2^nd

High Street ,Mill House (Broadway) Highlanders 1893 Aug 26^th

144, High Street a fried fish shop £1,000 1893 Mar 21^st

Queenborough fire £100,000 1900 July 21^st

Great fire Parsonage Farm 1 ½ acres and buildings £2,000 1906 Sept 1^st

Fire at Barnlands Farm , telegram sent 1908 Feb 29^th

Stack fire at Shurland ,telegram sent, 1hr-20 mins to arrive 1908 July 4^th

Terrible fire at Bluetown, four paragraphs 1909 April 17^th

1669 Sheerness burnt by the Dutch

1867 7 house at Harfield

1828 50 house Sheerness

1854 Duke of Clarence

1909 White House

1881 Dockyard Chapel

1878 Several buildings, Rolfe the tallow miller

ALL THE ABOVE 7 ITEMS REPORTED IN 1909 MAY 5^TH

Mile Town 2 shops burnt down 1910 Dec 24^th

23 High Street -2 shops and three houses 1911 Nov 2th

Railway station £150 damages 1865 Mar 18^th

Eagle Tavern at Bluetown 1866 April 9^th

Pier small fire 1868 July 4^th

Rookery-Chapel Street ,Mile town 1868 Aug 8^th

Queenborough two houses 1870 July 23^rd

Horse and Groom ,Sheppy Street Bluetown 1872 Feb 10^th

Heights of Alma badly damaged 1874 April 11^th

Bluetown many buildings lost 1877 July 14^th

Old Hook Farm Eastchurch completely destroyed 1878 July 20^th

Bluetown Post Office fire 1878 Aug 10^th

229/131 High Street on fire 1879 Aug 30^th

Carls Farm Eastchurch 1880 Aug 30^th

Rides Farm Eastchurch £3,000 1881 Oct 22^nd

Dockyard Church 1881 Dec 10^th

Flushing Pier –destruction of 1882 May 20^th

Serious fire at Mile Town two paragraphs 1882 Sept 30^th

Blue Houses (Norwood ) 1882 Oct 14^th

2 cottages at Pigtail Corner ,thatched 1888 April 14^th

Mocketts Farm £2,000 ,Vanity Farm 1888 Oct 6^th/15^th?

Jolly Sailor Bluetown destroyed 1888 Nov 24^th

Large thatched next to Wesley Chapel 1889 Mar 9th

1913 Glue Works destroyed by fire 1917 Dec 1 st

Fire at Queenborough Wharf 1917 Nov 3^rd

Small fire at “ The Jolly Sailor Bluetown “ 1866 Jan 6^th

The “Eagle Tavern “ Blue town West Street destroyed complete 1866 Feb 26^th

Fire at the Oxford Music Hall Bluetown 1870 Mar 26^th

84 High Street fire 1870 April 2^nd

Two wooden smugglers houses at Eastchurch destroyed no water 1870 April 16^th

Railway Tavern opposite National School burnt to the ground 1870 Aug 27^th

1867 November 6^th huge great fire in Mile Town

Queenborough Glue Works destroyed by fire 1913 Dec 16^th

Fishing

Sturgeon caught in Medway 7ft. given to Prince of Wales 1863 July 11^th

Sturgeon caught in Medway ,given to Windsor 1868 April18th

White shark caught in the Dockyard Basin 1868 Aug 8^th

Ray caught in the sea weighs over 50 lbs. 1871 July 22^nd

Queenborough smacks catching sprats.1,000 bushels/vessel 1872 Jan 6^th

Frog fish caught 5ft x 3 ½ ft 1877 Jan 20^th

5ft shark caught at Rochester 1878 May 17^th

Skate 6ft long 5 ft across weighs 100lbs caught at Gravesend 1881 Dec 10^th

Whale caught at Gillingham 36 ½ ft long 1888 Sept 8^th

Sheppy Amateur Angling Club formed 1904 Mar 5^th

Rod and line at pier.Salmon Bass 7lbs ,ist catch 1908 June 27^th

4ft -7ins seal caught at Queenborough 1909 Jan 9^th

Sturgeon caught 7ft- 6 ins long in1728, 1736, 1738 1915 June 19th

Free Dredgers

Queenborough 1820 two paragraphs 1909 April 10^th

Fisticuffs

Illegal fight lasting 2hr-25 mins 1862 Mar 29^th

Fight 100 miles of London, £1,000 stake 1863 Mar 28^th

Fight at Queenborough 53 rounds 1881 Jan 16^th

Fox Hunt

In Sheppey 1878 Feb 8^th

Fort Townsend

Water was obtained at this Fort 330 ft deep in 1728 1908 Aug 8^th

Football Club Sheppey United

To start up 1890 Aug 23^rd

Under Way 1890 Aug 30^th

To be laid out in Botany Road 1893 Dec 16^th

Foot and Mouth

At Cowstead Farm 1892 Feb 20^th

Food prices

Food prices in 1813 and 1478 1866 April 21^st

Flushing

To Flushing by boat 1875 July 24^th

Destruction by fire 1882 May 20^th

Deputation to use Sheerness and not Queenborough 1882 June 24^th

Pier to be reconstructed 1903 Sept 12^th

Pier to be reopened 1904 May 7^th

Floods

A good description 1908 July 18^th

Flight

Balloon lands at Iwade from Paris 1906 Oct 6^th

Ballooning over Sheppey 1908 Nov 21^st

Human flight , Aero Club visits Harty 1909 Jan 9^th

Aero Club has land in Sheppey 1909 Feb 22^nd

Short Bros to Sheppey 1909 Mar 13^th

Brabazon to Sheppey 1909 Mar 13^th

Human flight 1909 Mar 13^th

Aeroplane arrives prize for flying 250 yards = £25 1909 April 10^th

Wright Bros to Sheppey 1909 May 8^th

Balloonist lost in Sheppey 1909 April 17^th

Flying saucer or airship mystery 1909 May 15^th

First flight in England 30^th April 150 yds 1909 June 12^th

Mr.C.S.Rolls descends by balloon 1909 Sept 4^th

Moore Brabazon wins £1,000 Daily Mail prize on Sheppey 1909 Nov 6^th

On Sheppey 1910 April 9^th

Sheppey is the new birthplace of flight ,three paragraphs 1910 April 29^th

Photo of Cecil Grace and his plane 1910 May 7^th

Advert “Learn to fly in one hour “ 1910 June 25^th

Death of C.S.Rolls plane collapsed 1910 July 4^th

Royal Aero Club to leave Sheppey 1910 Nov 5^th

Loss of C.S.Grace and plane down ,total death toll 1910 Dec 31^st

Twin engine plane invented by Shorts 1911 Sept 8^th

V.G. ALL YEAR, EVERY WEEK, REPORTS ON FLIGHT 1912/1913

First flying death at Eastchurch Corporal Lushington 1913 Dec 6^th

Short Bros start at Leysdown 1917 April 14^th

Garrison Point Fort

Size of 1869 Feb 13^th

Gas

For Minster residents 1870 Feb 26^th, March 19^th

Genealogy

Bank family 1904 July 9^th

Douglas Jerrold from Wilaley nr. Cranbrook 1907 Nov 2^nd

General Gordon 1911 Feb 25^th

Rev. James Sprunt ???? 1911 Nov 11^th

Bonor of Perth 1911 Nov 25^th

Sir Thomas Moore b 1480 1913 June 14^th

Rev J Bryant ?? 1917 April 14^th

Russell/ Jacob family 1916 Jan 22^nd

Jacobs opens two pawnshops 1864 Feb 27^th

Benjamin Bardo was the water carrier of the town 1863 Dec 12^th

Rumble fitted out ship for the Confederate state of USA

Arrested ,sent for trial 1864 Jan 16^th, /30^th, Dec 10^th 1865 Feb 4^th

Sir Edward Hales Canterbury died 1829 ,family tree 1866 Apri.l 21st

Chas Townsend aged 99 ,died ,the oldest Sheernester 1868 Sept 12^th

Richard Purser aged 112 was once in Sheppey 1868 Oct 24^th

William Dunn at Sheerness 1868 Dec 19^th

Charles Polson, Lord of the Manor of Minster 1874 April 11^th

Powder Monkey at Trafalgar 100 years old , his story 1889 April 13^th

John Akhurst the town crier ,1869 1904 Mar 5^th

Knewstub published a book 1907 Feb 9^th

Douglas Jerrold from Wilsey? Nr. Cranbook 1907 Nov 2^nd

Pigtail Charlie (Elliot) Old Israel, killed 1908Sept 19^th

Eliza Coppins, Brown,Dr. Fowler, killed 1908 Sept 19^th

Rev. S.D.Scammell 191 April 3^rd

Worth the Gunner his memorial stone

John Rice of Manor of Minster ,a token is found 1913 July 5^th

Samuel Wilcott , a smuggler , of Sheerness 1914 Aug 29th

House owners and addresses , long list 1906 June 2^nd

Council candidates at Workhouse 1909 Mar 20^th

Queenborough residents 1861 V.G. 1909 April 17th

Rowland Hill preached here 1909 April 17^th

E.J.Castle , inventor ,submarine escape 1909 July 24^th

Rev.Samuel Pinch life history ,two paragraphs V.G. 1910 July 9^th

Alderman Howe death of 1915 Feb 13^th

Sir Edward Reed death of 1906 Dec 8^th

Sir Edward Reed at a Bazaar 1881 April 30^th

Henry Russell the composer 1900 Dec 22^nd

Sir Edward Banks genealogy 1904 July 9^th

Sir Edward Banks started as a navvy in Sheerness 1904 July 9^th

Bernard Franks , a Pole from Houndsditch sells “ dirty pins “ 1865 Sept 9th

Charles Orlando Dutton was the head constable 1869

Abe Jacobs on Sheppey 3 paragraphs V.G. 1919 Jan 11^th

Chevalier Brightman born on Waterloo Day 80 years ago 1899 Jan 14^th/April 1^st

Charles A Copland leaves for North England 1899 April 8^th

Mrs Louisa Matilda Elliot died aged 85 Aug 5^th lived with Adam Pucket 1899 Aug 12th

Glass Factory

To be built at Rushenden Queenborough 1909 June 12^th

To start the building 1910 July 30^th

Great Eastern

Arrived off Sheerness July 13^th 1864 July 16^th

Details of construction 1864 July 30^th

Passenger facility,trips out to see the ship 1864 Aug 13^th

Court case in Liverpool re owners 1864 Aug 20th

Description of the ship 1864Aug 27^th

Anchored 1864 Aug 27^th

800 miles of cable tanks fitted 1865 Mar 25^th

1865 Aug 25th, 1868 Oct 10^th, 1869 Jan 16^th, June 19^th, Oct 16^th, Nov 13^th

1870 July 9^th, 1874 Aug 8^th, Sept 12^th

Auctioned withdrawn £30,000 1881 Oct 22^nd

To be broken up 1889 July 13^th

Broken up – rotting 1890 Aug 8^th

Description from 1857 paper V.G. 1910 Feb 12^th

History of Jubilee V.G. 1907 Sept 30^th

Gunpowder Works (Faversham )

Fatal explosion 1864 Nov 12^th

Fatal explosion 1865 Mar 4^th

1869 Jan 9^th, 23^rd, Feb 20^th,Sept 25^th, 1871 Feb 10^th, 1879 Feb 22^nd

May 24^th, ( Dec 18t 1880 )

Harty Ferry

Skeleton and shed found (1822) very old , no metal 1910 Sept 17^th

T.N.T. works refused 1914 July 25^TH

Health of Sheerness

(see also births, deaths)

one paragraph 1907 Feb 16^th

five paragraphs 1912 June 1^st

one whole page 1913 June 21^st

Hogaths Visit

1876 Sept 9^th and 1907 June 15^th

Hop fields

A day in a Hop Field 1908 Sept 5^th

Horticulture Show

Prizes 1888 Dec 8^th

At Eastchurch 1912 Aug 31^st

Hospitals

Cottage Hospital for Sheppey 1865 Dec 16^TH

Ditto 1869 Dec 18^th

Memorial fund for R.Brightman for the Hospital 1876 Feb 18^th

£45 spent on a house at Westminster as a Hospital 1878 Aug 24^th

Isolation Hospital at Queenborough 1900 Aug 4^th

In St.Georges 1904 Jan 16^th

Hospital on Woottons Farm V.V.G. 1917 May 12^th

Proposed Cottage Hospital for Sheppey V.G. 1919 Jan 11th/Jan 18^th

Hulks

See also Ships ( wooden ) 1912 Feb 10^th

Industrial Exhibition

List of local winners on Sheppey 1896 Mar 28^th

On Sheppey- long list of children 1900 May 4^th

Indian Mutiny

1909 Nov 6^th

Kent Arch.Society , Fossils etc

To visit Minster Church and Shurland 1870 July 16^th

To visit Sheppey 1875 May 15^th

Mill Hill cutting shows Bagshot sand 1875 Sept 4^th

Fossils found 1876 June 10^th

Roman pottery “ finds “ at Upchurch 1878 May 18^th

Fossils and a huge turtle 1880 Mar 6^th

Clay and soils of Sheppey 1880 Nov 6^th

Spine of a whale found at Minster Cliffs 1881 May 28^th

Indian shells found 1882 July 8^th/ Aug 5^th

Hythe and Newington visit 1888 Aug 11^th

Fossils etc 1889 June 1^st

Rambles on Sheppey 2 paragraphs V.G. 1904 Oct 22^nd

54 AD to present date 1 paragraph V.G. 1908 Aug 8^th

Treasure Trove found at Trinity Church park 1913 July 5^th

Old coins unearthed Henry 3^rd Edward 1^st ,4^th, 6^th,and 7^th 1915 Aug 28^th

Cont. James 2^nd Norman and Spanish 1915 Sept 11^th

Roman kiln –site of – Minster Cliffs 1916 Feb 19^th

13^th century Scotch coins found in Sheppey 1916 Mar 4^th

Kentish Dialect

1910 July 2nd

Kentish Men and Men of Kent

1911 May 20th

Land Owners

St. Catherines Hospital London (Sheppey) 1877 July 7^th

Landslides

1 acre lost at Minster 1870 June 25th

Since 1865 Neptune Terrace sand used as ballast 1879 May 10^th

Sheppey Cliffs since 1606 1882 July 1^st/Sept 9^th/15^th

Trouts Farm 1 acre 1890 April 19^th

Bell Farm 7/8 acres lost 1903 Mar 21^st

Warden 3 acres lost 1909 Jan 3rd

Lathe of Scray

Definition and origin 1882 April 15th

Litery Building

Description of 1870 May 14^th

Lethbridge Nurses

Long list of subscribers 1893 April 22^nd

Long list of subscribers 1896 May 9^th

The origin of 1916 June 10^th

Lloyds

Fire £2,000 1907 June 12^th

London Bridge

Mrs. Harding has a piece in her garden( + others) (1176-1200) 1904 July 9^th

Lord of the Manor

The council to buy his foreshore 1903 July 6^th

Marine Town

Connected to Mile Town 1869

Martello Towers

Engraving of 1856 1906 Mar 17^th

New tower near Roman Catholic mentioned 1909 Feb 6th

Masonic Hall

Plans passed 1908 Aug 28^th

Freemasons march to church (1869) 1908 Sept 19^th

Tender of £1,789 by a Rochester firm 1908 Sept 19^th

Buys 160 ft. frontage St. Georges x 90ft.adjoining new club £450 1909 May 15^th

Lodge No.3124 1^st lodge to meet in the new building 1909 Aug 14^th

Dedicated soon, description of building V.G. 1909 Aug 21^st,Oct 16^th/23rd

Mayors

List of Mayors in Kent 1864Nov 19^th

Election of the Mayor and a list of his Officers 1877 Oct 6^th

Provincial Mayor of England two paragraphs 1889 Nov 16^th

The Mayor is elected and signs the roll as long as the Town Pier 1892Nov 12^th

Past Mayors of Queenborough ,the tales of, 1893 April 1st

Election of the Mayor 1893 Nov 11^th

The old Mayor of Queenborough 1896 Oct 26^th

Charter Day at Queenborough 1900 Oct 6^th

Charter Day Banquet 1907 Oct 19^th/26^th

Charter Day Speeches 1908 Oct 3^rd

Kentish Mayors for 1911 1911 Nov 11^th

Mile Town

Was called Wards Town 1909 Feb 13th

Minster

Waywarden ,court case by people who need one 1864 April 25^th

Home rule for Minster wanted 1896 Mar 28^th

Minster Park Estate great land sale 1903 June 6^th to July 25^th

Leysdown and Shellness great land sale 1903 Aug 1^st

Danley Estate to be built up 1903 Aug 1st

Moat (Bluetown)

Widening of the bridge 1862 July 26^th

Moat dug around Town and Dockyard 1863 Nov 21^st

Moat is marked out 130 men are employed 1864 Jan 16^th

Opening of the new Drawbridge Road 1875 Aug 21^st

Heavy death toll 1908 Sept 18^th

Model Yacht Club

To start 1890 Jan 18^th/Feb 9th

Museum

Wanted for Sheppey 1869 Jan 30^th

Ditto 1876 May 20^th

Gatehouse for the Museum 1904 Dec 5^th

Murder

W.Johnson and son around 1862 April 9^th ,Aug 23^rd,30^th Sept 6^th

Attempted murder 1876 April 24^th

Manslaughter Eastchurch 1880 Sept 2^nd

Murder of baby 1903 Mar 14^th

Description of murder and hanging 1907 Mar 2^nd

Queenborough murder marker post always painted red/white 1908 Aug 1^st

Scrapsgate murder 1814 1908 Sept 19^th

Elliot murdered 1862 July 30^th Halfway houses 1908 Sept 19^th 1917 July 14^th

Eliza Coppins murdered by Prentis 1857April 23^rd,1915 April3rd, 1908 Sept 19^th

Mrs. Brown murdered 1883 Jan 17th 1908 Sept 19th

Dr. Fowler murdered 1883 Jan 17^th 1908 Sept 19th

Darkie Brown murdered wife in Victory Street +attempted suicide 1915 Jan 2^nd

1814 body of murdered man washed up at Scrapsgate 1915 April 3^rd

George Lancaster murdered by wife in North Street 1901 April 10th ,see 1915 April 3^rd

Napoleon

Escapes from Sheerness 1915 July 31^st

Navy

Jack Tar then and now V.G. 1911 Oct 28^th

Nelson

In Sheerness as a “Middy “ 1904 April 30^th

Log book of Nelson to be sold + “Day after Trafalgar “ 1911 Nov 11^th

Nelson lodges in High Street Bluetown 1912 Dec 14^th

Nore Mutiny

1869 March 27^th V.V.G. April 3^rd.10^th,17^th , 1907 June 29^th

Paragraph from the Times of 1797 1912 July 27^th

Jan 29^th 1797 Parker executed 1917 June 2^nd

Ornithological Society

Long list of winners 1904 Jan 2^nd and 1909 Nov 27^th

Oxford Cinema

To be built , prices, sizes etc 1916 Dec 2^nd

Oyster Fishing

Cheyney Rock Oyster Fishery to be re-opened 1877 July 21^st, Aug 11^th/18^th

Sept 8^th

Whitstable Season now open 3/- per day 1890Sept 13^th

Cheyney Rock oyster ground , history , dates, etc 1900 Mar 31^st

Above before the High Court 1900 June 23^rd

Oyster stealing case 1911 Sept30th

Photographs

Local veterans of the R.G.A, Volunteers 1904 June4th

New steam engine 1908 Aug 22^ND//29^th

Cecil Grace and his plane 1910 May 7^th

Sheppey Coat of Arms 1913 April 3^rd

Rev. S.D.Scammell 1914 Jan 17^th

Pier

Opened 1835 Sept 8^th 1874 Aug 29^th

History of the piers 1874 Nov 21^st

Oath of Pier Commisioners 1876 July 8^th

Council to run the pier 1892 Jan 16^th/30^th

Transfer of pier 1893 Sept 2^nd

Opened and history of old pier in 1801 1900 May 26^th

Fire at pier ( £100,000 ) 1900 July 21^st

Minster to have a pier 7,000 ft. long 1906 June 2^nd

Horseshoe shaped pier at Invicta Road?? 1911 May 13^th

Queenborough pier destroyed by fire 1900 July 19^th 1917 July 14^th

Pier washed away 1897 Nov 29^TH + 1916 Nov 25^th 1917 Nov 3rd

Pigeon Society

To have flying matches 1876 Mar 11th

Pigtail Corner

Pigtail Charlie 1908 Sept 19 th

1904 Sept 10^th

Police

New station at Well Marsh to be built 1865 June 24^th

New station opened 1866Mar 31^st

Boy aged 9, 1 week in prison,threw stone at train. 1866 April 21^st

Boy aged 8 summons boy aged 8 for hitting him 1871 May 13^th

1840 only 2 policemen here.prison black hole adjacent the hard 1909 Jan 23^rd

Post Office

Letters posted AM reach Faversham PM 1865 Dec 25^th

List of Post Offices and boxes 1866 Mar 31^st

Three deliveries each day 1871 April 8^th

Private parcel express 1872 Jan 6^th

3 mails out of Sheppey daily 1875 Sept 4^th

Post early or the 31^st Jan for 1^st Jan delivery 1878 Dec 28^th

To be moved to the corner of Beach Street 1879 Sept 23^rd

List of boxes in Sheppey 1881 Oct 1^st

Fire at Swanley Farm ,telegram sent to fire brigade 1893 Sept 2^nd

1861 was the 1^st time mail left Sheppey April 1^st 1915 April 3^rd

Potteries Factory

To be built 1908 Nov 21^st

Press Gangs

All about this ,,three paragraphs 1908 Sept 18^th

Public Houses

In Faversham and Districts 1863 Aug 29^th

27 Pub owners in Sheppey 1903 Mar 14^th

List of Sheppey Pubs 1910 July 23^rd

Number of Pubs in Sheerness, Minster, Eastchurch, Elmley 1917 Feb 10^th

Queen Philipa on the site of The Railway Hotel ( burnt) in 1871 1881 Sept 17^th

Old deeds of The Old House at Home 1900 Mar 24^th

Names of in 1800’s 1910 April 2^nd

Re old property deeds of “ The Old House at Home” 1900 Mar 24th