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THIRD EDITION—EXTENDED ANDIMPROVED.
Chronological Retrospect
OF THE
History of Yarmouth
and Neighbourhood,
From A.D. 46 TO 1884,
CONTAININGABOUT
5,000 Important Local Events, &c.;
AND AN
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MAYORS.
“It is to Chronology that History owes itsuse and beauty; as being without it a mere chaos, a jumble offacts confusedly heaped together, and consequently capable ofaffording neither pleasure nor instruction.”—Locke.
By WILLIAM FINCH-CRISP,
Author of“Printer’s Business Guide,”“Printer’s Book of Reference,”
“Punctuation Simplified,” “Handbookto Angling,” &c., &c.
Great Yarmouth:
WILLIAM FINCH-CRISP, No. 20, ALMA PLACE.
London: J. Haddon & Co., 3, Bouverie Street, E.C.
p.3PREFACE.
Few words only are necessary to introduce this Third Editionto our readers, beyond expressing a hope that the contents willmeet with general approbation, and that much pleasure will bederived from its perusal, now and for many years to come. We would ask, as a SPECIAL FAVOUR,in order to ensure a wider circulation, that our friends willrecapitulate the comments of the Press, by recommending thisHistory of Yarmouth as “worthy of a place in everylibrary.” It is seven years since the Second Edition,without supplement, was published.
No greater honour could have been conferred upon the Authorthan when the Heir Apparent to the Throne of England (His RoyalHighness the Prince of Wales, K.G.),on his visit to Yarmouth in 1882, expressed his pleasure, throughColonel Teesdale, in the acceptance as p. 4a present, of a copy of this History;and the placing of this work, with supplement (A.D. 46 to 1879)in the principal stone of the New Town Hall in 1880 by the thenMayor (C. C. Aldred, Esq.) was also gratifying.
Edward Birkbeck, Esq., M.P., writing to us from the House ofCommons, on March 19th, 1884, says:—“I do not thinkmy name is worthy of having a book dedicated to me, but I shallnevertheless be proud to have it placed where yousuggest.” The people of Yarmouth will endorse oursentiments when we say, for his zeal and untiring energy inpromoting many special objects in the “good oldtown,” that he is worthy of greater eulogiums than we canbestow, and therefore tender our best thanks to that gentlemanfor his courtesy in allowing this volume to be dedicated tohim—a privilege that was also given us in a first issue, byhis predecessor in the Imperial Parliament, the lamented <