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Edmund Gillingwater
Edmund Gillingwater (1736 – 13 March 1813) was an English antiquarian, interested in the history of Suffolk and in particular Lowestoft. Life Gillingwater was born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, the son of Edmund and Alice Gillingwater, and baptised on 29 December 1736 at St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft. He was apprenticed to a barber. When about twenty-two years of age he moved to Norwich, which he left in December 1761 for Harleston, Norfolk. There he gave up his work as hairdresser, and set up a small business as stationer and bookseller in the Old Market Place. He was appointed an overseer of the poor, publishing in 1786 ''An Essay on Parish Work-Houses; containing Observations on the present State of English Work-houses; with some Regulations proposed for their improvement''. He married Mary Bond, a widow with sufficient means for Gillingwater to retire from business about 1788 and devote himself to writing. Two years later he brought out by subscription ''An Historical Account of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowestoft
Lowestoft ( ) is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk (district), East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . As the List of extreme points of the United Kingdom, most easterly UK settlement, it is north-east of Ipswich and south-east of Norwich, and the main town in its district. Its development grew with the fishing industry and as a seaside resort with wide sandy beaches. As fishing declined, Petroleum industry, oil and gas exploitation in the North Sea in the 1960s took over. In 2021 the built-up area had a population of 71,327 and the parish had a population of 47,879. History Some of the earliest signs of settlement in Britain have been found here. Flint tools discovered in the Pakefield cliffs of south Lowestoft in 2005 allow human habitation of the area to be traced back 700,000 years.S. Parfitt et al. (2006'700,000 years old: found in Pakefield', ''British Archaeology'', January/February 2006. Retrieved 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft
Saint Margaret's Church is the ancient parish church of Lowestoft in the English county of Suffolk. It is dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch and is notable for its large illuminated blue spire which can be seen across the town. The church is located on a hilltop on the north-western edge of the town centre and was used as a navigation landmark. The church is within the deanery of Lothingland and archdeaconry of Norfolk. It falls within the Diocese of Norwich which extends into north Suffolk. History The church is medieval and a Grade I listed building with an early 14th-century tower.Church of St Margaret, Waveney ''British Listed Buildings''. Retrieved 2012-10-30. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwich
Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of the county of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. It lies by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. The population of the Norwich City Council local authority area was estimated to be 144,000 in 2021, which was an increase from 143,135 in 2019. The wider Norwich List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, built-up area had a population of 213,166 at the 2011 census. As the seat of the Episcopal see, See of Norwich, the city has one of the country's largest medieval cathedrals. For much of the second millennium, from medieval to just before Industrial Revolution, industrial times, Norwich was one of the most prosperous and largest towns of England; at one point, it was List of towns and cities in England by historical population, second only to London. Today, it is the largest settlement in East Anglia. Heritage and status Norwich claims to be the most complete medie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harleston, Norfolk
Harleston is a town in the civil parish of Redenhall with Harleston, in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. It is from Norwich. In 2018, it had an estimated population of 5,067. Harleston is on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, close to the River Waveney. Harleston has two markets every Wednesday. Harleston is an Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward comprising the civil parishes of Needham, Norfolk, Needham, Redenhall with Harleston, and Wortwell. At the last election, in May 2019, two Conservative councillors were elected to South Norfolk Council. History The name "Harleston" possibly means Heoruwulf's or Harold's stone. Harleston was recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Heroluestuna''. Harleston was a chapelry in Redenhall parish. The right to hold an eight-day fair during the period of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist was granted to Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk by Henry III of England, Henry III in 1259. Many G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Burder
Samuel Burder (8 January 1772 – 21 November 1837) was an Anglican clergyman and writer on religious subjects. Life Burder was the son of William Burder and Mary James, and was related to George Burder. Brought up as a dissenter, he was minister of an independent congregation at St Albans. In 1808 he was admitted to Clare Hall, Cambridge, but his name does not appear in the list of graduates. Having conformed to the Church of England, he was ordained in the autumn of 1808 by Shute Barrington, Bishop Barrington of Durham. He was preacher in London at St Margaret Lothbury, at St Dunstan-in-the-West, St Dunstan's, Fleet Street, and afterwards at Christ Church Newgate. He was appointed (before 1816) chaplain to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, and in 1827 to the Francis Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater, Earl of Bridgewater. He died on 21 November 1837. Works Burder's works on oriental customs were popular compilations. Burder was the author of: # ''The Moral Law ... an An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Harmer
Thomas Harmer (1715 – 27 November 1788) was an English Dissenting minister and the author of ''Observations on various Passages of Scripture''. Life Thomas Harmer was educated for the ministry at the Fund Academy in Tenter Alley, Moorfields, under Thomas Ridgley and John Eames. Thomas Harmer was the pastor of an independent church in Wattisfield, near Bury St. Edmunds, in the county of Suffolk, England. He was eminent in the study of antiquities and Oriental literature. Availing himself of the manuscripts of Sir John Chardin, renowned for the accounts of his travels into Persia and other Eastern countries and describing the customs and manners of the inhabitants of those nations, Rev. Harmer applied the information to illustrate prophetical and evangelist writings. The results of his study appeared inObservations on various Passages of Scripture (1774), which saw four editions during his life. Thomas Harmer died on Thursday 27 November 1788. His funeral sermon A Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of The Assumption Of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Redenhall
The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Redenhall (St. Mary's Church) is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of EnglandRedenhall Church Listed Building Status Historic England in Redenhall, Norfolk. It is the mother church of the large ecclesiastical parish of Redenhall-cum-Harleston and Wortwell, with the smaller church of St John the Baptist in Harleston originally being a chapel of ease to Redenhall.A Guide to St Mary's Church, Redenhall Roy Tricker, 2004 History [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
