Selected newspaper entries for Maisemore, Glos.,1820–1900 1

Gists of newspaper entries mentioning Maisemore, extracted via the British Library British Newspapers 1800-1900 site (http://newspapers11.bl.uk) from the following titles:

Jacksons Oxford Journal = JOJ Morning Post = MP Berrow’s Worcester Journal = BWJ Mercury = BrM

JOJ April 15, 1820: Death: At Maisemore, in his 107th year, John Rogers, an agricultural labourer.

BWJ June 12. 1823: 1) Gwinnell the plaisterer of Cheltenham, who about 2 years since beat Wadley of Maisemore, in a pugilistic combat at Corse Lawn, has again been challenged by the latter to fight. G highly to his credit positively declines accepting the challenge, having totally renounced the pleasures of the ring.

2) At about half past eight on Saturday evening as Mr John Shipton was on his return from Glos market, in passing through Maisemore, he dismounted to alter the saddle, and in the act of mounting again, the animal started off at full speed and threw him to the ground with such force that he died within the hour. He was 36 and highly respected.

MP, Oct 4 1823: Appt Rev Henry Wright to the Perpetual Curacy of Maisemore, void by the death of Rev Raikes in his 80th year.

JOJ Apr 17 1824 A man named Cooper and others were accused of robbing a man on the highway……Cooper was arrested at the Ship Inn, Maisemore. On the way to Glos, Cooper confessed and said that Bridgwater (another accused) had given him 3s 6d as his share.

MP Jan 25 1826 Debate about new bridge over Severn in place of the dilapidated and inconvenient structure at Over. The intended site is a little above the present bridge….Some discussion took place whether it would not be possible to continue the causeway as at present existing and to turn to the bridge along the Maisemore road; but the sharpness of the angle and the great height to which it would be necessary to carry the crown of a single arch were deemed insuperable objections to this line.

JOJ Apr 11 1829 George Willis sentenced to 9 months for stealing £10 note from home of W Lane, of Maisemore

JOJ Aug 14 1830 On Saturday last, two men were arrested at the Dog Inn, Over, on suspicion of horse stealing. They were taken before the neighbouring magistrate, Capt Harward of Maisemore, who remanded them to gaol for further examination. On crossing Maisemore bridge on the way to prison, one man, Wm Jones, desperate to make his escape, threw himself over the bridge into the Severn and was drowned. The body was not discovered till some days later. Coroner satisfied that he had not meant to destroy himself. “Accidental death”.

BrM Sat Mar 2, 1833

On Wednesday se’nnight, a canal boat, in consequence of the great fresh in the river, drifted against one of the piers at Maisemore Bridge, and was with her cargo valued at 110 L totally lost. By this accident, the owner, a poor man named James Jeynes with a wife and 3 children is reduced to the greatest distress. One of the crew was drowned. Selected newspaper entries for Maisemore, Glos.,1820–1900 2

BWJ Thurs Aug 20 1835 On Friday se’nnight, 2 servants of Mr James Surman farmer of Maisemore, named Morgan and Etheridge, in consequence of a quarrel fought several rounds, one of which terminated in Morgan receiving so violent a fall as to cause a concussion of the brain and his death in a few hours. He appears to have been the aggressor, Etheridge fighting with great reluctance. Coroner decided “Justifiable Homicide” when it was not his place to do so. Matter should have gone to court.

BWJ Nov 24, 1836 Official notice of proposal for Bill to be presented in Parliament to improve the Severn Navigation. Lots of detail. Maisemore one of the many villages mentioned.

JOJ May 13 1837 Trotting match: Great deal of local interest (and betting) over a race between a famous pony of Mr Michael Wadley of Maisemore and a celebrated mare belonging to Mr Letton, coal merchant of Cheltenham. Glos – Tewks – Chelt, altogether 29 miles. The mare won, leaving the pony which was much distressed about 100 yards in the rear…… [Moralising by newspaper about cruelty to animals]. In addition to the stakes and bets, Mr Wadley has also lost his valuable and high-mettled pony which died from the effects of the struggle about 3 hours after the termination of the race.

Same story in more detail in BrM May 20 under heading “Cruelty to animals.” (Pony carrying rider named Burford weighing over 14 stone! Had been ridden 10 miles to the starting point, died on way home. Streets crowded for said race).

BrM Sat July 7 1838 Accident on Tuesday morning: a poor man named John Hall, servant to Mr Michael Wadley was engaged in washing his master’s sheep in the near Maisemore Bridge when he was carried into deep water and drowned. His body has not yet been recovered.

BrM July 20, 1839 Robert Davis sentenced to 2 months hard labour, Henry Davis to 6 weeks hard labour, and both to be whipped for stealing a handkerchief etc at Maisemore.

BrM Dec 14, 1839: On Nov 19 1839 was rung at Maisemore church in grandsire method, in 2 hours and 20 minutes, 32 peals without plain lead, making total peals, 42 or 5040 changes by the Maisemore youth. Conducted by Joseph Daniels and Amos Williams.

MP Mar 10, 1841 March 7: Report that Robert Fletcher had murdered his wife in M. It was alleged that the woman had been beaten and afterwards strangled by her brutal partner. The village clergyman who is a county magistrate ordered the husband to be taken into custody. Deceased was a complete cripple and accused is also very deformed. A most eccentric character, but has a small competency on which he and his wife subsisted…..His appearance is most grotesque, not so much on account of his lameness as from his unshaven beard which he has permitted to grow without hindrance for more than 7 years….eyes of dazzling wildness, and you may form an idea of the personal appearance of the prisoner….Various witnesses say they heard a commotion…… Coroner judged death to be natural causes, so prisoner was liberated. He is a man of bad character independent of the present occurrence and has been imprisoned several times for petty thefts. He lived in a little cottage with his wife and is in possession of a small life interest in some property which produces about 4s 6d a week. The deceased was 43, her husband about 10 or 15 years older. [Very long article].

Br M Apr 24, 1841 The old crippled man Fletcher who was liberated from gaol on Thursday after being acquitted of killing his wife, was again taken into custody the next day for garden robbery, Selected newspaper entries for Maisemore, Glos.,1820–1900 3 an offence for which he had on many occasions shown a great predilection. He was convicted and committed to gaol for 6 months.

Daily News, Mar 12, 1846 Severn Navigation: The works connecting this extensive undertaking are rapidly progressing and the removal of the remains of the Old Westgate and Maisemore Bridges is nearly completed. The new steam dredger building for this purpose will be ready for launching in about 3 weeks.

BWJ Mar 19. 1846 The works at Maisemore Bridge under the superintendence of Mr Beasley are proceeding rapidly. Several immense masses of brickwork which evidently formed part of the old bridge have been raised during the week. On Thursday, a piece upwards of 5 feet in height and weighing nearly 3 tons was raised. This piece appeared to have formed part of an arch and as it stood upright in the water it must have formed a great impediment to the navigation. The steam dredger which is building at Mr Bebell’s yard here is nearly completed. (Glos Journal)

BrM Dec 5, 1841 Curious anecdote of a blackbird: Mr Layland who resides on Maisemore Bridge is in possession of a cock blackbird whose docile sagacity deserves mention amongst some of the rare and extraordinary anecdotes which naturalists love to treasure. This blackbird for the last 3 summers has been allowed his liberty….but immediately the leaves begin to fall he returns to his cage and remains happy and contented in confinement during the winter. He has just returned after 4 months absence and can be heard warbling as jocund in his cage as if he had never known or aspired to liberty…..He has a special aversion to Mr Layland’s cat and therefore exercises much caution in returning to his winter residence. Hovering about the house at a secure distance from puss’s claws until he has attracted his owner’s attention. He then takes the cage to a neighbouring tree where the blackbird quietly hops into it and is then brought safely into the house. (Glos Journal)

BWJ Jan 7, 1847 Severn Navigation improvement debate: ….Mr Whitcomb drew attention to clause 106 of the Act which was the only one that said anything about the breadth of the dredging, and it provided that the cutting at Maisemore ford should not be more than 20 feet broad at the bottom, and from that he supposed that it was taken for granted that the breadth would be greater at other places. He should like to know the breadth of the bottom, and whether 2 vessels drawing 6 feet could pass one another. Mr Williams, resident engineer, stated that the breadth varied from 20 to 60 feet, 20 being the minimum.

The Morning Post April 17, 1847 (right hand half of article illegible) repeated Apr 24, 1847 Sales by Auction: Maisemore Lodge Estate, by Mr Richard Weaver at the King’s Head Hotel, on Thursday 20th May next at two o’clock in the afternoon precisely. The Maisemore Lodge Estate two miles from Gloucester consisting of the capital Mansion called Maisemore Lodge, for many years the residence of Captain Richard Harward RN with excellent coachhouse, stables, and outbuildings, gardens, grapery, lawn, shrubbery and plantations, containing together about 4 acres and (a half?), and 132 acres of rich meadow and pasture beautifully timbered, lying in a ring fence round the mansion. The mansion the greatest part of which is of modern date is a handsome building and contains accommodation for a large family. It is situated on an eminence overlooking the River Severn which forms the southern and eastern boundaries of the estate……..The reception rooms are of noble proportions and are in good ornamental as well as ….ntial repair. The mansion and the grounds are in hand(?) and the purchaser may obtain immediate possession of 12 acres pasture land usually occupied with them. The remainder of the land is let to excellent yearly tenants at rents amounting with the rent paid Selected newspaper entries for Maisemore, Glos.,1820–1900 4 for the 12 acres to 140/.10s (sic) per annum. The estate which is tithe free and discharged from land taxes held under a lease for 3 lives from the Lord Bishop of Gloucester, two of the lives are insured and the policies will be put up for sale with the estate or immediately afterwards as may be decided at auction. Mr Robert Gough, the parish clerk of Maisemore will show the estate and further particulars etc may be obtained of Messrs Currie, Woodgate and Williams, solicitors, Lincoln’s Inn, London, and Messrs H….and Wilton?, solicitors, Gloucester.

BWJ Feb 10, 1848 Severn Navigation: Mr E Williams gave some information as to the operation of the Maisemore channel, and said that in his opinion the best plan for improving this part of the navigation would be to make a cut and entirely stop up the Maisemore channel, so as to make one efficient channel instead of two bad channels. The navigation of the river could not in his opinion be efficiently carried on without the introduction of steam tugs and this channel was a great obstacle to their introduction and prevented the free flow of the tide.

BWJ May 3, 1849 Mr Amos Williams of the White Hart Inn found and released a cat which had been imprisoned under the floorboards when a new room was built. It is assumed the cat which had been shut in for a month yet was in very good condition must have kittened during her imprisonment and survived by eating her kittens!

Br M Jul 13, 1850 Last week in Maisemore Mr John White farmer was found in his cottage with his throat cut. The corpse was stiff and cold and it was clear the dreadful act had been committed by his own hand. His wife was away from home so the fate of her husband was not known until a considerable time after he destroyed himself. The deceased had been prey to low spirits occasionally. Coroner’s verdict : Felo de se.

Daily News, Apr 28, 1851 Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway……..The River Severn as it approaches Gloucester divides into 2 channels, called respectively the Maisemore and Gloucester channels, the principal part of the river traffic passing along the latter channel. There are of course 2 bridges, called the Gloucester and Over bridges and the railway crosses the Maisemore channel below the Over bridge and above the Gloucester bridge. The bridge over Maisemore channel has been completed for many months.

Br M Apr 3 1852 On the way home from Gloucester Mop Charles Clutterbuck got into an altercation with his companion, Thomas Lane, and stabbed him in the arm but the injury was not serious. Clutterbuck expressed his deep regret and gave Lane £5. Lane said he would not have prosecuted but the police insisted. Verdict “Not guilty”.

BWJ Jan 20 1855 Letter: On Innocents’ Day, hearing the bells of Maisemore Church ringing a muffled peal, I inquired the reason and was told by a parishioner that they always rang a muffled peal here on Innocents’ Day. Is this peculiar to Maisemore?

BWJ May 30, 1857 On 29th May, a notorious boat robber, Joshua Bates alias Redman, was at last apprehended on suspicion of having stolen a sliver watch from James Goring a boatman of Maisemore. Bates had said watch in his possession.

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Morning Chronicle Jun 8, 1857 From Oxford, University intelligence, June 6th: Rev G Harmer MA of Magdalen Hall has been instituted by the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol to the perpetual curacy of Maisemore, Glos. Value £89. Population 421.

Daily News Sept 11 1860 Volunteer Review: volunteers from all over the country coming to Gloucester…….The committee of management have ascertained that there are 18 innkeepers in the city who can furnish comfortable accommodation for 2,200 volunteers, and that they are willing to provide a cold dinner abundant in quantity with beer at discretion, the majority for two shillings and some for half a crown a head……The inhabitants of Maisemore have reserved to themselves the right of supplying refreshments on the Maisemore Ham; but booths will be erected on the Town Ham which will be connected by 3 bridges with the review ground. [Lots of detail]. 6,000 expected. Day ends with a Ball in Shire Hall. [copied in several publications]

Birmingham Daily Post Step 14 1860 To be sold by auction on Maisemore Ham….deals, planks, battens, etc etc…..being of spruce, pine and fir timber used in the erection of the Grand Stands and Platforms for the Volunteer Great Review, accommodation upwards of 6,000 people sitting. ……. On Tuesday September 25th, 1860

Daily News Sept 17 1860 The (Volunteer ) Review will take place tomorrow on Maisemore Ham. Rank and file 5,993, including officers and bands about 6,300. [Details]

The Standard Sept 19 1860 Lengthy description of the Review. [copied in papers all over the country]

BrM Oct 13,1860 Gloucestershire Steam Plough Co Ltd: This company is established for the purpose of bringing STEAM POWER for the CULTIVATION OF LAND into general use in the county of Gloucester…..etc, etc Directors listed, including Mr Thomas Morris of Maisemore.

MP Feb 22 1861 Obit: STEPHENS: On 19th inst….Anna, widow of the late John Merrott Stephens Esq of St Lucia, West Indies and formerly of Maisemore Lodge, Gloucestershire.

BrM Dec 27 1862 Population returns; Maisemore Area : 1930 Population 1841: 471; Population 1851: 516

Daily News Nov 16 1863 Gloucester and Ledbury Railway: Notice is hereby given that application is intended to be made to Parliament….. to incorporate a railway company…. No 1: A railway commencing in the parish of Barnwood by a junction with the Midland Railway near the point where the said railway crosses the Elmbridge Brook…. and passing through….. Barnwood, Saint Mary de Lode, St Catherine…..etc….… Sandhurst , Churchdown and Maisemore, and terminating in the said parish of Maisemore in a pasture field called the Park, belonging to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for and and occupied by Mr Thomas Morris, and being part of t a farm called Persh Farm. [Very lengthy article/public announcement about all the other little railways proposed].

BWJ Dec 26 1863 Gloucester Chamber of Commerce has rejected Mr Williams ‘ plans for extensive works by which access might be gained to Worcester by sea-going vessels. The plan was condemned as going beyond the necessity of the case, but the same body approved a Selected newspaper entries for Maisemore, Glos.,1820–1900 6 plan by Mr Clegram, engineer to the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Co. Mr Clegram’s plan is to construct: Two dams, one is the western or Maisemore branch of the river, and the other on the eastern branch between Gloucester and the Lower Parting, of such height as to raise the summer level 3 ft about its present lowest form – to put a barge lock near the dam in the eastern part of the river to pass the river traffic below Gloucester – and to remove the existing shoals and complete the regulation of the channel between Gloucester and , by the same means which have been so successfully used at the shoal at Deerhurst. For this work as estimate of £20,000 to £25,000 is given.

BWJ Oct 27 1866 Severn Commission: Special meeting to consider reports about course of action best to achieve a proper working depth of water up to Tewkesbury. Mr Williams and Mr Clegram trying to come to agreement about proposals. Both have written reports which were adopted by the meeting……

BWJ Aug 31 1867 Marriage: Aug 13th at Maisemore by the Rev William J Sevier, rector of Stanton, brother to the bride, the Rev D G Davies, BA Oxon, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of J Ford Sevier Esq of Maisemore Lodge.

Daily News Nov 23 1868 Severn Navigation : Bill to be presented to Parliament (lots of detail). To improve the navigation of the Severn from or near the said point called the Lower Parting…. 1. A dam or weir across the western channel of the said river in the parish of Maisemore …400 yds or so from the Upper Parting in a north westerly direction. 2. A new cut or channel for the said river with a lock therein, near the Upper Parting and wholly in the parish of Maisemore….. 3. A new cut or channel for the said river wholly in the parish of Maisemore commencing at a point in the eastern channel of said river 4o00 yds or so measured southward along the river from the Upper Parting.

WM Sept 11 1869 Three fires causing an immense loss of grain have happened in Glos during the past few weeks through the incautious use of Lucifer matches by children. The last of the three occurred on Thursday evening on a homestead belonging to Mr Thomas Morris, a well-known agriculturalist of Maisemore. Little children living on the homestead took matches into the rickyard, struck one and flung it among the straw, and in a few minutes 6 ricks containing a thousand bushels of wheat, 300 bushels of beans and twenty tons of clover were on fire. The three fire engines were fetched from Gloucester and hundreds of people from the city and adjoining parishes gave their help. But all that could be done was to save the outbuildings. The ricks blazed so that their light could be seen for miles and by night all were destroyed. The property was insured by the Sun Fire Office. Great damage was caused by a fire in the same rickyard 6 years ago.

The Standard Dec 21 1869 Serious widespread flooding…..The Severn overflowed its banks and thousands of acres of meadow were under water in some instance to several feet. A fatal accident occurred to a boatman on Sunday who while navigating his vessel down the Severn ran against the centre of Maisemore Bridge and getting broadside on to the current, the craft was broken in two. A man named Jelf who was steering was drowned.

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WM Jan 3 1870 A Dangerous Bridge: We related 2 weeks ago that during the flooding a canal boat laden with coal had drifted into the projecting central pier of Maisemore….and that her pilot, an old man named Jelf who was well-acquainted with the river was drowned. His body has just been recovered and an inquest commenced which is likely to be of importance in its result. The bridge is the second over the Severn from the estuary; it is 2 miles from Gloucester; and it was built about 250 years ago at the time of the siege of the city by King Charles. It is of brick, has two arches, and a long circular hole over them for the discharge of flood water. Its maintenance is effected by Trustees – not as is usual by the county. From the narrowness of the arches, the great central pier and the projecting buttress and the rapid current, it has caused frequent loss of life, especially at flood times. At the inquest…one witness said he had known of 5 boats and 5 lives having been lost at the bridge, and an opinion was expressed that the new works of the Severn Navigation Commissioners now in construction near the bridge would increase the danger, whereas all difficulty would be obviated by erecting a bridge of a single span. The inquest was adjourned.

MP Feb 20 1871 Death: SEVIER – On the 15th inst at Maisemore Lodge, John Ford Sevier, Esq

Royal Cornwall Gazette Jun 17 1871 Mr Morris of Maisemore Court is judge of Shorthorns, Jerseys and Pigs at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show. [Mr Morris is a judge at lots of shows, mentioned in several publications, not all listed].

Lancaster Gazette Jun 15 1872 Inquest into the death at Maisemore of Henry Hartland, a young farmer in Herefordshire. He had been very depressed so went to visit his uncle, Mr Thomas Morris of Maisemore Court. The physician advised Mr Morris to keep a constant watch on his movements. He was talking with his uncle, then abruptly left the room and a few minutes afterwards he was found bleeding profusely from a large gunshot wound in the head, and lifeless. The gun belonged to Mr Morris and was usually kept unloaded, though cartridges were in a box nearby. Verdict: suicide.

BWJ Aug 17 1872 Report to the Severn Commissioners: by E Leader Williams: …I refer to the completion of the Llanthony and Maisemore works which were bought into full operation in the autumn of last year and have since then maintained the requisite navigable depth of water in the Severn between Tewkesbury and Gloucester……. I have much satisfaction in reporting the entire success of these works, together with the fact that they have been completed within my estimate of their cost, and that they form no exception in these respects to the whole series of works of Severn improvements which have during the past 30 years been constructed under my charge. The plan of the salmon pass for Maisemore Weir has not yet been finally decided upon as the continued high water has prevented the needful investigation…..

BWJ Feb 1 1873 Ross, Ledbury and Gloucester Railway. Considerable concern about proposals for bridges over the Maisemore Channel which would only give 7 feet of headway at high water……..

BWJ Oct 3 1874 The high Equinoctial tide of Sunday last passing over the Severn weirs at Llanthony, Maisemore and Tewkesbury, reached Diglis Locks where it flowed to a height of 9 inches. Diglis is upwards of 40 miles higher up the Severn than the high water of neap tides ever reaches.

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BrM Oct 31 1874 Birhop Monk’s Horfield Trust: Grants made in aid of curates’ stipends to many, including Maisemore, £50.

BrM Jan 23 1875 A boatman named Yeo and his wife were descending the Severn in a canal boat. When the river is high as it is at present, light craft pass over Maisemore Weir instead of going through the lock. It seems that when Yeo’s boat was going over the weir, his wife became alarmed for fear she would capsize, and in attempting to jump to the shore, she fell into the swollen current. Her body was recovered, but not before life was extinct.

Birmingham Daily Post Mar 22 1875 Mrs Elizabeth Limbrick, the wife of an agricultural labourer of Maisemore, has just died at the age of 103. Till within 12 months of her death she retained full possession of all her faculties. She had been twice married and had fourteen children.

BrM May 26 1877 Inquest at Maisemore on John Webb, a boatman aged 22 who drowned at Maisemore. After the canal boat had passed through the lock, the deceased jumped into the water and swam to the boat. He then jumped into the water again and swam to Maisemore Bridge, then sank. The captain, Mayo, swam to look for him and the lock keeper threw a line but the deceased could not take it. All on the boat including the deceased were the worse for drink. Verdict: accidental death, but coroner wanted Mayo and colleague to be summoned for drunkenness.

BrM Mar 9 1878 Before a Select committee of the House of Commons: Maisemore Turnpike Trustees sought an extension of the trust. Mr Price, late MP for Gloucester and clerk of the Trust, gave evidence in favour of the extension. Mr Fryer and Mr A Jones, late Mayor of Gloucester, strongly opposed the application. He said that as the citizens of Gloucester kept in repair about 30 miles of road which was free to all comers, he thought it not unreasonable for them to claim the same advantage over this adjoining road, especially as the trust was pretty well free from debt. The chairman said the term would be extended to Nov 1 1879 and no longer.

BrM Sept 26 1878 Rev C E Dighton, Rector of Mitcheldean to be Vicar of Maisemore [till 1915, aged 90]. Replacing Rev G Harmer, deceased.

BrM Jan 6 1879 For the second time during the present winter, very high floods, the result of late rains and snow storms. There are many thousands of acres inundated, and the Maisemore, Sandhurst and Tewkesbury roads are in places impassable, except in boats or vehicles.

BDP Jan 29 1880 Floods on the Severn and Avon: Yesterday a meeting of proprietors and occupiers of land adjoining these rivers was held at the Town Hall, Tewkesbury to ascertain the cause of the excessive floods of late years….Mr J P Sargeaunt read a report giving the history of the introduction of weirs into the Severn by the Severn Navigation Commission at Tewks, Maisemore and Gloucester, showing that the raising of the water level by these weirs had been most injurious to the occupiers of land bordering the lower portions of the river. It had been ascertained that the Maisemore weir was one foot higher than had been stipulated by the Act of Parliament and of course this extra foot of water had proportionately increased the damage……. Mr Sargeaunt proposed a resolution expressing an opinion that the dams at Gloucester and Maisemore had largely contributed to prevent the floods running off quickly, and this should be further investigated. Capt de Winton seconded the motion which was supported by many present. Selected newspaper entries for Maisemore, Glos.,1820–1900 9

BrM Dec 25 1880 Severn Navigation: New Bill: an extension in length of the dam or weir across the western channel of the Severn in the parish of Maisemore, these works to be completed within 5 years.

BWJ Aug 1881 Proprietors on river banks at Maisemore have submitted an injunction requesting compensation, given that the weir at Maisemore was constructed a foot higher than it should have been and has caused them damage.

BWJ Aug 19 1882 Severn Commissioners annual meeting: The weirs at Maisemore and Llanthony had been altered so as to bring them within Parliamentary stipulations.

BrM May 31 1883 Gloucester Union: Maisemore : area = 1930; inhabitants 1871 = 484; inhabitants 1881 = 491

BWJ Aug 4 1883 Published accounts of Severn Commissioners: Payments: Wages, materials, etc for alterations of Maisemore and Llanthony Weirs: £142 1s 11d.

BrM Nov 22 1884 George Burford of Maisemore, dealer, was summoned for having on October 18th unlawfully sold a horse in the yard of the Black Dog Inn, that not being within the limits of his own dwelling house or shop. Fined 2s 6d and costs.

The Essex Standard Apr 18 1885 Essex Notes and Queries: In response to query as to whether female churchwardens were legal, it was stated that Mrs Seiver [sic] was Churchwarden of Maisemore in 1880.

MP Jun 9 1885 Death: On the 4th inst at Maisemore Lodge, Elizabeth, relict of John Ford Sevier, in her eighty-second year.

BrM Dec 14 1885 Henry Dent of Maisemore was summoned for assaulting Thos Wadley on December 4th at Hartpury……… The defendant came in and they began to talk about racing and challenged the complainant to gallop his horse. Defendant used a nasty expression and he replied in the same terms. Defendant then threatened to strike him and did so twice knocking him down. Defendant then left the room but came back afterwards and said he would kill him. According to witnesses, defendant was not drunk, but a little fresh. One witness said he thought they were as bad as each other. Case proved. Defendant fined 10s and 17s costs.

BrM Aug 3 1886 Yesterday was the gayest bank holiday Gloucester has known……… A capital Galloway and hunters race meeting took place at Maisemore, 3 miles from Gloucester and was attended by 4,000 or 5,000 persons. Lord Fitzhardinge was the president and the stewards consisted of several county gentlemen. Races: Gloucestershire Stakes – two miles on the flat Tradesmen’s Plate – two miles over eight flights of hurdles County Stakes for Galloways City Plate – two miles over eight flights of hurdles. Stewards’ Plate – a mile and a half on the flat Maisemore Stakes – about a mile on the flat.

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BrM Sept 28 1886 The county magistrates granted to Alfred Watts the licence of the White Hart, Maisemore which they had refused to the previous tenant.

BWJ Jan 15 1887 The Ledbury Hounds meet at 11 on Monday January 17 at Maisemore Lodge

Birmingham Daily Post Feb 9 1887 The Ledbury Hounds meet at 11 on Friday Feb 11 at Maisemore Lodge

Wrexham Advertiser Jun 23 1888 James Goodrich Esq of Eyarth House near Ruthin is JP for the counties of Gloucester and Denbigh and served as lieutenant in the 83rd Regiment. He is the son of Wm Goodrich Esq, Energlyn, Glamorganshire, and Harriet Pitt, his wife, and was born at Maisemore Court in 1811…….

BWJ Jun 22 1889 Land and property auctioned at Tewkesbury on 14 June included: Four pieces of pasture land at Maisemore (held under a lease for the lifetime of a person now aged 65) and containing 38a 2r 33p (withdrawn at £295)…a freehold cottage at Maisemore with 2 roods 8 perches of garden ground, to Mr Henry Hiam for £100. BrM Apr 26 1890 Declared bankrupt: Henry Dent, Maisemore, farmer and horse dealer.

Birmingham Daily Post Jun 19 1890 Rev C Dighton, vicar of Maisemore, to be chaplain to the High Sheriff of Gloucestershire, Mr J Roberts West.

The Standard Jun 21 1890 Receiving orders for bankruptcy: Michael Wadley, Charlton Kings, late of Maisemore and Shurdington, horse dealer’s agent and assistant, formerly horse dealer and farmer, June 17.

BrM Nov 8 1890 Obituary: Thomas Morris of Maisemore Court, aged 67….He was a well-known agriculturalist, being celebrated as a breeder of pigs, and often a judge at agricultural shows**. He took an active interest in local matters having been vice chairman of the Glos Board of Guardians for more than 22 years and being also on the committee of the Gloucester Infirmary. .. …A prominent supporter of the Glos. Root Fruit and Grain Society……. an enthusiastic sportsman. He leaves a widow and grown-up family. Buried at Maisemore.

BrM Jan 10 1891 An unusual…. happened to the Severn. It has become frozen. Hundreds of people were on the river on Thursday and there was skating all the way from Over Bridge to Maisemore Bridge.

BWJ Jun 6 1891 Bruton Knowles are instructed by the trustees of the Will of the late Mr Thomas Morris to sell by auction on Saturday 13th June the following valuable freehold estates: Lots 1-3 in Staunton. Lot 4 in Pendock Lot 5-7 in the parish of Maisemore: Lot 5 Two brick-built cottages at Woolridge together with 2 pieces of productive garden ground, the whole containing about 1A 1R 8P in the occupation of Messrs Wasley and Lake at £14 a year Lot 6 A dwelling house and blacksmith’s shop, outbuildings and garden in the centre of the village in the occupation of Mr S Poole at £11 a year. Lot 7 A piece of arable land containing 2R 23P in the Persh Lane occupied by Mr S Poole at £3 a year. This lot is Copyhold and is held for 2 lives, now 58 and 66. Selected newspaper entries for Maisemore, Glos.,1820–1900 11

**JOJ Aug 29 1891 John Thornton and Co will sell by auction on September 18 at Maisemore Court the late Mr Thomas Morris’s extensive herd of pure-bred Shorthorns numbering upward of 120, was established in 1829 and has been kept pure ever since as a practical working dairy herd. Bulls were originally used from the old Tortworth Herd and the sires selected afterwards have generally been of Bates’ blood. The cows are good milkers….. This herd is very healthy and breeding regularly.

BrM Sep 5 1891 Mr George Brunsdon, licensee of the Ship Inn, Maisemore, was refused renewal of his licence as he had been convicted and fined earlier in the year for selling adulterated liquors.

North Eastern Gazette Oct 23 1891 The landlord of the Ship Inn, Maisemore, appealed against the refusal to renew his licence (on the grounds that he had sold adulterated rum and that there were already 2 other public houses in the village of only 450 inhabitants). He won the appeal.

Birmingham Daily Post Jan 1 1894 Ship Inn, Maisemore – this well-known, fully licensed House to let. Orchard, stabling, garden. Apply to Tewkesbury Brewery Co.

BrM May 12 1894 Inquest at Maisemore on a young man named Elton, who was knocked down on the road near Maisemore by the middle horse of a team of three, and both wheels of the wagon went over him, killing him instantly. At the time he had been hauling coal and manure for a farmer, Mr Thomas Butler. Verdict: Accidental death.

London Gazette Jul 28 1894 Knighthood for Thomas Robinson, Esq, M.P., of Maisemore Park, near Gloucester.

Birmingham Daily Post Nov 16 1894 Very serious flooding around the Severn, worst since 1884…..The cottagers in the villages of Ashleworth, Maisemore, Sandhurst, Over Apperley and others by the riverside were prepared for the emergencies, and the streets presented a curious appearance, boats and other craft being placed in readiness, while inside many houses the furniture has been removed from the ground floor.

The Standard Dec 19 1894 Parish Council elections: In Gloucestershire, one of the most exciting elections was at Maisemore and so persistent were the efforts made to cause voters to record their votes that before the close of the poll every voter in the village save one had voted. Sir Thomas Robinson MP and two other Liberals headed the poll.

BWJ Feb 22 1896 The body of Thomas Cox was found in the lock at Maisemore on Wednesday. The deceased who was 46 and leaves a widow and 4 children, was lock-keeper. On Tuesday night he went to the White Hart Inn, Maisemore and was not again seen alive.

BWJ Feb 29 1896 Inquest into death of Thomas Cox concluded that he had walked over the edge of the lock in the dark and struck his head as he fell, rendering him unconscious. If the handrail on the lock bridge had been longer the accident would probably not have happened. The Coroner thought the Severn Commissioners should be recommended to lengthen the handrails to prevent the recurrence of such an accident.

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Belfast Newsletter Apr 7 1897 Death: On March 28 at Maisemore Vicarage, Frances, wife of the Rev C E Dighton, and daughter of the late Samuel Allen of Lisconnan, Co Antrim, aged 74 years.

Daily News Sep 15 1897 Result of Auction Sales: Sept 11, by Bruton, Knowles and Co at Gloucester – the Maisemore Park Estate, 199a 2r 3p £14,800.

Glasgow Herald Jan 10 1898 The personal estate of Sir Thomas Robinson of Maisemore Park, Gloucester, M.P. for Gloucester from 1885 to 1892, who died on 26th October last aged 70, has been valued at £35,321 3s 1d. He bequeathed his house at Walford near Ross to his sister, and bequeathed £1,200 to his 2 daughters and left in trust for said daughters £10,000 each, payable as to £5,000 each in 12 months and the further £5,000 each after the death of Lady Robinson. He bequeathed £10,000 each to his two sons and £100 each to his 2 grand-daughters. All the residue of his property in equal share to his 2 sons.

MP Nov 21 1898 On November 24 1898 Messrs Robinson and Fisher will sell at Willis’s Rooms, King St, St James Square, a collection of Pictures, chiefly by the Old Masters, by direction of the executors of the late J Ford Sevier Esq, removed from Maisemore Park and from various sources.

BrM May 16 1899 Anthrax has broken out in a herd of Welsh oxen at Maisemore.

MP Aug 18 1899 Wanted: Good cook, country. Small family, five maid servants; kitchen maid kept; wages £35 all found. Write….to Mrs Tottenham, Maisemore Park, Gloucester.

MP Nov 1 1899 Wanted by November 16 a clever good cook who has been well-trained to economy and management; must understand dairy and baking; can bring own kitchenmaid; wages £35 all found; four in family, six servants. Address: Mrs Tottenham, Maisemore Park.

BrM Dec 5 1899 Smithfield Show. Local prize winners: Devon Steers between 2 and 3 years - 1st John J Cridland, Maisemore Park; Reserve for the best Devon to J J Cridland; Aberdeen Angus steers between 2 and 3 years – 2nd J J Cridland.

Hampshire Advertiser Jun 9 1900 Royal Counties Agricultural Show : J J Cridland commended for his Aberdeen Angus entries.

Leeds Mercury Jun 19 1900 Royal Show at York: Aberdeen Angus heifer calved in 1898: 2nd J J Cridland, Home Farm, Maisemore Park.