Hertford County Records Vol 2

Author : W. J. Hardy
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265882481
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book Hertford County Records, Vol. 3 written by W. J. Hardy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Hertford County Records, Vol. 3: Notes and Extracts From the Sessions Rolls 1851 to 1894 and Addenda 1630 to 1880 A few documents of interest will be found in the present volume, relating to the militia. In 1860 the then Earl of Salisbury called attention to the fact that the barrack accommodation provided by the county for the non-commissioned officers of the militia was quite inadequate. It had been provided in 1852 for a strength of 16, but, owing to successive increases by the Government, had then risen to 23 (p. What was done as to this does not appear, but in 1870 the Earl of Verulam, then Lord Lieutenant, drew attention to the lack of adequate accommodation for the arms, clothing and stores of the militia at Hatfield (p. Which the following year drew forth a report to the magistrates as to repairs and alterations needed (p. The rapid increase in lunacy during recent years is revealed in a striking manner by several entries in the present volume of the calendar. Up to 1853 pauper lunatics from Hertfordshire were accommodated in the Bedford County Asylum, together with those of that county and of Huntingdonshire. The accommodation was insufficient, and it was agreed to erect a new asylum for these counties, Cambridge declining to join the union. A spot near the Arlesey brick-yard siding on the Great Northern Railway was selected, and on this the now existing Three Counties Asylum was commenced in 1856 from plans prepared by Mr. G. F. Jones, a York architect, assisted by the medical superintendent of the North and East Ridings Asylum. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.