#oneplacestudies — Public Fediverse posts

Inquests for two recent tragic deaths reported this week: David Randall (who had been suffering derangement for several days), and baby Mary Ann Willis (who was accidentally dosed with laudanum in the night). #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

Richard Hedges of Cottesloe Farm appeared in court for two different cases, one as plaintiff and one as defendant, and won both. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

Mr Woodman of Vicarage Farm is advertising for a housekeeper. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

Wing Parish Church collected £5-2-2 and the Burcott Union Chapel £2-1-2 for the Provident Dispensary. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

A scarlet fever patient at Wing has been isolated. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

William Bolton of High Street will be applying for a licence to sell beer for consumption off premises at the next licencing meeting. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

Thomas Woolhead accused William Green of striking him with a milking stool and threatening to kill him. Alas, Thomas had thrown the first stool so the magistrates dismissed the case. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

Seth Denchfield of the Royal Oak has given notice of applying for a licence for a new public house. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

George Green is selling his drums, complete with red, white and blue plumes. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

Catherine Hedges, wife of Richard Hedges of Cottesloe Farm, has died. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

William Beasley of Stewkley has been sentenced to five years penal servitude for the rape of Sarah Thorpe of Wing in April. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

A very friendly game of cricket was played against the “very undisciplined forces” of Cheddington. Wing won, just, under the captaincy of Mr T Stevens. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

The inquests on two children were held – six-month-old Henry Willis, found unexpectedly dead (discovered to be due to from mesenteric disease, with inflamed intestines and a ruptured bowel), and seven-hour-old Levi Rickard who died from natural causes. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

The Leighton Buzzard Union has brought a case against the Wing Prosperity Benefit Society to recover a 7s. per week sickness allowance potentially owed to member William Cutler, now at Stone Asylum. In a confusing verdict (at least to this reader) it was ruled that lunacy was indeed sickness but the Union should receive court fees only. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

The Wing branch (80 members led by George Randall) of the Agricultural Labourers Union held a demonstration at Wing – 400 people to tea behind the Cock Inn, prior to games, music, and speeches by which point the assembly numbered at least 1,000. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

Mr and Mrs Edward Whitman have a new baby girl, born on the 22nd. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

No Wing news this week, but in a followup to the athletic sports two weeks ago a father has written in explaining he did not know his son was over fifteen when he entered him in the boys race 🤔 (and alleges that two others were also overage) #1875OPS #OnePlaceStudies

At this year’s Leighton Buzzard athletic sport meeting H. Windmill was 1st in throwing the cricket ball, winning a bat and pair of gloves for his pitch of 93 yards 2.5 ft, and J Randall won a biscuit jar for his 2nd place in the steeplechase over hurdles and through brook. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

R Vallentine is advertising his supply of the best manure, and reminds you of the manure to roots to meat to manure circle, meaning you essentially earn your money back! [not sure he’s thought through the repeat business implications of that] #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

The Heley Brothers are agents for the Biphosphated Guano Company. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

This year’s parish officers for Wing are Charles Paine and Richard Hedges (overseers), Henry Chas. Adams and W. Underwood (surveyors), and W. Page (constable). #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

Editorial in this week's edition calling for an end to corporal punishment - a schoolmaster raised in neighbouring Linslade got five years prison for assaulting one of his pupils down in Devon (broke his skull, and the boy lost his sight). #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

It’s been snowing in Wing! A snowball fight evolved into a melee (in both day- and night-clothes) and ended up in court – two charged with breaking a window, one charged with assault and breaking a lamp, plus multiple counter-charges of assault. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

Correspondence to the editor continues on the matter of the Provident Dispensary – this week Rev. P.T. Ouvry of Wing has responded to another letter from the former medical officers that criticised the dispensary’s subscriptions and methods. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

The auction of poles (1,000 larch, spruce fir, ash, alm, some upwards of 15 feet) is only three days away, and it is timber taken from Lord Overstone’s Fox Covert Plantation. Mr A.L. Webster has catalogues available. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

The Leighton Provident Dispensary (covering 13 parishes) was the brainchild of Wing’s Rev. P.T. Ouvry, who acts as secretary, and the Baroness de Rothschild #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

Looking back at #1875OPS for the Society for One-Place Studies #OnePlaceStudies #LocalHistory
https://www.one-place-studies.org/a-oneplaceadverts-view-of-1875-in-wing-buckinghamshire/

3rd-year pupil teacher Mary Windmill placed Class II while 2nd-year Kate Lambert placed Class III and 1st-year Rispah Bolton Class IV in the recent pupil teachers examinations held at Linslade. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

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There is to be an auction of 1,000 fine larch and other poles at the end of the month. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

An elderly drover taking cows from Aylesbury Fair to Heath-and-Reach passed by Wing Mill, had a pint at the Dove, then continued through Ascott Green to Linslade where he was found expired from exposure several days later. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

Brickmaker George Truman was sued by the London and North-Western Railway Company for unpaid goods carriage charges, but was able to demonstrate to the judge’s satisfaction that he had in fact paid and the charges were a mistake. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

Two cases against Wing defendants were dismissed due to not being brought in time – William Lathwell for uttering a profane oath (on Christmas Day!), and John Monk regarding support of Eliza Badrick’s child. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

Another year of the Wing news appearing in the Leighton Buzzard Observer 150 years ago is now completed, view all the #1875OPS news at https://wing-ops.org.uk/explorations/news/1875-news/ #OnePlaceStudies

A list of carriers from Leighton Buzzard to Wing: Dimmock (from Market Place every day), Jane Hart (every day), Eliza Smith (from North Street every Tuesday and Friday), and William Chappell (every Tuesday and Friday) #1875OPS #OnePlaceStudies

The inquest on ten-year-old Amos Bandy has taken place – poor child is believed to have had a fit and knocked his head while falling into the water closet head-first. #1875OPS #OnePlaceStudies

The 2025 #OnePlaceStudies Conference and AGM is just two and a half weeks away! Don’t miss out on this excellent event – for just £10 you can join us as a member, join in with this and our monthly webinars, and enjoy our other membership benefits! #OnePlaceWednesday
https://www.one-place-studies.org/join-us/
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory

Mr Cross has presented a paper on the Amazon district of South America to the quarterly meeting of the Bicester and Claydon Schoolmasters and Schoolmistresses Association. #1875OPS #OnePlaceStudies

Corn dealer Joseph Faulkner supplied baker Henry Rogers with flour weekly, and has sued Henry’s father Joseph (proprietor of the Dove Inn) for the outstanding amount of £64 (!) from Dec 1874 (!) #1875OPS #OnePlaceStudies

An advertisement for the auction of the properties of the late Stephen Capp has appeared for the fourth week in a row, promising “full particulars will shortly appear”, but when, pray tell? #1875OPS #OnePlaceStudies

Henry Bolton and Thomas Ginger were both fined for being drunk last month (with Henry also being disorderly in court), and there were around 300 attendees at the Harvest Festival (fed by Mr Whitman). #1875OPS #OnePlaceStudies

We have our first registered #OnePlaceStudy in Germany! Xanthe Hall’s Puschkinallee 5, Alt-Treptow One-Place Study (profile page: https://www.one-place-studies.org/puschkinallee-5-alt-treptow/) covers a Berlin villa built in 1885/6, with its coach house and garden. Check out the wonderfully detailed OPS WikiTree page https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Puschkinallee_5%2C_Alt-Treptow%2C_Berlin_One_Place_Study on #OnePlaceWednesday! #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudies #Berlin #Germany

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