| Description | Photocopy of a memoranda book owned by R.T.R. Thompson, Esq., of Downscombe, Kirdford, kept by John Payne of Kirdford; includes information on his finances, agriculture, and family, and news of local events, including the 1830 riots, the death of Lord Egremont, the suffocation by fire of 5 young men at Sladeland, (See Garland N29236) , opening of P.O. at Balls Cross (1840), removal of Egdean fair to Petworth, 1840, takeup of the Census 1841, arson at Osiers Farm, 1843, shooting of Benjamin Remnant, a poacher, 1845, small-pox outbreak 1859, train crash in Clayton tunnel 1861, building of Slinfold new church, 1861, Chilworth Powder Mills blown up 1864, laying the foundations of the new church at Ebernoe, 1865, 1822-1877 |