Post by Les on Jun 25, 2021 13:54:03 GMT
Herne comes from the Anglian word 'Hyrne' meaning an 'Angle, a corner'; therefore, an ‘angle or corner of land’. .
Originally, Herne Bay belonged to the village of Herne as an important outlet for trade to and from Canterbury and its surrounding area; Herne village acted as the control for goods passing through the bay to the city.
Until early in the 19th century, Herne Bay existed as a small fishing community with an inn and a few fishermen’s cottages. Then in the 1830’s a group of developers built a pleasure pier and promenade to attract tourists from the paddle steamers that past back and forth between London and Margate. They wanted to call the resort St Augustines, however, public opinion insisted the name remained unchanged as confirmed in 1833, when an Act of Parliament separated Herne Bay from Herne
1833
there was an act of Parliament .
This act laid down the powers and responsibilities of the Commissioners.
Their necessary ,qualifications, the method of election, the employment of Officers and various procedures including the fixing and collecting rates.
Herne was now a Town and referred to as the old Town and had their own form of government and held apart fron it's neighbour.
the first 50 years The Boards interpretation of the act was fairly arbitrary at times. some of it's action were looked on with scorn by those trying to govern.
this brings us onto the tale of John Tupper.
1848 9 October at a Commissioner's meeting Fredrick James Percival was proposed to fill a vacancy on the Boerd.and took he'attended and the Oath'.
John Tupper ,a School Master who also rana fancy Bazaar and a library.
This required the qualification for office that the person shpuld br rated as a occupier of a property in the town ,as owner or tennant to the annal value of £50 a week.
In 1850 May there was a dissent among the Commissioners over the question of a new act of Parliament which would have externdedtheir powers to include the Old town area.
The inhabitants of that area of that part were jealous of their independence.
They raised enouth opposition to make the legal cost of promoting a Bill more than the results likely to justify.
An influential group demanded the end of negotiations, and minted the official view that these negotiations had been unauthorised and unconstitional.
The Clark Tomas Thorpe Delasaux.he had been Cark since the first meeting resigned as he could not apply the Boards seal from tje meeting of may 18 1850.
May 24 1850 a special meting was held as Mr Tupper had resigned as Commissioner to be the appointed Clark at a salary of £12 per annum,and that he be appointed Collector of Town Rates at a poundage off 12 percent on a given security of £150 in a Guarantee Society.
This bracketing of 2 posts was a new idea ,following the death of William Day, the previous Collector.
Mr John Tupper had to collect the Commissioner's Seal and other tools from Mr Delasauax.
1852 October
the Clark was ordered to produce his guarantee agreement and receipt at the next meeting and was lodged with mr Brough the Chairman.
Then in November Mr john Tupper account's for the Commissioner's was short of £12 13s 6d.
Mr Tupper 2 week's later requested that into the bankers' the outstanding sum.
at the meeting in January the first entry 'Mr Tupper not having collected the arrears of Town Rate, the collecting be given to another person', namely John Culling the Board's general factotum.
At that meeting it was decided that Tupper should pay all the money of the Commissioners into the Treasurer by the next Monday.
The next week om January 10 it was resolved that a special meeting be called to receive the report of the Finance Committee .
Mr Tupper's answers thereto; the result of this was calling of another special meeting for 7 th March.
"to take into consideration the propriety of retaining Mr Tupper as Clark for appointing another Clack in his place'.
There may have been something contrary to Standing Orders about calling of this meeting.
This maybe because another resolution in similar terms ,14 days notice to be given.
1853 14 April
The Clark and Collector Resigned and that was accepted.
1853 2 May Mr John Tupper whet with his accounts with out the Banker Book ,a committee was appointed that examined and report this was resolved.
Tupper was asked to leave, that he did.
On June 6 Mr Tomas Ridout applied for the Clarkship that he got at £1 a month.
Tupper was there and handed in his accounts and also had a deficit of £8 14s 11,1/2 that he was willing to pay.
This was acceptable.he also handed in another note that read:
" By section VII of your local act it is enacted that when any Commissioner becomes disqualified and such disqualification is declared then thesaid Commissioners shallnominate a fit person to fill the place of such disqualified Commissioner.I now declare Mr Percival has forfeited his place on your Board not being qualified to act as Commissioner,and I offer myself to fill the vacancy
occasioned by his disqualification . I May add I believe I am the only qualified person in Town.
6 June John Tupper
Mr Percivil was elected to the Board pelvically to John Tupper in 1848.
John Brough the Chairman who was a London attorney and Tupper's landlord for Tupper's Bazzaar and library at 1 St George's Parade.
was the Kent Tavern now the Sunset fish bar 2018
John Brough was a member of the first Board and is named in the 1833 act.
The original wooden pier suffered from sea worms, resulting in a replacement with a shorter iron construction. Unfortunately, at only 328feet the steamboats could not land. A third pier, at 3600 feet, carried an electric tram running its length, theatre and shops. The army cut two gaps in it at the start of WWII to prevent its use by an invasion force. Steamboat services ceased in 1963, and the final blow came in 1978 when a storm destroyed the centre section.
Mrs Ann Thwaites donated £4,000 in 1837 for the construction of 75 feet, clock tower on the seafront - the first freestanding, purpose built, clock tower in the world.
John Bough built a church in Herne Bay, which opened in 1834/5. In 1837, he sold it to Thomas Wilson who attempted to unite all worshippers. With the experiment not succeeding, he sold the building to the Church of England in 1839. The Archbishop of Canterbury subsequently dedicated it to Christ Church on 13 October 1840. A small bell purchased from the Herne Bay old pier hung in the church at that time. In 1895, Samuel B Goslin cast a new larger replacement bell.
Herne Bay railway station opened on the London, Chatham and Dover Railway’s route from London to Dover - built in sections, and not arriving in Dover until 1 November 1861 – on 13 July 1861.
Originally, Herne Bay belonged to the village of Herne as an important outlet for trade to and from Canterbury and its surrounding area; Herne village acted as the control for goods passing through the bay to the city.
Until early in the 19th century, Herne Bay existed as a small fishing community with an inn and a few fishermen’s cottages. Then in the 1830’s a group of developers built a pleasure pier and promenade to attract tourists from the paddle steamers that past back and forth between London and Margate. They wanted to call the resort St Augustines, however, public opinion insisted the name remained unchanged as confirmed in 1833, when an Act of Parliament separated Herne Bay from Herne
1833
there was an act of Parliament .
This act laid down the powers and responsibilities of the Commissioners.
Their necessary ,qualifications, the method of election, the employment of Officers and various procedures including the fixing and collecting rates.
Herne was now a Town and referred to as the old Town and had their own form of government and held apart fron it's neighbour.
the first 50 years The Boards interpretation of the act was fairly arbitrary at times. some of it's action were looked on with scorn by those trying to govern.
this brings us onto the tale of John Tupper.
1848 9 October at a Commissioner's meeting Fredrick James Percival was proposed to fill a vacancy on the Boerd.and took he'attended and the Oath'.
John Tupper ,a School Master who also rana fancy Bazaar and a library.
This required the qualification for office that the person shpuld br rated as a occupier of a property in the town ,as owner or tennant to the annal value of £50 a week.
In 1850 May there was a dissent among the Commissioners over the question of a new act of Parliament which would have externdedtheir powers to include the Old town area.
The inhabitants of that area of that part were jealous of their independence.
They raised enouth opposition to make the legal cost of promoting a Bill more than the results likely to justify.
An influential group demanded the end of negotiations, and minted the official view that these negotiations had been unauthorised and unconstitional.
The Clark Tomas Thorpe Delasaux.he had been Cark since the first meeting resigned as he could not apply the Boards seal from tje meeting of may 18 1850.
May 24 1850 a special meting was held as Mr Tupper had resigned as Commissioner to be the appointed Clark at a salary of £12 per annum,and that he be appointed Collector of Town Rates at a poundage off 12 percent on a given security of £150 in a Guarantee Society.
This bracketing of 2 posts was a new idea ,following the death of William Day, the previous Collector.
Mr John Tupper had to collect the Commissioner's Seal and other tools from Mr Delasauax.
1852 October
the Clark was ordered to produce his guarantee agreement and receipt at the next meeting and was lodged with mr Brough the Chairman.
Then in November Mr john Tupper account's for the Commissioner's was short of £12 13s 6d.
Mr Tupper 2 week's later requested that into the bankers' the outstanding sum.
at the meeting in January the first entry 'Mr Tupper not having collected the arrears of Town Rate, the collecting be given to another person', namely John Culling the Board's general factotum.
At that meeting it was decided that Tupper should pay all the money of the Commissioners into the Treasurer by the next Monday.
The next week om January 10 it was resolved that a special meeting be called to receive the report of the Finance Committee .
Mr Tupper's answers thereto; the result of this was calling of another special meeting for 7 th March.
"to take into consideration the propriety of retaining Mr Tupper as Clark for appointing another Clack in his place'.
There may have been something contrary to Standing Orders about calling of this meeting.
This maybe because another resolution in similar terms ,14 days notice to be given.
1853 14 April
The Clark and Collector Resigned and that was accepted.
1853 2 May Mr John Tupper whet with his accounts with out the Banker Book ,a committee was appointed that examined and report this was resolved.
Tupper was asked to leave, that he did.
On June 6 Mr Tomas Ridout applied for the Clarkship that he got at £1 a month.
Tupper was there and handed in his accounts and also had a deficit of £8 14s 11,1/2 that he was willing to pay.
This was acceptable.he also handed in another note that read:
" By section VII of your local act it is enacted that when any Commissioner becomes disqualified and such disqualification is declared then thesaid Commissioners shallnominate a fit person to fill the place of such disqualified Commissioner.I now declare Mr Percival has forfeited his place on your Board not being qualified to act as Commissioner,and I offer myself to fill the vacancy
occasioned by his disqualification . I May add I believe I am the only qualified person in Town.
6 June John Tupper
Mr Percivil was elected to the Board pelvically to John Tupper in 1848.
John Brough the Chairman who was a London attorney and Tupper's landlord for Tupper's Bazzaar and library at 1 St George's Parade.
was the Kent Tavern now the Sunset fish bar 2018
John Brough was a member of the first Board and is named in the 1833 act.
The original wooden pier suffered from sea worms, resulting in a replacement with a shorter iron construction. Unfortunately, at only 328feet the steamboats could not land. A third pier, at 3600 feet, carried an electric tram running its length, theatre and shops. The army cut two gaps in it at the start of WWII to prevent its use by an invasion force. Steamboat services ceased in 1963, and the final blow came in 1978 when a storm destroyed the centre section.
Mrs Ann Thwaites donated £4,000 in 1837 for the construction of 75 feet, clock tower on the seafront - the first freestanding, purpose built, clock tower in the world.
John Bough built a church in Herne Bay, which opened in 1834/5. In 1837, he sold it to Thomas Wilson who attempted to unite all worshippers. With the experiment not succeeding, he sold the building to the Church of England in 1839. The Archbishop of Canterbury subsequently dedicated it to Christ Church on 13 October 1840. A small bell purchased from the Herne Bay old pier hung in the church at that time. In 1895, Samuel B Goslin cast a new larger replacement bell.
Herne Bay railway station opened on the London, Chatham and Dover Railway’s route from London to Dover - built in sections, and not arriving in Dover until 1 November 1861 – on 13 July 1861.