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CHAPTER IV 



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CHURCH AND PARISH 2O 



Tidenham parish church Leaden font The Norman 

 Chapel of Llancaut The history of Tidenham Church 

 Curious practices in neighbouring churches The church as 

 schoolroom Pretty customs on special occasions The 

 discomforts of the usual service The choral service on high 

 days No reminiscences of precocious piety Impressions 

 of sermons by Scobell and Whately Clerical eccentricities 

 in dress, &c. The Oxford Movement Dr. Armstrong 

 Raising the latch of the chancel door with a ruler The 

 woman's Clothing Club of the parish Lending library 

 instituted and successfully managed by Miss G. E. Ormerod 

 Her accomplishments and merits as a philanthropist. 



CHAPTER V 

 SEVERN AND WYE 33 



" Forest Peninsula " between Severn and Wye Ruined 

 chapel of St. Tecla Muddy experiences Scenery on the 

 Severn Rise of Tides Colour and width of the river 

 Sailing merchant fleet to and from Gloucester A " pill " or 

 creek Salmon fishing from boats " Putcher " or basket 

 fishing Disorderly conduct by fishermen Finds of Natural 

 History specimens in fishing baskets Severn clay or "mud" 

 A bottle-nosed whale Seaweeds Fossils from Sedbury 

 cliffs Saurian remains Dangers of the cliffs. 



CHAPTER VI 



TRAVELLING BY COACH, FERRY, AND RAILWAY ... 43 



Many coaches passing Sedbury Park gates Dangers of 

 travelling View of the Severn valley The Old Ferry 

 passage of the Severn Swamping of a sailing boat in 

 1838 A strange custom when rabies was feared Window- 

 shutter-like ferry telegraph The ferry piers The first 

 railways Curious early train experiences. 



CHAPTER VII 



CHARTIST RISING IN MONMOUTHSHIRE IN 1839 ... 47 



Chartist rising in Monmouth under John Frost, ex-draper of 

 Newport Home experience Defenceless state of Sedbury 

 house Trial and sentence of the leaders Reminiscences of 

 troubles Attorney-General's address to the jury Physical 

 features of the disturbed area Plan of the rising Prompt 

 action of the Mayor of Newport Thirty soldiers stationed 

 in the Westgate Hotel Advance of 5,000 rioters Their 

 spirited repulse and dispersal Arrest and punishment of 

 Frost and other leaders. 



