Glimpses into Local Postal Services in Victorian Times.The tale of Charles Thomas.By Barry Floyd.Introduction. In the mid-nineteenth century Rye’s post office was located on the High Street.
Tag: William Holloway
This Rye’s Own collection brings together articles connected with William Holloway, drawing news, memories and magazine features into one path through the archive. Readers can move between “They Took Over the Town Hall”, “Summary History of Rye 16”, and “Local Victorian Post in Rye”, seeing how the subject appeared at different moments in the magazine. Taken together, these pieces preserve the names, places and passing details that might otherwise slip out of the local record.
They Took Over the Town Hall
Fed Up with ‘Jobs for the Boys’, Corruption and Discrimination the men of Rye Elected their own Mayor and Councillors and Took Over The Town Hall By 1825 the Lamb family had dominated politics in Rye for 100 years, providing the Mayor 23 times out of the 25 since the turn of the century, most of … Continue reading They Took Over the Town Hall
Summary History of Rye 16
by Rya Part 16 William Holloway, Historian of Rye William Holloway was born on 1st August, 1785 at Emsworth in Hampshire of a merchant family. At the age of seven he was sent to Midhurst Grammar School, where he received a good classical education as well as a certain amount of