Notes for: George Whitmore
Cambridge Independent Press 22 Apr 1882:
POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
CAMBRIDGE DIVISION PETTY SESSIONS.
SATURDAY. - Before Col. R. G. Wale, and the Rev. C. A. Wilkinson.
Before the usual business commenced, Messrs. Whitmore and Parsons, the overseers for the parish of Trumpington, presented to the Bench a copy of a resolution passed by the vestry of Trumpington parish at a meeting held in the vestry on Thursday, the 13th day of April. It read as follows:- "That it would be for the convenience and advantage of the public that the fair commonly known by the name of Trumpington Feast, which has been annually held In this parish on June 29th and the two following days, should be held on a less number of days than those on which the same used to be held, and that application therefore be made to her Majesty's Justices of the Peace of the Petty Sessional Division of Cambridge, in the county of Cambridge, respectfully asking them to memorialise one of her Majesty's principle Secretaries of State, under the provisions of the Fairs Act, 1873, to limit the holding of the said fair to one day only, such day to be the first day of the fair, namely the 27th (sic) of June."
The name of the Rev. E. B. Birks, as chairman of the meeting and vicar of the parish, was appended to the resolution, stating that it was a true copy of the resolution passed at such vestry meeting.
Messrs. Whitmore and Parsons appeared to support the resolutions passed at the meeting, and stated that if the 29th of June fell on Sunday the parish wished to have the feast on the Saturday preceding.
The Bench decided to agree to the following memorial:-
The Fairs Act, 1873.
TRUMPINGTON FAIR.
To the Right Honourable Sir William Vernon Harcourt, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.
The memorial of us, the undersigned Justices of the Peace of the Petty Sessional Division of Cambridge in the county of Cambridge, sheweth
1. - That a fair commonly known by the name of Trumpington Feast has been annually held at Trumpington, in the county of Cambridge, on the feast of Saint Peter, being the 29th day of June, and the two following days.
2. - That it would be for the convenience and advantage of the public that the said fair shall be held on a less number of days than those on which such fair is used to be held (to wit), on one day only, such day to be the first day of the fair - namely, the 29th day of June - unless and except the said 29th day of June happen to fall on a Sunday, in which case such day to be the Saturday immediately preceding the 29th day of June.
Dated this 15th day of April, 1882, R. G. WALE, J.P. (chairman), C. A. WILKINSON.