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19th CENTURY TIME-LINE OF CHRISTCHURCHDorset, England

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19^th Century Christchurch
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	19th Century
	Christchurch in the 1800's
1801	The King's Arms Hotel was built by George Rose MP.
1807	Priory House became the home of Louise Philippe, Duke of Orleans, during his exile.
	Christchurch in the 1810's
1813	A good harvest saw prices drop ruining many small farmers and bankrupting many provincial banks
1815	The Corn Law introduced forbidding the import of corn when its price was less than 80s. a quarter
	Christchurch in the 1820's
1827	Isiah Evans establishes Christchurch School (boarding) at Purewell.
1828	Sliding scale of duty inverse to its price was introduced on corn imports
	Christchurch in the 1830's
1833	Factory Act
1834	The Poor Law Ammendment Act
1836	Registration Act and the Marriage Act Stamp duty on newspapers lowered from 4d. to 1d. per issue. The Tithe Commutation Act
1838	The Anti-Corn Law League was founded in Manchester
	Christchurch in the 1840's
1840	The penny Post was introduced
February 10th	Queen Victoria married her first cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg Gotha
1842	Income Tax set for the following three years at 7d. in the pound
1845 Autumn	The outbreak of potato blight in Ireland caused widespread famine and death
1846	The Corn Bill passed providing for duty of 10s. and 4s. per quarter of corn depending on the price until February 1st 1849, thereafter a nominal duty of 1s. per quarter
1847	The railway joins Southampton to Dorchester but Christchurch is by-passed.
c. 1847	The mediaeval leper hospital or Lazar House was demolished.
	Christchurch in the 1850's
1853	The Christchurch Gas Company starts operations at Rotten Row and - oversees the istallation of the town's first gas street lighting.
1859	The Old Town Hall was moved to its present site in the High Street.
1859	The Railway comes to Christchurch.
	Christchurch in the 1860's
1863	Christchurch Corporation purchase the 'Ye Deluge' hand-operated fire pump.
1864	The Dolphin Inn in Church Street burned down.
1866	The Congregational Church in Millham's Lane was demolished to allow the building of a bigger church.
	Christchurch in the 1870's
1870	The street pump removed in the 1860's was replaced in Church Street after much public protest.
1874	Repairs to the value of £200 are carried out to Place Mill.
	Christchurch in the 1880's
1880	A new and larger workhouse was built at Fairmile.
1881	During a hard winter the rivers froze and snow disappeared only in March.
1882	Chrsitchurch made a municipal borough under the Municipal Corporations Act.
1883	The Sailing Club was established.
1884	The Old Court House was demolished - later rebuilt.
1885	Edward Hart opened his museum of stuffed birds in the High Street.
1888	Place Mill, the Mill Stream and Town Quay were sold to the Mayor, Aldermen and Corporation of Christchurch.
	Christchurch in the 1890's
1890	The Mill Stream freezes during a hard winter.
1895	New waterworks open near Knapp Mill bringing piped water to Christchurch for the first time.
1898	The Technicals Schools were inaugurated.

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