Personal Details of William Buckeridge
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| Buried: | 03/01/1890 |
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Memorial Details
| ILMO / William BUCKERIDGE / for many years Constable & Crier for the borough of Newbury. / Fourth son of the late / Isaac BUCKERIDGE / of Oare Farm, Chieveley / who fell asleep Dec. 30th. 1889/ aged 76 years. / “Where I am there shall also my Servant be.” / Also of Elizabeth BUCKERIDGE / wife of the above/ at rest Nov. 22nd 1908/ aged 80 years./R. I. P. | |
| Name on Memorial | William Buckeridge |
| Date of death | 30/12/1889 |
| Age | 76 |
| Gender | Male |
| Memorial Type | Headstone, small pillars and footstone |
| Construction Material | Sandstone |
| Condition of memorial | Reasonable, footstone in front of headstone but some readable |
| Pattison Location Code | NCH 28 |
| Others named on memorial | |
| Elizabeth Buckeridge |
Cemetery accounts
This information is taken from the accounts ledgers of the Newbury Cemetery Company that originally ran and maintained the cemetery.
The Ledgers are held at the Berkshire Records Office.
| Name at death | William Buckeridge |
| Date of burial | 03/01/1890 |
| Whence brought | Newbury |
| Where & how buried | Consecrated Private Grave |
| By whom buried | Reverend R Dunn |
| Account Entry | Book 02 - Page 047 |
| Transcription comments | On FBMD |
Accounts Entry for William Buckeridge
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Reproduced with kind permission
Accounts Entry for William Buckeridge
Newspaper Cuttings
The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.
William Buckeridge
| Source: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Article date: | 02/01/1890 |
| Copyright: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Transciption: | WILLIAM BUCKERIDGE WILLIAM BUCKERIDGE died 30th December 1889
Sources:Newbury Weekly News 2nd January 1890 |
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William Buckeridge
| Source: | Newbury Weekly News and General Advertiser |
| Article date: | 02/01/1890 |
| Copyright: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Transciption: | WILLIAM BUCKERIDGE
BUCKERIDGE AND THE TOWN CRIER’S HAT
From William Buckeridge’s 1890 obituary were read ….
“Some ten or eleven years ago the Corporation thought fit to dress Buckeridge in something of the costume of the ancient parish beadle, of which the three-cornered hat was a distinguishing characteristic. Buckeridge came in for a good deal of chaff when he first made his appearance in this unique attire,”
Thursday 2 January 1890 Newbury Weekly News and General Advertiser
So what was all that about? Let’s backtrack. The following is an extract from the minutes of the second item on the agenda of a Newbury Corporation special meeting held on Tuesday 4th February, 1879 |
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William Buckeridge
| Source: | Newbury Weekly News and General Advertiser |
| Article date: | 06/02/1879 |
| Copyright: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Transciption: | WILLIAM BUCKERIDGE
THE TOWN CRIER’S CLOTHING
The Mayor said that Buckeridge had shown him his garments, which were very much worn, and asked that he might be furnished with proper clothing.
Ald. LUCAS - We pay Buckeridge 7s. a week, what service does he render?
THE TOWN CLERK - None.
Mr. DOLTON - If Buckeridge is of any service he ought to be clothed properly …. The town crier (of Hungerford) is quite ornamental and puts others to the shade.
….
Mr. JOHNSTON* suggested that he should have a cocked hat (laughter).
Mr. J.C. FIDLER said he should like to know what Buckeridge’s duties really were.
THE DEPUTY-CLERK - He is your town crier.
….
M. DOLTON moved and Mr. WITHERS seconded the motion that Buckeridge be supplied with clothing.
Mr. JOHNSTON - And instead of the old chimney-pot let him have a cocked hat (laughter).
The proposal to supply him with clothing was carried, the other details to be left to the Mayor.
Thursday 06 February 1879 Newbury Weekly News and General Advertiser
[* By the way, it was Mr. Johnston who, in his year of Mayoralty1883 instigated the Mayor’s chain.]
No further mention is made in the Newbury Weekly News of the clothing until 24th April, 1879:- |
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William Buckeridge
| Source: | Newbury Weekly News and General Advertiser |
| Article date: | 24/04/1879 |
| Copyright: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Transciption: | WILLIAM BUCKERIDGE
THE TOWN CRIER is now to be seen full fig in the new dress ordered by the Corporation, the distinguishing characteristic of which is the cocked hat, recalling the memory of this important functionaries of bye-gone days - the parish beadles.
On presenting himself in his unique investiture in the Market on Thursday, Buckeridge came in for considerable compliment and humorous admiration from his numerous agricultural friends.
On the next page a rhyme appears and follows in full at the foot of this article.
So no wonder that our Crier came in for "a good deal of chaff when he first made his appearance in this unique attire", and quickly "went back to the more sober top hat with gold lace."
BS 01/21
THE NEW CIVIC HEADPIECE
Behold the glories of our Crier's new cocked hat!
O, spectacle of grandeur! such as surely never sat
Upon the brow of heroes of the olden time.
Brave veterans on tented fields or ocean brine,
Nelson, Napoleon,—Wellington, and Blucher, two
Familiar now by full-length boot or highlow shoe!
O hat triangular! a sight for this degenerate age,
When billycocks, and wideawakes, and caps are all tha rage
From parson down to ploughboy! e'en policemen long have dropped
The familiar chimney pot so hard and shiny topped;
Fierce visaged bearskins to Glengarry caps give place,
And of its wonted terrors rob the military face!
Nay, rather would we turn to view the welcome sight,
Our brand-new Fire Brigade, with brazen helmets bright,
Prompting the thought of future brave heroic deed
With fire engine and fire escape in time of direct need!
Who dares to say indeed, a headpiece cannot speak ?
Where, shorn of crested helm would be the classic Greek?
Where, too, if wigs were doffed, would dwell our judges' sapient wit?
How would the noble savage, minus his tufted scalp, for war be fit ?
Oh honoured then, thrice honoured, the three-corned hat
Which with new dignity surmounts the functionary that
In full-blown grandeur of municipal attire,
Scarce can we recognize our friend the old Town Crier!
Never in Newbury's palmy days of yore, I ween,
Was headpiece so imposing in its fashion seen!
Talk to me not of Mayor's and Corporation's robes,
Of priestly copes and chasubles and albs and stoles,
How feebly do these spread a wondering awe around
Compared with the three-cornered hat which now has crowned
Our bellman's pericranium in glories that outshine
The pomp of courtly heralds in the olden time!
Now at the silver tinkle of that well-known bell,
Silence! ye small boys! yelping curs, farewell!
Ye German bands, shut up! ye engines, shut off steam!
Ye bicyclists, dismount! organs be mute! let no one dream
Of interrupting by hoarse shouting or irreverent chat,
The message issuing from stentorian lungs beneath that hat!
Lost purses, concerts, straying dogs, fish fresh to sell,
New showmen come to town,—what news he has to tell!
Never, except perchance in columns of the Weekly News,
Is such variety of speech, to interest or amuse:
And now secure from ever falling dull or flat,
By the enlivening presence of the new three-cornered hat!
Oh honour to our Councillors, who thereby did desire
To dignify the Borough in the person of the Crier!
Long may he wear his hat, long may he ring his bell,
Long may he walk about with bills, and stick them up as well!
And may the traders of the town wax prosperous and fat,
Bearing their heads aloft, as though each wore just such a hat!
W.
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William Buckeridge
| Source: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Article date: | 09/01/1890 |
| Copyright: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Transciption: | WILLIAM BUCKERIDGE
BUCKERIDGE’S BUSINESS
WHISPERS FROM SPEEN.
The late William Buckeridge, for many years town crier of Newbury, of whose death mention was made last week, was in his early life connected with the parish of Speen, and used to attend Speen Church. He had a brother also, who at one time kept a baker's shop where Mrs. Cooke now lives in Nortbbrook-street, and who married a daughter of a former landlord of the "Hare and Hounds" Inn, Speen.
The late "crier," 50 years ago in conjunction with a Mr. Purton , carried on the business of butcher and poulterer in the Broadway, Speenhamland, in the house now occupied by Mr. Attewell, seed man, &c.; the shop then being larger than now as the passage between it and the sadler's was only wide enough to admit foot passengers. The meat and poultry show of Messrs. Purton and Buckeridge at Christmas 1839, was generally considered to be as prettily arranged as any in town; a better effect being produced than at some of the larger shops.
A verandah covered with holly and ivy, and interspersed with mistletoe, had been built from beneath the upstairs windows over the pavement to the kerbing, beneath which, in addition to the usual tempting display of Christmas fare, there was arranged a variety of stuffed specimens of the furred and feathered tribes. On the facia boards over the shop windows, which windows were not so high up as now, the specimens looked, as ’twas said, “as natural as life.” |
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William Buckeridge
| Source: | “Newbury Borough Police: 1836-1875 |
| Article date: | 01/01/1875 |
| Copyright: | as above |
| Transciption: | WILLIAM BUCKERDIGE
BUCKERIDGE & THE POLICE
In his book “Newbury Borough Police: 1836-1875", the late Richard Godfrey makes six brief references to William Buckeridge.
These start with: “Later that year (1852) William Buckeridge was appointed as a Night Patrol Officer.”
Until: “On 17 January, 1872 one of the Night Constables, William Buckeridge, was appointed Town Crier and Bill Poster for which he would be paid seven shillings per week and would perform general Police duties for at least four hours each day. (One assumes that he was paid an additional sum for his time spent on Police duty.) …. These changes were brought about by the sudden death of Pc. Beck on 9th January 1872. Pc. Beck had held the office of Town Crier, Bill Poster and Bellman since the formation of the Force.”
We are grateful to Dick Godfrey who, before his passing, gave the Friends consent to freely use material from his book. |
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William Buckeridge
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William Buckeridge
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