Langham Village History Group

1782 Paid 1s for a lock for the Necessary House belonging to the school, and 3d for a staple and setting it on 7s. "for Ale we agreed for the High Isle of the Church" 1783 Lord Gainsborough gave One hundred Pounds towards the Repairs of the High Isle of Langham Church 1783 Aug 25 Parishioners of Langham the sum of One Hundred & four Pounds in part of One Hundred & thirty five Pounds According to Agreement for the High Isle of the Church - William Sharman & Thomas Laxton 1784 May 31 Paid to Mr Laxton Thirty-one Pounds being the Remainder of £135 0s 0d the full money for the High Isle of the Church 1792/3 Paid to Mr Williams for spinning School £1 1s 1793/4 There were big costs for lead etc. 1794/5 A journey to Exton about the Seaman 4s William Williamson and Sampson Ellicotte Paid to the Navy £6 7s 3d 1795 Paid the Workhouse Tax 1801 6 Bell ropes £2 1s 1803 3 Bell ropes 12s 6d 1805 Jun Paid Barsby for emptying the necessary at the School 5s Jun 28 A journey to the confirmation 1s : Paid for the childrens Dinners £1 13s 0d Oct 26 Paid for 3 Bellropes £1 6s Paid for a Grate for the school 2s : Paid for Pibbles (sic) for the scool (sic) 11s Nov 4 Paid Mr Hack half a years salary for the Sunday School £2 10s Nov 14 Paid for the Jury at Davises 7s Dec 20 Paid for 3 new bell ropes £1 1806 Apr 20 Ale for cleaning out the necessary at the school £1 2s 4d : New grate for the school room 11s 6d 1807 Apr 17 3 new mans for the doors 2s Repairing the bells 14s 2d : Paid the Schoolmaster £2 10s 1807 A new Bassoon £3 15s : Paid for a new lock for the Barn Door 3s 3d Paid Mr Snodin for Repairing ye Prayer Book 5s 6d : Paid Mr Hack the Schoolmaster £5 Paid a reckoning at Berridge 17s Paid for the Jury 6s 6d 1807/8 Paid for 3 New Bell ropes 19s 6d : For carrying the children to Stamford at the Confirmation 3s 1808 Apr 5 Paid for 3 Bell ropes £1 1s 1810 Paid £1 4s 6d for 3 bell ropes 1812 May 29 Ringers at King Charles Restoration 5s Jun 3 Paid the Jury Bill at Robert Stevens 15s Jun 4 Ringers at Kings Birthday 5s Nov 5 Paid ringers Gunpowder Plot 5s Dec 30 Paid Jury Bill at Berridges £1 5s 1813 Jan 1 Paid the Ringers New Years Day 7s 6d Jan 3 Paid the singers (unreadable) £1 1s Feb 25 Paid Johnathan Walker and son 1 days work each thaking(sic) Scooll(sic) House 5s 6d 1829 May 25 Carriage of 2 loads of Stone from Mr Sherwins pit to repairing ye Churchyard wall 4s 1831 June Paid Robert Hubbard 20 days work, scraping the Pillars of the Church at 2s per day - £2 Paid Christopher Sewell (unreadable) Days on the same service 2s per day - £1 14 Paid Widow Faulks 17 days work on the above service at 8d per day - 11s 4d Paid (?) Glenn 14 days on the above service at 8d per day - 9s 4d Paid (Mrs or Win?) Jackson for Ale given to the above labourers 13s Paid J. Almond for iron scrapers and mending the Church ladder 11s 2d Paid William Hogarth for weeding the Church year causeway 16 days at 1s 6d per day - and to drink £1 4s 6d Nov 13 Paid Mr Mantle for 2 hand brushes for the Women to cleane(sic) the church after the Pillars where scrap'd 1s 2d 1834 Apl 7 Paid William Almond for (finishing?) the Iron Chest and registry 5s Apl 10 Paid John Almond for repairing the Church Clock 1s 1835 May 16 Paid Mr Faulks for repairing the Church yard Gates and the Church Gallery 17s Jun 6 Paid Mr Cook for repairing the Church Clock £2 8s 1839/40 For breaking stone and putting on and setting graves stones straight 8s