Registered at the Post-Office as a NewspaperBrindlemere & the Fens

The Brindlemere Courant

“What the tide brings in, and what the town makes of it.”

—One Penny

A Survey of Brindlemere

the week replayed — every soul's whereabouts, six times a day, exactly as the simulation recorded them

Monday, 13th October 1873 · Morning · weather: rain

the fenthe mereThe HarborHerring QuayMarket SquareThe Gilded EelPennyfarthing's BakeryWick & Tallow ChandleryThe SmithySt. Ethelburga's ChapelThe SchoolhouseMallow's ApothecaryCourant PrintworksSpurn Point LightThe Eel ShedsTarrow's BoatyardThe Fen PathMereview FarmConstable's OfficeGreen Row CottagesSalt Row CottagesThe Net LoftsThe ParsonageMrs. Quill's Boarding HouseNathaniel Okes — fishermanJosiah Brant — fishermanPeter Gull — fishermanEzra Tarbottom — fishermanDavey Spume — fishermanOld Tom Herring — retired marinerConstance Eelwife — eel-catcherSilas Fenn — eel-catcherBarnaby Moot — eel-catcherAbel Tarrow — boatwrightHarmon Wake — harbormasterUriah Lamp — lighthouse keeperWidow Pennyfarthing — bakerLetty Crumb — baker's girlGideon Stoup — publicanMeg Stoup — landladyCornelius Wick — chandlerBraxton Anvil — blacksmithPrudence Mallow — apothecaryTabitha Spool — seamstressGowdie Nets — netmenderRev. Obadiah Quire — curateVerity Hymn — organistMiss Araminta Birch — schoolmistressConst. Wilfred Truncheon — constableMrs. Hepzibah Quill — boarding-house keeperMr. Aldous Gale — editor of the CourantSimeon Type — printer's devilMordecai Sod — sextonGoody Bramble — midwifeCaleb Mereview — farmerDorcas Mereview — farmwifeHob Clod — farmhandJeremiah Reed — fenmanPip Tarbottom — schoolboyFlora Brant — schoolgirlNed Okes — schoolboySusan Anvil — schoolgirl
the seatradecivic & clergythe landthe younghover a dot for the name

The record for this moment

  • e1-11 [Market Square] Caleb Mereview gives notice: a black sow is strayed from Mereview Farm; a shilling to the finder.
  • e1-2 [The Harbor] Nathaniel Okes landed 4 cran of herring at the Harbor.
  • e1-3 [The Harbor] Josiah Brant landed 5 cran of herring at the Harbor.
  • e1-4 [The Harbor] Ezra Tarbottom landed 3 cran of herring at the Harbor.
  • e1-5 [The Harbor] Peter Gull landed 6 cran of herring at the Harbor.
  • e1-6 [The Harbor] Davey Spume landed 4 cran of herring at the Harbor.
  • e1-7 [The Eel Sheds] The eel-catchers brought in 5 stone of silver eels from the fen traps.
  • e1-12 [Courant Printworks] Tabitha Spool advertises: winter mending taken in; sailors' oilskins a speciality.