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Object name(s):
poster; notice
Brief description:
Poster: Sheringham U.D.C poster issued by the Council Offices Sheringham.
Collection:
Sheringham Museum
Acquisition date:
Date - earliest / single:
1.2.2014
Acquisition method:
gift
Associated date:
1907
Associated person:
Bertram A Watts
Associated place:
Sheringham
Association type:
printed
Dimension:
height
Dimension measured part:
poster
Dimension value:
510 mm
Dimension:
width
Dimension measured part:
poster
Dimension value:
380 mm
Inscription content:
SHERINGHAM URBAN DISTRICT. The Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that under the provisions of the above Act, which is now in force in the Urban District, it is an offence To Throw or lay any Dirt, Litter, or Ashes, or Night Soil, or and Carrion, Fish, Offal, or Rubbish On the Beach or on any unfenced ground adjoining or abutting upon any Street in the Urban District. Offenders are liable on summary Conviction to a penalty of not exceeding FORTY SHILLINGS for each offence, or in the discretion of the Court to imprisonment for not exceeding FOURTEEN DAYS. By Order, EDGAR C. ROLFE, Clerk. Council Offices, Sheringham, July, 1924. Bertram A Watts, Printer, Sheringham.
Material:
paper
Number of objects:
1
Object component name:
poster
Object component information:
paper
Object name:
poster; notice
Object number:
SHMMT: 2016.22
Object production date:
1906
Object production note:
Municipal Urban District Council poster for the Town of Sheringham
Object production person:
Council Offices, Sheringham
Person's association:
maker
Physical description:
Poster: Sheringham U.D.C poster issued by the Council Offices Sheringham alerting residents to not throw any rubbish, carrion, fish, night soil or litter in the town.
Responsible department/section:
social history

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c4b8cd85-e53f-30e5-b1a6-69e230944f24

Use licence for this record: CC 0

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c4b8cd85-e53f-30e5-b1a6-69e230944f24, Sheringham Museum, CC 0

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