Photo Album - Family name Adams
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| Read Adams, first Mayor of St Ives, 1874. |
When St Ives Town Council formed in 1874 there was never any doubt who would be the town's first Mayor. Pictured above at the time of his inauguration in 1874, Read Adams was immensely popular.
His explosive disagreements with the Vicar of All Saints Parish Church over 'Popish practices' and in defence of parishioners rights were one reason. His business acumen was another, resulting in the transformation of the parish church from one of the worst to the best-appointed church in the County. It is to Read Adams that we owe thanks for the four dial clock in the church spire which peels every quarter of an hour over the town.
To read of the disagreements, good works and to view census records, newspaper reports and correspondence published, click here.
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