Water fountain & Gas light Presented by John Malam junior to the town from the King's Lynn Forum site
Malam family of Stillorgan, Yorkshire and Norfolk
John Malam married Mary Mumby
born circa 1792 1 Feb 1814
died 7 Dec 1844 Lincoln
Osbaldwick, near York
John Malam born circa 1792 son of John Malam a wheelwright and his wife Rebecah. His
mother remarried on 4 Apr 1809 to William Mumby, a joiner at St Swithins. The groom
had nine children and bride had eleven children. His mother died at St Swithins, Lincoln
on 8 Jan 1832 aged 68. John a civil engineer/entrepreneur designed and built gas meters.
He married Mary Mumby on 1 Feb 1814 at Lincoln. In 1820 he patented the first 'dry'
meter.
He introduced gas light to Beverley in 1824 after negotiating a contract for the lighting of
150 street lamps with the town commissioners. He left Beverley to set up Hull's gas lighting
and at King’s Lynn in the cost of the works was £14,000 and included seven miles of pipes.
A description of the Kings Lynn site in 1845 records that there were two gasometers, each
capable of holding 16,000 cubic feet of gas. He also erected gasworks in Gainsborough
and Hull.
1 John Malam only son born circa 1819 at London took over the gas works from his
father in 1844. There were complaints about the quality and cost of the supply, as a
result of which a group of businessmen formed the King's Lynn Gas Company and
compulsorily purchased the manufactory from John Malam and the site from the
Corporation. John a bachelor married Helen Leycester Malet at St James’ Church Hull
on 30 Apr 1840. Helen was the daughter of John Adam Malet and was born in Cork
circa 1822. In 1847 John Malam was elected High Sheriff of Kingston upon Hull. In
1848 John was living at Elm Tree House, Hull, Yorkshire. The family lived at Holmpton
Lodge, near Withernsea, Yorkshire from 1855 to 1861 and by 1861 they had a son
and three daughters.
1 Mary Helen Malam born 19 Jun 1855 at Holmpton.
John secondly married Eleanor Harriette Warner at St Thomas' Church Dublin on 7 Apr 1829.
Eleanor died on 4 Oct 1830 at Merrion Square and was buried at Stillorgan.
© June Bow & Karen Poff - March 2024
John Malam married Mary Mumby
born circa 1792 1 Feb 1814
died 7 Dec 1844 Lincoln
Osbaldwick, near York
John Malam born circa 1792 son of John Malam a wheelwright and his wife Rebecah. His
mother remarried on 4 Apr 1809 to William Mumby, a joiner at St Swithins. The groom
had nine children and bride had eleven children. His mother died at St Swithins, Lincoln
on 8 Jan 1832 aged 68. John a civil engineer/entrepreneur designed and built gas meters.
He married Mary Mumby on 1 Feb 1814 at Lincoln. In 1820 he patented the first 'dry'
meter.
He introduced gas light to Beverley in 1824 after negotiating a contract for the lighting of
150 street lamps with the town commissioners. He left Beverley to set up Hull's gas lighting
and at King’s Lynn in the cost of the works was £14,000 and included seven miles of pipes.
A description of the Kings Lynn site in 1845 records that there were two gasometers, each
capable of holding 16,000 cubic feet of gas. He also erected gasworks in Gainsborough
and Hull.
1 John Malam only son born circa 1819 at London took over the gas works from his
father in 1844. There were complaints about the quality and cost of the supply, as a
result of which a group of businessmen formed the King's Lynn Gas Company and
compulsorily purchased the manufactory from John Malam and the site from the
Corporation. John a bachelor married Helen Leycester Malet at St James’ Church Hull
on 30 Apr 1840. Helen was the daughter of John Adam Malet and was born in Cork
circa 1822. In 1847 John Malam was elected High Sheriff of Kingston upon Hull. In
1848 John was living at Elm Tree House, Hull, Yorkshire. The family lived at Holmpton
Lodge, near Withernsea, Yorkshire from 1855 to 1861 and by 1861 they had a son
and three daughters.
1 Mary Helen Malam born 19 Jun 1855 at Holmpton.
John secondly married Eleanor Harriette Warner at St Thomas' Church Dublin on 7 Apr 1829.
Eleanor died on 4 Oct 1830 at Merrion Square and was buried at Stillorgan.
© June Bow & Karen Poff - March 2024