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Category Archives: Church and religions
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Grand designs: Wake’s daughter and her Yorkshire pile
MARVELS OF THE MINSTER: The last resting place of six Archbishops, what used to be known as Croydon Parish Church was also the burial site of members of the church leaders’ families, as DAVID MORGAN’s latest research has discovered For … Continue reading
Ecclesiastical family who thrived on prayer, poetry and Croydon
Using Croydon Minster’s archive, DAVID MORGAN researches the family history of John Unwin Esq, and discovers more of the wealth of local history to be found laying at our feet One of the gravestones making up the path on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon Minster, David Morgan, John Unwin, William Cowper
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‘The Exercisist’: Minster priest rescues Revel, the porky corgi
A deacon at Croydon Minster who was ordained into the priesthood this week and moved to another parish will be remembered by parishioners and friends for his kindness in taking in a tubby corgi after the dog’s owner died. On … Continue reading
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‘Incredible’ Selsdon volunteer wins Mayor of London award
A member of a church in Selsdon who helped co-ordinate her community’s response to the first coronavirus lockdown has been named as a winner of a special volunteers’ award from the Mayor of London. And no sooner was Jaz Potter … Continue reading
200-year-old documents reveal story behind the graves
MARVELS OF THE MINSTER: Local historian DAVID MORGAN has discovered some real treasure at the National Archives: three wills from one Croydon family Finding a last will and testament that was written by someone who was living 200 years ago … Continue reading
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Players ready with church to put on a show for Christmas
Members of an amateur dramatics group joined forces with a church congregation in Upper Norwood to build a Nativity scene and Santa’s sleigh to brighten up their local community. The Downsview Players amdram group and members of Downsview Methodist Church … Continue reading
Cleric who faced court at time of Pepys, plague and puritans
MARVELS OF THE MINSTER: From the records of the old Parish Church and other accounts, DAVID MORGAN uncovers the history of a Croydon vicar who was hauled up in court at the Old Bailey on charges of kidnapping, was confronted … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Rev William Clewer
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Evangelical church on London Road is latest to open food bank
A new food bank opened this month at the UCKG HelpCentre on London Road, and in its first week handed out 106 bags of provisions to 47 people. The recipients were predominantly homeless or those unable to cook because of … Continue reading
How Croydon’s pandemic priests survived the Black Death
MARVELS OF THE MINSTER: Coronavirus is not the first pandemic that priests have had to cope with while ministering to the congregation at Croydon’s Parish Church, which has a history going back a thousand years. By DAVID MORGAN The year … Continue reading
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The double tragedy in war suffered by a wife and mother
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM: Remembrance Sunday is given over for the public to reflect on the sacrifices made by others. Here, from the roll of honour at the Minster, DAVID MORGAN recalls the lives, and deaths, of two generations of … Continue reading
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‘For gallantry’: Croydon hero who died at Passchendaele
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM: On November 11, it will be the centenary of the burial of The Unknown Soldier at Westminster Abbey, an event full of symbolism about the loss of so many during the Great War. At Croydon Minster, … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Remembrance Day, Samuel Wayte
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Locked down borough takes Remembrance services online
An online church service and a scaled-down civic ceremony will be held on Sunday as Croydon remembers those who fought and died in two world wars and conflicts since. Although the country has entered a new coronavirus lockdown, the government … Continue reading
The brothers in arms who lost their lives at Ypres and Gallipoli
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM: Ahead of Remembrance Sunday, Minster historian DAVID MORGAN has been going through the roll of honour to recall some of the Croydon fallen from World War I One brother fell at Passchendaele, the other was killed … Continue reading
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The tale of a Croydon private’s life, and death, on the Somme
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM: The names on the roll of honour at Croydon Minster provide a glimpse into the lives, and deaths, of Croydon men killed in the Great War. As we approach Remembrance Day, DAVID MORGAN has been finding … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon Minster, David Morgan, The Somme, William Dowden
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How ‘chums’ and Contemptibles set standards at the Minster
Over the coming days, as we head into November and towards Remembrance Sunday, DAVID MORGAN will be relating some of the stories of the fallen who are commemorated at Croydon Minster In the “old days” – which is now any … Continue reading
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Cry God for Chichele, the patron who prayed for Agincourt
DAVID MORGAN explores how Henry V’s Archbishop came to lend his name to a street in Croydon Residents of Chichele Gardens, part of the Park Hill estate in Croydon, might be in for a surprise when they discover the story … Continue reading
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Tagged Archbishop Chichele, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Henry V
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BBC radio is returning to capture the music of Croydon Minster
DAVID MORGAN on the latest very public endorsement of the quality of the choir and music at Croydon Minster It seems like a lifetime ago now, what with everything that has happened since, but it is 10 months since the … Continue reading
Howley’s long and winding road for final journey to Addington
DAVID MORGAN’s research into Croydon street names finds that Queen Victoria’s first Archbishop of Canterbury was fondly remembered Howley Road is the road where the Tudor Arch stands at the far end of the church grounds of Croydon Minster. It … Continue reading
Archbishop family’s affairs that startled Victorian England
What’s the significance of the name of the street where you live? In his latest researches, DAVID MORGAN has discovered one road which reflects the life of an archbishop, ‘the cleverest woman in Europe’, and their remarkable family The residents … Continue reading
Check out your street’s name for its historic connections
Croydon Minster historian, DAVID MORGAN, discovers that many of the borough’s road names have important links with the place’s history, some going all the way back to a knight of the Elizabethan age Heron Road, CR0 6TW to give it … Continue reading
Croydon’s rich history revealed in Minster’s Open House
Croydon Minster will be part of this year’s Open House London event on September 19, with two events planned. David Morgan, a regular Inside Croydon contributor, will be leading an outdoor walking tour of the Minster’s lost gravestones at 11.30am. … Continue reading
