Top Posts & Pages
-
Recent Comments
Category Archives: David Morgan
Carolinas family with links to the days of Croydon’s races
MARVELS OF THE MINSTER: Ascot. Aintree. Addiscombe… DAVID MORGAN delves into the records to discover Croydon’s historic links with the Sport of Kings that stretch back nearly a thousand years The tomb of Christiana Fenwick is one of many that … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History, Museum of Croydon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Minster, Croydon Races, David Morgan
Leave a comment
Handel’s bookcase offers Croydon connections down the ages
MARVELS OF THE MINSTER: When one of the most celebrated Vicars of Croydon was promoted to take charge of Westminster Abbey, his good fortune saw him acquire a piece of furniture linked to one of the greatest composers, as DAVID … Continue reading
How coals from Newcastle helped to buy Croydon Lodge
MARVELS OF THE MINSTER: What connects one of Croydon’s richest and most generous benefactors with a Hornby train set model? DAVID MORGAN has been looking through the arched window to find out The stained glass window to the left of … Continue reading
Three lions in a church, Easttys’ brass plaque’s still gleaming
MARVELS OF THE MINSTER: Tours and talks are resuming next month. Here, DAVID MORGAN sheds some light on church windows that celebrate the lives of one of Croydon’s most prominent Victorian families Three Lions might not have been heard so … Continue reading
New format that offers a way in to cricket for our youngsters
For DAVID MORGAN, his first Hundred cricket match struck a chord I went to a cricket match at The Oval on Thursday. It wasn’t the first time I had been to a game there, but it was the first time … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, David Morgan, Jason Roy, Sport, Surrey CCC
Tagged David Morgan, Jason Roy, Surrey County Cricket Club, The Hundred, The Oval
Leave a comment
Canon Harford found sweet music to be good for the souls
MARVELS OF THE MINSTER: A Victorian curate went on to carve a special niche in the use of music, as DAVID MORGAN explains What’s your favourite piece of music? It might be one that you have enjoyed for many years … Continue reading
How Grand Tour to Italy ended tragically for Croydon artist
MARVELS OF THE MINSTER: Four paintings in the Museum of Croydon’s collection show the town 250 years ago as a rural idyll. They are by a talented watercolourist whose career was marred by politics and professional jealousies, as DAVID MORGAN … Continue reading
Use your little corner of Planet Earth to make a big difference
In his small patch of south London, DAVID MORGAN has been doing his bit in the battle to reduce the impact of climate change, and here he offers suggestions about how you can help, too “Every plant counts and too … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, David Morgan, Environment, Gardening, Wildlife
Tagged Climate change, David Morgan, Gardens
2 Comments
Wilkes’s steam-powered history remains shrouded in mystery
MARVELS OF THE MINSTER: Among those buried in the churchyard of what was the Croydon Parish Church is a giant of the Industrial and Agricultural Revolutions that transformed Britain in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. But as DAVID … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, James Watt, Joseph Wilkes, Sir Robert Peel, Smithfield
2 Comments
How Benjamin Franklin helped the inventor of the wheel
MARVELS OF THE MINSTER: Further research into the burial records of what was once known as Croydon Parish Church has revealed intriguing connections to Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Minster historian DAVID MORGAN takes up the story A … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, John Adams, John Viney, Thomas Jefferson
1 Comment
Addiscombe, the academies and the artistry of the Fieldings
MARVELS OF THE MINSTER: The family connections of some of England’s foremost artists of the early 19th Century have been traced to the churchyard by DAVID MORGAN John Singleton Copley is the famous American-born artist who is buried in Croydon … Continue reading
Minster bells have been ringing the changes for four centuries
Church bells rang out yesterday to mark the death of the Duke of Edinburgh, and they will surely toll again during the coming week of mourning. Here DAVID MORGAN peals away at the history of a Croydon tradition that goes … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Minster, David Morgan
1 Comment
Teacher recalls Merton’s park stars finest hour and a half
Two south London boroughs have managed to produce a profusion of footballing talent, from Neil Sullivan to Callum Hudson-Odoi, from Jason Cundy to Wilfried Zaha. Here, DAVID MORGAN looks back to the days when he was manager of one of … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, David Morgan, Football, Merton, Schools, Sport, Wilfried Zaha
Tagged Callum Hudson-Odoi, Croydon, David Morgan, Graeme Stuart, Jason Cundy, Merton, Neil Sullivan, Wilfried Zaha, Wimbledon FC
1 Comment
£200,000 grant gets historic Minster ready for its future
At least there’s one building in Croydon that gets its repairs done in a timely manner. DAVID MORGAN explains the reasons for the scaffolding around the former Parish Church which has a history going back a thousand years If your … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Sir George Gilbert Scott
1 Comment
The Miller’s tale of Mendelssohn’s visit and a lifetime of music
Croydon’s Parish Church in the early 19th century attracted some of the finest musical talents of the time, thanks to the role played by one influential parishioner, writes DAVID MORGAN On June 17, 1832, Felix Mendelssohn wrote in his diary: … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History, Music
Tagged Charles Dickens, Croydon, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Felix Mendelssohn
Leave a comment
Wool, perriwigs and rotten boroughs: the Gorgeous Georgians
MARVELS OF THE MINSTER: Many old memorials for rich, influential families placed in the Parish Church were destroyed by fire 150 years ago. But DAVID MORGAN has managed to track down the story of one of the lost tombs of … Continue reading
Church story that is full of artists, reformers and educators
By the mid-19th Century, Croydon was growing at such a rate that it needed a new church, specifically for the servants of those who formed the congregation at what we know today as the Minster. DAVID MORGAN charts the history … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, South Croydon, St Andrew's Church
2 Comments
Addington’s ancient church has a place in nation’s history
MARVELS OF THE MINSTER: From the Norman Conquest to the Victorian age, Croydon buildings have been important to the Archbishops of Canterbury, as DAVID MORGAN explains Much is made of the fact that Croydon Minster has six Archbishops of Canterbury … Continue reading
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
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Croydon Minster, David Morgan, John Unwin, William Cowper
Leave a comment
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
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Croydon Minster, David Morgan
2 Comments
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
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Rev William Clewer
Leave a comment
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
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Croydon Minster, David Morgan
1 Comment
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
Posted in Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Henry Dunham, Remembrance Day
Leave a comment
