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The heretic bishop who recanted to avoid burning at the stake
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Reginald Peacock was consecrated as a bishop in a service conducted in the Archbishop’s palace in Croydon, but had to survive a show trial and ritual humiliation on the streets of Medieval London, as DAVID MORGAN writes The … Continue reading
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Tagged Agincourt, Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Thomas Bouchier, Bishop of Chichester, Bishop of St Asaph, Bishop Reginald Peacock, Chichester, Croydon Minster, Croydon Parish Church, David Morgan, Dick Whittington, Hundred Years War, John Wycliffe, King Henry V, King Henry VI, Lollards, Old Palace, Pope Calixtus III, Reginald Peacock, St Asaph, Wars of the Roses
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After seven years, council dusts off sketches for Minster Green
There is to be a brief exhibition of long-delayed plans for Minster Green staged at Croydon Minster from Tuesday November 25 to Saturday November 29, from 11.30am to 4pm (to 7pm on Wednesday November 26). The issues of creating a … Continue reading
Old Town Carols, with brass band, Croydon Minster, Dec 7
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St Paul’s Charity Christmas Fair, Croham Park Avenue, Nov 15
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Remembrance and History: a special Croydon Insider episode
Can you help in our appeal, with the Deputy Lieutenant of Croydon, in providing details of personnel from Croydon who have been killed on active duty in the years since the end of World War II? On Remembrance Sunday, our … Continue reading
Posted in Bourne Society, Croydon Airport, Croydon Insider, Croydon Minster, Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society, David Morgan, History, Inside Croydon, Johnny Dobbyn, Under The Flyover
Tagged Battle of the Somme, Caterham, Croydon, Croydon Airport, David Morgan, Deputy Lieutenant of Croydon, Fiona Satiro, First World War, Johnny Dobbyn, London, Menin Gate, Phil Swallow, Remembrance Day, Remembrance Sunday, Royal West Surrey Regiment, Second World War, Warlingham, World War I, World War II, World War One, World War Two, Ypres
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Armistice Day: when Croydon was ‘beflagged’ with good cause
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Croydon’s joyful response to the news that war had ended in 1918 was widely covered in the local newspapers 107 years ago. DAVID MORGAN sifts through the cuttings in the Minster archives By this time next Sunday, most … Continue reading
Our archive of Inside Croydon’s Remembrance Day articles
Each year, around the time of the ceremonies for Remembrance Day, the Croydon Minister archivist, DAVID MORGAN, has produced a series of often moving articles about the sacrifices made by the men and women of the parish in the 20th … Continue reading
Croydon Philharmonic Choir in concert, Bingham Road, Nov 8
S U B S C R I B E R A D V E R T I S E M E N T Click here for tickets: http://www.croydonphilharmonic.org
Jo Brand’s on message for TfL as it stages £1m poppy appeal
Transport for London has joined up with the Royal British Legion and Jo Brand, the south London comedian, presenter and writer, to encourage London Poppy Day donations across the capital’s transport network today, October 30. Around 2,000 TfL workers, veterans … Continue reading
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Tagged Jo Brand, Poppy Appeal, Remembrance Sunday, Royal British Legion, TfL, Transport for London
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The Croydon schoolboy who was among Ypres’ first casualties
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: The Third Battle of Ypres in 1917 lasted five months and claimed 300,000 allied casualties. DAVID MORGAN recounts the tragic story of one of them, Captain Henry Willders-Lewis, from Croydon, who died on the first day of the … Continue reading
Croydon Philharmonic Choir in concert, Bingham Road, Nov 8
S U B S C R I B E R A D V E R T I S E M E N T Click here for tickets: http://www.croydonphilharmonic.org
Black History Month Celebration, South Croydon, Oct 28
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Wandle Park postcard begins trace of a Pitlake family’s history
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: They were the WhatsApp and TikTok of their time, and Edwardian era postcards can provide intriguing beginnings to local history searches, as DAVID MORGAN found out In the early years of the 20th century, the sending of postcards … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, David Morgan, History, Selhurst, Waddon, Wandle Park, West Croydon
Tagged Alice Boddison, Big Ben, Croydon, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Derby Arms, Isaac Boddison, Ontario, Peterborough Ontario, Pitlake, Selhurst, Waddon, Wandle Park, West Croydon, White Star Line
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The Town Hall hero of the Great War who ran Croydon’s baths
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A special ceremony held at Croydon Town Hall in November 1918 saw a council worker awarded the Military Medal and the Croix de Guerre. DAVID MORGAN tells the story of Ernest Saunders’ bravery in battle We are at … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Croix de Guerre, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Minster, Croydon Parish Church, Croydon Town Hall, David Morgan, Ernest Saunders, First World War, Military Medal, Remembrance Sunday, The Great War, World War I, World War One
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South Croydon Makes Music, St Peter’s Church, Oct 11
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Posted in Activities, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Church and religions, Music, South Croydon
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Cranmer and Croydon’s part in the Book of Common Prayer
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: This week’s announcement of the appointment of a new Archbishop of Canterbury will have revived interest in Croydon’s connections with the role, with six of Dame Sarah Mullally’s predecessors being buried at the Minster. Here, DAVID MORGAN tells … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Boleyn, Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, Catherine of Aragon, Church of England, Croydon, Croydon Minster, Croydon Palace, David Morgan, English Reformation, Hugh Latimer, King Edward VI, King Henry VIII, Nicholas Ridley, Queen Mary, Queen Mary I, Roman Catholic, Thomas Cromwell, Tower of London
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South Croydon Makes Music, St Peter’s Church, Oct 11
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Posted in Activities, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Church and religions, Music, South Croydon
Tagged Music, South Croydon, St Peter's Church
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Former Sutton vicar to become 106th Archbishop of Canterbury
Sarah Mullally, once the country’s leading NHS nurse, later a trailblazing vicar in Sutton, has today been named as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to be appointed to the position in more than 1,400 years. “Sarah’s brilliant,” one … Continue reading
Posted in Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop of Croydon, Church and religions, Croydon Minster, Dame Sarah Mullally, Rosemarie Mallett, Sutton Council
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop of Croydon, Bishop of London, Croydon Minster, Croydon Parish Church, Dame Sarah Mullally, House of Lords, Justin Welby, Rt Rev Dr Rosemarie Mallett, Sarah Mullally, St Nicholas Church
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Synagogue’s patrols, guards and fences are essential every day
Quietly, with dignity, but also with great caution and much grief, members of the Croydon Synagogue will assemble for the weekly Shabbat service tonight, just as they do on most Fridays through the year. They will gather behind fences and … Continue reading
Singing the praises of Amazing Grace, Croydon Minster, Oct 15
Amazing Grace is one of the most famous of hymns. It was written by John Newton, who was born 300 years ago this year. Grace Will Lead Me Home is a musical event which will celebrate Newton and his hymn, … Continue reading
Croydon Commander with friends in high Admiralty places
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Trawling through documents that are more than 200 years old provides DAVID MORGAN with precious insights into people’s lives and times Historic wills are fascinating documents. And there’s plenty of them in the Croydon Minster archive… A will … Continue reading
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Tagged Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats GCB, Algeciras campaign, Captain Adolphus FitzClarence, Commander Richard Griffith, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Greenwich Hospital, HMS Redwing, Horatio Nelson, King William IV, Lord Nelson, Napoleonic Wars, Newfoundland, Royal Navy
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Bishop condemns march for ‘co-opting and corrupting’ crosses
The Bishop of Croydon and the founder of Oasis, the foundation which runs a multi-academy trust of schools, including several in Croydon, were among almost 40 senior church and charity figures to sign a letter which condemned the “co-opting and … Continue reading
Posted in Bishop of Croydon, Church and religions, Crime, Live Facial Recognition cameras, Policing, Rosemarie Mallett
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop of Croydon, Metropolitan Police, Oasis Academy, Rowland Williams, Rt Rev Dr Rosemarie Mallett, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, Steve Chalke, Tommy Robinson, Unite the Kingdom
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How Croydon’s second rink skated past Edwardian Nimbyism
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Following ‘Rinkomania’ 30 years earlier, Croydon got a second roller skating rink early in the 20th Century which thrived despite public opposition from residents living close to East Croydon Station. DAVID MORGAN on the brief history of a … Continue reading
