Tag Archives: Archbishop Grindal

Anderson’s art captured Surrey greats and church monuments

Posted on April 13, 2025 by insidecroydon

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Surrey’s first home match in their 180th county cricket season got underway at The Oval on Friday, and DAVID MORGAN was there for the opening over. Here, he recounts the career of an historian and artist who put … Continue reading →

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Minster tour delights audience – and discovers ‘new’ history

Posted on November 30, 2023 by insidecroydon

Inside Croydon would like to thank the two dozen loyal readers who attended our latest event this week, and with their generous donations have raised £200 towards Croydon Minster’s restoration funds. Leading the way on Tuesday evening, after the iC … Continue reading →

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Tudor sculptor’s Minster memorials stand the test of time

Posted on September 3, 2023 by insidecroydon

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Following up on an enquiry from a visitor to Croydon Minster, DAVID MORGAN goes in search of the sculptor of one of the church’s best-known tombs Visitors to Croydon Minster often ask interesting questions about the history of … Continue reading →

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Grimy Croydon collier who put the wind up an Archbishop

Posted on September 11, 2022 by insidecroydon

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: It is not only the rich and powerful, and those given the most grand of burial tombs, who always have the most lasting of memorials, as DAVID MORGAN discovered in this tale from an earlier Elizabethan age In … Continue reading →

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