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Tag Archives: Archbishop of Canterbury
Charity formed last October buys two Old Palace buildings
The Rise School of Excellence has paid £750,000 for two buildings on the site of the former girls’ fee-paying school, as Croydon’s biggest landowners, the Whitgift Foundation, continue to dispose of their properties. By GENE BRODIE, education correspondent The piecemeal … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, CPO, Education, Old Palace, Roisha Hughes, Schools, Serenity special school, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Archbishop John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, Croydon, Hammersfield, Knight Frank, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Old Town, Rise School of Excellence, Roisha Hughes, Serenity Special School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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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
Posted in Archbishop of Canterbury, Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
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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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
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
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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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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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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Old Palace sale completed – for £2.3m less than asking price
A special school operated by Serenity will begin to operate from the historic Old Town site from next month, after the sale was sealed by Croydon’s biggest landowners for £4.7m. By GENE BRODIE, education correspondent The Whitgift Foundation last night … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, CPO, Education, Old Palace, Roisha Hughes, Schools, Serenity special school, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Archbishop John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, Croydon, Curwen Group, Hammersfield, Knight Frank, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Old Town, Roisha Hughes, Serenity Special School, Stephen Curwen, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Foundation sells Old Palace site to Serenity special schools
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Old Palace girls’ school closes in July, with the owners having sold the site, but for less than the £7m guide price. EXCLUSIVE By STEVEN DOWNES The Old Palace private girls’ school site will likely become home to … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, CPO, Education, Old Palace, Roisha Hughes, Schools, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Archbishop John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, Croydon, Knight Frank, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Roisha Hughes, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Housing association CEO takes lead role at Whitgift Foundation
For the first time in more than 400 years, the Whitgift Foundation is to be led by a woman. “That’s if you don’t count Queen Elizabeth I,” confided a wag at the Whitgift Almshouses, where the charity and multi-million-pound property … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Charity, Fiona Fletcher Smith, Roisha Hughes, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Charity Commission, Christopher Houlding, Court of Governors, Croydon, Fiona Fletcher-Smith, Hammersfield, Old Palace, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Roisha Hughes, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Archbishop Lanfranc and the Norman Conquest of Croydon
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: For his first essay of 2025, Croydon Minster archivist DAVID MORGAN delves back almost one thousand years, to the time of William the Conqueror and the appointment of a new Archbishop of Canterbury Who should be the next … Continue reading
Foundation sets £7m price tag on Old Palace’s listed buildings
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The Whitgift Foundation, the borough’s biggest landowner, is now flogging off the Tudor palace home of the charity’s founder. It might not be an ‘easy’ sale. By STEVEN DOWNES “For sale with vacant possession”. The estate agent’s … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, CPO, Education, Old Palace, Schools, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Andrew Christie, Archbishop John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, Croydon, Knight Frank, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Welby’s resignation could yet have consequences in Croydon
The alleged cover-up of the Church of England’s abuse scandal is echoed in the handling of events at £55,000 per year private school in Croydon, where there was a Met Police investigation last year. By STEVEN DOWNES The Archbishops of … Continue reading
Posted in Bishop of Croydon, Charity, Christopher Ramsey, Church and religions, Croydon Minster, Rosemarie Mallett, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Addington Palace, Archbishop John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, Catfishing, Church of England, Croydon, Dinal De Alwis, Dr Kevin Ralley, John Smyth, Justin Welby, Makin Review, Old Palace, Rt Rev Dr Rosemarie Mallett, St Mary's Church, Suicide, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Tufnell sparked complaints and compliments in Queensland
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: There has been a Vicar of Croydon for more than a thousand years. Before next week’s formal installation service for the latest holder of that historic title, DAVID MORGAN has delved into the archives and found an earlier … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Canon Andrew Bishop, Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Archbishop John Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury, Australia, Bishop of Brisbane, Bishop Tufnell, Brisbane, Canon Andrew Bishop, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Edward Tufnell, Queensland, Vicar of Croydon
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Houlding’s decided not to hang on at the failing Foundation
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The man behind the closure of one of the Whitgift Foundation’s three large schools will be standing down from the troubled property developers’ governors. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Christopher Houlding is to step down as the chair … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop of Croydon, Charity Commission, Christopher Houlding, Court of Governors, Croydon, Hammersfield, Old Palace, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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16-year-old Whitgift pupil’s death is linked to text blackmail
‘The world is so cruel’: boy’s father tells Coroner’s Court of family’s pain after latest tragic case The John Whitgift Foundation, a registered charity which has been providing alms and education in Croydon since the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Ramsey, Crime, Schools, South Croydon, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Catfishing, Child sexual abuse, Christopher Ramsey, Croydon, Dinal De Alwis, Dr Kevin Ralley, Metropolitan Police, Paul Dodd, Sexual abuse, South Croydon, South London Coroner's Court, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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2023 in Croydon – as told through our best-read articles
THE YEAR IN REVIEW Part 1 – January to April The parlous state of the council’s finances would remain a thorny issue throughout the year, after Tory Mayor Jason Perry issued a Section 114 notice of his own in November … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Birch (Selsdon), Business, Centrale, Crime, Croydon Council, Heathfield House, History, Inside Croydon, Knife crime, Mayor Jason Perry, Sarah Jones MP, Selsdon Park Hotel, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Anglo-Saxon England, Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Wulfred, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, Marks and Spencer, Mayor Jason Perry, Purley Way, Sarah Jones MP, Tory, Wastefield, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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£7,000 ‘bribes’ prompt pupil exodus from doomed school
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Fewer than 300 girls returned to Old Palace after half-term, as the charitable foundation that runs the school offered cash inducements to their parents to withdraw their daughters promptly. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Around half of the … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Charity, Education, Old Palace, Old Palace Parents' Alliance, Schools, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Charity Commission, Christopher Houlding, Croydon, Justin Welby, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace Parents Alliance, Old Palace School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Lady Mary’s Restoration tunes and her ghostly legacies
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: The registers at Croydon Minster contain 17th Century records of the Harvey family who worked for Archbishop Laud and, as DAVID MORGAN explains, had a musician daughter who made a notable piece of history It is another claim … Continue reading
Goodwyn’s list that takes us back through to Tudor times
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A document from the church archive, which dates back to the 16th Century, provides a vital insight into society 500 years ago, as DAVID MORGAN explains Nearly 500 years ago, the curate at Croydon Parish Church, John Goodwyn, … Continue reading
Ghost haunts ancient palace where Good Queen Bess slept
GENE BRODIE, education correspondent, speaks to Old Palace old girls about their time at the school, finds out who their favourite teachers were, what it was like to have lessons in the bedroom of Good Queen Bess, and delves into … Continue reading
The chimney sweep to Queen Victoria and ancestor to a star
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: No need to go all Dick Van Dyke, when Croydon had its very own chimney sweep to the Queen, no less, as DAVID MORGAN has discovered in his latest delve into the Croydon Minster archive “Good luck will … Continue reading
Only few precious places remain on guided tours of Old Palace
Time is running out for you to secure a precious place on one of the 2023 tours of Croydon Old Palace, for the chance to take a trip back in time hundreds of years, to the age of the first … Continue reading
Spinster sisters’ life-long service to the Girls Friendly Society
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A small brass plaque in a corner of Croydon Minster was only the beginning of the story of a life of service to the church and community, as uncovered by DAVID MORGAN On the wall of the Lady … Continue reading
Posted in Bishop of Croydon, Charity, Church and religions, Community associations, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Education, History
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Dingwall Road, Ethel Cooper, GFS, Girls Friendly Society, Jabez Spencer Balfour, Randall Davidson, Rev Leonard Burrows, Wellesley House
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Locals concerned that Perry plans to sell listed Norwood Grove
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The cash-strapped council continues to allow Listed buildings to fall into serious disrepair while attempting to flog off public property that was bought through public subscription. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Another day, another alarming report of the … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, History, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Norwood Grove, Norwood Society
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Arthur Anderson, Covington Way, Croydon parks, Frederick Nettlefold, GKN, King Edward VIII, Mayor Jason Perry, Norwood Grange, P&O, Randall Davidson, Stenton Covington, The White House
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When Minster was the venue for an Anglo-Saxon peace treaty
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A recent discovery of coins suggests that the date of the foundation of Croydon as a strategic location between London and Canterbury was more than 150 years earlier than historians had previously suggested, writes DAVID MORGAN It took … Continue reading
