Tag Archives: Croydon Minster Fire 1857

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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Artists in glass who gave the Minster its windows on the world

Posted on March 31, 2024 by insidecroydon

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: As the congregation at Croydon Minster celebrates the holiest day in the Christian calendar, DAVID MORGAN peers through the church’s windows at the history behind their exquisite artistry Walking through Endell Street in Covent Garden recently, I noticed … Continue reading →

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Parish’s dynasty of vergers caring for Croydon for 100 years

Posted on March 19, 2023 by insidecroydon

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: In another discovery from the Croydon Minster archive, DAVID MORGAN has found the first-hand account of one of the church’s most senior lay officials which covers much of the history of the 20th Century When Frank Butler retired … Continue reading →

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The long lost work of a master craftsman with the Nelson touch

Posted on June 19, 2022 by insidecroydon

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Fine stone memorials, of the calibre of those that take pride of place in St Paul’s, were among the losses of Croydon Minster’s great fire. DAVID MORGAN has tracked down the history of one such destroyed monument The … Continue reading →

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The church fire that consumed a thousand years of history

Posted on October 2, 2021 by insidecroydon

MARVELS OF THE MINSTER: Dating back to the Domesday Book, Croydon Parish Church was almost destroyed one cold winter’s night 150 years ago. Here, DAVID MORGAN takes up the story of the Great Fire of Croydon Ebenezer Whittaker, the parish … Continue reading →

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