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Tag Archives: Croydon Parish Church
Minster archive reveals butchers, bakers and… peruke-makers
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A must-have fashion item from the late 1600s is now rarely seen or heard about. DAVID MORGAN, pictured right, had some hairy moments delving into the long-lost trade of Restoration period wig-makers A look through the burial records … Continue reading
Croydon lad who did a Runner for the Blind Beak of Bow Street
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Policing the streets in the early 19th Century was an almost privatised service, funded by the parish. DAVID MORGAN delves into the Minster archive and finds how this borough helped frame the formation of the Metropolitan Police In … Continue reading
The Cause of Many Troubles: Handel Lucas’s lifelong struggles
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Born to a family based on Church Street and named after a great musical composer, he became one of Victorian England’s leading painters, as DAVID MORGAN explains I wonder how many child prodigies there are in Croydon today? … Continue reading
How Croydon lodged itself forever in a part of Philadelphia
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: In the tumultuous 18th Century, a time of trade, international war and revolution, Croydon’s links with America were many and varied, as DAVID MORGAN’s latest researches have discovered One of the names that I have found in the … Continue reading
Parish’s dynasty of vergers caring for Croydon for 100 years
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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Tagged Bishop Maurice Harland, Canon Leonard White-Thompson, Croydon, Croydon Minster, Croydon Minster Fire 1857, Croydon Parish Church, David Morgan, Frank Butler, Rev Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, The Blitz, William Groves, Woodbine Willie, World War I, World War II
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Tudor vicar who stood with Thomas More against Henry VIII
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: In his latest trawl through the Minster’s archive, DAVID MORGAN has discovered a Vicar of Croydon who is part of the long tradition of ‘meddlesome priests’ When Jonathan Gullis, the Conservative MP, vented his anger with the bishops … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Cardinal Wolsey, Croydon Minster, Croydon Parish Church, David Morgan, Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Rev Rowland Philipps, Rowland Philipps, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas More, Vicar of Croydon
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Croydon dowry proved not enough for heroic General Wolfe
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: One of the greatest heroes in British military history relied for matrimonial advice on a friend and fellow officer from Croydon, as DAVID MORGAN discovered in the archives at the Minster Half a century before Nelson met his … Continue reading
Hannah and her sisters: faded gravestone gives up its secrets
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: This week, using just fragments of documentary evidence, DAVID MORGAN has managed to piece together a wealthy family’s history going back to the revolutionary age of the 18th Century Although the stone is worn smooth by the elements, … Continue reading
The long lost work of a master craftsman with the Nelson touch
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
The bitter 18th Century court battle over a pew with a view
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A dispute over where families sat in church was a courtroom cause célèbre in the 1830s, as DAVID MORGAN has discovered Whether you are looking to buy or rent, you will be keen to check out the special … Continue reading
Croydon vicar who saw service with Carshalton’s army cadets
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: The area’s history is rich in connections with military academies, and as DAVID MORGAN discovered, clergy with second jobs There have been many examples down through the years of vicars and curates from Croydon Minster having a second … Continue reading
The church fire that consumed a thousand years of history
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
Church organist became recording star of the Roaring Twenties
MARVELS OF THE MINSTER: In his latest trawl through the archives, DAVID MORGAN unearths the story of how the organist of what was then known as Croydon Parish Church enjoyed a career as one of the country’s foremost performers F … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History, Music
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Minster, Croydon Parish Church, David Morgan, F Rowland Tims
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The Crocus Vale’s parish church celebrates its Minster status
Croydon Parish Church officially became a Minster yesterday. But that does not mean it is taking a step towards cathedral status to enhance Croydon’s claims to becoming a city, according to Rev Canon Colin Boswell. Rev Boswell gave two interviews … Continue reading
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