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Tag Archives: Henry VIII
The Swan upgrades its sports bar credentials for summer
The Swan pub in West Wickham reopened its doors last week following a £250,000 refurbishment and internal refresh by its owners, the Stonegate Group. The investment has provided new flooring, redecoration and new seating booths and additional television screens – … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Business, Pubs
Tagged Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII, Stonegate Group, The Swan, West Wickham, Wickham Court
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Minster tour delights audience – and discovers ‘new’ history
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
Talk: Henry VIII by author Alison Weir, Cryer Theatre, Nov23
Posted in Activities, History, Honeywood Museum
Tagged Alison Weir, Carshalton, Cryer Theatre, Henry VIII, Honeywood Museum
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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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On Croydon’s Tudor trail to track down the court of Henry VIII
MARVELS OF THE MINSTER: The lost brasses of what used to be known as the Croydon Parish Church provided rich accounts of the town’s important role in English history, writes DAVID MORGAN Entrepreneurs really have missed a trick in Croydon. … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Catherine of Aragon, Croydon, Croydon Minster, Croydon Palace, David Morgan, Henry VII, Henry VIII, John Redinge, Tudors
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Minster’s priest who served colleges, court and archbishops
The Archbishop’s Palace in Croydon helped to place the town at the centre of church and state affairs throughout some turbulent periods of history, as DAVID MORGAN discovers through the life and work of one medieval figure who was buried … Continue reading
