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Tag Archives: Queen Elizabeth I
Town’s oldest building opens its doors for local history month
Croydon’s oldest building is opening its gates to the public for expert guided tours, as part of local history month in May. Thousands walk past the Whitgift Almshouses in Croydon town centre every day, but few give it a second … Continue reading
Enter the Almshouses and travel back in time four centuries
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: There will be an opportunity later this year to take a sneak peak back in time, to 400 years ago. DAVID MORGAN recently visited one of Croydon’s oldest buildings, that trace their history back to the time of … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Church and religions, David Morgan, History, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Archbishop John Whitgift, Croydon, David Morgan, King Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I, Rev Samuel Finche, Roisha Hughes, Spanish Armada, The Treacle Bible, Whitgift Almshouses, Whitgift Foundation, William Shakespeare
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Hymns and arias: Whitgift’s key role in Bible’s Welsh translation
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Elizabeth I’s family background and Croydon’s most famous Archbishop encouraged a work of scholarship that has preserved a vital piece of heritage, writes DAVID MORGAN A couple who visited Croydon Minster last year had planned their trip for … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Archbishop John Whitgift, Croydon, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, John Whitgift, Llandaff, Llangollen, Llangollen International Eisteddfod, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochant, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth I, St Asaph, The Bible, Welsh translation, William Morgan
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Tudor sculptor’s Minster memorials stand the test of time
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
Posted in Art, Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Archbishop Grindal, Archbishop John Whitgift, Cornelius Cure, Croydon, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, John Whitgift, King Henry VIII, King James I, Mary Queen of Scots, Nonsuch Palace, Queen Elizabeth I, William Cure
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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
Brassed off: following the trail of church’s long-lost memorials
MARVELS OF THE MINSTER: Local historian DAVID MORGAN has got his Brasso out and has polished up some traces of Croydon’s fashionable medieval, Tudor and Stuart past Croydon Minster is, of course, a House of Prayer. Less well-known is that … Continue reading
