Tag Archives: Queen Elizabeth I

Tudor sculptor’s Minster memorials stand the test of time

Posted on September 3, 2023 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Only few precious places remain on guided tours of Old Palace

Posted on May 18, 2023 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Brassed off: following the trail of church’s long-lost memorials

Posted on November 21, 2021 by insidecroydon

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 →

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