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This database contains some of the books, papers and records held by Mersea Museum.
Found 702 files - displaying 401 to 450 sorted by Date Added
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Article |
Peldon Post Offices |
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PH01_GPO |
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Title |
Peldon Post Offices |
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Abstract |
Although Peldon no longer has a Post Office, the last one closing down in 2002 when the Village Shop closed, it has had a number of Post Offices; in the bakery, residential houses, attached to garden nurseries, and even in the Village Hall.
The first penny postage stamp ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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402 |
Article |
Memory Lane - builder's boy on a bike |
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ID |
ML2019_003_L22 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - builder's boy on a bike |
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Abstract |
On leaving school in 1946 I went to Clifford White and Co (Builders) to start an apprenticeship. The war had just ended and men were returning and coming back to their old jobs. There were shortages of everything and rationing was still very much with us. If a local pub got a delivery of beer the ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Lewis Taylor Gibb and a Tale of two paintings. |
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ID |
LTG |
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Lewis Taylor Gibb and a Tale of two paintings. |
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Abstract |
Thanks to the generosity of an important London museum, Mersea Museum acquired in 2018 two attractive new exhibits. These are two landscape paintings by the artist Lewis Taylor Gibb (1873-1945). Both are small oil paintings on canvas; one is titled "The River Stour near Dedham" the other simply "The ... |
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Author |
David Nicholls |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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404 |
Article |
Memory Lane - the barge JOY and her boat |
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ID |
ML2019_002_L20 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - the barge JOY and her boat |
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Abstract |
The first picture is from the archives of the Society for Sailing Barge Research and shows the barge JOY at Saltcote Wharf, Heybridge. The photo is from 1956 and shows the barge after her conversion to a yacht. The wharf is now ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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405 |
Article |
John Scales Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
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ID |
OOD_209 |
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Title |
John Scales Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
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Abstract |
John Scales
Flying Officer (Pilot): Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: 466 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron
Date of Death: 20 December 1943
Service No: ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Keywords |
ww2 |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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407 |
Article |
George Alfred Taylor, Royal Armoured Corps |
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ID |
OOD_118 |
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Title |
George Alfred Taylor, Royal Armoured Corps |
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Abstract |
George Alfred Taylor
Lance Serjeant; "A" Squadron., 24th Lancers. Royal Armoured Corps
Age 24
Date of Death 8 June 1944
Service Number, 319743
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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408 |
Article |
John Hodson |
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ID |
OOD_114 |
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Title |
John Hodson |
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Abstract |
John Hodson: Signalman 4 L. of C., Royal Corps of Signals
Lost in the SS SCILLIN 14 November 1942 Age 27.
Service Number 2592549
John was son of Thomas and May Hodson of Sunnyview, Peldon, Essex.
November 1942 Mrs ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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409 |
Article |
Bernard Harry Harrington |
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ID |
OOD_113 |
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Title |
Bernard Harry Harrington |
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Abstract |
HARRINGTON, BERNARD HARRY
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Artillery 67 (Suffolk) Medium Regiment with the 8th Army ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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410 |
Article |
John Charles Farthing - Engineer on MV GOLDEN GRAIN |
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ID |
OOD_016 |
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Title |
John Charles Farthing - Engineer on MV GOLDEN GRAIN |
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Abstract |
WW2 Memorial Profiles for West Mersea
JOHN CHARLES FARTHING
Engineer Officer
Merchant Navy MV GOLDEN GRAIN (Harwich)
Died 19 August 1941 age 52.
Commemorated on Tower Hill Memorial to the men of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets.
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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411 |
Article |
Alfred Edmund Keeble - died when GOLDEN GRAIN was lost |
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ID |
OOD_017 |
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Title |
Alfred Edmund Keeble - died when GOLDEN GRAIN was lost |
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Abstract |
Keeble Alfred Edmund
The Mate on the MV GOLDEN GRAIN (Harwich), Merchant Navy
Died 19 August 1941. Age 40.
Son of Alfred and Lilian Keeble; husband of D.A. Keeble of Tollesbury, Essex.
... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Sidney George Mallett - died when GOLDEN GRAIN was lost |
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ID |
OOD_015 |
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Title |
Sidney George Mallett - died when GOLDEN GRAIN was lost |
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Abstract |
MALLETT, SIDNEY GEORGE
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Master
Merchant Navy : M.V. GOLDEN GRAIN (Harwich)
Age: 60
Date of Death: 19 August 1941
Throughout the war shipping plying the East coast ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Keywords |
sydney |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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413 |
Article |
Walter Heap - lost on HMS QUORN WW2 |
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ID |
OOD_034 |
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Title |
Walter Heap - lost on HMS QUORN WW2 |
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Abstract |
THE LOSS OF HMS QUORN
HEAP Walter
Petty Officer Stoker Royal Navy: H.M.S. QUORN
Service No: P/KX 97698
Age: ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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414 |
Article |
Charles Henry South - lost when SS MEREL was mined 1939 |
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ID |
OOD_006 |
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Title |
Charles Henry South - lost when SS MEREL was mined 1939 |
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Abstract |
WW2 Memorial Profiles for Tollesbury
SOUTH, Charles Henry.
Boatswain, S.S. MEREL (London)
Merchant Navy
Died 8 December 1939, Age 58.
Commemorated on Tower Hill Memorial to Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets
Charles was a Tollesbury man who joined the Merchant Navy at the age of ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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415 |
Article |
Anthony Driffield Seabrook - lost on HMS RAWALPINDI |
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ID |
OOD_005 |
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Title |
Anthony Driffield Seabrook - lost on HMS RAWALPINDI |
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Abstract |
SEABROOK Anthony Driffield. Acting Sub Lieutenant: Royal Naval Reserve: H.M.S. Rawalpindi: Age: 21: Date of Death: 23/11/1939. He had 2 uncles Edmund and ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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416 |
Article |
Wilfred Frank Pettican - lost on HMS RAWALPINDI. |
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ID |
OOD_004 |
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Title |
Wilfred Frank Pettican - lost on HMS RAWALPINDI. |
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Abstract |
PETTICAN Wilfred Frank
Seaman: Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. RAWALPINDI
Date of Death: 23/11/1939
Service No: C/6072D
The 1911 Census shows Wilfred Frank Pettican was born in 1905. Frank as he was known, was from Tollesbury and had been an engineer on yachts. Both Hector Ingate & Wilfred ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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417 |
Article |
Hector Ingate - lost on HMS RAWALPINDI |
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ID |
OOD_003 |
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Title |
Hector Ingate - lost on HMS RAWALPINDI |
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Abstract |
INGATE Hector. Seaman: Royal Naval Reserve: H.M.S. Rawalpindi: Age: 39 Date of Death: 23/11/1939: Service No: C/6075D. He had lost 3 brothers in World War 1.
He was the son of ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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418 |
Article |
The loss of HMS RAWALPINDI 23 November 1939 |
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ID |
OOD_002 |
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Title |
The loss of HMS RAWALPINDI 23 November 1939 |
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Abstract |
Three local men were amongst the crew - Hector Ingate, Wilfred Frank Pettican and Anthony Driffield Seabrook
HMS RAWALPINDI was a P&O liner on the London, Bombay ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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419 |
Article |
Peldon in WW1 from the school logbooks |
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ID |
PH01_SLB |
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Title |
Peldon in WW1 from the school logbooks |
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Abstract |
As one would expect, Peldon School logbook concentrates on aspects of teaching and staffing, poor behaviour and absenteeism, bad weather, problems with the buildings, heating and ventilation, visits by the Rector, school managers, Attendance and Sanitary Officers and the annual inspector's report. ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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420 |
Article |
The Mason Family of Hill House, Peldon |
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ID |
PH01_MHH |
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Title |
The Mason Family of Hill House, Peldon |
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Abstract |
Alfred and Sarah Mason of Hill House, Peldon, (now known as Malting Cottage).
Alfred Allen Mason was born in ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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421 |
Article |
Researching the History of Your House |
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ID |
PH01_RYH |
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Title |
Researching the History of Your House |
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Abstract |
The following article was written for Peldon Parish Magazine
I'm sure many of you, like me, were riveted by the David Olusoga series called A House Through Time where he researched the lives of the
people who lived in a particular house in Liverpool. My interest in the history of houses ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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422 |
Article |
Peldon People - Ernie Richardson |
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ID |
PH01_ERC |
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Title |
Peldon People - Ernie Richardson |
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Abstract |
A well-known local eccentric, Ernie Richardson, lived on a boat along from Strood Villa, also known as Pyefleet House. He lived by the sea wall, over the road from Bonners Barn, on a flat-bottomed boat barely 3 foot deep. Russell Martin, the farmer at Moor Farm nearby, said the boat only needed ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
November 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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423 |
Article |
Honeysuckle Cottage, Peldon - The History of a House |
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ID |
PH01_HSC |
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Title |
Honeysuckle Cottage, Peldon - The History of a House |
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Abstract |
In maps from the early twentieth century, along the south side of Peldon's Lower Road, there are only five houses, Brickhouse Farm, Brickhouse Cottage ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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424 |
Article |
Peldon People - John Linnett Clark |
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ID |
PH01_JLC |
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Title |
Peldon People - John Linnett Clark |
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Abstract |
John Linnett Clark seated
OLD INHABITANT'S DEATH
A ZEPPELIN'S FALL RECALLED
Peldon has lost an extremely popular ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Keywords |
clarke |
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Published |
November 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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425 |
Article |
Peldon People - Golden and Charlie Simpson |
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ID |
PH01_GCS |
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Title |
Peldon People - Golden and Charlie Simpson |
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Abstract |
Golden (1863 - 1939) and Charles Simpson (1870 - 1947) were names well-known to Peldon and Mersea folk at the end of the nineteenth
century and the first few decades of the twentieth. Brothers, they were born and bred in Peldon, their father, Charles, a General dealer.
Golden became a bricklayer ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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426 |
Article |
Cudmore Grove |
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ID |
ML2018_012_L20 |
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Title |
Cudmore Grove |
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Abstract |
I am often asked how Cudmore Grove got it's name. My first knowledge of this area is from the 1930s and of warm summer evenings when my family would visit Auntie Nellie and her family in East Mersea for tea. After tea we would set off for a walk which usually took us to The Bowling Green, a flat ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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427 |
Article |
Spring Wyncoll |
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ID |
PH01_SPR |
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Title |
Spring Wyncoll |
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Abstract |
TWO SPRINGS, A PENNY FARTHING and A PEDALO!
This research is a funny old business! You set off in one direction and before you know it you've gone down a
totally different path!
This particular path involves my research into a man called Spring Wyncoll.
I set off on the research ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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428 |
Article |
Geoffrey Maurice Wooldridge 1909 - 1976 |
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ID |
PH01_GMW |
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Title |
Geoffrey Maurice Wooldridge 1909 - 1976 |
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Abstract |
Geoff was born in Kent on 31 July 1909, the second child of Elizabeth (Bessie) and Maurice Wooldridge. His sisters Aline, Eva and Dora were also born in Kent. During the first world war, his mother became nervous about the fighting in France and the family moved first to Hertfordshire, where his ... |
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Author |
Anne Lee |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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429 |
Article |
Memory Lane - The Stackies |
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ID |
ML2018_011_L21 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - The Stackies |
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Abstract |
I am prompted to come on to this subject since a West Mersea postcard sold recently for £134.99 on ebay. It was a view is looking across The Strood towards Mersea and showing a hay barge, or Stackie as they were called, in the distance at the barge quay loaded with a huge stack of hay. Up to ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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430 |
Article |
Peldon Hall Cottage |
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ID |
PH01_PHC |
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Title |
Peldon Hall Cottage |
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Abstract |
In 1965 when Chris and Archie Moore bought Pink Cottage, subsequently called Peldon Hall Cottage, the village hall next door (the old 1833 school building) was being demolished. Ever resourceful, Archie bought 1000 bricks for £10 and used them to build their extension at home! There was also ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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431 |
Article |
The Wooldridges of Kemps Farm, Peldon |
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ID |
PH01_KSF |
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Title |
The Wooldridges of Kemps Farm, Peldon |
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Abstract |
From the early 1930s to the 1960s a family called the Wooldridges farmed at Kemps Farm. Maurice and Bessie Wooldridge moved to Peldon in about 1930 with their family of five, Stephen, Geoffrey, Dora, Aline and Eva. At the time of writing (September 2018), Dora is still alive, having just passed her ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
October 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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432 |
Article |
The Mallett Family; Sailors and Shopkeeper. |
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ID |
PH01_FLX |
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Title |
The Mallett Family; Sailors and Shopkeeper. |
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Abstract |
This month we are happy to congratulate Horace Mallet of 1, Council Houses, Mersea Road, Peldon, who will be 90 years old on 6th March - born 1884; still going strong. His father William was a sailor, but when he married, he returned to the dry land and took to thatching and other rural ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
October 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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433 |
Article |
A Peldon Smuggler - Daniel Rich |
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PH01_DRH |
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Title |
A Peldon Smuggler - Daniel Rich |
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Abstract |
Tales of smuggling in Peldon always centre on the pond by the Peldon Rose where the story of a shaft down which casks were dropped and hidden, defying discovery by the Revenue men, has been retold many times.
The story told by Jane Pullen, landlady of The Peldon Rose between 1881 and 1935 ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
September 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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434 |
Article |
Memory Lane - school teachers |
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ID |
ML2018_010_L21 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - school teachers |
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Abstract |
The museum recently had a visit from Anne Lee and her husband from New
Zealand. The visit was arranged by Peldon historian Elaine Barker who is
looking into the history of Kemps Farm, where Anne, a member of the
Wooldridge family, grew up. During the conversation Anne spoke of her
Aunt Dora ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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435 |
Article |
Peldon Neighbourhood News Introduction |
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PH01_PNN |
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Title |
Peldon Neighbourhood News Introduction |
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Abstract |
PELDON 1931 - 1948 Essex County Standard Neighbourhood News.
Introduction I have a book of newspaper clippings (from the Essex County Standard neighbourhood news) concerning Peldon from 1931 - 1948 passed on to Mike Watson by Pat Wyncoll. Pat's parents, Arthur and Mrs Wyncoll née ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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436 |
Article |
Peldon Neighbourhood News - Appendix 1 |
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ID |
PH01_PNN_APP1 |
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Title |
Peldon Neighbourhood News - Appendix 1 |
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Abstract |
Appendix 1 Peldon People
PELDON PEOPLE - GEORGE SMALLWOOD
Born in Orpington, Kent, George first appears in Peldon in the 1891 census when he is described as a baker and lives in the Bake House near the School House. From the obituary below it would seem he came to Peldon about 1888 at the ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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437 |
Article |
Peldon Neighbourhood News 1945 - 1948 |
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PH01_PNN_1945 |
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Title |
Peldon Neighbourhood News 1945 - 1948 |
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Abstract |
Chapter 3 Peldon after the War 1945 - 1948
The Aftermath
To celebrate VE DAY there is a large congregation at St Mary's when a service of thanksgiving is held and on the
following evening community singing and games in the village hall with 'outdoor illuminations'. Essex County ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Peldon Neighbourhood News 1939-1945 |
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PH01_PNN_1939 |
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Title |
Peldon Neighbourhood News 1939-1945 |
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Abstract |
Chapter 2 Peldon during World War 2 1939-1945
Surprisingly, such a momentous occasion as Neville Chamberlain's broadcast to the nation concerning the declaration of war with Germany on 3rd September 1939 is not commented on in the neighbourhood column for Peldon but it's clear that preparations ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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439 |
Article |
Peldon Neighbourhood News 1931-1939 |
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ID |
PH01_PNN_1931 |
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Title |
Peldon Neighbourhood News 1931-1939 |
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Abstract |
Chapter 1 Pre - World War II 1931 - 1939
Church and chapel Entries show a village with its Church of England, St Mary the Virgin, on Church Road and the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel sited on Lower Road (where Chapelfield is now situated) at the heart of village life. Both ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Keywords |
gowan |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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440 |
Article |
Bernard Ratcliffe of Little Wigborough |
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ID |
PH01_RTC |
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Title |
Bernard Ratcliffe of Little Wigborough |
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Abstract |
In almost all the pictures of L33, the Zeppelin that came down at Copt Hall Lane, Little Wigborough in 1916, there is a pair of little farm cottages, barely 20 yards from the wreckage, dwarfed by the 645 feet long skeleton which straddled the road. This is New Hall Cottages and Bernard Ratcliffe has ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
March 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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441 |
Article |
The Hyams - Shopkeepers of Peldon |
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ID |
PH01_HYM |
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Title |
The Hyams - Shopkeepers of Peldon |
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Abstract |
This picture, from 1916, shows Clem Hyam, second from right, wearing a Special Constable's armband. His five-year old daughter, ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
August 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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442 |
Article |
Memoirs of Grace Edenborough - East Mersea |
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ID |
MBK_GHE_038 |
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Title |
Memoirs of Grace Edenborough - East Mersea |
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Abstract |
Extract from the memoir of Grace Edenborough in the possession of her grandson Adrian Flatt.
I often went away to stay with a family known as the Wilsons, to be
a sort of companion to their youngest daughter Wankie, I cannot
remember her proper name as she was always known as Wankie [ Kate ... |
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Author |
Grace Edenborough |
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Adrian Flatt
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443 |
Article |
Ernest Frederick Gladwell 1890 - 1915 |
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ID |
PH01_EFG |
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Title |
Ernest Frederick Gladwell 1890 - 1915 |
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Abstract |
There's an entry in the Parish Register of Burials for St Mary's, Peldon, recording the burial on 15th September 1915 of a young man of 26, Ernest Frederick Gladwell. In the margin of the register the minister had written
Killed by bomb from Zeppelin in the Docks in London
Who was ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
August 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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444 |
Article |
Memory Lane - Clifford White Undertakers |
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ID |
ML2018_009_L21 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - Clifford White Undertakers |
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Abstract |
In the last issue, I mentioned Clifford White's horse drawn hearse. Although
it was last used before the War, when I started work for Clifford in 1946 it was still tucked away in the little garage by the plumber's shop. I had always hoped that it had been sold and was still in use somewhere. My ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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445 |
Article |
Peldon Village Hall |
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ID |
PH01_VHL |
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Title |
Peldon Village Hall |
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Abstract |
In 1942, the Church of England School next to Peldon Church finally closed its doors and the few remaining pupils transferred to West Mersea School. Built in 1833 the school had for over 100 years played an important part in the local community offering an education to local children but also ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
June 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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446 |
Article |
Peldon's Carriers and early Bus Services |
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ID |
PH01_TRS |
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Title |
Peldon's Carriers and early Bus Services |
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Abstract |
Records in the form of Trade Directories go back to early in the nineteenth century, recording, as well as a brief history of the village, church and landowners, the names of the current incumbent, the gentry, farmers and tradespeople in each village. Many of these Directories were produced by
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
July 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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447 |
Article |
Memory Lane - deliveries by cart |
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ID |
ML2018_008_L21 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - deliveries by cart |
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Abstract |
Hector Farthing and Clifford White's coal cart
Following on from last month's article where I mentioned the deliveries made by horse and cart, ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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448 |
Article |
Peldon Village Stores - Dansies |
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ID |
PH01_STO |
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Title |
Peldon Village Stores - Dansies |
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Abstract |
THE VILLAGE SHOP
We would like to wish Mr and Mrs Wyncoll a happy retirement as they settle into their new home at West Mersea. A presentation to them was received by members of the family on their behalf. Also a presentation was made to Leslie Mallett who has served behind ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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449 |
Article |
Comyn's Charity |
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ID |
PH01_COM |
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Title |
Comyn's Charity |
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Abstract |
COMYN'S CHARITY
In a book held in the Essex Records Office, Some Record of the Parish Of Peldon Rev C R Harrison 1867
D/P287/28/6 the vicar of St Mary's Church, Peldon, the Reverend Harrison (Rector from 1855 - 1867), laments
'I have not been able to discover any early ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
July 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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450 |
Article |
The Mills and Millers of Peldon |
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ID |
PH01_PML |
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Title |
The Mills and Millers of Peldon |
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Abstract |
Peldon Mill, also known as Went's Mill, was a windmill situated on the north side of Mill House, east of the Colchester Road and immediately south of the junction by The Peldon Rose. It appears on the 1777 Chapman and Andre map and the Ordnance Survey one inch map of 1805 named as 'Strode Mill' and ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
June 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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