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This database contains some of the books, papers and records held by Mersea Museum.
Found 707 files - displaying 401 to 450 sorted by Date Added Descending
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Article |
Peter Heard |
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ID |
OOD_029 |
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Title |
Peter Heard |
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Abstract |
PETER HEARD
Leading Seaman Service No. LT/JX225030
Royal Naval Patrol Service HM Trawler HORATIO
Died 7 January 1943 age 36
Commemorated on Roll of Honour St Mary's Church, Tollesbury, and on Lowestoft Naval Memorial
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Mersea Museum
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403 |
Article |
Raymond William King of Tollesbury |
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ID |
OOD_011 |
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Title |
Raymond William King of Tollesbury |
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Abstract |
RAYMOND WILLIAM KING
Seaman steward Service No. LT/JX185800
Royal Naval Patrol Service HM Yacht ESSEX MAID
Age 25
Died 2 December 1940
Raymond was wounded and died in Chatham Naval Hospital. He was buried Springfield Holy Trinity Churchyard, Chelmsford.
Commemorated on the Roll of ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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404 |
Article |
Hubert Heard |
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ID |
OOD_010 |
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Title |
Hubert Heard |
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Abstract |
HUBERT HEARD
Seaman Service No. C/X10416B
Royal Naval Reserve. HMS JERVIS BAY
Age 29
Died 5 November 1940
Commemorated on Roll of Honour at St Mary's Church, Tollesbury, and on Chatham Naval Memorial
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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405 |
Article |
Charles Henry Sargeant |
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ID |
OOD_304 |
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Title |
Charles Henry Sargeant |
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Abstract |
WW2 Memorial Profiles for Rowhedge
Charles Henry Sargeant
Company Sergeant Major Service No. 7031
Rifle Brigade and subsequently Essex Home Guard
Age 59
Died 13 October 1940 after a short illness
Buried Donyland Burial Ground New Section
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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406 |
Article |
Charles Bertie Mills |
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ID |
OOD_007 |
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Title |
Charles Bertie Mills |
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Abstract |
CHARLES BERTIE MILLS
Petty Officer Stoker Service No. C/311782
Royal Navy HMS CALLIOPE
Age 52
Died 8 April 1940
Buried East Donyland Cemetery
Charles was the son of George and Elizabeth Mills, ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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407 |
Article |
Cedric Watcyn Williams |
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ID |
OOD_201 |
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Title |
Cedric Watcyn Williams |
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Abstract |
WW2 Memorial Profiles for Rowhedge
CEDRIC WATCYN WILLIAMS
Squadron Leader Service No. 26219
Royal Air Force 17 Squadron
Died 25 August 1940
Commemorated St Lawrence Rowhedge Memorial Plaque. Ystradgynlais War Memorial. Memorial organ in Cedric's old school in Ystalyfera. Runnymede ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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408 |
Article |
Frederick Frost killed 1 June 1940 |
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ID |
OOD_009 |
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Title |
Frederick Frost killed 1 June 1940 |
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Abstract |
FREDERICK FROST
Chief Cook
H.M. Yacht GRIVE. Naval Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy)
Age 21
Died 1 June 1940
Commemorated on Roll of Honour in St Mary's Church, Tollesbury, and on Liverpool Naval Memorial.
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow / Tony Millatt |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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409 |
Article |
Will of Joan Thornback of West Mersey 1637 |
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MARG_108 |
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Title |
Will of Joan Thornback of West Mersey 1637 |
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Abstract |
Will of Joan Thornback [ Thornbacke ] of West Mersea 1637 transcribed from
Essex Record Office document D/ABW 54/24
Transcriber Trevor Hearn 8th January 2020
There is a translation to modern English further down the page
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1 In the name of god Amen. I Joan Thornbacke ... |
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4 October 1637
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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410 |
Article |
Julian Hurlstone Hortin killed 21 June 1942 |
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ID |
OOD_112 |
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Julian Hurlstone Hortin killed 21 June 1942 |
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Abstract |
JULIAN HURLSTONE HORTIN
Indian Rank: Captain Service No. IA/297
7th Gurkha Rifles
Age 32
Died 21 June 1942
Commemorated on Roll of Honour at St Mary's Church, Tollesbury
Julian was the son of William ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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411 |
Article |
Gerald Edward Tatchell killed 31 May 1940 |
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ID |
OOD_101 |
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Title |
Gerald Edward Tatchell killed 31 May 1940 |
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Abstract |
GERALD EDWARD TATCHELL
Major Service No. 24297
Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion "D" Company
Aged 37
Died 31 May 1940
Buried De Panne Communal Cemetery
Commemorated on Roll of Honour at St Mary's, Tollesbury.
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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412 |
Article |
Joseph Todd - Royal Navy |
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ID |
OOD_008 |
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Title |
Joseph Todd - Royal Navy |
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Abstract |
JOSEPH TODD
Chief Engine Room Artificer P/M 29775
HM Submarine THISTLE
Age 42
Died 14 April 1940
Commemorated Portsmouth Naval Memorial
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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413 |
Article |
Peter O'Neill Darbishire Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
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ID |
OOD_202 |
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Title |
Peter O'Neill Darbishire Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
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Abstract |
WW2 Memorial Profiles for Salcott and Great Wigborough
PETER O'NEILL DARBISHIRE
Sergeant 751654
77 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Age 27
Died 16 December 1940
Commemorated on War Memorial in St Stephen's, Great Wigborough and on Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Panel 13.
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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414 |
Article |
Wildlife Observations - Mosquitos |
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ID |
PH01_MOS |
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Title |
Wildlife Observations - Mosquitos |
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Abstract |
As late as mid-November I was still being bitten by mosquitos in the garden on mild days. I'm one of those people mosquitos love. Hearing their whine at night guarantees a sleepless night or acrobatics with a rolled newspaper which has the effect of thoroughly waking me up. Over winter I do still ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
January 2020
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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415 |
Article |
Memory Lane - Regatta Day Pictures from Thomas Hammond |
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ID |
ML2020_002_022 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - Regatta Day Pictures from Thomas Hammond |
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Abstract |
I have noticed that David Cox is rather puzzled by the picture Regatta Day 2 that appears in the December issue of Mersea Life. The Regatta, the 1911 one, was a one day event and the photo was No. 2 taken on the day. I have gone through my postcard collection and found the first one which is titled ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Published |
February 2020
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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416 |
Article |
Charter of King Edward the Confessor 15th Century |
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MARG_402 |
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Title |
Charter of King Edward the Confessor 15th Century |
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Abstract |
Charter of King Edward the Confessor
Granting the Royal Estate of West Mersea
to St Ouen's Abbey, Rouen, Normandy
(translation of Latin text from 15th century copy of lost original dated 1046)
In the name of almighty God, thundering on high, who made all things out of nothing, and ... |
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1046
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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417 |
Article |
Earliest written references to Mersea Island |
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ID |
MARG_401 |
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Title |
Earliest written references to Mersea Island |
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Abstract |
894: Anglo Saxon Chronicle [Parker A]
'The [Danish] host marched across Northumbria and East Anglia so that the [Saxon] levies were unable to get at them,
until they reached east Essex, on an island out at sea called Mersea ( hie comon on Eastseaxna lond easteweard on
an igland paet is ute ... |
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Author |
Sue Howlett |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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418 |
Article |
John Milgate - Peldon |
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ID |
PH01_MIL |
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Title |
John Milgate - Peldon |
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PELDON HISTORY PROJECT
JOHN MILGATE
Researched & compiled by Geoff Gonella
Although John is well-known in Mersea circles as a Merseaman and boat-builder, he and his wife Pat have lived at
Shell Bungalow, Peldon since 1970. In the company of Elaine Barker and Tony Millatt of Mersea ... |
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Author |
Geoff Gonella |
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Published |
December 2019
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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419 |
Article |
WW2 - Peldon's Preparations for a German Invasion |
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PH01_INV |
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WW2 - Peldon's Preparations for a German Invasion |
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Abstract |
World War Two - Peldon's Preparations for a German Invasion.
In Peldon, training for local Air Raid Precautions wardens had begun in January 1939 - well in advance of declaration of war in September. Together with volunteers from Wigborough Peldon's men and women received lectures in First Aid ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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420 |
Article |
Memory Lane - World War One Volunteers |
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ID |
ML2020_001_022 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - World War One Volunteers |
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Abstract |
Following all the interest shown in the Tommies on the Strood depicting the local men who gave their lives in the First World War, I have in my collection, a very battered postcard showing the Volunteers of the First World War - the equivalent of the Home Guard of the Second World War.
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Published |
1 January 2020
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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421 |
Article |
Yacht WINDFLOWER |
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ID |
WFL |
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Title |
Yacht WINDFLOWER |
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The 45 foot yawl WINDFLOWER was designed by E.P. Hart and built in Emsworth in 1928. She was owned for eight years by Colonel Buckle, a West Mersea resident and a member of West Mersea Yacht Club. Sold to Sir Richard Wells in ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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422 |
Article |
Auxiliary Units in WW2 |
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ID |
PH01_AUX |
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Title |
Auxiliary Units in WW2 |
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Abstract |
During World War Two, with the fall of France to the Nazis on 22nd June 1940, a German invasion of Britain was expected daily and the East coast was deemed to be particularly vulnerable.
The German plan for the invasion of Great Britain was code-named Operation Sea Lion. With the expectation ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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423 |
Article |
Brian Maurice Jay - an appreciation by Ron Green |
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ID |
ML2020_001_004_001 |
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Title |
Brian Maurice Jay - an appreciation by Ron Green |
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Abstract |
Brian Jay died on 30th November. He was one of my dearest friends. We were mates through most of our adult life and worked together on building sites when he was still doing his apprenticeship as an electrician. We served in the Mersea Island Lions Club together and he introduced me to postcard ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Published |
January 2020
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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425 |
Article |
Memory Lane. The changing face of Griffon Corner |
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ID |
ML2019_012_078 |
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Memory Lane. The changing face of Griffon Corner |
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Abstract |
With the demolition of Holly Lodge in High Street North, another landmark is disappearing from this part of West Mersea. Built by local builder Maurice Mark Thorp for his own use over one hundred years ago, it has been the home of ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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426 |
Article |
Peldon People - Iris and Charles Ollivant of The Peldon Rose |
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ID |
PH01_OLV |
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Title |
Peldon People - Iris and Charles Ollivant of The Peldon Rose |
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Abstract |
Peldon People - Iris (Cissy) and Charles Ollivant of The Peldon Rose.
The Ollivants were landlords of the Peldon Rose in the 1960's, both came from publican families. Their nieces are still in the area with ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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427 |
Article |
A history of the Tithes |
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ID |
TXA03710 |
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Title |
A history of the Tithes |
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Abstract |
1. The history of tithes
Originally, tithes were payments in kind (crops, wool, milk etc.) comprising an agreed proportion of the yearly profits from farming, and made by parishioners for the support of their parish church and its clergy. In theory, tithes were payable on (i) all things arising ... |
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Author |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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428 |
Article |
Edward James Taylor - Royal Navy |
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ID |
WW2_EJT |
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Title |
Edward James Taylor - Royal Navy |
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Abstract |
WW2 Memorial Profiles - West Mersea
EDWARD JAMES TAYLOR
Leading Seaman C/SSX 29110
Royal Navy
HMS NIGER
Died 6 July 1942 age 22
Commemorated West Mersea War Memorial, Chatham Naval Memorial
Edward Taylor was born c1920, son of Edward and Amelia Betty Taylor. Husband of Pearl ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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429 |
Article |
Robert Carmichael Purkis - Essex Regiment |
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ID |
WW2_PKS |
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Title |
Robert Carmichael Purkis - Essex Regiment |
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Abstract |
WW2 Memorial Profiles - West Mersea
ROBERT CARMICHAEL PURKIS
Lieutenant 258690
2nd Bn., Essex, formerly Coldstream Guards
Died 13 January 1944 age 20
Commemorated West Mersea War Memorial, Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar (Taukkyan War Cemetery)
George was son of Dr George Samuel and ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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430 |
Article |
Frank Pullen - Corps of Military Police |
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ID |
WW2_FPL |
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Title |
Frank Pullen - Corps of Military Police |
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Abstract |
WW2 Memorial Profiles - West Mersea
FRANK PULLEN
Private 6030236
Corps of Military Police
Died 1 April 1942 age 57
Buried Barfield Road Cemetery, West Mersea
Commemorated on West Mersea War Memorial
Frank was born 7 September 1884, the son of David and Myra Pullen and husband of ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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431 |
Article |
Mersea Life - a Yorkshire postcard |
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ID |
ML2019_011_077 |
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Title |
Mersea Life - a Yorkshire postcard |
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Abstract |
I spend many hours searching Ebay for old postcards for sale. My usual pattern starts with 'Essex', then 'Mersea'. From there I go to 'Sailing'
as my main collection is that of Thames Sailing Barges. Scrolling down recently ... |
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Published |
November 2019
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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432 |
Article |
Evacuees come to Mersea |
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ID |
WW2_VAC |
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Evacuees come to Mersea |
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Abstract |
Evacuees at Mersea. Drawing by Don Butlin for Mistral 1990
Evacuees came to Mersea in two main waves.
1st September 1939 over 400 unacommpanied children came to Mersea from West Ham. They had come to ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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433 |
Article |
Peldon Archaeology |
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ID |
PH01_ACY |
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Title |
Peldon Archaeology |
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Abstract |
Neolithic Thames Pick
Mill Cottage, Peldon, stands on the road leading to the Strood causeway linking Mersea to the mainland. It stands adjacent to Mill House, which in turn, stood next to Wents Mill, and both houses still stand although the mill itself was demolished ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
October 2019
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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434 |
Article |
Peldon Service Station |
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ID |
PH01_SST |
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Title |
Peldon Service Station |
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Abstract |
Peldon Service Station used to occupy the plot on the corner of St Ives Hill and Lower Road. It was built in 1948, similar in design to a Nissan hut, but with a much higher roof and designed by a local architect, Colonel Walker, who lived next to Pete Hall. It was built for Dudley Patmore whose ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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435 |
Article |
The road to Colchester |
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ID |
ML2019_010_022 |
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Title |
The road to Colchester |
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Abstract |
We have for this month's subject three old postcards showing the Mersea to Colchester Road passing through Abberton. The first postcard dates from before
the First World War and shows the old Manwood Bridge where the road ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Published |
October 2019
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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436 |
Article |
Ivor Walklett - Ginetta Cars - Part 1 |
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ID |
PH01_IVW |
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Title |
Ivor Walklett - Ginetta Cars - Part 1 |
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Abstract |
Ivor and Viv Walklett have lived in Ransomes Cottage, Peldon since 1977. Before and since then, Ivor has been a performance car designer, co-director of a UK car manufacturer, and co-director of a specialist car design and manufacturing business. His fascinating story, set within the world of sports ... |
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Author |
Geoff Gonella |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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437 |
Article |
Peldon Art Group celebrates 50 years |
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ID |
PH01_AGP |
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Title |
Peldon Art Group celebrates 50 years |
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Abstract |
PELDON ART GROUP CELEBRATES FIFTY YEARS!
2019 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Peldon Art Group which meets in the new Peldon and Wigboroughs Community Hall on a Thursday evening.
Founded in 1969 the full and part-time ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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438 |
Article |
Paglesham Oysters. The Mersea connection. |
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ID |
ML2019_009_022 |
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Title |
Paglesham Oysters. The Mersea connection. |
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Abstract |
The recent purchase of a postcard showing a view of the Paglesham Oyster pits c 1910 led me to look out the delightful little book Toasted Cheese and Cinders by Miss Sybil Brand . I was privileged to get to know this lovely ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Published |
September 2019
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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439 |
Article |
The Peldon Rectory |
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ID |
PH01_RTY |
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Title |
The Peldon Rectory |
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Abstract |
Today, the old Victorian Rectory on Church Road, in the heart of the village, houses young adults for Autism Anglia. With new houses built in front of the stately red brick building on what was once a fine garden with lawns and specimen trees, the building is no longer visible from the road.
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
August 2019
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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440 |
Article |
The Devil and the Wood - the Virley devil |
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ID |
ELS_101 |
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Title |
The Devil and the Wood - the Virley devil |
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Abstract |
The celebrated Virley Devil Legend belongs equally to Tolleshunt Knights.
It is generally recounted as follows: When they dug the land in the Devil's Wood and started to build the house, they worked first day and left a man on guard at night with his three spey bitches. In the night Satan came and ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Owen Ellis
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442 |
Article |
An old lady remembers - Isabella Rosa Dawson |
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ID |
MIS_1968_IRD |
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Title |
An old lady remembers - Isabella Rosa Dawson |
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Abstract |
More than 150 years ago [ in 1968 ], Professor Horace Hayman Wilson sent his six year old son home to England in the care of the ship's captain from Calcutta. The voyage took nearly six months. Some years later the boy married a lady from North Farm, East Mersea. A marquee was put up for the ... |
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Author |
Alan Dawson |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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443 |
Article |
East Mersea Tales - the Wilson family |
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ID |
WSN_TLS |
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Title |
East Mersea Tales - the Wilson family |
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Abstract |
For many years around the beginning of the 20th Century, the Wilson family spent a lot of time in East Mersea. They were from London, but they rented Myth Cottage at East Mersea and perhaps other cottages. Many of the family stayed in Mersea for long periods. The children were adventurous and the ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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444 |
Article |
A Farmworker in Fingringhoe in 1944 |
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ID |
PH01_DAL |
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Title |
A Farmworker in Fingringhoe in 1944 |
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Abstract |
A FARMWORKER IN FINGRINGHOE IN 1944 by Daphne Allen
Having left school aged 16, all I wanted to do was work on a farm, and my parents - I was the youngest of four girls - always encouraged us to do what we wanted to. So I started work at Fingringhoe Hall.
Col. and Mrs. Furneaux lived at the ... |
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Author |
Daphne Allen |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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445 |
Article |
Women's Institute Halls |
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ID |
ML2019_008_022 |
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Title |
Women's Institute Halls |
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Abstract |
Two Ladies recently called in to the Museum asking what we had on the early days of West Mersea Women's Institute. Something they said was of special interest to me as they believed the present headquarters in Kingsland Road was put up by the army in 1939. I knew it wasn't put up until after the War ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Keywords |
rudduck |
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Published |
August 2019
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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446 |
Article |
The Dad's Army of Mersea |
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ID |
CNS_005_025 |
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Title |
The Dad's Army of Mersea |
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Abstract |
Peter Tucker of Norfolk Avenue was a member of the Home Guard prior to his service in the RAF in 1942 at the tender age of 17.
He tells the story of his time there.
May I as a former member of the LOCAL DEFENCE VOLUNTEERS, L.D.V. to give them their correct title, and later the Home Guard, ... |
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Author |
Peter Tucker |
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Published |
June 2006
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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447 |
Article |
The Foresters of Mersea and Peldon |
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ID |
PH01_AOF |
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Title |
The Foresters of Mersea and Peldon |
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Abstract |
Ancient Order of Foresters: Court 5105
According to A History of Court Sailors' Home, West Mersea 1867 -1967 by Sybil Brand , The 'Court Sailors' Home', West Mersea, was founded on 4th September 1867 and its first ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
18 June 2019
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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448 |
Article |
Mark Hyam 1889 - 1990 |
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ID |
IYS_031 |
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Title |
Mark Hyam 1889 - 1990 |
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Abstract |
Mark Hyam was son of Samuel Hyam (1839 - 1916) who started a grocery business in Peldon. The shop was later run by Mark's half-brother Clem.
Mark was born in Peldon 25 May 1889 to parents Samuel and Eliza. Eliza was Samuel's second wife. In 1891 the family were living in The Shop in Peldon ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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449 |
Article |
The Fenns of Lower Road |
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ID |
PH01_FEN |
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Title |
The Fenns of Lower Road |
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Abstract |
If you looked west to east along the left hand side of Lower Road 100 years ago, the buildings then standing would have been Spring Cottage, (nursery and Post Office), the Methodist Chapel next door then an open field until The Plough Inn. Part of the field became known as 'Garden Field' and was ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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450 |
Article |
The Clifford White & Co Empire |
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ID |
ML2019_006_022 |
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Title |
The Clifford White & Co Empire |
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Abstract |
Memory Lane The Clifford White & Co Empire
In the May issue I mentioned Samuel White's son Clifford Manning White who was a prominent businessman on Mersea Island. He started his building business early in the 20th century and in the 1911 census for West Mersea he is listed as a Builder and ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Published |
June 2019
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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