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This database contains some of the books, papers and records held by Mersea Museum.
Found 702 files - displaying 51 to 100 sorted by Date Added
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Article |
Birch. A village church in the 1880s |
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ID |
EC53_010_A29 |
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Title |
Birch. A village church in the 1880s |
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Abstract |
Birch - A Village Church In The Eighties by Arthur E. May
From Essex Countryside magazine August 1953 transcribed by Joe Vince
Birch, where the author was born and spent his childhood, is a small village about five miles from Colchester. These recollections of its parish ... |
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Author |
Arthur E. May |
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Published |
October 1953
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Pete Tye Farm, Peldon |
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ID |
PH01_PTF |
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Title |
Pete Tye Farm, Peldon |
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Abstract |
Pete Tye Farm pre 1970 before it was demolished and a new farmhouse built
The current owners of Pete Tye Farm, the Coans, moved into the newly-built Pete Tye Farm in 1970. The old farmhouse was still standing when the newly married couple ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
The Christmas family of Peldon |
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ID |
PH01_CHR |
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Title |
The Christmas family of Peldon |
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Abstract |
The Christmas family has connections with this area going back hundreds of years. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Christmases lived in many of the properties in the village, Rose Cottages, Malting Farm, Hilldene (now demolished and replaced by Grangewood), Purlu on Lower Road ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Mussetts of Mersea Island |
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ID |
AFM_MST_001 |
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Title |
Mussetts of Mersea Island |
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Abstract |
This family tree seeks to trace the descendants of John Mussett, the earliest male member of the family known to have married and had children on Mersea Island.
The great majority of these are descended from his youngest son, James Mussett, who was born in 1800. I have traced both the male and ... |
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Author |
Peter Mussett |
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Published |
30 June 2022
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Our Village Centre - Mersea Life |
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ID |
ML2022_007_067 |
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Title |
Our Village Centre - Mersea Life |
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Abstract |
Memory Lane: Our village centre
From Ron Green and Tony Millatt, Mersea Museum
I think everyone is pleased to see the White Hart all refurbished and busy again. Together with our Parish Church it is the centrepiece of our village and has been for several centuries..
The White Hart has ... |
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Published |
July 2022
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
The Greens of West Mersea |
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ID |
MMH_GRN |
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Title |
The Greens of West Mersea |
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Abstract |
I believe I'm one of the most 'Local' persons on Mersea Island, being a product of two Green
families both of which have been on the island for at least 200 years
Not only have the two families been on the Island for all this time, they have been mostly in the
same part of the Island, bound in ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Mersea and the Civil War - 1648 |
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ID |
MMH_MCW |
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Title |
Mersea and the Civil War - 1648 |
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Abstract |
The previous three years had seen a number of bloody battles, culminating with Charles I being captured. To many, this was the end of the war. But many royalists refused to surrender. Some who did were let off with the payment of a fine and a promise not to take up arms again. Those who could not ... |
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Author |
L.D. Haines |
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Published |
1980
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Susanna Hollomby Head née Carter 1860 - 1909 |
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ID |
SHH |
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Title |
Susanna Hollomby Head née Carter 1860 - 1909 |
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Abstract |
Susanna Hollomby Head (née Carter)
(18 November 1860 - 28 March 1909)
Her Parents, Grandparents, and their Families
Susanna was one of my great grandmothers. She married Charles HEAD at the church of St Peter and St Paul, West Mersea, Essex on 14 April 1881
The full document ... |
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Author |
Andrew Granger-Bevan |
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Andrew Granger-Bevan
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Article |
Granville Leonard Chambers |
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ID |
UPA |
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Title |
Granville Leonard Chambers |
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Abstract |
In May 2022 an unexpected large parcel was delivered to Mersea Museum. It contained a photograph album - some photographs mounted in the album but many more loose. They were nearly all Mersea views, but the back of each photograph just had information about type of film, exposure etc. Only 3 ... |
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Keywords |
green storth |
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Roe and Moore
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Article |
Memory Lane: Celebration Arches |
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ID |
ML2022_006_058 |
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Title |
Memory Lane: Celebration Arches |
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Abstract |
From Ron Green and Tony Millatt, Mersea Museum
With Her Majesty the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, I am reminded of King George V's Silver Jubilee in 1935, going along to events in the school field and receiving my mug - long since disappeared. There were a number of arches built across the road and ... |
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Published |
June 2022
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Memories of a Village Chapel by H.J. Hayhoe 1952 - Layer de la Haye |
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ID |
PBH_HYH |
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Title |
Memories of a Village Chapel by H.J. Hayhoe 1952 - Layer de la Haye |
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Abstract |
Introductory Note: This document contains the text of a pamphlet about the Methodist Chapel in Layer de la Haye, which was demolished in 1970. The original pamphlet has been out of print for many years. As there is little or no prospect of it being re-printed it is being made available on the ... |
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Author |
Mrs H.J. Hayhoe |
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Published |
1952
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Breton Heath
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Article |
Parish Church of St John the Baptist Layer de la Haye |
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ID |
PBH_ALN |
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Title |
Parish Church of St John the Baptist Layer de la Haye |
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Abstract |
IMPORTANT NOTE: Canon Allen's history of Layer de la Haye Church has been out of print for many years. As there is
little or no prospect of it being re-printed it is being made available on the internet, free of charge, for the purposes of
private study and research only. It is not to be ... |
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Author |
Canon James Allen |
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Keywords |
audley |
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Published |
1972
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Breton Heath
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Article |
Birch Airfield |
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ID |
PBH_AFD |
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Title |
Birch Airfield |
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Abstract |
Originally published on ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Breton Heath
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Article |
Birch, Layer Breton and Layer Marney - Glimpses into the History. Jean Eames |
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ID |
PBH_EAM |
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Title |
Birch, Layer Breton and Layer Marney - Glimpses into the History. Jean Eames |
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Abstract |
Glimpses into the History of Three Villages
Birch, Layer Breton and Layer Marney
Jean Eames
EDITORIAL NOTE by RGC August 2002
The following is a transcript of a document produced by the late Mrs Jean Eames of Layer Breton. It records some local history research she carried out with a ... |
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Author |
Jean Eames |
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Published |
1988
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Bronze Age Board Walk - woodworking aspects |
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ID |
TBR_002 |
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Title |
Bronze Age Board Walk - woodworking aspects |
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Abstract |
Notes on the woodworking aspects of the Late Bronze Age plank
trackway found at Coopers Beach Mersea
Purpose of these brief notes
To provide a summary of key woodworking features of the Late Bronze Age trackway to support the display of the conserved
original timbers on Mersea ... |
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Author |
Damian Goodburn |
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Published |
26 April 2022
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
The Bronze Age Board Walk - a trackway across the wetlands |
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ID |
TBR_001 |
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Title |
The Bronze Age Board Walk - a trackway across the wetlands |
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Abstract |
The Oldest Road on Mersea
In recent years, there has been steady erosion of the mud along the Mersea foreshore, and a steady revelation of interesting
artefacts. Several of the discoveries are by local oystermen, who are out on the mud looking for oysters ('ebbing') and
have inquisitive ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Lanhams of Lodge Lane |
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ID |
PH01_LNM |
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Title |
Lanhams of Lodge Lane |
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Abstract |
In the 1970s there was a Garden Centre in Lodge Lane, Peldon, formally named Lanhams Enterprises but known locally as 'Lanhams'. It was a home business set up and run by Yvonne and Ronnie Barbor, at their house and gardens a little way along Lodge Lane on the right, just beyond the footpath that ... |
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Author |
Geoff Gonella |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Memory Lane: Griffon Corner |
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ID |
ML2022_005_010 |
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Title |
Memory Lane: Griffon Corner |
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Abstract |
Having known Griffon Corner now for ninety years, I thought I would take a look at the changes that have been made.
The name has changed and most people will now know it as Tesco Corner. At one time it was also known as Digby's Corner.
The photograph here was taken by Jack Botham around 1962. It ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Coastguards on Mersea |
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ID |
MHS_CGD |
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Title |
Coastguards on Mersea |
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Abstract |
There were Coastguards living on Mersea for a long time. By 1760 the Customs had two boatmen on Mersea and two at Brightlingsea. They were part of the Customs at the time, but in 1822 the Coast Guard service started, under control of the Customs, and it is the Coast Guard we are mainly concerned ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Bronze Age Mersea |
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ID |
CZN_BRZ |
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Title |
Bronze Age Mersea |
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Abstract |
The Bronze Age (c.2500 - 800BC) was a period of dramatic change in the material culture, economies, and structure of society in early
Britain. A rapid rise in population, supported by an improved climate in the early part of the period, allowed the colonization of
larger tracts of land. ... |
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Author |
Oliver Hutchinson, CITiZAN |
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Published |
10 July 2021
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Joseph Picknett Dissenting Minister Great Wigborough Congregational Chapel 1762 ... |
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ID |
GWG_PCK |
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Title |
Joseph Picknett Dissenting Minister Great Wigborough Congregational Chapel 1762 - 1780 |
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Abstract |
One of Mersea Museum's latest acquisitions (April 2022) has come about as a result of an article I wrote about a Dissenters Chapel
(Congregational) that existed in Great Wigborough. There is still a United Reformed Church chapel on the site of the original 1750
building and, because of nineteenth ... |
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Keywords |
rivenhall |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Memory Lane: Hove Creek |
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ID |
ML2022_004_060 |
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Title |
Memory Lane: Hove Creek |
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Abstract |
Mention Hove Creek to many people on Mersea these days and the question will be Where's that? Tell them it's by the Board Walk and they will often know. The creek was probably formed by water flowing away from St Peters Well and other springs in the area. In living memory, my memory, it was quite a ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Published |
April 2022
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Mersea's Duck Decoy |
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ID |
PH01_DOY |
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Title |
Mersea's Duck Decoy |
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Abstract |
A Memorandum by Charles Lind, Vicar of West Mersea, written on a page of the Register for baptisms and marriages 1738 - 1812 makes for fascinating reading. Amongst other interesting contemporary information he refers to the construction of the West Mersea duck decoy, so dating it to the ten year ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Churches of Birch and Layer Breton by T.B. Millatt |
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ID |
TBM_CHC |
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Title |
Churches of Birch and Layer Breton by T.B. Millatt |
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Abstract |
THE CHURCHES
- OLD AND NEW -
of
BIRCH AND LAYER BRETON
T. B. MILLATT
GREAT AND LITTLE BIRCH
Birch originally consisted of two parishes, Great and Little Birch, each with its own parish church and manor house.
GREAT BIRCH CHURCH
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Author |
T.B. Millatt |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Donald George Bibby died 4 December 1941 |
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ID |
OOD_110 |
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Title |
Donald George Bibby died 4 December 1941 |
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Abstract |
War Memorial Profiles for Tollesbury
DONALD GEORGE BIBBY
Gunner, Service No. 899881
104 (The Essex Yeomanry) ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Mr Great's House Kemps Farm Peldon |
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ID |
PH01_KSG |
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Mr Great's House Kemps Farm Peldon |
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Abstract |
MR. GREAT'S HOUSE, PELDON
and the history of Kemps Farm
In Estate Binder 3 in the Essex Records Office is a map of Messuage & Lands belonging to Mrs Mary Thurstan [Thurston] of Wenham Hall
in the County of Suffolk by T. Skynner dated 1728.
On this charming map depicting little ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
26 February 2022
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Peldon Lodge |
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ID |
PH01_LDG |
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Title |
Peldon Lodge |
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Abstract |
PELDON LODGE
Peldon Lodge circa 1911
Peldon Lodge is situated on Lodge Lane in Peldon, set back from the lane and surrounded by mature trees. The lane was once a through road to Colchester and widely used by residents as the ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
A Village Churchyard - Centenary Chronicle 67 |
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ID |
PBH_CTH_067 |
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Title |
A Village Churchyard - Centenary Chronicle 67 |
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Abstract |
A Village Churchyard
Birch, Layer Breton & Layer Marney Local History
Published in Parish News - September 2013
"I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams." ... |
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Published |
September 2013
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Breton Heath
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Article |
Olympic Experiences by Eric Hall - Centenary Chronicle 66 |
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ID |
PBH_CTH_066 |
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Title |
Olympic Experiences by Eric Hall - Centenary Chronicle 66 |
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Abstract |
Olympic Experiences by Eric Hall
Birch, Layer Breton & Layer Marney Local History
Published in Parish News - August 2012
Almost everyone will, by now, be fed up with all things Olympic but in earlier times ... |
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Published |
August 2011
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Breton Heath
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Article |
Remembrance - A Personal Retrospection - Centenary Chronicle 65 |
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ID |
PBH_CTH_065 |
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Title |
Remembrance - A Personal Retrospection - Centenary Chronicle 65 |
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Abstract |
Remembrance - A Personal Retrospection by Eric Hall
Birch, Layer Breton & Layer Marney Local History
Published in Parish News - November 2011
Very recently our nine year old granddaughter had me recalling ... |
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Published |
November 2011
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Breton Heath
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Article |
Layer Breton - of The Manor and the many Forms of Worship - Centenary Chronicle ... |
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ID |
PBH_CTH_064 |
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Title |
Layer Breton - of The Manor and the many Forms of Worship - Centenary Chronicle 64 |
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Abstract |
Layer Breton - of The Manor and the many Forms of Worship
Birch, Layer Breton & Layer Marney Local History
Published in Parish News - September 2011
On 3rd November 1954 a most unusual event took place at the ... |
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Published |
September 2011
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Breton Heath
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Article |
A Mine in Abberton Reservoir Centenary Chronicles 63 |
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ID |
PBH_CTH_063 |
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Title |
A Mine in Abberton Reservoir Centenary Chronicles 63 |
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Abstract |
Nineteen-Eighty-Mine A Mine in Abberton Reservoir
Birch, Layer Breton & Layer Marney Local History
Published in Parish News - May 2011
In the summer of 1989 I was on duty at the Military Police Duty Room, 156 ... |
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Published |
May 2011
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Breton Heath
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Article |
S.S. Teulon, Victorian Architect - Centenary Chronicles 62 |
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ID |
PBH_CTH_062 |
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Title |
S.S. Teulon, Victorian Architect - Centenary Chronicles 62 |
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Abstract |
S.S. Teulon, Victorian Architect
Birch, Layer Breton & Layer Marney Local History
Published in Parish News - March 2011
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Published |
March 2011
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Breton Heath
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Article |
Ted Woolf's Shed |
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ID |
ML2022_003_077 |
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Title |
Ted Woolf's Shed |
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Abstract |
The oyster shed on Coast Road, always known as Ted Woolf's Shed, has recently been demolished and is to be replaced by a new building similar in appearance. The old shed was in very poor condition and the new one will improve working conditions for the men sorting the oysters.
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Published |
March 2022
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
The Layer Breton Missal Stand - Centenary Chronicles 61 |
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ID |
PBH_CTH_061 |
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Title |
The Layer Breton Missal Stand - Centenary Chronicles 61 |
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Abstract |
The Layer Breton Missal Stand
Birch, Layer Breton & Layer Marney Local History
Published in Parish News - February 2011
In 2008 I had an email from Australia. Someone had found this missal stand (a bookrest ... |
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Published |
February 2011
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Breton Heath
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Article |
The Villages in 1910 - Centenary Chronicles 60 |
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ID |
PBH_CTH_060 |
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Title |
The Villages in 1910 - Centenary Chronicles 60 |
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Abstract |
The Villages in 1910
Birch, Layer Breton & Layer Marney Local History
Published in Parish News - November 2010
In 2010 if one wishes to know how to get to a destination you either look at a map or set your ... |
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Published |
November 2010
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Breton Heath
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Article |
Fighting Fires at Birch - Centenary Chronicles 59 |
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ID |
PBH_CTH_059 |
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Title |
Fighting Fires at Birch - Centenary Chronicles 59 |
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Abstract |
Fighting Fires at Birch
Birch, Layer Breton & Layer Marney Local History
Published in Parish News - August 2010
In the last issue mention was made of a fire at White House Farm, Birch, in 1887.
One point ... |
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Published |
August 2010
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Breton Heath
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Article |
Of White Horses and White Houses - Centenary Chronicles 58 |
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ID |
PBH_CTH_058 |
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Title |
Of White Horses and White Houses - Centenary Chronicles 58 |
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Abstract |
Of White Horses and White Houses
Birch, Layer Breton & Layer Marney Local History
Published in Parish News - May 2010
When we moved to this area we found, as we had, as in previous villages, the interesting ... |
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Published |
May 2010
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Breton Heath
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Article |
Elections and Eligibility to Vote - Centenary Chronicles 57 |
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ID |
PBH_CTH_057 |
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Title |
Elections and Eligibility to Vote - Centenary Chronicles 57 |
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Abstract |
Elections and Eligibility to Vote
Birch, Layer Breton & Layer Marney Local History
Published in Parish News - March 2010
With the approach of a General Election it may be appropriate to look back at how ... |
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Published |
March 2010
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Breton Heath
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Article |
Public Health in our Villages - Centenary Chronicles 56 |
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ID |
PBH_CTH_056 |
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Title |
Public Health in our Villages - Centenary Chronicles 56 |
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Abstract |
Public Health in our Villages
Birch, Layer Breton & Layer Marney Local History
Published in Parish News - November 2009
In the last issue mention was made of the reports issued by the Medical Officer of Health ... |
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Keywords |
wilsmore |
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Published |
November 2009
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Breton Heath
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Article |
Birch Friendly Society - Centenary Chronicles 53 |
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ID |
PBH_CTH_053 |
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Title |
Birch Friendly Society - Centenary Chronicles 53 |
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Abstract |
Birch Friendly Society
Birch, Layer Breton & Layer Marney Local History
Published in Parish News - February 2009
With the social welfare provisions available to us today it is difficult to imagine the ... |
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Published |
February 2009
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Breton Heath
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Article |
Medical Officer of Health Reports - Birch Centenary Chronicles 55 |
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ID |
PBH_CTH_055 |
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Title |
Medical Officer of Health Reports - Birch Centenary Chronicles 55 |
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Abstract |
Medical Officer of Health Reports
Birch, Layer Breton & Layer Marney Local History
Published in Parish News - September 2009
Mention has been made in earlier issues of the creation of Union Workhouses as ... |
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Published |
September 2009
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Breton Heath
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Article |
Layer Breton and the 1911 Census - Centenary Chronicles 54 |
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ID |
PBH_CTH_054 |
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Title |
Layer Breton and the 1911 Census - Centenary Chronicles 54 |
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Abstract |
Layer Breton and the 1911 Census
Birch, Layer Breton & Layer Marney Local History
Published in Parish News - May 2009
The increasing interest in family history may have led to release of some of the details ... |
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Published |
May 2009
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Breton Heath
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Article |
Layer Breton Vestry - Centenary Chronicles 52 |
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ID |
PBH_CTH_052 |
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Title |
Layer Breton Vestry - Centenary Chronicles 52 |
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Abstract |
Layer Breton Vestry - 1820 to 1861
Birch, Layer Breton & Layer Marney Local History
Published in Parish News - November 2008
Vestry is defined, in the Concise Oxford Dictionary, as "a room or building attached ... |
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Published |
November 2008
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Breton Heath
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Article |
Gardening in the Past - Birch Centenary Chronicles 49 |
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ID |
PBH_CTH_049 |
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Title |
Gardening in the Past - Birch Centenary Chronicles 49 |
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Abstract |
Gardening in the Past
Birch, Layer Breton & Layer Marney Local History
Published in Parish News - February 2008
In celebration of the founding of the Three Villages Gardening Club we thought it appropriate ... |
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Published |
February 2008
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Breton heath
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Article |
Old Farming Records - Birch Centenary Chronicles 47 |
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ID |
PBH_CTH_047 |
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Title |
Old Farming Records - Birch Centenary Chronicles 47 |
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Abstract |
Old Farming Records
Birch, Layer Breton & Layer Marney Local History
Published in Parish News - August 2007
For many centuries the main occupation hereabouts has been farming. Many changes have taken place and ... |
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Published |
August 2007
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Breton Heath
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Article |
Workhouses - Birch Centernary Chronicle 46 |
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ID |
PBH_CTH_046 |
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Title |
Workhouses - Birch Centernary Chronicle 46 |
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Abstract |
Workhouses
Birch, Layer Breton & Layer Marney Local History
Published in Parish News - May 2007
The large grim looking building, on Lexden Road, known as St Albright's, was built in 1836 as the Lexden and ... |
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Published |
May 2007
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Breton Heath
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Article |
Layer Breton Luddites - 1816 - Centenary Chronicle 45. |
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ID |
PBH_CTH_045 |
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Title |
Layer Breton Luddites - 1816 - Centenary Chronicle 45. |
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Abstract |
Layer Breton Luddites - 1816
Birch, Layer Breton & Layer Marney Local History
Published in Parish News - February 2007
As after any war the returning soldiers find it hard to fit into the community. This was ... |
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Published |
February 2007
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Breton Heath
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