Glimpses into the past - a random selection of items that come our way.

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1		Papers	West Mersea School 1926-1935
		ID	LH2

		Title	West Mersea School 1926-1935
		Abstract	A slideshow by Len Harvey. Len used to give this show in the village - the source of the photographs is not yet known. He was groundsman at the school.
		Source	Mersea Museum / Rose Harvey
		Images:
			ImageID LH2_008 Title Drake Room - Len Harvey School slideshow. One of a collection of 45 images of West Mersea School 1926-1935, that can be viewed in the Museum. Date 1930 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Len Harvey Collection
			ImageID LH2_030 Title Bert Chapman ? Hearson's Patent Proprietors Spratt's Patent Ld. Len Harvey School slideshow. Date 1929 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Len Harvey Collection
			ImageID LH2_032 Title School Concert 1935. Joan Pullen 6th from right back. Len Harvey School slideshow. Date 1935 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Len Harvey Collection
			ImageID LH2_046 Title The Rock Pool - Len Harvey School slideshow. Date 1934 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Len Harvey Collection

2		Papers	Baring-Gould's novel Mehalah features Red Hall on the marshes. Did it exist?
		ID / Box or Location	TXA00710 / Email

		Title	Baring-Gould's novel Mehalah features Red Hall on the marshes. Did it exist?
		Author	Tony Millatt
		Abstract	Red Hall in Mehalah An enquiry to the Museum said "I have been studying Baring-Gould's Mehalah and I am interested in sites related to the novel. "I was wondering if there is (or was) a real-world equivalent to what the novel calls Red Hall. The novel says that the reclaimed salting of...
		Published	31 July 2010
		Source	Mersea Museum
		Box or Location	Email

3		Papers	Tim Whelpton - lived on a houseboat before the War
		ID	TXA00200

		Title	Tim Whelpton - lived on a houseboat before the War
		Author	Tony Millatt
		Abstract	Tim Whelpton died March 2009 at the age of 80. He came from a sailing family, in which his doctor grandfather had a fleet of fishing smacks based in Essex. Tim's father, a master mariner, went to sea in square-rigged sailing ships and had circumnavigated the world seven times before he was...
		Published	22 May 2009
		Source	Mersea Museum

4		Papers	NANALOA - HSL 145
		ID	TXA00300

		Title	NANALOA - HSL 145
		Author	Pat Zierold
		Abstract	By 2009, NANALOA, formerly High Speed Launch 145, was resting at West Mersea, her hull stripped of all fittings, and barely floating at high tide. The following article was written by Pat Zierold and covers some of her history. NANALOA was built in the last months of 1939, one of the first...
		Published	c1994
		Source	Mersea Museum / Pam West and John Zierold
		Images:
			ImageID SHP_NAN_358 Title HSL 145 at speed in her working days. She later became the motor yacht NANALOA. Thank you to ... Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / www.asrmcs-club.com/BoatsWebsite
			ImageID SHP_NAN_359 Title HSL 145 on mooring during her working days. She later became the motor yacht NANALOA. Thank you to Terry Holtham and ... Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / www.asrmcs-club.com/BoatsWebsite
			ImageID SHP_NAN_360 Title NANALOA (H.S.L. 145) on her journey from Birdham to the Blackwater Date 1947 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Pam West and John Zierold
			ImageID SHP_NAN_362 Title NANALOA and Pat Zierold on her journey from Birdham to the Blackwater Date 1947 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Pam West and John Zierold
			ImageID SHP_NAN_363 Title NANALOA Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Pam West and John Zierold
			ImageID SHP_NAN_364 Title NANALOA on the Blackwater Date c1984 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Pam West and John Zierold
			ImageID SHP_NAN_366 Title NANALOA in the lock at Heybridge. She was kept at the Basin from 1947 to 1982. Date c1960 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Pam West and John Zierold
			ImageID SHP_NAN_368 Title NANALOA in the 1980s undergoing 'routine maintenance' at West Mersea. After 1982 Pat Zierold kept her on a mooring in the Quarters. Date c1985 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Pam West and John Zierold
			ImageID SHP_NAN_369 Title An immaculate looking NANALOA on Clarke Carter slipway at Mersea. Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Pam West and John Zierold
			ImageID SHP_NAN_906 Title NANALOA resting at West Mersea by Wyatt's slipway. She is an ex Air Sea Rescue launch from World War 2, 63ft Whale-back type, built 1940 by the British Power Boat Company. NANALOA has been at Mersea... Date 1 June 2009 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Ian Clarke Collection
			ImageID SHP_NAN_907 Title NANALOA resting at West Mersea by Wyatt's slipway. She is an Air Sea Rescue launch from World War 2, 63ft Whale-back type, built 1940 by the British Power Boat Company. NANALOA has been at Mersea for... Date 1 June 2009 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Ian Clarke Collection

5		Papers	The story of the Cinque Port of Brightlingsea
		ID / Box or Location	EC63_12_080 / With Tony

		Title	The story of the Cinque Port of Brightlingsea
		Author	Douglas Went
		Abstract	History of Brighlingsea with photographs.
		Published	December 1963
		Source	Mersea Museum / Essex Countryside
		Box or Location	With Tony
		Images:
			ImageID EC1_WEN_700 Title The last of the steam yachts lying in the River Colne in the late 1920s --- VITA and MEDEA. MEDEA was built A. Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, 1904. Official No. 119160. Ex CORNEILLE, ex MEDEA. Owner... Date c1929 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Douglas Went
			ImageID EC1_WEN_705 Title An abundance of sprats. A photograph taken in 1926 when some 40 smacks were still fishing and sprats were so abundant that they were sold at 1/- and 1/6 a bushel for manure. From an article on... Date 1926 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Douglas Went
			ImageID EC1_WEN_710 Title The famous CAP PILAR photographed when she was up in Aldous's Yard at Brightlingsea in 1939. This once-lovely ship now lies a wreck up at Wivenhoe [Douglas Went, 1963] From an article on... Date 1939 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Douglas Went
			ImageID EC1_WEN_715 Title A scalloper, CK2 and smacks on Brightlingsea Hard. From an article on Brightlingsea by Douglas Went, published in Essex Countryside December 1963. Date 1926 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Douglas Went

6		Book	Mersea Island: the 11th-century Boundaries; *** King Edward Charter
		ID / Box or Location	EAH_014_087 / EAH

		Title	Mersea Island: the 11th-century Boundaries; *** King Edward Charter
		Author	Tony Millatt
		Abstract	Deramy's Stone stands on the boundary between East and West Mersea. The plaque below the stone (erected in January 1975) says the stone marks the Boundary of the Manor of West Mersea granted by King Edward the Confessor to the Monastery of St. Ouen in 1046. However, there is much doubt about...
		Keywords	Deremy's, Deramy's, Deramy, Deremy
		Volume	14
		Published	1982
		Source	Mersea Museum / Essex Archaeology and History
		Page	87
		Box or Location	EAH
		Images:
			ImageID SH010002 Title The Deramy Stone on the road between East and West Mersea. A photograph taken soon after the stone was re-erected in 1975. The inscription reads: DEREMY'S STONE Boundary of the manor of... Date c1980 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Pat Brown
			ImageID SH010001 Title Deramy's Stone on the boundary between East and West Mersea. Its history is not clear. The plaque below the stone (erected in January 1975) says the stone marks the Boundary of the Manor of West... Date 2009 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Sue Howlett

7		Book	Essex Archaeology and History
		ID / Box or Location	EAH_014_077 / EAH

		Title	Essex Archaeology and History
		Author	Tony Millatt
		Abstract	The only road onto Mersea Island crosses the end of the Strood and Pyefleet channels on a causeway known as the Strood. The road has been raised over the years, but below the present road can be found oak piles which indicate the presence of a causeway here in Anglo-Saxon times. The name ‘Strood’ is...
		Keywords	dendro
		Volume	14
		Published	1982
		Source	Mersea Museum / Essex Archaeology and History
		Page	77
		Box or Location	EAH

8		Papers	Yacht ENDEAVOUR missing in Atlantic with several local people on board.
		ID	TXA00340

		Title	Yacht ENDEAVOUR missing in Atlantic with several local people on board.
		Abstract	An object in Mersea Museum leads us into a long story, involving local fishermen, the big racing yachts from before World War 2, the America's Cup and adventures in the Atlantic. The object is a piece of manilla rope, about 1 foot long and 8.5 inches [21.5cm] circumference. The rope was being used...
		Source	Mersea Museum
		Images:
			ImageID TM2_IMG_3698 Title A piece of ENDEAVOUR's tow rope which was severed on the night of 13th September 1937 at about 11 o'clock at night in the Atlantic, 200 miles off Nantucket on the east coast of America, with wind... Source/Photographer Mersea Museum
			ImageID BOXB5_013_049 Title The blue hulled ENDEAVOUR, K4, and the green hulled ASTRA, K2, prepare for the start at Southend on Sea regatta in 1934. Both have a single reef in the mainsail as the fresh wind will harden when they... Date 1934 Source/Photographer John Leather Collection / Douglas Went

9		Article	Tony Stacey photograph collection
		ID / Box or Location	TXA00350 / Internet

		Title	Tony Stacey photograph collection
		Abstract	Tony Stacey was a Mersea resident and a ship photographer. He died c1995 and his collection of 11,000 slides was passed to the World Ship Society. Tony travelled widely photographing ships but also watched the local scene and we are featuring a selection of photographs from the River Blackwater...
		Keywords	Anthony Stacey
		Source	Mersea Museum / World Ship Society
		Box or Location	Internet
		Images:
			ImageID SHP_STC_558 Title CONTENDER BEZANT laid up in the River Blackwater. Photo by the late Tony Stacey of Mersea. Originally launched in 1981 as the commercially owned and operated CONTENDER BEZANT, a combination... Date c1984 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_596 Title JENNIFER leaving Rowhedge Wharf, River Colne. Built 1966 Seitas, Hamburg, 499 tons gross. IMO No. 6616887. Capsized and lost near Masirah 17 May 2000. Date 1985 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_598 Title HOOP passing Rowhedge after sailing from Colchester. Built 1957 460 grt. Ex HOOPRIDE. IMO No. 5226738. Date 1985 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_600 Title ERLENHAIN at Rowhedge. Built 1968 IMO No. 6804551. Date 1985 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_602 Title GILLATION at Colchester Hythe in the 1970s. Built 1964 by London and Rochester Trading, at Strood. Date c1975 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_550 Title MOUNT DIRFYS laid up in the River Blackwater. Date cMarch 1983 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_604 Title ANDESCOL at Colchester Hythe in the 1970s. Built 1961 Hoogezand. Registered Colchester. In London & Rochester colours. Date c1975 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_606 Title AREND at Rowhedge. IMO No. 6620864 Date 1986 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_608 Title BANDICK loading grain at Colchester Hythe in the 1970s. Beyond her, extreme left, is the COLNE DREDGER. Date c1975 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_610 Title TRILBY (left) and BRANDRAM at Colchester Hythe in the 1970s. TRILBY was built Rochester in 1896 as a sailing barge. Official No. 106527. Like several of the barges on war service she was in a bad... Date c1975 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_612 Title CAROLINE at Rowhedge on the River Colne. Date not known. IMO No. 5102889. Date c1980 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_614 Title GERSOM passing Rowhedge. IMO No. 7819814. Built 1979 575 grt. Date 1985 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_616 Title GRUNDARFOSS at Rowhedge. IMO No. 7128473. Built 1971 499 tons gross. Date 1988 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_618 Title HOOFINCH passing Rowhedge after sailing from Colchester. Built 1964, 322 grt. Date 1985 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_620 Title IRENE VI at Wivenhoe. IMO No. 5414309, built 1963, 497 grt. Date 1985 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_622 Title LINDHOLM at Wivenhoe. IMO No. 6208944 built 1952, 298 grt. Date 1985 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_624 Title LODELLA at Colchester Hythe in the 1970s. IMO No. 7039555, built 1970 and owned by London & Rochester Trading Company. The barge astern is thought to be MALONEY. Date c1975 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_626 Title MAGUDA at Colchester Hythe in the 1970s. IMO 5217232, built 1959 Hoogezand, 220 tons gross. When Francis & Gilders of Colchester, London & Rochester Trading Co. and Daniels of Whitstable... Date c1975 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_628 Title MARIA at Rowhedge on the Colne. IMO 8200151, built 1983, 818 tons gross. Date unknown. Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_632 Title A nice scene from the days when Wivenhoe and Rowhedge were busy ports. Colne tugs PEP and AJAY, with the coaster TEESLAND arriving with timber and VANGUARD berthed at Wivenhoe. Date... Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_633 Title PIA at Colchester, date unknown. IMO 5108845 built 1950 Sietas as ESTE. Named PIA 1976 to 1983. Date c1980 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_636 Title POLYTHENE at Colchester, date unknown. IMO No. 5281647, built 1949 330 grt. Date c1980 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_638 Title RITA DOLLING approaching Rowhedge after leaving Colchester. IMO 5148998 built 1950, 349 grt. Date 1985 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_640 Title SEMLOW at Rowhedge in the 1980s. IMO 7102235 built 1971, 299 grt. Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_642 Title VANGUARD gives METTE CLIPPER a nudge at Rowhedge Wharf, River Colne. VANGUARD IMO 7035016, built 1969, 399 tons gross. METTE CLIPPER IMO 7707487, built 1977 1,190 tons gross. Date 1985 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_644 Title VERALIL at Colchester Hythe in the 1980s. IMO 7321453 built 1973 299 tons gross. Renamed ERRIA 1983. 24 Jul 2010 Jens Peter Nielsen wrote: This was my first assignment as Mate. It is exactly... Date c1981 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection
			ImageID SHP_STC_646 Title WALL BROOK at Colchester Hythe, gasworks quay, date unknown. Built 1940, 244 tons gross. Sunk as a target off Wainfleet after March 1999. Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Stacey Collection

10		Papers	Rescued from Wills and Packham, Sittingbourne
		ID	CW01

		Title	Rescued from Wills and Packham, Sittingbourne
		Author	Tony Millatt
		Abstract	This collection of documents and photographs came from Chris White. Several years ago, Chris worked for Erith Building Supplies who had taken over the old Wills and Packham premises at Crown Quay, Sittingbourne. The documents were heading for the skip and were rescued by Chris. Wills and...
		Source	Mersea Museum / Chris White
		Images:
			ImageID CW01_001 Title Unidentified barge, possibly ABERDEEN. From collection of Wills & Packham photographs. Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Chris White Collection
			ImageID CW01_003 Title Barge RAYBEL launched at Wills & Packham, Sittingbourne. Official No. 145058. From a set of Wills & Packham photographs. The barge being built in the big shed is believed to be PHOENICIAN. Date 1920 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Chris White Collection
			ImageID CW01_005 Title Hulk of barge W. & P. Official No. 94570. Sold out of trade in 1949, became a snack bar and then became derelict in a backwater near Tonbridge Kent. From a set of Wills & Packham photographs Abstract Notes from Ron Green & SSBR Hulk List. Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Chris White Collection
			ImageID CW01_006 Title Barge ABERDEEN. Official No. 98795, built Sittingbourne 1890. From a collection of Wills & Packham photographs. Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Chris White Collection
			ImageID CW01_010 Title Bill of Sale. Thirty-two Shares in Arthur Blake of Rochester from Mrs Harriet Blake to Mr Henry Packham. Official No. 43537. Date 29 August 1887 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Chris White Collection
			ImageID CW01_011 Title Bill of Sale ARTHUR BLAKE of Rochester, built Chiswick 1857. Official No. 43537. Thirty-two shares in ship sold by Harriett Blake to Henry Packham. Date 29 August 1887 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Chris White Collection
			ImageID CW01_012 Title Bill of Sale Red Lancer of Rochester. Sixteen shares from Mr Henry Tuff to Mr Henry Packham. Scan of original document dated 1st June 1882. RED LANCER Official No. 81870. Date 1 June 1882 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Chris White Collection
			ImageID CW01_013 Title Bill of Sale for ship RED LANCER of Rochester, Official No. 81870, built 6 March 1880. Sale dated 20 May 1882 for 16 shares from Mr Henry Tuff of Herne Hill, formerly Milton-next-Sittingbourne to Mr... Date 20 May 1882 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Chris White Collection
			ImageID CW01_014 Title Bill of Sale Red Lancer of Rochester. Sixteen shares from Mr Henry Tuff to Mr Daniel Wills. Scan of original document dated 20th May 1882. RED LANCER Official No. 81870 Date 20 May 1882 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Chris White Collection
			ImageID CW01_015 Title Bill of Sale for ship RED LANCER of Rochester, Official No. 81870, built 6 March 1880. Sale dated 1 June 1882 for 16 shares from Mr Henry Tuff of Herne Hill, formerly Milton-next-Sittingbourne to Mr... Date 1 June 1882 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Chris White Collection
			ImageID CW01_016 Title Bill of Sale Thirtytwo Shares Barge OMEGA of Rochester. From Messrs Wills & Packham to Mr Henry Packham. Scan of original document dated 29th November 1877. OMEGA Official No. 67069 Date 29 November 1877 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Chris White Collection
			ImageID CW01_017 Title Bill of Sale for ship OMEGA of Rochester, Official No. 67069, built Sittingbourne 31st January 1874. Sale dated 29th November 1877 for 32 shares from Daniel Wills and Henry Packham to Mr Henry Packham... Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Chris White Collection
			ImageID CW01_018 Title Bill of Sale Thirtytwo Shares Barge FLORA of Rochester. From Messrs Wills Packham to Mr H. Packham. Scan of original document dated 29th November 1877. FLORA Official No. 67054. Date 29 November 1877 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Chris White Collection
			ImageID CW01_019 Title Bill of Sale for ship FLORA of Rochester, Official No. 67054, built Sittingbourne 2nd June 1873. Sale dated 29th November 1877 for 32 shares from Daniel Wills and Henry Packham to Mr Henry Packham of... Date 29 November 1877 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Chris White Collection
			ImageID CW01_020 Title Bill of Sale Barge ROVER of Rochester 32/64 67029 21/1871. From Mr George Carey to Mr Henry Packham. Scan of original document dated 13th December 1877. ROVER Official No. 67029. Date 13 December 1877 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Chris White Collection
			ImageID CW01_021 Title Bill of Sale for ship ROVER of Rochester, Official No. 67029, built Sittingbourne 1871. Sale dated 13th December 1877 for 32 shares from George Carey of Sittingbourne to Mr Henry Packham, Brick... Date 13 December 1877 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Chris White Collection

11		Papers	West Mersea Parish Church Tower
		ID	TXA00330

		Title	West Mersea Parish Church Tower
		Author	Ron Green
		Abstract	By the late 1940s, the 11th century West Mersea church tower was in a very bad state. There were large holes in the stonework, where dozens of jackdaws nested. In 1951 local builder Clifford White & Co submitted an estimate for extensive repair work in the sum of £1,260 which was accepted, and work...
		Published	January 2010
		Source	Mersea Museum
		Images:
			ImageID RG050100 Title Les Green and his son Ron Green on West Mersea Church tower during repairs in the winter of 1951/52. You can see the gable of Barclay's Bank below Ron's left arm and the rail. Date cJan 1952 Source/Photographer Ron Green Collection
			ImageID TM1_6582 Title Parish Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, West Mersea Date 20 May 2007 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Millatt
			ImageID IA003480 Title The Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, West Mersea --- an early photograph, thought to be about 1898. The 11th century tower has considerable use of Roman tiles and brick in it, from the... Date c1898 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Millatt Collection

12		Papers	Old anchor at Mersea Museum
		ID	TXA00310

		Title	Old anchor at Mersea Museum
		Author	Tony Millatt
		Abstract	The anchor in the entrance drive to Mersea Museum was recovered from the Barrow Deep by Mersea fisherman Pat Mead in 1977. Pat says the anchor was caught below the Mid Barrow on the Sunk side and it had 10 fathoms of tarred rope hawser attached. He was on the OAKLEIGH with Carl Seeley as crew. The...
		Published	15 September 2009
		Source	Mersea Museum
		Images:
			ImageID IA003350 Title Anchor recovered from Barrow Deep by West Mersea Skipper Pat Mead of fishing boat OAKLEIGH and landed at Colchester Hythe. The anchor weighed over 2 tons and is believed to be pre-1820. October... Date August 1977 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum
			ImageID TM2_3136 Title The anchor in Mersea Museum grounds is thought to date from before 1820. It has a wooden stock, with wrought iron shank, arms and flukes. The stock is about 4.5m long. It was caught in the net of... Date 26 July 2009 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Millatt

13		Book	Kelly's Essex Directory 1882
		ID / Box or Location	TXA00280 / TM01

		Title	Kelly's Essex Directory 1882
		Abstract	Copies of pages for East and West Mersea, Langenhoe, Peldon, Great and Little Wigborough, and Tollesbury. Contains a description of the village and its community, list of local officials and traders. This and other Kelly's Directories are online at http://www.historicaldirectories.org
		Published	June 1882
		Source	Mersea Museum
		Box or Location	TM01
		Images:
			ImageID IA003300 Title Kelly's 1882 Directory --- East Mersea and West Mersea. Abstract East Mersea Goddard Rev. Wm. Hy. M.A. Rectory Mustard John, Reeves Hall Cockrell William Worledge, Farmer, East Mersea Hall farm Cant Samuel, farmer, Ivy... Date 1882 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Millatt
			ImageID IA003304 Title Kelly's 1882 Directory --- Langenhoe Date 1882 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Millatt
			ImageID IA003308 Title Kelly's 1882 Directory --- Peldon or Peltington Date 1882 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Millatt
			ImageID IA003310 Title Kelly's 1882 Directory --- Tollesbury Date 1882 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Millatt
			ImageID IA003312 Title Kelly's 1882 Directory --- Great and Little Wigborough Date 1882 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Millatt

14		Papers	Yacht ERIDANI 2 built Wyatt Mersea 1957-1959
		ID / Box or Location	TXA00070 / Emails

		Title	Yacht ERIDANI 2 built Wyatt Mersea 1957-1959
		Abstract	In March 2009, the Museum had an enquiry from two brothers who were about to embark on the restoration of a Yacht called ERIDANI 2. They knew she was built in West Mersea by William Wyatt between 1957 and 1959. She was designed by a man called John Sloggett and has a Lloyds registration number....
		Published	7 March 2009
		Source	Mersea Museum
		Box or Location	Emails

15		Papers	Sarah Wrench, died 5 May 1848, buried East Mersea.
		ID	TXA00220

		Title	Sarah Wrench, died 5 May 1848, buried East Mersea.
		Author	Tony Millatt
		Abstract	Just to the north east of East Mersea Church is the grave of Sarah Wrench. It is unusual in that it has iron hoops over it, forming a cage. A cast iron plaque on the grave says "Sarah Wrench died 6th May 1848 aged 15 years and 5 months" From research done by Mersea Museum: The East...
		Keywords	churchyard
		Published	31 May 2009
		Source	Mersea Museum
		Images:
			ImageID TM2_2871 Title Grave of Sarah Wrench on north side of East Mersea Church, died 6 May 1848, aged 15 years 5 months. Date 31 May 2009 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Millatt
			ImageID TM2_2872 Title Inscription on grave of Sarah Wrench on north side of East Mersea Church. She died 6 May 1848, aged 15 yrs 5 months. Date 31 May 2009 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Millatt
			ImageID TM2_2874 Title Grave of Sarah Wrench on north side of East Mersea Church. She died 6 May 1848, aged 15 yrs 5 months Date 31 May 2009 Source/Photographer Mersea Museum / Tony Millatt