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This database contains an index of some of the books and papers held by Mersea Museum. In some cases the database contains a complete transcription of a book or document.
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Sarah Wrench, died 6 May 1848, buried East Mersea. |
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TXA00220 |
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Sarah Wrench, died 6 May 1848, buried East Mersea. |
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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"
The East Mersea Parish Records tell us that Sarah ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Keywords |
churchyard, WCH |
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31 May 2009
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Mersea Museum
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Tim Whelpton - lived on a houseboat before the War |
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TXA00200 |
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Tim Whelpton - lived on a houseboat before the War |
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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 ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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22 May 2009
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Mersea Museum
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Article |
Mersea Island: the 11th-century Boundaries; *** King Edward Charter |
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EAH_014_087 |
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Mersea Island: the 11th-century Boundaries; *** King Edward Charter |
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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 ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Keywords |
Deremy's, Deramy's, Deramy, Deremy |
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14
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Published |
1982
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Essex Archaeology and History
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87
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Essex Archaeology and History |
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EAH_014_077 |
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Title |
Essex Archaeology and History |
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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 ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Keywords |
dendro |
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Volume |
14
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Published |
1982
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Essex Archaeology and History
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77
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Yacht ERIDANI 2 built Wyatt Mersea 1957-1959 |
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TXA00070 |
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Yacht ERIDANI 2 built Wyatt Mersea 1957-1959 |
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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 (Jolyon) Sloggett and has a Lloyds registration ... |
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7 March 2009
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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