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This database contains some of the books and papers held by Mersea Museum.
Found 467 files - displaying 451 to 467
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Article |
Save the Barrow - article from Mersea Island Courier. |
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ID |
COR2_023 |
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Title |
Save the Barrow - article from Mersea Island Courier. |
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Abstract |
Barrow, what barrow?
View of the Barrow from Dawes Lane
Every islander knows the Mersea Barrow - or do they? For nearly two thousand years it has si ... |
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Author |
Pat Kirby |
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Keywords |
Mersea Mound mount |
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Published |
21 March 2012
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 452 |
Article |
The man who dug the Mersea Barrow |
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ID |
COR2_024 |
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Title |
The man who dug the Mersea Barrow |
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Abstract |
On 16th April, 1912, a sprightly gentleman, resplendent in plus-fours and a bushy walrus moustache, alighted from a Great Eastern steam train at Colchester Station, en route to Mersea Island. His desti tion was Fairhaven House, still standing today in Seaview Avenue, where he ... |
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Author |
Sue Howlett |
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Published |
May 2012
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 453 |
Article |
Ralph Luckham 1920 - 1990 |
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ID |
LUC_RAL |
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Title |
Ralph Luckham 1920 - 1990 |
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Abstract |
Ralph was born in Surrey and until the Second World War worked in telephone engineering. During the war he was seconded to the Foreign Office and was sent to Paris immediately after ... |
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Published |
2012
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 454 |
Article |
Stanley Hills. The Founder of Mersea Museum. |
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ID |
TXA01670 |
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Title |
Stanley Hills. The Founder of Mersea Museum. |
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Abstract |
Stan Hills (centre) in front of one of his beloved steam engines with a newly built Mersea Museum in the background. Also in the picture are Mervyn Dands (left) and Leslie Haines ... |
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Author |
Don Rainbird |
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Published |
2012
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 455 |
Article |
Fish traps in the River Blackwater |
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ID |
TXA01650 |
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Title |
Fish traps in the River Blackwater |
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Abstract |
The following is the text of a recording Ron Hall made for the Mersea Museum 2007 display on fish traps.
Fish traps or 'weirs' as they are termed locally, are to be found in many locations within the Blackwater estuary. The traps are constructed on areas that, when traps ... |
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Author |
Ron L. Hall |
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Keywords |
fish trap fish weir kiddle |
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Published |
16 June 2007
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 456 |
Article |
The Old City Cottage: A Museum Favourite |
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ID |
COR2_022 |
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Title |
The Old City Cottage: A Museum Favourite |
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Abstract |
The Cottage, Mersea Museum. Photo Mike L. Davies.
"I remember using those!" and "Granny had these on her mantelpiece" or "We found one of those in the attic" ... |
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Author |
Judith Kirkby |
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Published |
17 August 2011
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 457 |
Article |
The Tudor Fort at East Mersea. |
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ID |
COR2_020 |
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Title |
The Tudor Fort at East Mersea. |
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Abstract |
Many islanders are familiar with Mersea's surviving military defences - the concrete pill-boxes and crumbling gun placements built 70 years ago to guard against Nazi invasion. But these very visible features are not the only evidence of the island's role in times of war, whether ... |
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Author |
Sue Howlett |
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Published |
20 July 2011
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 458 |
Article |
Sailing barges working to West Mersea Hard. |
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ID |
COR2_019 |
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Title |
Sailing barges working to West Mersea Hard. |
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Abstract |
1. CLIFF.
We have recently seen the sailing barge DAWN reviving a trade which was a common sight around one hundred years ago, when she loaded a stack of straw at Abbotts Hall ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Published |
6 July 2011
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 459 |
Article |
Local education and the lessons of history. |
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ID |
COR2_018 |
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Title |
Local education and the lessons of history. |
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Abstract |
There have been schools for the sons of rich families throughout the centuries, but schooling for the children of the poor was a consequence of the Industrial Revolution.
At the end of the eighteenth century many people thought that educating the lower classes would be ... |
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Author |
Chris Kirkman |
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Published |
22 June 2011
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 460 |
Article |
Ray Island and the legacy of Mehalah - part 2. |
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ID |
COR2_017 |
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Title |
Ray Island and the legacy of Mehalah - part 2. |
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Abstract |
In March 1871 Sabine Baring Gould and his family arrived on Mersea. He was to be the rector at East Mersea for the next ten years. It is well documented that he found life in East Mersea difficult. He complained that the inhabitants of this parish were "dull, reserved, shy and ... |
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Author |
David Nicholls |
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Keywords |
D'WIT |
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Published |
8 June 2011
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 461 |
Article |
Ray Island and the legacy of Mehalah - part 1. |
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ID |
COR2_016 |
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Title |
Ray Island and the legacy of Mehalah - part 1. |
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Abstract |
The first of two pieces by David Nicholls, Essex Wildlife Trust warden at Ray Island.
In 1970 the National Trust bought Ray Island. This was the Trust's first purchase of any property on the Essex coast, persuaded by a group of local people led by Alec Grant. This ... |
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Author |
David Nicholls |
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Published |
27 May 2011
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 462 |
Article |
If you can't eat it, you can buy it at Digby's |
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ID |
COR2_015 |
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Title |
If you can't eat it, you can buy it at Digby's |
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Abstract |
The picture of Digby's shop around 1910 which accompanied this article is no longer available on www.merseamuseum.org.uk . It is available in Brian Jay's book Mersea Memories, available from the Museum Shop.
The business originally known as Digby Brothers was started ... |
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Author |
Brian Jay |
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Keywords |
PORT ERROL |
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Published |
13 May 2011
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 463 |
Article |
A Winter's Tale: behind the scenes at the museum |
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ID |
COR2_014 |
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Title |
A Winter's Tale: behind the scenes at the museum |
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Abstract |
"I suppose you can all have a rest now" is a comment I have heard when the museum closes its doors at the end of September. So what happens when the main hall is cleared to make room for the winter meetings, art shows and fairs? As we get ready to open for the summer season on ... |
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Author |
Joanne Godfrey |
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Published |
29 April 2011
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 464 |
Article |
A Mersea brickie for sixty-five years and counting |
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ID |
COR2_013 |
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Title |
A Mersea brickie for sixty-five years and counting |
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Abstract |
I left West Mersea Council School at Easter 1946 at the age of fourteen to start work with local builder Clifford White & Co. I was to do a bricklaying apprenticeship but was u ble to start officially until aged fifteen. I started on a new bungalow being built in Fenn Farm ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Published |
15 April 2011
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 466 |
Article |
Barfield Road in the 1930s |
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ID |
COR2_011 |
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Title |
Barfield Road in the 1930s |
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Abstract |
The old council houses in Barfield Road, West Mersea. Beyond is the chemist's Shop, and on the right is Clifford White's yard. The photo is dated 1944.
I was born in ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Published |
18 March 2011
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 467 |
Article |
How we were - Mersea people 350 years ago! |
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ID |
COR2_010 |
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Title |
How we were - Mersea people 350 years ago! |
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Abstract |
Family historians visiting Mersea Museum's new Resource Centre, on Saturday open days over the last few months, have made a beeline for the new computers. Here, if successful, they can 'meet their ancestors'. On the computers, are hundreds of pages of information and images, where ... |
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Author |
Sue Howlett |
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Published |
4 March 2011
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 468 |
Article |
What's under your garden ? |
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ID |
COR2_009 |
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Title |
What's under your garden ? |
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Abstract |
In 2006 we were approached at the museum by a team of Cambridge archaeologists, with a view to digging some test pits in Mersea. The team was from the Higher Education Field Academy (HEFA) under the leadership of Carenza Lewis who some people will remember from Channel 4's Time Team ... |
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Author |
Chris Kirkman |
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Published |
18 February 2011
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 469 |
Article |
East Mersea life in the early Twentieth Century |
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ID |
COR2_008 |
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Title |
East Mersea life in the early Twentieth Century |
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Abstract |
My father, Leslie James Green, was born on December 5th 1902 in the old Blue Row Cottages. He was the second son of Arthur John Green (known as Jack) and Alice Jane, née Mingay. Jack was born in the old Workhouse Cottages at Waldegraves on February 3rd 1878.
Alice ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Published |
4 February 2011
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 470 |
Article |
When Mammoths and Bears roamed |
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ID |
COR2_007 |
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Title |
When Mammoths and Bears roamed |
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Abstract |
So, what about GEOLOGY? No museum should be without its fossils, and Mersea Museum has a few, although not displayed as such. Some years ago a committee member was able to identify and display a collection of fossilised bones. However, when she left, no-one felt able to take this ... |
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Author |
Vicki Packard |
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Keywords |
Richard Bedford |
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Published |
22 January 2011
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 471 |
Article |
Did the earth move for you too? The 1884 Earthquake. |
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ID |
COR2_006 |
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Title |
Did the earth move for you too? The 1884 Earthquake. |
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Abstract |
MERSEA ISLAND WRECKED
"On the morning of 22nd April 1884, the unthinkable happened. A major earthquake struck the British Isles. In under a minute almost the entire length and breadth of England had been shaken by a violent tremor which devastated the county of Essex - its epicentre - and ... |
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Author |
Pat Kirby |
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Published |
30 December 2010
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 472 |
Article |
Roly Green, the gardener at Shameen |
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ID |
COR2_005 |
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Title |
Roly Green, the gardener at Shameen |
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Abstract |
Shameen, circa 1924
Shameen was a large house built about 100 years ago at the end of Seaview Avenue, close to the beach.
My maternal grandfather Roland 'Roly' ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Published |
17 December 2010
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 473 |
Article |
Stuffed birds to be put in cold storage. |
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ID |
COR2_004 |
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Title |
Stuffed birds to be put in cold storage. |
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Abstract |
WILDLIFE EXHIBITS
The time has come to renovate the museum's tural history section. Most of the wildlife displays in the museum consist of stuffed and mo ... |
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Author |
David Nicholls |
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Published |
3 December 2010
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 474 |
Article |
If it wasn't the Romans, who built the Strood ? |
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ID |
COR2_002 |
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Title |
If it wasn't the Romans, who built the Strood ? |
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Abstract |
It is often suggested that the Strood, Mersea's ancient causeway, was built by the Romans. Tales abound of a ghostly Roman centurion, pacing the Strood on stormy nights. However, when Romans first arrived on Mersea in the 1st century AD, sea levels were considerably lower than ... |
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Author |
Sue Howlett |
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Published |
5 November 2010
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 475 |
Article |
The Cudmores, carriers of Carrier's Close |
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ID |
COR2_003 |
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Title |
The Cudmores, carriers of Carrier's Close |
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Abstract |
"Another teat for the children was to go by Carrier's Van to Colchester. The journey was long and arduous. The horse stopped at all cottage doors to collect letters to post and parcels to be delivered. The 'boy' used to run down the lanes to collect or deliver while the horse ... |
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Author |
Chris Kirkman |
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Published |
19 November 2010
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Christine Kirkman
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| 476 |
Article |
Beckwith's Colchester Registered Steamers |
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ID |
TXA00990 |
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Title |
Beckwith's Colchester Registered Steamers |
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Abstract |
List compiled by John Collins of Wivenhoe Nottage.
List of Beckwith's Colchester Registered steamers.
1880/1 ESSEX 60.19grt (39.96net) iron elliptical stern screw steamer. 80.8'x15.7'x5.8'. Engine room 16.8'. Two 'high pressure' cyls 25" bore x 10" stroke, surface condensing by G. ... |
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Author |
John Collins |
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Published |
13 November 2010
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 477 |
Article |
An early Mersea Telephone Directory |
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ID |
TXA00950 |
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Title |
An early Mersea Telephone Directory |
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Abstract |
An early directory, compiled from various sources.
... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt / Ron Green |
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Keywords |
phone list telephone list. |
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Published |
c1929
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 478 |
Article |
Pulling them in with zips, bones and hooks |
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ID |
COR2_001 |
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Title |
Pulling them in with zips, bones and hooks |
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Abstract |
After the doors of Hadley's Ladies' Outfitters in Mill Road closed for the last time in March 2002, Mersea Museum received an unusual donation - fifteen pieces of assorted corsetry, most dating ... |
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Author |
Joanne Godfrey |
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Published |
22 October 2010
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 479 |
Article |
The Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, West Mersea. A Brief History. |
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ID |
TXA00900 |
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Title |
The Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, West Mersea. A Brief History. |
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Abstract |
It was at a spot only three miles across the Backwater Estuary at Bradwell-on-Sea that St. Cedd founded his little monastery circa 654, built the historic St. Peter's Chapel ... |
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Author |
T.B. Millatt (with later additions) |
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Keywords |
West Mersea Church |
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Published |
11 October 2010
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 480 |
Article |
Baring-Gould's novel Mehalah features Red Hall on the marshes. Did it exist? |
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ID |
TXA00710 |
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Title |
Baring-Gould's novel Mehalah features Red Hall on the marshes. Did it exist? |
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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 Re ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Published |
31 July 2010
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 481 |
Article |
East Mersea School, 1905 and 1926 - Courier article |
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ID |
COR_044 |
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Title |
East Mersea School, 1905 and 1926 - Courier article |
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Abstract |
BACK IN TIME - THE MERSEA PICTURE ALBUM
EAST MERSEA SCHOOL
Having shown a group photo from West Mersea school in the last issue, we thought it only fair to show similar pictures from East Mersea, their school having now become the East Mersea Village Hall.
The first picture ... |
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Author |
Brian Jay / Don Rainbird / Ron Green |
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Published |
July 2005
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Mersea Island Courier
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| 482 |
Article |
Mersea Hero at the Somme - Back in Time Courier article |
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ID |
COR_011 |
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Title |
Mersea Hero at the Somme - Back in Time Courier article |
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Abstract |
While scanning the Pullen family album we came across a WW1 photo of Arthur David ('Dash') Pullen, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Pullen, in the uniform of the Essex Regiment. On the back of a ... |
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Author |
Brian Jay / Don Rainbird / Ron Green |
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Mersea Island Courier
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| 483 |
Article |
A Monkey Puzzle - Courier Article |
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ID |
COR_005 |
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Title |
A Monkey Puzzle - Courier Article |
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Abstract |
Ron Green, one of our Museum local historians has always been intrigued by the nickname 'Monkey Beach' for the area close to St Peters Well and a letter from Ron together with the picture below might persuade other Courier readers to give their opinion.
Ron writes: "For some time now, ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Keywords |
monkey steps |
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Published |
December 2003
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Mersea Island Courier
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| 484 |
Article |
Reverend Edward Musselwhite, Rector of Salcot. |
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ID |
SAL_REC_048 |
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Title |
Reverend Edward Musselwhite, Rector of Salcot. |
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Abstract |
Death of The Reverend E. Musselwhite of Salcott, (October 12th 1906)
(As reported in the Essex County Standard)
In last week's Essex County Standard, we announced that the Rev. E. Musselwhite, rector of Salcott - Virley
since 1878 and Rural Dean of Mersea, was very ill with acute ... |
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Keywords |
Salcott Musslewhite |
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Published |
12 October 1906.
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Essex County Standard
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| 485 |
Article |
Tony Stacey photograph collection |
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ID |
TXA00350 |
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Title |
Tony Stacey photograph collection |
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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 ... |
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Keywords |
Anthony Stacey |
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Published |
20 February 2010
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Source |
Mersea Museum / World Ship Society
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| 486 |
Article |
Yacht ENDEAVOUR missing in Atlantic with several local people on board. |
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ID |
TXA00340 |
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Title |
Yacht ENDEAVOUR missing in Atlantic with several local people on board. |
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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 ... |
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Published |
20 January 2010
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 487 |
Article |
West Mersea Parish Church Tower |
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ID |
TXA00330 |
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Title |
West Mersea Parish Church Tower |
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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 ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Keywords |
NRD |
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Published |
June 2019
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 488 |
Article |
Old anchor at Mersea Museum |
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ID |
TXA00310 |
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Title |
Old anchor at Mersea Museum |
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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 ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Published |
15 September 2009
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 489 |
Article |
NANALOA - HSL 145 |
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ID |
TXA00300 |
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Title |
NANALOA - HSL 145 |
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Abstract |
By 2009, NANALOA, the former 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 in the 1990s and covers some of her history.
NANALOA was built in the last months of 1939, one ... |
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Author |
Pat Zierold |
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Published |
c1994
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Pam West and John Zierold
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| 490 |
Article |
Sarah Wrench, died 6 May 1848, buried East Mersea. |
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ID |
TXA00220 |
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Title |
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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Published |
31 May 2009
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 491 |
Article |
Tim Whelpton - lived on a houseboat before the War |
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ID |
TXA00200 |
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Title |
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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Published |
22 May 2009
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 492 |
Article |
Mersea Island: the 11th-century Boundaries; *** King Edward Charter |
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ID |
EAH_014_087 |
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Title |
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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Volume |
14
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Published |
1982
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Essex Archaeology and History
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Page |
87
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| 493 |
Article |
Essex Archaeology and History |
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ID |
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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Page |
77
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| 494 |
Article |
Yacht ERIDANI 2 built Wyatt Mersea 1957-1959 |
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ID |
TXA00070 |
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Title |
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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Published |
7 March 2009
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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