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This database contains some of the books, papers and records held by Mersea Museum.
Found 718 files - displaying 701 to 718 sorted by Date Added Descending
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701 |
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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702 |
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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703 |
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 out of ... |
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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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704 |
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 Red Hall ... |
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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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705 |
Article |
Who Remembers Blanche's Cafe ? |
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ID |
COR_058 |
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Title |
Who Remembers Blanche's Cafe ? |
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Abstract |
Back in Time article from Mersea Courier
Lower Kingsland Road in the early 1960s. This area was known as the Gowing's Estate with mainly chalets for holiday
Visitors. Note the big elms along the front and the old boating lake later ... |
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Author |
Brian Jay / Don Rainbird / Ron Green |
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Published |
c2006
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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706 |
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 is taken in ... |
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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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707 |
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 further postcard from David ... |
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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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708 |
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, I ... |
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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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709 |
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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710 |
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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711 |
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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712 |
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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713 |
Article |
The Changing Foreshore - talk by Ralph Merry |
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ID |
IM05 |
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Title |
The Changing Foreshore - talk by Ralph Merry |
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Abstract |
Slides from a talk given by Ralph Merry at Mersea Museum 14 March 2008.
For more on Fish traps, see ... |
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Author |
Ralph Merry |
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Keywords |
fish weirs |
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Published |
14 March 2008
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Ralph Merry
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714 |
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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715 |
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 of ... |
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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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716 |
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 Wrench ... |
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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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717 |
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 21.
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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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718 |
Article |
Fifty stout sons of Mersea Island foot it out, [inter-war round the island ... |
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ID |
EC71_06_A01 |
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Title |
Fifty stout sons of Mersea Island foot it out, [inter-war round the island walking race] |
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Abstract |
PERSONALLY SPEAKING by James Wentworth Day 1971
Fifty stout sons of Mersea Island foot it out
Article from Essex Countryside June 1971 by James Wentworth Day, transcribed by Joe Vince August 2023
An account based on fact of the great walking race which used to be held annually round ... |
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Author |
James Wentworth Day |
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Keywords |
dialect |
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Published |
June 1971
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Essex Countryside
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Page |
46-47
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719 |
Article |
Country Food in Essex |
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ID |
EC72_03_038 |
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Title |
Country Food in Essex |
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Abstract |
COUNTRY FOOD IN ESSEX by Sybil Brand
Sixty years ago people ate foods that were different from those we are used to at the present time. They were great
delicacies; sweet pickled ham, for instance, was made from a recipe that had been handed down in the family for
generations.
If you ... |
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Author |
Sybil Brand |
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Published |
March 1972
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Essex Countryside
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Page |
38-39
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720 |
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 this.
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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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721 |
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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722 |
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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