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This database contains some of the books, papers and records held by Mersea Museum.
Found 256 files - displaying 1 to 50 sorted by ID
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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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| 2 |
Article |
1950s Birch |
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ID |
AJM_1950 |
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Title |
1950s Birch |
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Abstract |
Birch is a small village in Essex, about 5 miles southwest of Colchester on the road to Maldon, with a population of about 700
in the 1950s. It was rural and agricultural, and the land was mostly owned by the Round family.
In 2022 it seemed time to write down some memories of the village where I ... |
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Published |
2 April 2022
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 3 |
Article |
Archaeological investigations at Brierley Paddocks Development |
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ID |
BPD_CLM |
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Title |
Archaeological investigations at Brierley Paddocks Development |
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Abstract |
Archaeological Investigations at Brierley Paddocks, West Mersea
The Brierley Paddocks development was on land between Cross Lane and Seaview Avenue. There had to be an
archaeological investigation on the site, and as was expected, there were some interesting find.
In October 2023 Callum ... |
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Author |
Callum Allsop |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Typhoon aircraft salvaged from Blackwater. |
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ID |
CDC_TYP |
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Title |
Typhoon aircraft salvaged from Blackwater. |
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Abstract |
Mersea fishermen often had damaged nets from a 'fast' in the River, and eventually Mike Lungley persuaded divers to go down, see what was there, and to try and salvage it. A barge was used as a base and a number of divers were involved.
The wreck of the aircraft contained live ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Karen Kallaby
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| 5 |
Article |
1891 Census - recorded occupations Mersea Island |
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ID |
CEN_1891_OCC |
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Title |
1891 Census - recorded occupations Mersea Island |
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Abstract |
Census East and West Mersea 1891
1,407 named people are listed
458 Male 15 years or older
292 Male under 15
401 Female 15 years or older
257 Female under 15
Recorded occupations (not all people have occupation recorded)
Male
... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Published |
5 April 1891
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 6 |
Article |
Patricia Catchpole 'Catchy' |
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ID |
CHY_101 |
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Title |
Patricia Catchpole 'Catchy' |
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Abstract |
Miss Patricia Catchpole by Cynthia Mottershaw
Affectionately known to all on the Island as 'Catchy', she was the daughter of a Suffolk farmer who also bred Suffolk
horses. Born in Darsham, Suffolk, Catchy moved to West Mersea in 1932.
Her first love was always horses, and 1949-1972, she ... |
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Author |
Cynthia Mottershaw / Jill Keene |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 7 |
Article |
The Dad's Army of Mersea |
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ID |
CNS_005_025 |
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Title |
The Dad's Army of Mersea |
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Abstract |
Peter Tucker of Norfolk Avenue was a member of the Home Guard prior to his service in the RAF in 1942 at the tender age of 17.
He tells the story of his time there.
May I as a former member of the LOCAL DEFENCE VOLUNTEERS, L.D.V. to give them their correct title, and later the Home Guard, ... |
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Author |
Peter Tucker |
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Published |
June 2006
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 8 |
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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| 9 |
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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| 10 |
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 treat 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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| 11 |
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 mounted ... |
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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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| 12 |
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' Green worked ... |
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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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| 13 |
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 caused ... |
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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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| 14 |
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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| 15 |
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 Jane ... |
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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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| 16 |
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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| 17 |
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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| 18 |
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 February 1932 ... |
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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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| 20 |
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 unable to start officially until aged fifteen. I started on a new bungalow being built in Fenn Farm Lane, ... |
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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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| 21 |
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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| 22 |
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 |
Digby's shop taken around 1910. Photo by courtesy of Miss Dorothy Brown.
The business originally known as Digby Brothers was started in 1909 by two of the five sons of George Digby, ... |
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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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| 23 |
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 group ... |
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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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| 24 |
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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| 25 |
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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| 26 |
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 up ... |
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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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| 27 |
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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Keywords |
burrill |
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Published |
20 July 2011
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 28 |
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" are ... |
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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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| 29 |
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 silently ... |
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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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| 30 |
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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| 31 |
Article |
Mersea's Catholic Martyr: Blessed Thomas Abell |
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ID |
COR2_025 |
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Title |
Mersea's Catholic Martyr: Blessed Thomas Abell |
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Abstract |
Hanging, drawing and quartering: the death penalty for treason. From westbergholt.net
On 30th July, 1540, a gruesome public spectacle took place at Smithfield, just outside London's city walls. At the same ... |
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Author |
Sue Howlett |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 32 |
Article |
The Mersea Barrow Bones: experts confirm 'unique find' |
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ID |
COR2_026 |
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Title |
The Mersea Barrow Bones: experts confirm 'unique find' |
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Abstract |
In the dark winter days of January 2013, a mysterious, delicate package was transported by courier service from Colchester Museum to a laboratory in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Within the layers of carefully wrapped packaging lay a collection of old, partly burnt bones. But these ... |
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Author |
Sue Howlett |
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Published |
18 June 2013
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 33 |
Article |
Preserving Mersea's oldest roads |
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ID |
COR2_027 |
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Title |
Preserving Mersea's oldest roads |
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Abstract |
It was heartening to read in Courier no. 666 of the Strood Charity's generous donation to Mersea Island Museum, towards the preservation and display of timbers from an ancient Bronze Age walkway. Discovered in the mud off Cooper's Beach by Oysterman, Daniel French, the surviving 4-metre section of ... |
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Author |
Sue Howlett |
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Published |
11 November 2017
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 34 |
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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| 35 |
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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| 36 |
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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| 37 |
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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| 38 |
Article |
HMS YORK visit to Clacton 1930s |
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ID |
CPR_VST |
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Title |
HMS YORK visit to Clacton 1930s |
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Abstract |
Mersea Museum recently had an email from Peter Watts of Clacton Pier Company, with 4 small photographs taken on Clacton Pier. They had the same photographic markings on the back, but no clues as to the date or the event. Two photographs show a Royal Navy cruiser at anchor, one ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 39 |
Article |
In the Marshes of Old England |
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ID |
CW11_WTA |
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Title |
In the Marshes of Old England |
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Abstract |
The Wichita Daily Eagle Wichita, Kansas Sunday Morning, November 16, 1902
IN THE MARSHES OF OLD ENGLAND
Part of the little Island is Still Wild
EVER CHANGING COLOUR
Of the Lowlands by the Side of the Sea
The marsh land has lain unchanged so long, beside the ever-changing ... |
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Author |
Dora Greenwell McChesney |
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Published |
16 November 1902
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 40 |
Article |
Ralph Mussett also known as Ralph Cutts Avis: a brief biography |
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ID |
CW7_RCA |
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Title |
Ralph Mussett also known as Ralph Cutts Avis: a brief biography |
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Abstract |
'Intrigued by a reference to Ralph Mussett in John Pullen Appleby's lecture series on the History of Mersea, I was inspired to research the family and answer the question why was Ralph known by two surnames and why did 'Cutts Avis' seem to be both his wife's maiden name and married name.'
... |
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Author |
Carol Wyatt |
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Published |
June 2023
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 41 |
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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| 42 |
Article |
Hugh Green, 19th Century West Mersea Doctor and Surgeon |
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ID |
DHG_001 |
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Title |
Hugh Green, 19th Century West Mersea Doctor and Surgeon |
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Abstract |
Hugh Green, 19th Century West Mersea Doctor and Surgeon 1823-1895
Hugh Green was the second of four children born to William Green and Charlotte Emily Green (née Cooper) of Coddenham Hall, Boxford, Suffolk.
... |
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Author |
Simon Eagle |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 43 |
Article |
Red Hills |
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ID |
DIS2012_RDH |
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Title |
Red Hills |
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Abstract |
Red Hills are low mounds, found near creeks and rivers, composed of soil burnt red in marked contrast to the clay on which they stand.
Over 300 red hill sites have been identified in Essex, but many have disappeared. However, they can still be found. There is one within a few yards of the West ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 44 |
Article |
William Wyatt |
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ID |
DIS2013_RRD |
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Title |
William Wyatt |
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Abstract |
William Wyatt was born on Mersea in 31 January 1865. He was registered as John William Wyatt and was usually known as Bill. Later he was given the nickname of Admiral following the Mersea tradition of nicknames. ... |
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Author |
Rosemary Rainbird |
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Keywords |
Admiral |
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Published |
15 January 2013
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 45 |
Article |
Zeppelin L33 at Little Wigborough. |
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ID |
DIS2016_ZEP |
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Title |
Zeppelin L33 at Little Wigborough. |
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Abstract |
Excitement came to the small village of Little Wigborough on the night of 24 September 1916, with the crash of the German Zeppelin airship L33. The airship had been on a bombing raid over London and was returning to Germany. She was, however, hit by gunfire over the East End and she then struggled ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 46 |
Article |
Mersea benefactors - Mrs Marjorie de Manby |
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ID |
DIS2019_MBY |
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Title |
Mersea benefactors - Mrs Marjorie de Manby |
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Abstract |
Major Alban Henley Olaf de Manbey was born 1881 and in 1906 he married Catherine Ward. In 1917 he was a Captain in the Royal Field Artillery and had been awarded the Military Cross. The family acquired Barrow Hill Farm around 1930, probably after it was put up for sale in 1929. Catherine died in ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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| 47 |
Article |
Mersea Island Horticultural Society |
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ID |
DIS2019_MIHS |
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Title |
Mersea Island Horticultural Society |
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Abstract |
In 2019, the Museum put on a display to celebrate 100 years of Mersea Island Horticultural Society summer shows.
MIHS was founded in 1876 and over the years, several shows have been missed because of wars and even pandemics, so we are now long past the centenary of the society.
The start of ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Those were the days. Tollesbury childhood memories. |
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ID |
DJG_BIO |
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Title |
Those were the days. Tollesbury childhood memories. |
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Abstract |
"THOSE WERE THE DAYS" - Reminiscences of childhood memories of over fifty years ago
I was born on the 25th January 1908 (Robert Burns Day) at the Hope Inn, Tollesbury,
and when my mother died in somewhat tragic circumstances in 1910,
I was taken to live with my grandparents,
John and Emma ... |
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Author |
Douglas Gurton |
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Cedric Gurton
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| 49 |
Article |
Douglas Jack Gurton - an Autobiography |
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ID |
DJG_BIP |
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Title |
Douglas Jack Gurton - an Autobiography |
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Abstract |
I was born on the 25th. January, 1908 (Robert Burns' Day) at the
Hope Inn, Tollesbury, Essex, where my parents were the
licensees at that time. My father, Ezra Walter Gurton had taken
over about a year previously much to the dismay of my mother,
Eva Jane Alverstone Gurton, who disliked inns ... |
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Author |
Douglas J. Gurton |
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Cedric Gurton
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| 50 |
Article |
Crab and Winkle Express |
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ID |
DJG_CAW |
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Title |
Crab and Winkle Express |
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Abstract |
In 1902 after some few years of negotiations, a light single track
railway was constructed for the Great Eastern from Kelvedon
low level to Tollesbury, with intermediable stations and halts
at Feering Halt, Inworth, Tiptree, Tolleshunt Knights,
Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Guines Court (Halt) and ... |
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Author |
Douglas J. Gurton |
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Keywords |
railway |
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Cedric Gurton
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