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SURBITON PARK CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH MEMORIAL
A war memorial panel was unveiled in Surbiton Park Congregational Church on 12 November 1922.
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THE GREAT WAR MEMORIAL AT SURBITON HILL METHODIST CHURCH. BEHIND THE NAMES
The memorial commemorates six men: two officers and four other ranks who died in the Great War, 1914-1918.
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THE GREAT WAR MEMORIAL OF CHRIST CHURCH, SURBITON HILL, KT5 8JJ. BEHIND THE NAMES.
The Great War memorial of Christ Church, Surbiton [KT5 8JJ] commemorates 76 men, and best matches were found for 60 of them.
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TWO SPANISH INFLUENZA VICTIMS IN SURBITON CEMETERY
The pandemic of 1918-1920 of what was known as “Spanish Influenza” killed about 250,000 people in Britain.
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SEEKING SURBITON’S SEETHING WELLS
Seething Wells is an area in Surbiton, the “Seething Well” spring probably was on land surveyed for the Lambeth Water Company in 1848
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St Mark’s War Dead
DISCOVERING THE WAR DEAD OF ST ANDREW’S & ST MARK’S PARISH, SURBITON: BEHIND THE NAMES.
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JOSIAH CLUES, 1778-1842. A KINGSTON LINK TO THE NAPOLEONIC WARS.
The tombstone of Josiah Clues who died in 1842 was found in Memorial Gardens, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1RP. Through merit alone, he rose from ...
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Lenten Reflections On The War Memorial At St Raphael’s Roman Catholic Church
A Fundraising Talk In Support Of The Catholic Agency For Overseas Development [Cafod] Given In The Alexander Hall Of St Raphael’s Church, Kt1 2Na, On ...
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The Queen’s Promenade Bandstand, Surbiton
The Queen’s Promenade Bandstand, Surbiton, and a glimpse of the local musical band movement, 1893-1910.
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The War Memorial, St. Andrew’s Church, Surbiton: Behind the names
The memorial tablet on the wall of St. Andrew’s Church, Surbiton KT6 4AB, has a roll of honour with 53 names of men who died ...
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PRIESTS OF ST. RAPHAEL’S CHURCH, 1850-1907. BEHIND THE NAMES
A fundraising Lenten talk in support of “The Bread of Life” charity of the Sons of Divine Providence.
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Members of Kingston Debating Society in The Spring of 1901: A Study
In the Spring of 1901 Kingston Debating Society [KDS], founded in 1886, had 48 members, although not all attended the debates held in that season.
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Charles Luck of Surbiton, the architect, the man
This is a PowerPoint presentation with notes of a talk entitled “Charles Lock Luck of Surbiton. The architect & the man”.
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WADBROOK STREET IN KINGSTON: A GENEALOGICAL CHALLENGE
The origin of the surname “Wadbrook” is obscure. It was found in Kingston upon Thames records as far back as 1660
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CHARLES LOCK LUCK, 1833-1890, A SURBITON ARCHITECT
Charles Lock Luck an architect, born in 1833 at the Paragon, Blackheath, lived in Surbiton from 1860-1890.
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The Kingston upon Thames Debtors’ Prison
The Kingston upon Thames Debtors’ Prison existed from 1829-1852 and was situated in what is today Bath Passage.
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