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Supporting the Manna Society – The Life and Times of Blessed William Way
A talk to support the Manna Society’s day centre for homeless people near London Bridge https://www.mannasociety.org.uk
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Life and times of Bl. William Way, the Kingston Martyr
A shrine to the Bl. William Way was unveiled at St Agatha’s Catholic Church, Kingston, on 15 August 1971.
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THE MARTYRDOM OF THE BLESSED WILLIAM WAY
THE MARTYRDOM OF THE BLESSED WILLIAM WAY IN KINGSTON UPON THAMES ON 23 SEPTEMBER 1588. WAS IT IN THE MARKET PLACE?
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MOTORCYCLE CLUBS IN THE KINGSTON UPON THAMES AREA BEFORE THE GREAT WAR
MOTORCYCLE CLUBS IN THE KINGSTON UPON THAMES AREA BEFORE THE GREAT WAR [1914-18] – MEMBERSHIP AND ACTIVITIES.
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MAYOR JOHN WILLIAMS & KINGSTON’S FAIRFIELD…
MAYOR JOHN WILLIAMS & KINGSTON’S FAIRFIELD. A TRIBUTE TO JUNE SAMPSON, LOCAL HISTORIAN & JOURNALIST.
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BEHIND THE NAMES…
BEHIND THE NAMES. THE MEMORIAL TO THE PARISH DEAD OF THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1919, AT ST. RAPHAEL’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, KINGSTON UPON THAMES
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TURIN SHROUD AND ST. RAPHAEL’S CHURCH
...attached to documents, dated July 1874, in the Church archives, were pieces of cloth stated to have been cut from the covering of the Turin ...
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ALEXANDER RAPHAEL – A MAN WITH TWO BURIAL PLACES
In 1816 Alexander Raphael commissioned a sarcophagus for himself in the church of the Armenian Monastery....
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A QUEST FOR SPEED. NOEL BADDOW POPE, 1909-1971. SURBITON’S FORGOTTEN RECORD BREAKER.
Noel Baddow Pope was born in Toxteth, a sub-district of Liverpool, on Christmas Eve, 1909. He moved with his widowed mother to Surbiton before 1926.
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CATHOLIC MISSIONS IN KINGSTON UPON THAMES, 1850-1856
The first mission in Kingston upon Thames, mentioned in the Catholic Directory, was St. Raphael’s Church, in Surbiton.
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4 NEW LOCAL HISTORY BOOKS
Local historian Tim Everson’s collation of old and new photographs with informative captions...
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FROM MADRAS TO SURBITON. ALEXANDER RAPHAEL, UNBEATEN CHAMPION, 1775-1850
Alexander Raphael was born in Madras, modern-day Chennai, India, in 1775...
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KINGSTON HILL PLACE: HISTORIC MANSION OF HANDSOME ELEVATION.
...a grand mansion built in 1828...
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STREET OF CHANGE. A HISTORY OF EDEN STREET, KINGSTON UPON THAMES
...today’s Eden Street was once called “Heathen Street”...
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NOTES ON THE HOUSE OF DETENTION, 1852-1890
...the House of Detention in Kingston upon Thames, 1852-1890...
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WAS KINGSTON UPON THAMES ANTI-RAILWAY IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY? A NOTE ON THE POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF THE TRADITION.
...whether the tradition arose because Biden, in 1852, used unreliable hearsay as his source?
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