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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Surbiton
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?
A LOCAL PRISON FOR THE POOR. A STUDY OF KINGSTON HOUSE OF CORRECTION.
This is the first detailed study of a prison in Heathen Street [modern-day Eden Street] Kingston upon Thames…
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