Catherine McAllister, Assistant Matron at Kingston Infirmary, killed in the Irish Mail Disaster, 14 August 1915
Catherine McAllister, Assistant Matron at Kingston Infirmary, killed in the Irish Mail Disaster, 14 August 1915
Today’s Eden Street was once called “Heathen Street”, a name that existed by 1315. Archaeological excavations in the area recovered Neolithic, Iron Age, Roman and Saxon material and it was indicated that between the 13th and 16th centuries it was a marshy edge of town place with slaughterhouses, tanning pits and pottery kilns. By 1854 the street was called “Eden Street” by some people and this was its official name in the 1861 Census. The change of name is discussed in the paper. Once there was a prison and militia barracks in the street, and in the 19th century it had private residences, places of worship, pubs and business premises, most of which have disappeared. As for the rest of Kingston, Census data evidences migration into the street, mainly from the British Isles. The population declined significantly after 1950 but this will change when development projects will bring with them a big increase in the number of homes.
Catherine McAllister, Assistant Matron at Kingston Infirmary, killed in the Irish Mail Disaster, 14 August 1915
A talk to support the Manna Society’s day centre for homeless people near London Bridge https://www.mannasociety.org.uk
The Stockhouse, otherwise called the Town Gaol or Borough Gaol, in Kingston upon Thames was situated within what is today the Bentall Centre in Clarence Street.
MOTORCYCLE CLUBS IN THE KINGSTON UPON THAMES AREA BEFORE THE GREAT WAR [1914-18] – MEMBERSHIP AND ACTIVITIES.
Some of the digitised material that I have used has been sourced as follows:
“Ancestry”
http://home.ancestry.co.uk
“Find My Past”
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/
The Times Digital Archive, via
http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/libraries
19th Century Newspapers, via
http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/libraries
The London Gazette
http://www.thegazette.co.uk/
Lloyds’ Register Historic Archive
www.lrfoundation.org.uk
British Newspaper Archive
http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
Parliamentary Papers, via
http://www.history.ac.uk
The non-digitised material [books, journals, records of Assizes and Quarter Sessions, Council Minutes, etc], has come from many sources including:
The British Library
http://www.bl.uk
The National Archives
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Surrey History Centre
http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/…../surrey-history-centre
Kingston Local History Centre
http://www.kingston.gov.uk/…/visit_kingston_history_centre
Kent History and Library Centre
http://www.kent.gov.uk/…/kent-history-and-library-centre
Institute of Historical Research, University of London
http://www.history.ac.uk