ADVENT OF SURBURBIA. THOMAS POOLEY, THE RAILWAY & SURBITON, 1791-1856.
Surbiton used to be the butt of jokes, as a symbol of dowdy suburbia. That was silly…
This is a PowerPoint presentation with notes of a talk, based on recent original research, on the memorial to the Great War [1914-1919] dead of the Roman Catholic Parish of St Raphael, Surbiton KT1 2NA https://strapaelsurbiton.org.uk. It was given, on Sunday 24 March 2024, as part of the Church’s 2024 Lenten project in support of the Catholic Agency For Overseas Development [CAFOD] https://cafod.org.uk/about-us. Its work in the Ukraine and the Holy Land, suggested a theme including a focus on the civilian victims of war, displaced persons, refugees and economic migrants whose stories can be found behind the list of names on the memorial. The talk features three women, two French and one English, who were civilians, sons of Belgian war refugees, including possible civilian victims, the son of an economic migrant from Italy, volunteers and some enigmas.
Surbiton used to be the butt of jokes, as a symbol of dowdy suburbia. That was silly…
Reviews on four books covering Kingston, its suburbs and societies…
Local historian Tim Everson’s collation of old and new photographs with informative captions…
A shrine to the Bl. William Way was unveiled at St Agatha’s Catholic Church, Kingston, on 15 August 1971.
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