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.
The origin of the surname “Wadbrook” is obscure. It was found in Kingston upon Thames records as far back as 1660 and sometimes was associated with the malting industry. There was a plethora of William Wadbrooksto consider. Wadbrook Street in Kingston [KT1 1EY] was named after William Wadbrook, the elder, a prominent maltster who lived within walking distance of the street. He was recorded in the 1851 Kingston Census, along with his son, William Wadbrook, the younger, also a maltster, and William Wadbrook, a Chelsea Pensioner, who appeared to be running a lodging house. The latter’s grandson, Alfred John Wadbrook, was the first of a line of travelling showmen. No persons with the surname “Wadbrook” were found in the 1871-1911 Kingston Censuses. Identification of a most recent common ancestor [MRCA] for the Kingston Wadbrooks is likely to be challenging.
A shrine to the Bl. William Way was unveiled at St Agatha’s Catholic Church, Kingston, on 15 August 1971.
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.
The first mission in Kingston upon Thames, mentioned in the Catholic Directory, was St. Raphael’s Church, in Surbiton.
This is a PowerPoint presentation with notes which is intended to provide a virtual tour of Coombe Conduit, one of Kingston’s most important ancient monuments.
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