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Bromleag the Newsletter of the Bromley Borough Local History Society Bromleag The newsletter of the Bromley Borough Local History Society September 2004 Strong brew – the development of Green Street Green Bromley’s links to 1400 Beckenham’s hero years of church history of the Titanic Bromley Borough Local History Society Registered Charity No 273963 Contents About the Society September 2004 Bromley Borough Local History Society was formed in 1974 so that anyone with an interest in any part of the borough could meet to exchange information P3 Rochester –1400 and learn more about Bromley’s history. years History is continually being made and at the same time destroyed, buildings are altered or demolished, memories fade and people pass away, records get destroyed or thrown in the bin. We aim, in co-operation with the local history P4 News: BBLHS library, museums and other relevant organisations, to make sure at least website and vice- some of this history is preserved for future generations. chairman We hold regular meetings and produce a journal and occasional publications where members can publish their research. P4/5 Society meetings Chairman and Membership Secretary Dr Anthony Allnut P6 Book reviews Woodside, Old Perry Street, Chislehurst, BR7 6PP 020 8467 3842 [email protected] P7 Library news Secretary Mrs Patricia Knowlden P8 Feature: Harold 62 Harvest Bank Road, West Wickham, BR4 9DJ Bride 020 8462 5002 Bromleag P9 Reminiscence: Izard This newsletter is published four times a year. The editor welcomes articles of and Skilton between 100 and 1,000 words, along with illustrations and photographs. These can be in paper copy, disk or e-mailed. P9 Images of England Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope if you wish material to be returned. Items remain the copyright of the authors and do not necessarily reflect Society views. Each contributor is responsible for the content of their P10 Feature: Culpeper’s article. herbal Articles are not always used immediately as we try to maintain a balance between research, reminiscences and articles about different subjects and P11/12 parts of the borough. Feature: A Bromley Editor pawnbroker Christine Hellicar 150 Worlds End Lane, Chelsfield, Kent BR6 6AS 01689 857214 P13/15 Email chrisandpathellicar @talk21.com Research queries P16 Feature: John Cunningham All copy for the December Subscription Rates edition of Bromleag must Yearly subscription from 1 January Individual £8.50; couple £10. Senior citizens pay a re- reach the editor by duced rate of £6 per person or £8 for a couple. 1 November 2004 Members joining after 30 June pay half rates. 2 Bromleag September 2004 News Rochester – 1400 years in the Service of God In this special anniversary year Patricia Knowlden celebrates Bromley’s special connection with the Bishops of Rochester. n AD 604 the Pope’s missionary to pagan Britain, Augustine, consecrated one of his band of monks, I Justus, as Bishop of a new See at the old Roman city of Rochester. His task was to convert the people of the western side of the kingdom of Kent to Christianity. King Ethelbert donated land for a church, which was built on a site overlooking the bridge across the Medway River and dedicated to St. Andrew. Rochester Cathedral Some time afterwards this first church was replaced by a modest cathedral, the ‘seat’ of the Bishop – the ‘Bishop of reorganising Church affairs, for instance establishing the Castle of West Kent’ as he was referred to in AD 670. separate courts for ecclesiastical and secular matters. The See of Rochester had its own Courts, which had In the 19th century a line of stones was found under the jurisdiction over the three Deaneries of Rochester, Malling floor of the western end of the present nave. It was part of and Dartford. These were comprised of all the parishes a semi-circle and is credited as being the apsidal end of west of the Medway plus Borstal on the east bank and this first cathedral – although some archaeologists Wouldham somewhat further east – except for the two consider it to be part of a Roman building. Archbishop’s ‘Peculiars’ of Cliffe and Shoreham (with their The earliest work which can be seen today, was erected neighbouring parishes). Many of Lanfranc’s innovations in Norman times, largely by Bishop Gundulf in the late 12th have lasted for centuries. century in ‘a few years’ as we are told; but even that is only Bishops, like Archbishops, were expected to take their part of the crypt, and ‘Gundulf’s Tower’ – which, too, is place at Court. After the king and court settled at subject to controversy. Most of the early fabric visible Westminster this meant travelling to London with a th today is 13 century. retinue, a journey of several days. To provide When William of Normandy became king of England the accommodation for overnight stops the Bishops (like the Saxon bishop of Rochester, Siward, was allowed to remain Archbishops) developed several of their estates, building in place. William appointed his own Archbishop of Canterbury, the energetic Lanfranc, who set about Continued on Page 5 Future meetings October to December 2004 Meetings are held at 7.45 pm on the first Tuesday of the month, from October to July, in the Methodist Church Hall, North Street, Bromley. The hall has free off-street parking, good public transport links and facilities for the disabled. Non-members are welcome at the society’s meetings for a nominal charge of £1. Tuesday 5 October The Thames & Docks in Days Gone By Jim Hewitt Tuesday 2 November Medicine and surgery in the Great War Dr Andrew Bamji (see P 15) Tuesday 7 December Cinemas & Theatres of Kent and SE London Tony Moss September 2004 Bromleag 3 Society news/meeting BBLHS website update A Dickens of a life harles Dickens, well of course I In 1846 he was editor of the Daily http:// know all about him. I am sure News, then he published Household bromleyblhs.mysite.wanadoo- C that thought ran through the Words. And then All the Year Round. members.co.uk minds of most members of the BBLHS It is probably as a novelist that when they saw Alan Watts’ subject for Dickens is best known. He first wrote a The website is fairly basic at the his talk in June. piece A dinner at Poplar Walk and it moment, being a free 'easy to How wrong we were. His talk was published, much to his setup' Freeserve (now Wanadoo) spanned Dickens’ life from cradle to amazement, in The Old Monthly site which means there are grave and what a wealth of Magazine in 1833. In 1836 the first in restrictions on what one can do. information we were treated to. a series Sketches by Boz was published At present it includes details of Who knew that he was born in followed by the first instalments of our meetings, publications, a Portsmouth in 1812 and his middle Pickwick Papers. membership form and contact names were John Huffam and he was His fortunes improved and in 1836 he details for the society. one of eight children? Charles had married Catherine Hogarth, the sister of At the time of writing (August been taught to read at an early age, his great friend George Hogarth. He 2004) we have had over 430 was an avid reader and seems to went on to write many more of his visitors. I have received a few have got his gift for novel writing from novels in serial form. His style was well local history enquiries and I his grandmother, who was a great suited to this form and he drew deeply understand John Clarke has had storyteller. from his own personal experiences. His a number of people contacting His father, being a civil servant with memorable characters were drawn him to buy publications. the Navy, was moved from from friends and acquaintances and, in I hope to do more with it as time Portsmouth to Chatham and then to later years, he attacked the injustices permits. To do this it may be London. Charles was sent alone, by experienced by the lower classes. necessary to create another site coach, from Chatham to London It is perhaps as a public reader that with a different URL (address) so packed in damp straw like game, Dickens is less well known although in that we can, among other things, which experience remained with him recent years he has been impersonated add an index of articles from and was no doubt used in some of his in this role on the stage. He always had Bromleag(e), links to the websites stories later on. an acting streak in him and in 1853 he of other organisations of interest He had a happy schooling at appeared at the Birmingham Town Hall and of course some old Chatham, but in London his father, in to read A Christmas Carol. photographs of the area. true Micawber fashion, got into debt He continued with this for many years Meanwhile if there is any and, owing £40, was thrown into but, although it brought in a lot of member who has the knowledge Marshalsea prison. Charles was found money, it effectively ruined his health and expertise to help with this, or employment at Warren's Blacking and hastened his death. indeed take it over, please get in Company at six shillings a week. He He moved about London and the touch. I can be contacted by hated this experience, which South East of the country during his email at remained with him all his life, and lifetime. On his marriage to Catherine [email protected] again it formed the background in his they lived in Doughty Street in London, novels.
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