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St Marychurch Street

Postby kiwi » Mon Mar 13, 2017 10:25 pm

St Mary's Church - St Marychurch Street, Rotherhithe.
In the church a memorial marks the final resting place of Christopher Jones, captain of the Mayflower, which took the Pilgrim Fathers to North America in 1620.
It is also the burial place of Prince Lee Boo of Palau, a Pacific Island prince.
The organ, built and installed by John Byfield in 1764, is a superb example of 18th century English organ building. Its tonal qualities have been retained to the present day, so that its sound is much as Handel (1685-1759) and his London contemporaries would have heard and appreciated.
St Mary's Church,St Mary Church St. Rotherhithe..jpg
St Mary's Church,St Mary Church St. Rotherhithe.
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The Parish Church of St. Mary's,Rotherhithe seen from the River Thames
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St Mary's Rotherhithe.
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Master Christopher Jones Jr. (c. 1570 – about 5 March 1622)
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Re: St Marychurch Street

Postby kiwi » Sun Apr 09, 2017 6:48 am

Saint Mary's parochial School Rotherhithe watch house, 70 Saint Marychurch Street parochial school and Watch House.jpg
Saint Mary's parochial School/ Rotherhithe watch house, 70 Saint Marychurch Street: parochial school and Watch House.
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I think School lane would have come out opposite the Mayflower Pub?
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Re: St Marychurch Street

Postby kiwi » Sun Apr 23, 2017 9:27 am

Named after Councillor Albert Henley, ex-mayor of Bermondsey, who was killed on 11-05-1941 fighting incendiary bombs that had fallen on the roof of the Bermondsey Town Hall in Spa Road, SE1.
Henley Close, Rotherhithe, 1950 Henley Close is a post-war block in St Mary Church Street.jpg
Henley Close, Rotherhithe, 1950 Henley Close is a post-war post-war block in St Mary Church Street. St Mary's Church can be seen in the background to the left
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c2009

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Re: St Marychurch Street

Postby kiwi » Sun Nov 26, 2017 12:03 am

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St Mary Church Street
THE SHIP, ST MARY CHURCH STREET, ROTHERHITHE, 2009.jpg
THE SHIP, ST MARY CHURCH STREET, ROTHERHITHE, 2009

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Re: St Marychurch Street

Postby kiwi » Tue Nov 28, 2017 3:05 am

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St Marychurch Street, Rotherhithe. Plaque is in a small garden area of Rotherhithe close to St Mary’s Church.

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Re: St Marychurch Street

Postby kiwi » Wed May 23, 2018 10:14 pm

In 1980, Time and Talents took over the Old Mortuary in Rotherhithe that had not been in use since 1965. After suitable renovation, a community centre was established and where an active programme is run that includes an Over 60s Club, an Arts and Crafts Group for the Over 50s, children’s drama, Brownies, a choral society, tai chi and yoga classes, and a neighbourhood care scheme for older people.
St Marychurch Street, Rotherhithe, Time and Talents Centre 2017.jpg
St Marychurch Street, Rotherhithe, Time and Talents Centre 2017.
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The Old MORTUARY.

Blue Plaque on building in picture above.Further information regarding Time & Talents in the Dockhead Topic,

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Re: St Marychurch Street

Postby kiwi » Thu Jul 05, 2018 3:15 am

"Europa" pub that was at 9, St Marychurch Street junction with Clarkes Orchard. The pub was demolished late 1970's / early 1980's having been built in the 19th century. Its predecessor was opened in 1769, was of timber construction and built very close to if not on, the same spot of the new one, in what was then Old Market Place. The original was burnt down by a police officer, PC Palmer, in 1834 along with many other buildings in Clarkes Orchard. He later committed more arson by burning down the Spread-Eagle pub (now the Mayflower) and adjoining buildings. He was arrested after gutting a collier on the Surrey Canal - all acts committed on beats patrolled by him.
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EUROPA TAVERN,ROTHERHITHE
St Marychurch Street, Europa pub (site of) Rotherhithe, Just in front of the lefthand edge of this reasonably new building, marks the site of the Europa Pub..jpg
Europa pub (site of) Rotherhithe, SE16 Just in front of the left-hand edge of this reasonably new building.

Clerk’s Orchard, Rotherhithe, Europa Tavern right, looking from St Mary Church Street. From the film The Giant Behemoth 1959.  X..png
Clark’s Orchard, Rotherhithe, Europa Tavern right, looking from St Mary Church Street. From the film The Giant Behemoth 1959.
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Re: St Marychurch Street

Postby kiwi » Fri Jul 20, 2018 12:23 am

St Marychurch Street, Europa Pub taken, apparently in 1972.jpg
St Marychurch Street, Europa Pub taken, apparently in 1972

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Re: St Marychurch Street

Postby kiwi » Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:49 am

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St Marychurch Street, going right.
St Marychurch Street going right,roughly the same location 2018.The Ship Pub now in the middle and Elephant Lane going left..jpg
Roughly the same location 2018.The Ship Pub now in the middle and Elephant Lane going left.

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Re: St Marychurch Street

Postby kiwi » Mon Jan 21, 2019 12:04 am

Behind The Ship pub in St Marychurch Street. The Thames-facing Princes Tower (which at some point seems to have been re-named Riverside Apartments), at 97 Rotherhithe Street, and it sits on the site of the old Prince's Wharf and Prince's Stairs. at the start of Elephant Lane.
The Ship pub in St Marychurch Street, behind is the Princes Tower which sits on the site of the old Prince's Wharf and Prince's Stairs. at the start of Elephant Lane..jpg
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St. Marychurch Street. 1949


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