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Vickers
22/05/2018
A photo gallery
Rodney Hut YMCA
22/05/2018
A photo gallery
In and Around Crayford
22/05/2018
A photo gallery
Maxim's Flying Machine
22/05/2018
A photo gallery
Crayford High Street
21/05/2018
A photo gallery
The Princesses' Theatre
21/05/2018
A photo gallery
Surviving reminders of Crayford landmarks
21/05/2018
A photo gallery
Documentary film: A magnificent town and its flying machines
21/05/2018
In 2009, Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre were awarded £50,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to fund A ...
The Deeds
21/05/2018
Portraits of Cloudesley Shovell
21/05/2018
The wreck of the 'Association'
21/05/2018
Events in Shovell's Life
21/05/2018
Sir Cloudesly Shovell and the Marsham Townshends of Frognal
21/05/2018
When Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell (1650-1707) married Elizabeth, the widow of Sir John Narborough (1640-1688), in 1691 she was described ...
The Discovery and Importance of the 1707 Shipwrecks
21/05/2018
A photo gallery
Sir Cloudesley Shovell and the Longitude Act
21/05/2018
From cabin boy to Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Cloudesley Shovell rose to high rank in the Royal Navy and ...
Sir Cloudesley Shovell - Lord of the Manor of Crayford
21/05/2018
Sir Cloudesley Shovell was born at Cockthorpe in Norfolk in 1650. He joined the navy at the age of 13 ...
Sir Cloudesley Shovell Crayford's Admiral
21/05/2018
Born in the village of Cockthorpe in the County of Norfolk in 1650, Cloudesley Shovell was to rise from a ...
Underwater Exploration of the Association by diver Richard Larn
21/05/2018
In June 1967, the HMS Puttenham sailed to the Isles of Scilly and dropped anchor off Gilstone Ledge, where the ...
Ballads & Poems
21/05/2018
In Sir Cloudesley Shovell’s time, honour and gallantry among men of the armed forces was prized and praised, especially in ...
Marsham-Townshend Papers
21/05/2018
The inscription This inscription marks the book as belonging to Robert Marsham, the great-great-great-grandson of Sir Cloudesley Shovell and Lady Elizabeth, ...
John Dart's Westmonasterium
21/05/2018
In 1723, writer John Dart published the 'Westmonasterium', a written record of over one hundred monuments and tombs in Westminster Abbey. Some of the Abbey’s most famous tombs are covered, including the monument of Sir Cloudesley Shovell.
Resources
21/05/2018
If you would like to learn more about Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell or the wreck of the Association, please use the reference material on this page.
Class Activities
21/05/2018
Our team has worked with a diverse group of students and creators to develop resources to share the story of ...
Interactive booklet: Shovell and the Longitude
21/05/2018
How the death of Crayford's famous admiral shaped the modern world
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David Evans – The Last of the London Fabric Printers.
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My Grandad George Hammond worked there for many years until he retired, I believe he was a foreman in the...
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