Some articles by Prebendary Arthur
Royall
Mainly family history & historical items from
East London (England)
Royall Family History
The Surname Royall and its
variants
© Prebendary Arthur Royall
"My research of the surname ROYALL began in Norfolk the
county in which my family has its roots. I quickly realised that in the earlier registers
the spelling RYAL(L) was as common as ROYAL(L). It was not long before I discovered other
variant spellings of the name, not only in Norfolk, but elsewhere in the country."
The Elvin-Chaney, Harvey-Royall
Connection
©
Prebendary Arthur Royall
"My parents Harry and Gertrude who were born not many miles apart (in Norfolk), met in
Croydon at the home of Jack and Maria , he being my fathers uncle and she
being my mothers aunt."
Local History
The Parish Clerks of London
© Prebendary Arthur Royall
"Originally, the Parish Clerk was in minor orders, he was primarily concerned with the
worship in the parish church and sometimes, in some places, with the education of its
children. In a grant of arms made to the Company in 1482, aspergilia indicates that the
sprinkling of holy water was one of his specific liturgical duties."
The Buildings
© Prebendary Arthur Royall
"The Buildings or to give them their full title Portman Buildings were in Lisson Grove, St
Marylebone and they were the most prominent building in the area. They were situated about
a third of a mile from the Grove’s junction with the Marylebone Road."
The Streets of Poplar
© Prebendary Arthur Royall
"The street-names of Greater London are of all kinds and of all periods,
preserving old place- names or even field names, and ranging from the names of noble
landlords, their relatives and possessions, to names of inns and inn-keepers, builders,
battles and games, convents and theatres, men famous and obscure."
Charlie Brown’s Funeral.
© Prebendary Arthur Royall
"Charlie Brown’s was undoubtedly the most famous pub in the
East End. The Railway Tavern was the pubs official name, but nobody ever used
it; it was universally known, simply as Charlie Brown’s."
St. Katharines By The Tower
©
Prebendary Arthur Royall
"Beyond the Tower are the Docks named after St. Katharine. They are so
named to commemorate an ancient monument and a modern act of vandalism more
disgraceful perhaps than any of those acts by which things ancient and
precious have been destroyed."
East London Churches with Dates of Consecration
©
Prebendary Arthur Royall
Bethnal Green, Stepney, Poplar Blitzed Churches
Links
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