Now every place deserves a historian and a good history book and Eltham had R.R.C.Gregory who wrote the Story of Royal Eltham in 1909 which remains a fine account of the area’s history.*
Mr Gregory was a teacher and later the headmaster at Eltham National School from 1901-1920 and the book began as a series of lessons for his students.
He had found the Admission Register for the school for 1814 which formed the inspiration of his teaching of local history, which drew praise from the Inspectors.
"The Headmaster directs the work with sympathy and he has striven to maintain the more helpful characteristics of a village school, more especially in regard to the old customs and associations."
It is available on the internet.
Now this all this I knew, but yesterday my friend Tricia alerted me to a smashing little account of Mr Gregory by Margaret E Taylor which appears in Eltham Records.**
The book was published by the Eltham Society which I would recommend.***
I joined nearly 50 years after it was founded. In my defence I was 16 when it was established and by 19 was living in Manchester all of which rather negated a membership. But happily I am now fully paid up and fined their publications very useful.
That said the book doesn’t appear in the present publication list so I shall have to go off and ask if they have a battered old copy.****
Sadly unlike many I have yet to buy Mr Gregory’s book which is now a collector’s item, but who knows Christmas is coming up.
In the meantime a thank you to Tricia Leslie for sharing Ms Taylor's book with me.
Location; Eltham, London
Picture; of R.R.C Gregory, from The story of Royal Eltham, R.R.C. Gregory, 1909
*The story of Royal Eltham, R.R.C. Gregory, 1909
**The story of Mr Gregory by Margaret E Taylor from Eltham Records, 1977, Eltham Society
***The Eltham Society, http://theelthamsociety.org.uk/
****Eltham Society Publications, http://theelthamsociety.org.uk/publications.html
He had found the Admission Register for the school for 1814 which formed the inspiration of his teaching of local history, which drew praise from the Inspectors.
"The Headmaster directs the work with sympathy and he has striven to maintain the more helpful characteristics of a village school, more especially in regard to the old customs and associations."
It is available on the internet.
Now this all this I knew, but yesterday my friend Tricia alerted me to a smashing little account of Mr Gregory by Margaret E Taylor which appears in Eltham Records.**
The book was published by the Eltham Society which I would recommend.***
I joined nearly 50 years after it was founded. In my defence I was 16 when it was established and by 19 was living in Manchester all of which rather negated a membership. But happily I am now fully paid up and fined their publications very useful.
That said the book doesn’t appear in the present publication list so I shall have to go off and ask if they have a battered old copy.****
Sadly unlike many I have yet to buy Mr Gregory’s book which is now a collector’s item, but who knows Christmas is coming up.
In the meantime a thank you to Tricia Leslie for sharing Ms Taylor's book with me.
Location; Eltham, London
Picture; of R.R.C Gregory, from The story of Royal Eltham, R.R.C. Gregory, 1909
*The story of Royal Eltham, R.R.C. Gregory, 1909
**The story of Mr Gregory by Margaret E Taylor from Eltham Records, 1977, Eltham Society
***The Eltham Society, http://theelthamsociety.org.uk/
****Eltham Society Publications, http://theelthamsociety.org.uk/publications.html
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