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2014 marks the tercentenary of the Longitude Act (1714).
Historian Peter Daniel tells the story of Sir Cloudsley Shovell, Lord of the Manor of Crayford and Admiral of England, whose tragic death in 1708 instigated the Longitude Act. Shovell's links with Chislehurst and the Marsham Townsend family will be revealed.
Tickets can be purchased from Bromley Local Studies and Archives in person or by post. Note that tickets are non-refundable. Please make cheques payable to “The London Borough of Bromley” and enclose a stamped addressed envelope. Send your ticket order form, cheque and stamped addressed envelope to: Talks and Events Bromley Local Studies and Archives Central Library, High Street, Bromley BR1 1EX
Event organiser: Local Studies library e-mail: localstudies.library@bromley.gov.uk Telephone: 020 8461 7170
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2014-11-06 2014-11-06 Europe/London Talk: Shovell and the Longitude Act lt p gt marks the tercentenary of the Longitude Act https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/2014/11/06/talk-shovell-and-the-longitude-act-50214 Bromley High Street, BR1 1EX,,LondonLocation
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