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Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Copy, Bakery Mernda 1930
... schotters road mernda...Photograph of Turners Bakery, Schotters Road, Mernda, 1930... Mernda 1930. Photograph of Turners Bakery, Schotters Road, Mernda ...Photograph of Turners Bakery, Schotters Road, Mernda, 1930. History: TURNER Charles - baker, Schotters Road, Mernda. A red and yellow brick bakery is believed to have been designed and constructed by Moses Thomas during the 1870s. Its first owner was Charles Turner, who required suitable premises in which to bake bread for the residents of Mernda and surrounding areas. The actual bake oven stands at the rear of this building, along with a six-roomed dwelling and original well and weatherboard stables. Charles and his brother Stephenson baked bread for sixty years, while their brother-in-law, Mr. Russell, and others drove the cart. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday they would deliver bread to homes in the Yan Yean and Whittlesea area, leaving about midday with the hot bread and returning in the dark in winter. On alternate days they would deliver to Mernda and Separation. The Turners also had a store and sold groceries. Stephenson was appointed as postmaster for Mernda from 1880 to 1885 at 15 Pounds per annum. His brother Charles followed until 1892, when the post office was transferred to the railway station. Charles died in 1944. The business was sold after Stephenson’s death in 1948 to the Mitchell Brothers of Whittlesea and eventually closed. Both Charles and Stephenson had been staunch supporters of the near-by Mernda Methodist Church. Charles was a member for sixty-seven years and acted as a preacher, conducting services in many surrounding Methodist churches. He also taught Sunday School and both he and Stephenson were Church Trustees. In 1946 Stephenson had donated land to the church for establishment of a tennis court. Since closure as a bakery, the building has seen use at different times as a cafe, shoe factory and private residence - from: City of Whittlesea Heritage Study. A collection of Turner family photographs related to Charles Turner, baker, and pioneer of the Mernda district.Black and white copy of photograph.Handwritten on the front: Bakery Mernda 1930.mernda, charles turner, turner family, c turner baker, stephenson turner, schotters road mernda, bakery, mcdonald family, turners bakery, bride and groom, wedding -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Copy, Charles Turner
... schotters road mernda... of Turners Bakery, Schotters Road, Mernda. History: TURNER Charles..., Mernda. History: TURNER Charles - baker, Schotters Road, Mernda ...Photograph of Charles Turner on a horse and cart in front of Turners Bakery, Schotters Road, Mernda. History: TURNER Charles - baker, Schotters Road, Mernda. A red and yellow brick bakery is believed to have been designed and constructed by Moses Thomas during the 1870s. Its first owner was Charles Turner, who required suitable premises in which to bake bread for the residents of Mernda and surrounding areas. The actual bake oven stands at the rear of this building, along with a six-roomed dwelling and original well and weatherboard stables. Charles and his brother Stephenson baked bread for sixty years, while their brother-in-law, Mr. Russell, and others drove the cart. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday they would deliver bread to homes in the Yan Yean and Whittlesea area, leaving about midday with the hot bread and returning in the dark in winter. On alternate days they would deliver to Mernda and Separation. The Turners also had a store and sold groceries. Stephenson was appointed as postmaster for Mernda from 1880 to 1885 at 15 Pounds per annum. His brother Charles followed until 1892, when the post office was transferred to the railway station. Charles died in 1944. The business was sold after Stephenson’s death in 1948 to the Mitchell Brothers of Whittlesea and eventually closed. Both Charles and Stephenson had been staunch supporters of the near-by Mernda Methodist Church. Charles was a member for sixty-seven years and acted as a preacher, conducting services in many surrounding Methodist churches. He also taught Sunday School and both he and Stephenson were Church Trustees. In 1946 Stephenson had donated land to the church for establishment of a tennis court. Since closure as a bakery, the building has seen use at different times as a cafe, shoe factory and private residence - from: City of Whittlesea Heritage Study. A collection of Turner family photographs related to Charles Turner, baker, and pioneer of the Mernda district.Black and white copy of photograph.Charles Turnermernda, charles turner, turner family, c turner baker, stephenson turner, schotters road mernda, bakery, mcdonald family, turners bakery, horse and cart, bread delivery -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Work on paper - Photocopy, Graff's House, Mernda
... House at 1480 Plenty Road, Mernda... at 1480 Plenty Road, Mernda handwritten notes on the rear of each ...Graff's House was destroyed by fire in 2016. Graff’s old timber house once operated as both residence and store, having been strategically located on a bend of the former Upper Plenty or Whittlesea Road, almost opposite the now demolished Lamb Inn. Shire of Darebin rate records for 1870 list David Young, a grocer, as owner/occupier. As no Rate Records prior to 1870 survive, but it is probable that Young had been operating his store for several years prior to 1870. 1874 records also show David Young as owner/occupier of a house, store and land. No further rate records for Mernda survive until 1895. By 1901 John Graff was the owner, with James Gill as tenant. The property was stated to have changed hands several times during the 1890s, having been owned for some time by Mrs. Agnes Baker. Mrs. Baker’s maiden name was Young and she was probably a daughter of David, indicating that the property had remained in the Young family for many years. Graff died in 1901, and by 1903 the property had been sold to Mrs. Selma Gilding, wife of a local bootmaker, Robert Gilding. The Gildings relocated to the dwelling and operated their business from the shop. Mabel Hicks purchased the property in 1921 and shortly after married Herman Graff, the son of John Graff, a previous owner. Herman and Mabel Graff raised two children, Alison and Milton. Both lived in the old house until their deaths, Alison in 1998 and Milton in 2009. Rate books are not available before 1870. It is therefore difficult to date this property from documentary sources. The details on the building however suggest a late 1850s or early 1860s date. Particularly significant is the window jamb detail using a bullnosed edge to the jamb as a stop to the weatherboards and no architrave. Similar detailing is found at Mills Cottage Port Fairy c1839 and the Queenscliff Pilots Cottages c1851. Architraves came into general use in the 1850s. Allowing for the remote distance from Melbourne, and the use of sawn boards rather than split boards, the date for the house is probably late 1850s. The rather squat window proportion and lack of horns to windows reinforce this likely date. Location is also relevant here. Opposite this building was the Lamb Inn (1840s) one of many small establishment along Plenty Road built to service travellers. Further down Plenty Road was Mayfield with the Britannia Inn and the school of 1853 and by 1860 the Presbyterian Church. Given the sparse nature of towns in the mid 1800s this house was in effect part of a strip of the old Morang township. Its previous prominence on the old road is illustrated by the shop constructed later than the house and known to be used as a bootmakers in the early 1900s. The pressed metal window hoods once common around Wonthaggi may have been added at this time. A reasonable number of timber buildings from the mid to late 1850s survive in Victoria, very few however are combined in a shop (albeit it later) and are in such a remarkable level of intactness, in this case extending to the picket fence. This building is architecturally significant on a State level for this reason. Locally it is significant as the last shop to survive in Morang and as one of the few houses built close to the Plenty Road transport route to survive from the late 1850s. (Ref: CITY OF WHITTLESEA HERITAGE STUDY © 1990 Meredith Gould Architects Pty Ltd)Locally it is significant as the last shop to survive in Morang and as one of the few houses built close to the Plenty Road transport route to survive from the late 1850s.13 black and white photocopies of photos taken of the Graff House at 1480 Plenty Road, Merndahandwritten notes on the rear of each photocopygraff house, mernda, timber house, david young, robert gilding, bookmaker, mabel grierson hicks, john graff, herman graff, milton graff, alison graff -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Copy, Turner family
... schotters road mernda... Turner family. History: TURNER Charles - baker, Schotters Road..., Schotters Road, Mernda. A red and yellow brick bakery is believed ...Photograph of a bride and groom unidentified, possibly Turner family. History: TURNER Charles - baker, Schotters Road, Mernda. A red and yellow brick bakery is believed to have been designed and constructed by Moses Thomas during the 1870s. Its first owner was Charles Turner, who required suitable premises in which to bake bread for the residents of Mernda and surrounding areas. The actual bake oven stands at the rear of this building, along with a six-roomed dwelling and original well and weatherboard stables. Charles and his brother Stephenson baked bread for sixty years, while their brother-in-law, Mr. Russell, and others drove the cart. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday they would deliver bread to homes in the Yan Yean and Whittlesea area, leaving about midday with the hot bread and returning in the dark in winter. On alternate days they would deliver to Mernda and Separation. The Turners also had a store and sold groceries. Stephenson was appointed as postmaster for Mernda from 1880 to 1885 at 15 Pounds per annum. His brother Charles followed until 1892, when the post office was transferred to the railway station. Charles died in 1944. The business was sold after Stephenson’s death in 1948 to the Mitchell Brothers of Whittlesea and eventually closed. Both Charles and Stephenson had been staunch supporters of the near-by Mernda Methodist Church. Charles was a member for sixty-seven years and acted as a preacher, conducting services in many surrounding Methodist churches. He also taught Sunday School and both he and Stephenson were Church Trustees. In 1946 Stephenson had donated land to the church for establishment of a tennis court. Since closure as a bakery, the building has seen use at different times as a cafe, shoe factory and private residence - from: City of Whittlesea Heritage Study. A collection of Turner family photographs related to Charles Turner, baker, and pioneer of the Mernda district.Black and white copy of photograph.mernda, charles turner, turner family, c turner baker, stephenson turner, schotters road mernda, bakery, mcdonald family, turners bakery, bride and groom, wedding -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Mernda School Reunion, Stock family, 2003
... Reunion held in the old Mernda School on Plenty Road Mernda, 2003.... held in the old Mernda School on Plenty Road Mernda, 2003 ...Photograph of the Stock family at the Mernda State School Reunion held in the old Mernda School on Plenty Road Mernda, 2003.Colour photographHandwritten on the back: Stock familymernda school reunion, mernda state school, school reunion, frank willis, evie draper, gwen hawke, willis family, draper family, 2003, stock family -
City of Whittlesea
Administrative record (item) - Mernda Honor Board, Mernda School 488 Roll of Honor
... Orginally at Mernda Primary School Plenty Road Mernda, lost... at Mernda Primary School Plenty Road Mernda, lost, recovered from ...Orginally at Mernda Primary School Plenty Road Mernda, lost, recovered from an antique shop in Geelong in 2016, purchased by Councilhonor board -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Mernda Post Office 2018, 25/07/2019
... schotters road mernda... historic sites mernda post office schotters road mernda post ...In 2018 GHS members visited Turner's Bakery in Mernda for lunch and continued on to visit historic sites remaining in the Mernda area. This photograph shows the Mernda Post Office, formerly the Mernda General Store. It is sited in Schotters Road. Today the Post Office has been relocated to modern premises in Mernda Village Drive.Mernda is an area of rapid modern growth with a few remaining historic buildings dating from the 19th century.Digital copy of colour photographmernda, mernda historic sites, mernda post office, schotters road mernda, post offices, mernda general store -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Marilyn Smith, Mernda Uniting Church 2018, 27/09/2018
... schotters road mernda.... It is sited on Schotters Road. Mernda is an area of rapid modern ...In 2018 GHS members visited Turner's Bakery in Mernda for lunch and continued on to visit historic sites remaining in the Mernda area. This photograph shows the Mernda Uniting Church, established in 1888. It is sited on Schotters Road. Mernda is an area of rapid modern growth with a few remaining historic buildings dating from the 19th century.Digital copy of colour photographmernda, mernda historic sites, schotters road mernda, mernda uniting church -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - Photograph postcard, Little Grandma McDonald, c. 1905
... schotters road mernda..., baker, and pioneer of the Mernda district. mernda charles turner ...Photograph of Frances McDonald (nee Turner) and her children George, Florrie and William. A collection of Turner family photographs related to Charles Turner, baker, and pioneer of the Mernda district.Coloured photograph postcard.Handwritten on the back: Little Grandma McDonald/Uncle George McDonald (small boy)/ Aunt Florrie McDonald/ (Father) William McDonald.mernda, charles turner, turner family, c turner baker, stephenson turner, schotters road mernda, bakery, mcdonald family, turners bakery, frances turner, frances mcdonald, george mcdonald, william mcdonald, florrie mcdonald -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Newspaper Clipping, Town Crier, Mernda Market, unknown
... plenty road mernda... Whittlesea melbourne Newspaper Clipping Newspaper Mernda Market ...An article about the history of the Mernda Market owned by Nobel Quiney and sons Garnet and John.Newsprint with black and white images.mernda, mernda market, quiney family, nobel quiney, garnet quiney, john quiney, nobel powell, moses thomas, pig shed, plenty road mernda, cattle sale, sheep sale, auction market -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Newspaper Clipping, Whittlesea Post, Mernda market chaos raises fears, 3 May 1978
... plenty road mernda... the Mernda market site on Plenty Road becoming a problem. Historical ...Trucks unloading late at night outside the Mernda market site on Plenty Road becoming a problem.Historical building of the Shire of WhittleseaNewsprintmernda, mernda market, senior constable robin pantkowski of whittlesea, cr. g. draper, cr. r. hurrey, plenty road mernda -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Mernda School Reunion, 2003
... School on Plenty Road Mernda, 2003.... School on Plenty Road Mernda, 2003. mernda school reunion mernda ...Photograph of (L-R) Frank Willis, Mrs Evie Draper and Gwen Hawke at the Mernda State School Reunion held in the old Mernda School on Plenty Road Mernda, 2003.Colour photographmernda school reunion, mernda state school, school reunion, frank willis, evie draper, gwen hawke, willis family, draper family, 2003 -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Mernda School Reunion, 2003
... Mernda School on Plenty Road Mernda, 2003.... in the old Mernda School on Plenty Road Mernda, 2003. mernda school ...Photograph of (L-R) Gwen Hawke, Jessie Popple, Frank Wallis, Kath Bassett at the Mernda State School Reunion held in the old Mernda School on Plenty Road Mernda, 2003.Colour photograph.mernda school reunion, mernda state school, school reunion, frank willis, evie draper, gwen hawke, willis family, draper family, 2003, stock family, mrs edith collins, mrs lorna raitt, raitt family, judy raitt, bev raitt, maureen raitt, mrs kath bassett, bassett family, popple family, alf popple, jessie popple, frank wallis -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Mernda School Reunion, 2003
... held in the old Mernda School on Plenty Road Mernda, 2003.... Reunion held in the old Mernda School on Plenty Road Mernda, 2003 ...Photograph of (L-R) Mrs Edith Collins, Mrs Lorna Raitt, her daughters Judy, Bev and Maureen at the Mernda State School Reunion held in the old Mernda School on Plenty Road Mernda, 2003.Colour photograph.mernda school reunion, mernda state school, school reunion, frank willis, evie draper, gwen hawke, willis family, draper family, 2003, stock family, mrs edith collins, mrs lorna raitt, raitt family, judy raitt, bev raitt, maureen raitt -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Mernda School Reunion, 2003
... in the old Mernda School on Plenty Road Mernda, 2003.... held in the old Mernda School on Plenty Road Mernda, 2003 ...Photograph of (L-R) Mrs Kath Bassett nee Popple, Gwen Hawke, Mrs & Mr Alf Popple at the Mernda State School Reunion held in the old Mernda School on Plenty Road Mernda, 2003.Colour photograph.mernda school reunion, mernda state school, school reunion, frank willis, evie draper, gwen hawke, willis family, draper family, 2003, stock family, mrs edith collins, mrs lorna raitt, raitt family, judy raitt, bev raitt, maureen raitt, mrs kath bassett, bassett family, popple family, alf popple -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Church of England, Olinda
... on Mernda Road (later Coonara Road) was shifted in 1936 by Dick... on Mernda Road (later Coonara Road) was shifted in 1936 by Dick ...Church of England. Monash Avenue, Olinda. The descriptive text on the reverse of this photograph was hand written by John Lundy-Clarke.Church of England Olinda When the church was built it faced on to the main Mt Dandenong Road but the road was deviated in and the main road section in front of the Village Settlement blocks was named Monash Avenue. The chapel built on Mrs Warner’s land on Mernda Road (later Coonara Road) was shifted in 1936 by Dick Mitlan using Jack Clarkes Ford truck as traction plant. church of england, olinda, monash avenue -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Lindsay Mann, Turner Bakery visit, 2010
... Photographs from Turner Bakery Schotters Road Mernda 2010... Bakery Schotters Road Mernda 2010 taken by Lindsay Mann. turner ...Photographs from Turner Bakery Schotters Road Mernda 2010 taken by Lindsay Mann.10 colour photographsCaptions on back of some photosturner bakery, c turner baker, turners bakery, schotters road, gwen hawke, lindsay mann, 2010, mernda -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Panorama of Olinda 1904 Sections 3 & 4
... 1904 view of Olinda looking across Mernda (later Coonara... Mernda (later Coonara) Road towards the site of the future State ...Sections 3 & 4 of a 4 panorama of the Main Street of Olinda made up of 4 side by side photos. 1904 view of Olinda looking across Mernda (later Coonara) Road towards the site of the future State School.olinda, main street, panorama -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Newspaper Clipping, Whittlesea Leader, A different road rage, 22 Nov 2005
... Jean and Richard Ely fear that works to widen Plenty Road... that works to widen Plenty Road Mernda will damage their 147-year-old ...Jean and Richard Ely fear that works to widen Plenty Road Mernda will damage their 147-year-old bluestone house the "Poplars". Mayfield Precinct is home to some of the oldest buildings in the regionNewsprint with colour photo.mernda, jean ely, richard ely, bluestone house, the poplars mernda, mayfield precinct -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Mernda Sale yards
... 2 photographs showing the Mernda Sale Yards in Plenty Road... in Plenty Road in Mernda. mernda sale yards mernda sale yards mernda ...2 photographs showing the Mernda Sale Yards in Plenty Road in Mernda.2 colour photographs, undated.mernda, sale yards, mernda sale yards, mernda market -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Copy, Mernda School Reunion, 2003
... Reunion held in the old Mernda School on Plenty Road Mernda, 2003.... on Plenty Road Mernda, 2003. mernda school reunion mernda state ...Photograph of back row (L-R) Denise Stokes, Marshall Stokes, G. Heal. Second row (L-R) Carol Stokes, unidentified, unidentified, Maureen Raitt. Seated (L-R) Thelma Cardwell nee Stokes, Noelene Benson, Judy Raitt, Bev Raitt at the Mernda State School Reunion held in the old Mernda School on Plenty Road Mernda, 2003.Copy of a colour photograph.mernda school reunion, mernda state school, school reunion, frank willis, evie draper, gwen hawke, willis family, draper family, 2003, stock family, mrs edith collins, mrs lorna raitt, raitt family, judy raitt, bev raitt, maureen raitt, mrs kath bassett, bassett family, popple family, alf popple, jessie popple, frank wallis, stokes family, denise stokes, marshall stokes, g heal, heal family, carole stokes, thelma cardwell, cardwell family, noelene benson, benson family -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Newspaper clipping, Whittlesea Leader, Felling of tree to be reviewed, 3 Oct 2017
... the corner of Bridge Inn and Plenty roads, Mernda, to make way... Inn and Plenty roads, Mernda, to make way for the Mernda Town ...Published Whittlesea Leader, 3 Oct 2017. Felling of tree to be reviewed. A much loved 300 year-old gum tree was cut down from the corner of Bridge Inn and Plenty roads, Mernda, to make way for the Mernda Town Centre development. Many in the community loved this tree as it was a local landmark that stood on the corner of the former Cockerell's Forge.Newsprintwhittlesea leader, cockerell, gum tree, mernda, cockerell forge, mernda blacksmith -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Balance scale and weights, unknown
... , 107 Schotters Road, Mernda. The bakery is believed to have... and weights used at C.Turner Baker, 107 Schotters Road, Mernda ...Original balance scale and weights used at C.Turner Baker, 107 Schotters Road, Mernda. The bakery is believed to have been constructed by Moses Thomas c1870s. The Turner brothers, Charles and Stephenson baked bread in a wood fired scotch oven for sixty years. The bread was delivered by cart every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday to Yan Yean and the Whittlesea area, and alternative days to Mernda and Separation. The business was sold in 1948 after Stephenson's death and eventually closed. In 2007 the bakery and 100 year old oven were restored.The scale and weights are significant to their links with the historical 19th century C. Turner Baker, Turner Brothers Bakery at Merndabalance scale and weights with removable pan, 13 round weights1lb weight stamped 'Avery Birmingham'mernda, yan yean, separation, bakery, scale and weights, turner's bakery, charles turner, stephenson turner, c turner baker, turner brothers -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Plate, dinner plate, bread and butter plate, c 1920s
... , Baker of Turner Brothers Bakery, 107 Schotters Road, Mernda..., Baker of Turner Brothers Bakery, 107 Schotters Road, Mernda ...The plates were used by the Turner family at C. Turner, Baker of Turner Brothers Bakery, 107 Schotters Road, Mernda. The bakery is believed to have been constructed by Moses Thomas c.1870s. The Turner brothers, Charles and Stephenson baked bread in a wood fired scotch oven for sixty years. The bread was delivered by cart every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday to Yan Yean and the Whittlesea area, and alternative days to Mernda and Separation. The business was sold in 1948 after Stephenson's death and eventually closed. In 2007 the bakery and 100 year old oven were restored. The plates are significant to their links with the historical 19th century Turner Brothers Bakery at MerndaCeramic plates from the Turner Bakery collection. One dinner plate and one bread and butter plate from a matching set, glazed pattern, 'J & G. Meakin England', scalloped edges, blue and gold pattern on face of plate, gold on rim.Maker J & G Meakin England, Design 'The Garrick', Regd SOL 391413 j & g meakin, turners bakery, mernda, charles turner, stephenson turner, plate, cermaic plate, dinner plate, bread and butter plate, c turner baker, yan yean -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - serviette holder, unknown
... , Baker, or Turner Brothers Bakery at 107 Schotters Road, Mernda.... Turner, Baker, or Turner Brothers Bakery at 107 Schotters Road ...A serviette holder used by the Turner family of C. Turner, Baker, or Turner Brothers Bakery at 107 Schotters Road, Mernda. The bakery is believed to have been constructed by Moses Thomas c1870s. The Turner brothers, Charles and Stephenson baked bread in a wood fired scotch oven for sixty years. The bread was delivered by cart every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday to Yan Yean and the Whittlesea area, and alternative days to Mernda and Separation. The business was sold in 1948 after Stephenson's death and eventually closed. In 2007 the bakery and 100 year old oven were restored.A beige coloured ceramic glazed serviette holder from the Turner Bakery Collection. Noneceramic, turners bakery, turner brothers bakery, charles turner, stephenson turner, mernda, serviette holder, c turner baker -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - door handles, 2 door handles
... , Baker of Turner Brothers Bakery, 107 Schotters Road, Mernda... Brothers Bakery, 107 Schotters Road, Mernda. The bakery is believed ...2 door handles used by the Turner family at C. Turner, Baker of Turner Brothers Bakery, 107 Schotters Road, Mernda. The bakery is believed to have been constructed by Moses Thomas c.1870s. The Turner brothers, Charles and Stephenson baked bread in a wood fired scotch oven for sixty years. The bread was delivered by cart every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday to Yan Yean and the Whittlesea area, and alternative days to Mernda and Separation. The business was sold in 1948 after Stephenson's death and eventually closed. In 2007 the bakery and 100 year old oven were restored.2 door handles from the Turner Bakery collection. turners bakery, mernda, charles turner, stephenson turner, c turner baker, yan yean, door handle -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Teapot and lid, c.1870
... Brothers Bakery, at 107 Schotters Road, Mernda, and was used... Schotters Road, Mernda, and was used by the Turner family ...The teapot came from C. Turner, Baker, also known as Turner Brothers Bakery, at 107 Schotters Road, Mernda, and was used by the Turner family. The bakery is believed to have been constructed by Moses Thomas c.1870s. The Turner brothers, Charles and Stephenson baked bread in a wood fired scotch oven for sixty years. The bread was delivered by cart every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday to Yan Yean and the Whittlesea area, and alternative days to Mernda and Separation. The business was sold in 1948 after Stephenson's death and eventually closed. In 2007 the bakery and 100 year old oven were restored.Statement of Significance The teapot is significant to it's link with the historical 19th century Turner Brothers Bakery at MerndaBlue enamel tin teapot with lid, decorated blue and white flowers with green leaf pattern on both sides of the teapot Noneteapot, mernda, charles turner, stephenson turner, bakery, enamel teapot, c turner baker, turner brothers bakery, blue teapot, 1870, yan yean -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Ladle, unknown
... Schotters Road, Mernda. The bakery is believed to have been..., Baker or Turner Brothers Bakery, 107 Schotters Road, Mernda ...A soup ladle from the Turner Bakery collection and used by the Turner family of C. Turner, Baker or Turner Brothers Bakery, 107 Schotters Road, Mernda. The bakery is believed to have been constructed by Moses Thomas c1870s. The Turner brothers, Charles and Stephenson baked bread in a wood fired scotch oven for sixty years. The bread was delivered by cart every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday to Yan Yean and the Whittlesea area, and alternative days to Mernda and Separation. The business was sold in 1948 after Stephenson's death and eventually closed. In 2007 the bakery and 100 year old oven were restored.The ladle is significant to it's links with the historical 19th century Turner Brothers Bakery at MerndaSoup ladle, ceramic glazed, floral print intact. No makers marksoup ladle, ladle, mernda, bakery, turners bakery, stephenson turner, charles turner, turner brothers bakery, c turner baker -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Copy, Lindsay Mann, Mayfield Presbyterian Church, Mernda, 2011
... Mayfield Presbyterian Church, on Plenty Road Mernda... Mayfield Presbyterian Church, on Plenty Road Mernda. MAYFIELD ...Mayfield Presbyterian Church, on Plenty Road Mernda. MAYFIELD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Mayfield Presbyterian Church at Mernda was erected in 1860, and the first service held on 23 October that year. The erection of the Mayfield Church, and others at Janefield and Whittlesea soon after, reflected the relatively large number of Scots in the Plenty Valley in the 1850s. Presbyterian services had been held at Mernda prior to the erection of the Mayfield church. In 1851 and 1852 the Rev. P. Gunn of Campbellfield conducted services at Mr. Radcliffe’s (now the Poplars), a barn at Carome and at Moses Thomas’ newly erected house on Marsh Farm. Mayfield Church was built on an acre of land, apparently donated by Moses Thomas. The block was a 66 feet frontage to Plenty Road. It is not clear who designed and built the Mayfield Church, although it has been generally accepted that it was Moses Thomas. Dr. Richard Ely, the historian who owns the adjacent property The Poplars, believes it was most likely Thomas, given that he possessed both the capacity and resources for the task, as well as a personal interest. For a short time, the newly completed church was called the Guthrie Church, after the prominent Scottish Free Church Leader. Moses Thomas died in 1878. His son Walter, who had joined him on the church committee in 1861, served on it almost until his death in 1932, having been ordained as an Elder in about 1880. During the 1880s he became Superintendent of the Mayfield Sunday School, a task he also performed until shortly before his death. On 15 October 1922 a special service was held at the Mayfield Church to celebrate its recently completed renovation, including the installation of the four still present Gloria lights. Further minor repairs and renovations have been made in recent times. Mayfield Church is the earliest of the five Presbyterian Churches in the City of Whittlesea, predating Kalkallo (1860), Whittlesea (1863), Mill Park (1861) and Epping (1867). Like Mill Park this church was built by Moses Thomas and similarly suffers from differential settlement on the uneven foundations. Here the cracking and movement is less severe than at Mill Park and this building is reasonably sound. It appears to be the design prototype for the more elaborate Mill Park building. It is a simple preaching hall with small gabled porch. The only elaboration occurs at windows where render quoins are formed to reveal and to gable ends, where a bull's eye louvre decorates the gable, and a rendered string course terminates them. The general proportions and the squat rectangular windows give the church a Georgian character clearly based on Scottish precedent. The windows are the dominant feature of the design. They are unusually large for the size of the church and incorporated on the principal entrance facade in similar manner to Mill Park. Whereas at Mill Park the windows are also large, their pointed Gothic form clearly indicates a church. Here the windows have a domestic quality and contribute to the simple “village” quality of the building. The bluestone walls are well executed in coursed random rubble to a much better standard than the Mill Park design. As for the initial Mill Park church (added in later) there is no separate sanctuary or vestry. The interior is remarkably plain and incorporates an altar, lectern and communion rail all within the nave. The gloria lights of 1922 survive apparently in working order. At the rear of the large open site is a stable built c1920 for parishioners' horses. Mayfield Church is historically significant for its association with the “Laird of Mernda”. Moses Thomas and his early effects to create a town at this site. It is architecturally significant for its simple construction probably incorporating Scottish precedents and for the high-quality use of local bluestone. HISTORICAL REFERENCE J.W. Payne, The Plenty, 1985. Mayfield Presbyterian Church Mernda : Historical notes on its origin by R. Ely 1991. City of Whittlesea Heritage Study. Historical building in Mernda.A4 colour copy of a photograph and digital image on HDmayfield presbyterian church, mayfield mernda, bluestone church, guthrie church, laird of mernda, moses thomas, church, red gum tree, stable -
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Photograph, Gwen Hawke, Mayfield Presbyterian Church, Mernda, 20 Oct 2010
... Mayfield Presbyterian Church, on Plenty Road Mernda... Road Mernda. MAYFIELD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Mayfield ...Mayfield Presbyterian Church, on Plenty Road Mernda. MAYFIELD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Mayfield Presbyterian Church at Mernda was erected in 1860, and the first service held on 23 October that year. The erection of the Mayfield Church, and others at Janefield and Whittlesea soon after, reflected the relatively large number of Scots in the Plenty Valley in the 1850s. Presbyterian services had been held at Mernda prior to the erection of the Mayfield church. In 1851 and 1852 the Rev. P. Gunn of Campbellfield conducted services at Mr. Radcliffe’s (now the Poplars), a barn at Carome and at Moses Thomas’ newly erected house on Marsh Farm. Mayfield Church was built on an acre of land, apparently donated by Moses Thomas. The block was a 66 feet frontage to Plenty Road. It is not clear who designed and built the Mayfield Church, although it has been generally accepted that it was Moses Thomas. Dr. Richard Ely, the historian who owns the adjacent property The Poplars, believes it was most likely Thomas, given that he possessed both the capacity and resources for the task, as well as a personal interest. For a short time, the newly completed church was called the Guthrie Church, after the prominent Scottish Free Church Leader. Moses Thomas died in 1878. His son Walter, who had joined him on the church committee in 1861, served on it almost until his death in 1932, having been ordained as an Elder in about 1880. During the 1880s he became Superintendent of the Mayfield Sunday School, a task he also performed until shortly before his death. On 15 October 1922 a special service was held at the Mayfield Church to celebrate its recently completed renovation, including the installation of the four still present Gloria lights. Further minor repairs and renovations have been made in recent times. Mayfield Church is the earliest of the five Presbyterian Churches in the City of Whittlesea, predating Kalkallo (1860), Whittlesea (1863), Mill Park (1861) and Epping (1867). Like Mill Park this church was built by Moses Thomas and similarly suffers from differential settlement on the uneven foundations. Here the cracking and movement is less severe than at Mill Park and this building is reasonably sound. It appears to be the design prototype for the more elaborate Mill Park building. It is a simple preaching hall with small gabled porch. The only elaboration occurs at windows where render quoins are formed to reveal and to gable ends, where a bull's eye louvre decorates the gable, and a rendered string course terminates them. The general proportions and the squat rectangular windows give the church a Georgian character clearly based on Scottish precedent. The windows are the dominant feature of the design. They are unusually large for the size of the church and incorporated on the principal entrance facade in similar manner to Mill Park. Whereas at Mill Park the windows are also large, their pointed Gothic form clearly indicates a church. Here the windows have a domestic quality and contribute to the simple “village” quality of the building. The bluestone walls are well executed in coursed random rubble to a much better standard than the Mill Park design. As for the initial Mill Park church (added in later) there is no separate sanctuary or vestry. The interior is remarkably plain and incorporates an altar, lectern and communion rail all within the nave. The gloria lights of 1922 survive apparently in working order. At the rear of the large open site is a stable built c1920 for parishioners' horses. Mayfield Church is historically significant for its association with the “Laird of Mernda”. Moses Thomas and his early effects to create a town at this site. It is architecturally significant for its simple construction probably incorporating Scottish precedents and for the high-quality use of local bluestone. HISTORICAL REFERENCE J.W. Payne, The Plenty, 1985. Mayfield Presbyterian Church Mernda : Historical notes on its origin by R. Ely 1991. City of Whittlesea Heritage Study. Historical building in Mernda.2 colour photographsmayfield presbyterian church, mayfield mernda, bluestone church, guthrie church, laird of mernda, moses thomas, church, red gum tree, stable