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18-502: The ESTC began life as the Eighteenth-Century Short Title Catalogue , with the same abbreviation, covering only 1701 to 1800. Earlier printed works had been catalogued in A. W. Pollard and G. R. Redgrave 's Short Title Catalogue (1st edn 1926; 2nd edn, 1976–91) for the period 1473 to 1640; and Donald Goddard Wing 's similarly titled bibliography (1945–51, with later supplements and addenda) for

36-630: A Study in the Bibliography of Shakespeare's Plays, 1594–1685 , published in 1909, remains an important milestone in Shakespearian criticism. With Gilbert Richard Redgrave , he edited the STC , or A short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475–1640 (1926). He provided a bibliographical introduction to a facsimile print of

54-503: A daughter. But during the war his two sons were both lost in action: his oldest, Geoffrey Blemell Pollard, a Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery was killed in the fighting near Le Baseé, France on 24 October 1914. Then a year later, on 13 October 1915, his second son Roger Thompson Pollard, a Lieutenant in the 5th Royal Berkshire Regiment, was also killed. Pollard wrote a memorial, Two Brothers. Accounts Rendered , which

72-647: A higher level of scholarly rigor to the study of Shakespearean texts. Pollard was born at 1 Brompton Square, Kensington in London, the youngest son of a doctor, Edward William Pollard. He was educated at King's College School in the Strand and St John's College at the University of Oxford . Unable to teach due to his pronounced stammer, he joined the staff of the British Museum in 1883, as assistant in

90-684: Is buried with his wife Alice (1857-1925) in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, Wimbledon . St Mary%27s Church, Wimbledon St Mary's Church, Wimbledon , is a Church of England church and is part of the Parish of Wimbledon , south-west London , England. It has existed since the 12th century and may be the church recorded in the Domesday Book in the Mortlake Hundred. It is still in active use today, and has been grade II* listed since 1949. There have been four churches on

108-659: The Manor of Wimbledon , who was one of the founders of the Bank of England and director of the ill-fated South Sea Company, is also commemorated. Two more modern brasses commemorate the abolitionist William Wilberforce , of the nearby Lauriston House, and Walter Reynolds , who was formerly the rector of the church and, later, the Archbishop of Canterbury . The most recent memorials commemorate Leslie Godfree and Kathleen McKane Godfree who were highly successful tennis players in

126-474: The 1611 King James Bible which was produced for its three hundredth anniversary. His contemporary friends included the poet A. E. Housman and the artist Walter Sickert , and he was a close colleague of the prominent Shakespeare scholars Edmund Kerchever Chambers and R. B. McKerrow . In 1935 Pollard suffered a fall while gardening which seriously affected him, but he lived another nine years, dying at Wimbledon Hospital, aged 85, survived by his daughter. He

144-534: The bibliographer and Shakespearian scholar Alfred W Pollard (1859-1944). Fellowship House was built in 1974 and replaced a small room above a shop in Wimbledon Village . It was used for many activities both by the church and outside groups. Today, it is a day nursery during the week and is used by the church at weekends. The Parish Office is located in Fellowship House. The Garden Hall

162-569: The department of printed books; he was promoted to assistant keeper in 1909, and keeper in 1919. In the latter year, Pollard was appointed professor of English bibliography at the University of London . He was honorary secretary of the Bibliographical Society from 1893 to 1934 and edited the society's journal The Library for thirty years (1903–34). He received the society's gold medal in 1929. Pollard married Alice England of Newnham College in 1887 and there were two sons and

180-522: The early 20th century. At the east end of the churchyard is the large mausoleum of Sir Joseph William Bazalgette , the renowned engineer of the Embankment and the sewer system in London around 1858. There is also a memorial stone to Sir Joseph within the church, while a number of his descendants are in the book of remembrance. In the churchyard are buried the artist Fred Barnard (1846-1896) and

198-438: The period 1641 to 1700. These works were eventually incorporated into the database. [REDACTED] Media related to English Short Title Catalogue at Wikimedia Commons This article about a literary website is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Alfred W. Pollard Alfred William Pollard , FBA (14 August 1859 – 8 March 1944) was an English bibliographer , widely credited for bringing

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216-423: The site since 1086: The present church dates from 1843, and was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott , then working for the architects 'Messers Scott and Moffat'. Scott was given the brief of building the church without exceeding a strict budget of £4000, which he succeeded in doing by incorporating parts of the earlier building. It is still possible to see these older parts today. Another visibly notable addition

234-455: The upkeep of her father's tomb, with any surplus to be used for the education and apprenticeship of local children. Sir Richard Wynn , a 17th-century Member of Parliament, is buried within the nave; he had notably taken care of Wimbledon Manor House for Henrietta Maria , wife of Charles I , after she fled to the continent in 1642 during the Civil War . Sir Theodore Janssen , Lord of

252-476: Was a refit of all the 8 bells. The oldest is the original No. 7 dedicated to St. Bartholemew. This bell was made by a London Bell Foundry, circa 1520. Sundays: St Mary's has a full streaming system to stream onto both Zoom and YouTube . Every service is streamed apart from the 11:15. A full refit of the streaming system came in January 2022 and has since proven very effective in introducing more members to

270-436: Was commissioned by their daughter Katherine Walter, who has a memorial also within the present church. Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon , Lord of the Manor of Wimbledon has his sarcophagus situated within the eponymous side chapel that he had commissioned in the 1620s. The chapel was notably originally lit with six small windows to commemorate his two wives and four daughters. In 1651, Dorothy Cecil left an endowment for

288-422: Was completed in 2003 due to the need of more space for church activities, especially the growing Sunday School . The building is of modern design, and has won architectural awards. One wall is a large glass window, part of which opens to give access to the grass area outside. It was officially opened on 3 May 2003 by Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy . St Mary's has 8 church bells . In 1984, there

306-577: Was privately printed for friends in 1916, and a year later issued by Sidgwick and Jackson. Pollard wrote widely on a range of subjects in English literature throughout his career, and collaborated with various scholars in specialized studies; he edited Sir Philip Sidney 's Astrophel in 1888, Chaucer 's Canterbury Tales (Globe edition, 1898), a collection of Fifteenth Century Poetry and Prose (1903) and Thomas Malory 's Le Morte d'Arthur (1910–11, in four volumes). His Shakespeare Folios and Quartos:

324-445: Was the tower and spire, which is 196 feet tall. The beams in the chancel roof were re-discovered during renovation work of the chancel in 1860. They are thought to be Medieval in origin. The beams are decorated with a chevron and flower pattern and were restored in 1993 as part of the church's 150th anniversary celebrations. The oldest memorial in the church dates back to 1537; it is in memory of Philip and Margaret Lewston and

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