History of Thursley History Society
This article by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Parish Magazine, December 2023 You will forgive me if I make this month’s article...
14 views
Pitch Place, Houndown and Sailors Lane
Work in progress... The view taken near the corner of Sailors Lane from where The Pines now stands Pitch Place, Long Acres (on Sailors...
12 views
The Red Lion Inn
The Red Lion Inn, which closed as a pub in 1958, was infamous for its connection with the murder of the Unknown Sailor which is linked...
23 views
A Walk Through the Hindhead Tunnel, May 2011
Photographs only but see also 'The Hindhead Tunnel'.
4 views
Smallbrook Farm
From British listed buildings: Hall House. Early C16 core, refaced in C17. Timber framed, clad in sandstone rubble with brick patching...
59 views
Brook Cottage and Horn Cottage
Linked as they so often appear together in photographs: Brook Cottage and Horn Cottage 1900. As you can see Red Lodge had not yet been...
6 views
The Dye House
The Dye House is a Grade II listed building (9th March 1960) constructed of timber framing with brick infill and has a steeply pitched...
21 views
1881 Census
With a note from Norman Ratcliffe of Happy Families Ancestral Research. The pdf can be downloaded below.
1 view
1851 Census
Transcribed by Norman Ratcliffe of Happy Families Ancestral Research, GU12 6EA. It can been downloaded below.
1 view
1821 Census
This census has been analysed (see below) and compared to the 2001 Thursley census. While the population has not grown significantly,...
5 views
Help in Thursley
Help in Thursley is a volunteer driving scheme and was founded in 1997 and which was launched in the village hall Help in Thursley:...
5 views
Church Kneelers
Many people were responsible for the producing these beautiful kneelers in Thursley Church
7 views
Lives of the People of Thursley in World War Two
Published by The History of Thursley Society in October 2008 and written by Edmund Haviland and many others, see contents list below....
22 views
Thursley Church 950 Jubilee
This booklet was planned as a Jubilee Anthology, to contain an assortment of items from numerous inhabitants of Thursley past and present.
12 views
A brief history of the Parish and the Village published 1951
An excerpt from a little brochure written in 1951, sadly, author unknown, but published “in aid of Thursley Festival Funds” at price 6d...
8 views
Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee 2012
The Diamond Jubilee in 2012 celebrated the 60 years since the accession and was marked with a spectacular central weekend and a series of...
17 views