Horsell
The village one mile to the north-west of and, in practice part of, Woking. Horsell was a poor village in 1800 and unusually never had a great house. The main industry was market-gardening with several...
View ArticleHarry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel
Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel was born in Cambridge, the son of Harry Chester Goodhart, a classics don, and Rose Ellen Rendel. After the death of his father in Edinburgh in 1895, he and Rose Rendel...
View ArticleSir Peter Neville Luard Pears (1910-1986)
Tenor and partner of Sir Benjamin Britten, and born in Farnham Peter Pears is best known for his long partnership with the composer Benjamin Britten, but he was a talented, well known musician in his...
View ArticleStephen Lushington and fugitive slaves in Ockham
Photograph of Dr Stephen Lushington, c.1870(SHC ref Z/616) The Lushington family archive, which is currently being catalogued, includes letters and papers of three generations of the Lushington family...
View ArticleA to Z of People
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Ackerley, Joseph Randall (1896 – 1967) (Novelist, Dramatist, Poet, Editor) Aubrey, John (1626 – 1697) (Archaeologist) Aubrey, John (1626 – 1697)...
View ArticleH.G. Wells and Woking
2016 year marks 150 years since the birth of H.G. Wells – one of the nation’s greatest science fiction writers and public intellectuals. His move to Woking in 1895 inspired some of his greatest works,...
View ArticleA History of Beaverbrook – a Great British Treasure
Dating back to 1866, the history of Beaverbrook is inextricably linked to a number of great British characters of the last 150 years. From Winston Churchill to Rudyard Kipling, this truly magnificent...
View ArticleLet’s Google!
I love Google (other search engines are available) and I love the fact that To Google has been accepted by the OED as a verb. However, I often forget that Google can be a boon to family historians –...
View ArticleWhat the Surrey HER could do for you: digging deeper for answers in Horsell
What does the Surrey Historic Environment Record team do all day? Answer: all sorts! Undoubtedly the biggest chunk of our day-to-day activities relates to work undertaken as part of the planning...
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