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...
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William Bray of Shere (1736-1832)(Reproduced by courtesy of the owner) Browse our selection of People important to Surrey’s past…from garden designers to historians From Lutyens to Jekyll, from Lewis...
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...
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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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