Russell Brockbank lived in Badgers in The Lane from 1951 to 1978. See also the biography of Russell Partridge Brockbank by Peter Anderson.

Monica Edwards was a prolific writer and while some of her books are available in paperback most, if not all, can be bought from the...

Photographs from a display board created by the History of Thursley Society, See also The South African (Boer) War entry on the Fosberry...

Art Editor of “Punch”. Born 15.4.1913 – Died 14.5.1979

About Lutyens, written by Rosemary Stockdale for the Thursley Parish Magazine September 2019

This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Parish Magazine in June 2022 Well, isn’t life strange? I’ve been writing...

Lettice Fisher (nee Ilbert) was born in 1875 in Kensington, London, to Lady Jessie and Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert, a lawyer who was soon to become Clerk of the House of Commons. She was one of the earliest female students at Somerville College, Oxford and as such, Herbert (HAL) agreed to take her on as a pupil.

We remember him as Vicar of Thursley from 1968 until his retirement in 1976. For Thursley they were eight splendid years.

This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Parish Magazine in August 2022 This is the final story of the Fisher...

This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Parish Magazine in February and March 2021 After our recent articles...

This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Parish Magazine in July 2020 As we know, the recent fire on Thursley Common was devastating for the wildlife, environment and all that knew and used it. The grim scene that faced us afterwards, could have been so much worse, had it not been for swift and efficient help from the Goble family. Along with Roger Pride from Elstead and Mike Clear from Tilford, they were quickly on the scene, assisting and aiding the Su

She was - in her latter years - a long term Thursley resident, and was a renowned author and poet

This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Parish Magazine in January 2021 Malcolm Henry Arnold, composer, 1921 –...

This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Parish Magazine in August 2020 to mark the retirement of Michael as...

Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens was an English architect who designed many war memorials, English country houses and public buildings in the UK and abroad.

Cobbett was an English radical pamphleteer, journalist, author, politician and farmer born in Farnham Surrey.

William Karn Fosberry, blacksmith of Thursley

This was published in 1996 by the History of Thursley Society and includes profiles of the young Lutyens, Robert Goble and Monica Edwards. Many of the articles were written by Mary Bennett.

Now, what was it about this honourable man’s life and ultimately, his death, that made it into a best-selling book and film?