The Godalming Gazette, made up of Milford Mercury, Witley War-Cry, Thursley Thunderer and Bowlhead Green Bulwark was published to cover the 1926 General Strike.

St Michael & All Angels: 19th Century Restorations: St Michael & All Angels: 19th Century Restorations: in January 1995, Craig Taylor presented this essay to The Architectural Association's for their Diploma Course in Building Conservation.

This article is about Lea Park and Witley Park, its houses and owners over the past four centuries. It includes sales particulars of the 1878, 1904 and 1952 sales. Information has come from our own archives, newspaper cuttings supplied by Sue Ranson, Wikipedia, Chat GPT and DiCamillo. Many of the photographs have not before been available.

Burial records of St Michael & All Angels have been kept from the 17th Century. The current Burial Registers runs from December 1963,

"The Domesday Book for the County of Surrey being that portion of a return of Owners of Land in England and Wales, exclusive of the Metropolis, in the year 1873, which refers to the County of Surrey, the whole return having been presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty."

Thursley Baptisms, Marriages & Burials 1613 - 1840. Transcribed, typed and indexed by Tim Wilcock, Cliff Webb and members of West Surrey Family History Society

It is a little jewel of a book, detailing the road from its London source, to its Portsmouth destination and everywhere in between.

Hankley Common is a large 560-hectare (1,400-acre) area of open heathland and woodland in west Surrey, lying between Thursley, Elstead and Tilford. Managed today by the National Trust, it is part of the wider Thames Basin Heaths landscape and is valued for its rare heathland habitats, wildlife, and panoramic views.

The talk includes: the Atlantic Wall; Farnham Castle; Dunsfold Aerodrome; Special Operations Executive (SOE); Winterfold; Wanborough Manor; Tyting House; Gorse Hill; and Longmoor Military Railway.

The complex included a main threshing barn, a three-bay cart shed, an old piggery and cow shed, and a small detached granary standing on traditional staddle stones near the north-east corner of the site.

This diary, written and illustrated by Jean Chopping (Caroline Mendelssohn's daughter) at the begininng of World War II

This is the title page of a remarkable set of pictorial propaganda maps produced by a British officer in a German prisoner of war camp

Most relevant to the Thursley History Society are the references to the Atlantic Wall and the structure on Hankley Common.

The RAF station next to Hindhead was envisaged as part of a short-range, blind-landing system to improve safety during night operations.

The key questions which the authors set out to answer were: • how big is it?; • what is it made of?; • where did it come from?; • how did it get there?

These interesting document show who lived where in 2002, 1939 and 1936. There is also a list of names of people who lived in Thursley in 1821.

These are just a few examples of exhibits both outside and inside the museum

The construction of a well is no easy task, for sinking a vertical shaft 20' or more below the surface presents many problems.

Evidence of a vault was discovered in 2005 when a section of the timber floor was lifted in order to check what appeared to be a brick sub-floor. The vault contained two coffins, that of Anne Woods and her husband, Edmund.

The last Surrey site seems to be that of Thursley which was working in 1767.