The purpose of the visit was to assess whether two early 20th century terracotta memorials in the churchyard may have been made at the Compton Potters’ Arts Guild at the Watts Gallery, Compton.

On a beautiful summer's evening, over 30 people had signed up for a Churchyard Walk to learn something about the gravestones and people buried in St Michael & All Angels, Thursley

At a meeting of the Thursley History Society early in 2025, it was agreed that the website should include a post for our many beloved villagers who are no longer with us. This is the fourth post in the series.

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.

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

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

Obituaries of Thursley residents from 200 - 2009. Lives celebrated: Alastair Banks; Edward Crawfurd; Robert Crawfurd; Eve Fausset; Annette Graham-Stewart; John Graham-Stewart; Richard Kane; Barbara Marchant; Tom Ranson; John Roles; Brian Sharp; Susan Treadwell; Douglas Watson

This walk in the churchyard of St Michael & All Angels, Thursley, was devised, written and illustrated by Amanda Flint and Sean Edwards in August 2018 and revised (slightly) in March 2025.

On 20th February 2025, Marion O'Brien and Amanda Flint-Roberts gave a talk in the Church.

A selection of stories, ranging through the centuries. From war heroes to criminals, from sailors to shop keepers, from knights to a servant

In the churchyard of Thursley in Surrey there is a monument marking the grave of my uncle and namesake, Lieutenant Derek Lutyens.

There is no obvious connection between John Freeman, the poet, and Thursley, but he is buried in our churchyard. He must have visited the village, liked it and somehow obtained permission to be buried here.

Photographs of the interior, exterior and churchyard of St Michael & All Angels, Thursley by Sean Edwards

A report from Surrey Live, 4th August 2006, about this unique building that is in Thursley Churchyard.

The church was re-shingled with chestnut tiles from France in September 1986.

A memorial service in September 2023 in the churchyard of St Michael & All Saints, Thursley, saw the placement of a memorial stone on the unmarked grave of Joan Pearl Wolfe, the victim of the 'Wigwam Murder' in 1942. Her murderer, August Sangret, was tried for the crime in 1943 and was hanged in Wandsworth Prison in April 1943.

Joan Pearl Wolfe, the 'Wigwam Murder" and the Trial of August Sangret. This entry includes an extract from Prof Keith Simpson's "Forty Years of Murder" as well as newspaper articles and other books on the subject.

The following notes result from a meeting, on Thursday 13th November with Capt. Streatfield-James to review the Churchyard trees.