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?

Concern expressed in The Times in 1927 about the Fear of War Office Acquisition of Surrey commons.

Thanks to a conversation between our Chairman, Sally Scheffers, and her veterinary surgeon, Jeremy Mantel, we are able to reproduce the...

In 1981, as part of the pipeline Esso built from Fawley to Purfleet via Gatwick airport, a trench was dug across Thursley Common.

Thursley National Nature Reserve is part of a large area of heath, bog and woodland is south west Surrey.

This article about Jill Fry's work on Thursley Common appeared in English Nature magazine in March 1994

This article about the Thursley Nature Reserve was published in Homes and Gardens in February 1981. In the article, reference is made to...

With thanks to Sean Edwards and Jill Fry. Also includes Excavation of Two Mounds on Thursley Common in 1959 Hydon's Ball section and...

Anyone who was up late on Friday, 10th May 2024, will have seen the spectacular and very rare sight of the Northern Lights lighting up...

Jill produced four calendars of her beautiful photographs taken in and around Thursley, with some featuring her husband Ray. 2011 This is...

These wonderful photographs by Jill Fry were for a talk she gave in 2008 and include photographs taken between 2005 and 2007.

This marvellous presentation was given to the Thursley History Society by Sean Edwards in 2013. His talk was introduced by Peter Clake...

A Thursley History Society outing, 5th October 2019 Advertisement for the walk Report on the Hammer Pond Walk On Saturday 5th October,...

Photographs and news report From Surrey Live: https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/surrey-smouldered-1976-heathland-fires-11314109

From Wikipedia: In a heatwave in 2006, an out-of-control wildfire burned 60% of the common, but by 2010 the heath was regenerating, with...

This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Parish Magazine in January 2023 Happy New Year from the Thursley History...

This article by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Parish Magazine, May 2023 Many of us will be aware of the construction traffic...

The Times by Richard Pohle Surrey Live https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/gallery/thursley-common-fire-one-year-20712130