The Thursley Women’s Institute (WI) was founded in 1915 and by the mid-twentieth century a well-established and active organisation within the village. By 1965, the Institute had reached its Jubilee year, marking fifty years of continuous activity.

A visit from Santa and his elves; a Nativity Service; Carols outside the Three Horseshoes; the lighting of the Christmas Tree; Thursley Men and Ladies Christmas dinners

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 article by Sally Scheffers was written for the 'Victory Euphoria' exhibition which was staged by the Thursley History Society to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE and VJ Days.

Three village calendars were produced in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and were sponsored by The Guildford Flames and The Three Horseshoes. Then there was a hiatus until 2023 when they were produced by the village hall committee and sponsored by Mathwall, The Three Horseshoes and Butterflies Nursery School.

As usual, Thursley does nothing by half and produced an extensive programme of events for everyone to enjoy

The Farnham Herald is the origin of this piece on Thursley, published on June 3rd 1966, nearly 60 years ago.

It was agreed that the website should include an entry for our many beloved villagers who are no longer with us.

A marvellous film of this event and enjoy the wonderful singer.

This walk was devised, written and illustrated by Amanda Flint and Sean Edwards in August 2018 and revised (slightly) in March 2025.

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

This post contains catalogues, newspaper cuttings and other material relating to the Thursley Exhibitions held from 1977 - 1984

The Parish Magazine for the prior month is added to the website once the current month has been published in print and digital

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

Thanks to Tricia Horwood, editor of the Thursley Parish Magazine, we are able to reproduce these lives from a series she is running.

"I just love the place", said the 77 year-old born and bred man of Thursley.

The land on which The Vicarage was built in 1932 is thought to have been owned previously by the Lutyens family.

There is no obvious connection between John Freeman, the poet, and Thursley, but he is buried in our churchyard. He must have visited the...

The idea of resurrecting the event came from Susanne Hunter, Sally Scheffers, Tamsin Taylor Matthews, Lisa Woods and Lizzie Young

The Society was formed in 1991 (see separate entry) and newsletters were issued at regular intervals until January 2009. They have now been scanned and extracts for each one are below which are great record of our village life spanning roughly a decade either side of the Millenium. The first five newsletters, are from February 1993 to December 1994 (apologies for Issues 4 and 5 not being in the correct sequence in the pdf) and cover the following topics: Issue One , February