"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 village, liked it and somehow obtained permission to be buried here.

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 Vestry Screen for Thursley's Church was designed by Tracey Sheppard FGE, was unveiled by the Dean of Guildford on 26th November 2024...

This photograph, inspired by the school photographs of his youth, was Peter Anderson's idea (he lived in Brook Cottage, opposite the road...

Reg Cottle was the proprietor of the Red Lion Garage on the Old Portsmouth Road from 1934 until his retirement in 1980. At the outbreak of the Second World War, he was called up by the Royal Tank Corps. However, the farmers of Thursley made such a clamour at the loss of the one man who could keep their farm machinery running that the authorities hastily released him. The documents below show the trajectory of his work and challenges running the Red Lion Garage and end with

This extract, from an article written by Lizzie Young in the January 2024 Parish Magazine, applauds the efforts that went into having a...

This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Thursley Parish Magazine, August 2024 If you haven’t yet checked out the...

This history of Bears Barn, probably one of the three oldest houses in the village, was written for Caroline and James Mendelssohn by Hazel E Morris DipBldgCons MRICS.

It contains a well collated account of Thursley village, plus much original research that should be available to a much wider audience.

As part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, individuals and organisations were invited to lead the nation's tribute to Her Majesty the...

On Saturday, 1st June 2024, more than 50 villagers turned up at the village hall to witness the launch of the Thursley History Society...

Photographs taken by Sean Edwards Church Hill Cylindrical Tombs Garden of Remembrance Denyer Family Gravestones The Coffin Path Blacksmith's Tombstone Sailor's Tombstone The Chestnut Tree The Fallen Chestnut Tree with Audrey Ayres and Otto Jaenicke, November 1977 (photographer unknown) Weather Vane George Lambden's Tomb Other tombstones Tozer; Nevinson; Harbutt; Wilson The Bossom Memorial Churchyard Working Party in 2021 Saxon Window Glass Vestry Screen, 2009 Polish Lutheran

Dye House Road runs through the village of Thursley up to Thursley Road which leads either to Churt or Elstead.

This book was compiled through the efforts of the Thursley Women’s Institute to commemorate their Jubilee Year, 1965.

Work in progress. Any information will be greatly appreciated.

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

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