Surprising as it may seem to us in 2024, the existential crisis that preoccupied Thursley villagers in the early 1980's was the threat of...

Map by Rocque, 1768 Map by Mudge, 1816

This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Parish Magazine in March 2022 Part of the procession through the village...

This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Parish Magazine in October 2022 We will all truly be ensconced in Autumn...

This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Parish Magazine in April 2022 With the Village Hall Committee in the...

The village sign gives a clue as to the name Thursley, which was called Thoresle in 1292. This names etymologically is difficult to interpret but it was probably derived from the Saxon God, Thunor or Thunder and may be related to the heathen temple at Peper Harrow. Read on further for another possible explanation!

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Lettice Fisher (nee Ilbert) was born in 1875 in Kensington, London, to Lady Jessie and Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert, a lawyer who was soon to become Clerk of the House of Commons. She was one of the earliest female students at Somerville College, Oxford and as such, Herbert (HAL) agreed to take her on as a pupil.

This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Parish Magazine in July 2020 As we know, the recent fire on Thursley...

This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Parish Magazine in April 2021 Following on from the piece last month on...

This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Parish Magazine in January 2021 Malcolm Henry Arnold, composer, 1921 –...

This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Parish Magazine in August 2020 to mark the retirement of Michael as...

This article by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Parish Magazine, December 2023 You will forgive me if I make this month’s article...

From John Betjeman's Guide to English Parish Churches: "Pre-Conquest windows were discovered during aggressive restoration by Ferry in...

Photographs only of this Grade II listed building (9th March, 1960)

Grade II listed building, 9 March 1960 Historic Planning Permission Documents (list the cottage name as 'Sunset View Cottage') Report on the property by Domestic Building Research Group, April 1977 The whole report is in the pdf below: Sunset Cottage, photograph by Valérie Ferris Sunset Cottage, the old bakery. View of The Institute. Can also see the old walnut tree. Robert Goble used some of the wood for his harpsichord. From a photograph taken in 1938 Sunset Cottage in 1

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Thursley School occupied the building that is now Thursley Village Hall. Here are plans of the Master's Resident dated February 1911

Photos from a file called Eddie Morgan's Album. The cars and number plates give a clue but the best comes from the Thursley Cricket...

Photographs only of this Grade II listed property (9th March 1960) in The Lane. The house was lived in by Russell Brockbank and his...