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Church Cottages

  • David Young
  • Jan 14, 2024
  • 2 min read

Updated: Dec 28, 2025

More information required on 1 & 2 Church Cottages:

1 & 2 Church Cottages and St Michael & All Angels Church taken from the National Trust owned field in July 2025
1 & 2 Church Cottages and St Michael & All Angels Church taken from the National Trust owned field in July 2025

2 Church Cottages before the extension, date unknown




Newspaper cutting (undated) of 1 Church Cottage before the extension was added
Newspaper cutting (undated) of 1 Church Cottage before the extension was added
Sam and Marjorie Warner (they worked at the Dye House)
Sam and Marjorie Warner (they worked at the Dye House)
Dorothy Warner outside Church Cottages on her wedding day, 21st August 1936
Dorothy Warner outside Church Cottages on her wedding day, 21st August 1936
Cecily Ida (Sammy) (nee Warner) was born in Thursley, Surrey, England on August 9, 1922 to George and Edith Warner. Sammy and Bill (William Avery Tiner) met in Britain during WWII - Bill a member of the Royal Canadian Navy and Sammy a member of the Royal Air Force. Their original wedding day of June 3, 1944 found Sammy waiting at the church when Bill was denied leave in preparation for the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944. Bill and Sammy were married a month later on July 2, 1944 at St. Michael's and All Angels parish church in Thursley.
Cecily Ida (Sammy) (nee Warner) was born in Thursley, Surrey, England on August 9, 1922 to George and Edith Warner. Sammy and Bill (William Avery Tiner) met in Britain during WWII - Bill a member of the Royal Canadian Navy and Sammy a member of the Royal Air Force. Their original wedding day of June 3, 1944 found Sammy waiting at the church when Bill was denied leave in preparation for the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944. Bill and Sammy were married a month later on July 2, 1944 at St. Michael's and All Angels parish church in Thursley.
No 1 Church Cottages, from the 1936 Register of Electors
No 1 Church Cottages, from the 1936 Register of Electors

1 Church Cottages showing the porch on the left side before the extension was added. The roof of a garage can be seen in the lane below.
1 Church Cottages showing the porch on the left side before the extension was added. The roof of a garage can be seen in the lane below.

The photographs were given to Amanda Flint in August 2024, by a woman who had lived at 1 Church Cottages many years ago.


Elizabeth Norman at the Silver Jubilee in 1977
Elizabeth Norman at the Silver Jubilee in 1977

View of The Street, the Church and Church Cottages
View of The Street, the Church and Church Cottages

Property details for 1, Church Cottages c2010:





Surnames of previous owners of 1&2 Church Cottages include: Collins, Warner, Pye, Norman, Leet-Cook, Orrick



In 1996, Drusilla Pye wrote, "I came to live here (2 Church Cottages) in December 1956 when it was the tied cottage for the District Nurse. I was able to buy it from the Diocese in 1984. I retired in 1986. My work covered the Hindhead (Grayshott) Practice and I have covered most of the surrounding villages as a relief nurse/midwife on occasions."

No 2 Church Cottages, from the 1936 Register of electors
No 2 Church Cottages, from the 1936 Register of electors

2 Church Cottages, the first taken (obviously!) from the churchyard and the second from the front gate. The cottage had always been smaller than No1 but the new extension (2020) has given it a similar sized footprint. Photographs taken in July 2025.

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