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Photographs of the original Vicarage The Vicarage suffered a terrible fire in 1930 as the photographs below show. The Reverend A J Wheeler lived there. He saved his pet spaniel from the fire by lowering the dog from a window in a quilt. His wife and daughter had to make their own way out. Unfortunately some church records were destroyed in the blaze as the vicar had taken them home having removed them from the church safe. Revd Wheeler was responsible for uncovering the 12th Century sedile ( a group of stone seats for clergy in the south chancel wall of a church, usually three in number and often canopied and decorated, OED ) in the church and for discovering in 1927 the Saxon windows in the chancel. After the fire, the Revd Wheeler bought the Haybarn field at Smallbrook Farm and converted a yard and barn used for the cattle and known as "The Hovel" into a bungalow, which then got rebuilt by Paul Wedge. Sadly, the Revd Wheeler could not stay due to his asthma induced by the cattle. He had to sell and move away. He and his wife divorced and he left the ministry. Mary Bennett said that he ran off with his ward. He was vicar of Thursley from 1925 - 1932. The lower end of the fire damage. The Vicarage building was nearly identical to the school building.

A Wander Through Thursley was an event held on the weekend of 16/17th June, 1990, and was a great occasion in Thursley's history towards the end of the last century. The weekend was organised by Gil Buckingham who lived at Olde Hall and was a very keen gardener. The scheme was confined to Thursley village as there were too many problems in including the gardens at Bowlhead Green and Pitch Place. The event raised £2,000 for the village hall. 24 gardens took part proudly displaying the daisy sign on their gate. A special daisy bus service ran up and down Highfield Lane. There were also village cricket matches, home made cream teas in the village hall, donkey rides, rare breed sheep, plant stall, peacocks, vintage and classic car collections, and exhibition of old Thursley and organ recitals in the church. GIL BUCKINGHAM Gil moved to Olde Hall, Back Lane, Thursley in 1985. She had great plans for the house and garden and she started completely renovating the house in 1986, which was finally completed in 1990. As well as working on the house, Gil worked on creating her perfect garden: she believed the garden represented individual rooms in the same way as a house. She had a herb garden, a wild garden, an orchard and a formal garden which was used to entertain guests like a drawing room. Her knowledge of gardening was strengthened by two course she attended at Merrist Wood Agricultural College in Guildford. The first, in 1984, covered garden pests and diseases and the second, in 1986, dealt with general horticulture but concentrated on shrubs and flowers. Gil was an incredibly energetic and sociable person and threw herself into the life of the village. She sang in the choir, was Treasurer of the Fellowship, held the Christian Aid coffee mornings and was a member of the village hall management committee. It was for the last organisation that she co-ordinated "Wander through Thursley". Her great friend, Gail Leader had opened her garden and Gil loved the idea of gardens being open for everyone to enjoy. Sadly, shortly afterwords in July 1990, Gil becameill and after a long fight she died in January, 1992. From a conversation with Barbara Thorburn

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

D-Day training sites were created in Britain in order to practice for Operation Overlord, the invasion of Northern France by allied forces in 1944. In 1943, in an area of Hankley Common known as the Lion’s Mouth, Canadian troops constructed a replica of a section of the Atlantic Wall. It is constructed from reinforced concrete and was used as a major training aid to develop and practise techniques to breach the defences of the French coast prior to the D-Day landings. (The above and following description from Surreyhills.org/places-to-see/atlantic-wall ) The wall is about 100 m (330 ft) long, 3 m (9.8 ft) high by 3.5 m (11 ft) wide. It is divided into two sections between which there were originally steel gates. Nearby are other obstacles such as dragon’s teeth, reinforced concrete blocks and lengths of railway track set in concrete and with wire entanglements. Many of the relics show signs of live weapons training and the main wall has two breaches caused by demolition devices. The preservation of the Wall is managed by Army Training Estates with the assistance of the MOD Hankley Conservation Group. From Chris.shepheard@chrispics.co.uk who writes: The ones titled Hankley Vehicles are quite interesting: If you look closely [at the aeriel photograph] you will see lots of small light rectangles across part of the common. They were taken post-war when the area was used to store vehicles returned from Europe - each rectangle is a vehicle. I believe they either sold or scrapped eventually but not before the locals had helped themselves to anything usable! Apparently there was no shortage of petrol in Elstead or Thursley after the war. Chris.shepheard@chrispics.co.uk Further information from SurreyLive: https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/nostalgia/intriguing-history-once-formidable-atlantic-19596566 An undated magazine article from our archives:

The Beanside Canal existed before the Tweedsmuir camp was purchased by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in 1922 and turned into a tented rest and recreational facility for the British Army and remained like that until the start of the Second World War. See https://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/tweedsmuir-military-camp/ Beanside Camp. The view of the Army camp looking towards Shackleford and the Hogs Back. The Levy sisters, who farmed at Smallbrook, had to take the cattle out of the Beansides fields for the summer. The 1930 Army Camp at the Beansides, now known as Tweedsmuir. The Army and reserves came from Aldershot. In 1937 a member of the Staffordshire Regiment murdered a woman at Beacon Hill. All the troops were lined up outside The Dye House for his arrest. The troops only came in the summer for a three months' staywhile the barracks were cleaned and fumigated. With thanks to Sean Edwards for the maps, retouched black and white and the colour photographs below: The red arrow shows the location of the Beanside bridge BRIDGE REMAINS CANAL REMAINS CULVERT

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 1993: Announcement that there were 76 members; resignation of Geraldine O'Sullivan Last as hon secretary and the appointment of Sally Scheffers in her place; slide show planned for the village hall in March 1993; report on the poet John Freeman (1880 - 1929), who is buried in our churchyard, and two of his poems were reproduced Issue Two , July 1993: request for annual subscription (£2 for adults, £1 for those at school); announcement of AGM October 23rd 1993; report on three village tress that marked special occasions; report on success of 'A Walk Through Old Thursley'; report on Thursley's Historic Buildings from Joan Harding of the Domestic Buildings Research Group who is preparing a book for the society. Issue Three , February 1994: announcement of two events - 'Events in Thursley's Past' and 'A Celebration of Thursley's History' both to be held in the village hall; update on the book of old buildings; report of the AGM; request for information headed 'Old Names - Uncertain Places'; Edna Goble's article on 'The Institute - Prospect Cottange'; a Thursley play reviewed in 'The Times'; announcement of the AGM. Issue Four , July 1994: outing to Witley Park announced; confirmation of the AGM; 50th anniversary of D-Day was noted; request for memories of VE-Day and VJ-Day 50 years for the anniversary in 1995; Life in Thursley in World War II was described by E Morgan. Issue Five , December 1994: retirement of the founder members of the committee and announcement of the new committee; Mary Bennett also wrote about the play reviewed in 'The Times'; report of the AGM; request for missing Parish Magazines and photographs and other material for exhibitions and slide shows; a history of Smallbrook Farm 1876 - 1939 by Betty Weeden; Christmas Gift suggestions; announcement of a slide show, 'Snapshots of Thursley's Past'; plans for 1995 Victory Celebrations and request for memories; Mary Bennett's memories of VE and VJ Day; account of the marriage of Captain Alastair Banks and Corporal Ann Crichton; details of the committee. Newsletters 6 to 10 cover the period from April 1995 to September 1996 and cover the following topics: Issue Six , April 1995: Update of the theatrical Squires family; creation of the archive in the village hall under the first archivist, Douglas Watson; report of a slide show given of 15th March 1995; continuation of the serialisation of Betty Weeden's history of Smallbrook Farm 1876 - 1939; announcement of a trip to the Weald and Downland Museum on 21st May 1995; report on plans for Thursley's Victory in 1945 Commemoration; announcement of Thursley at War Exhibition on 24th June 1995; two war time book reviews - Safe As Houses by Margaret Siddall and Sticky Blue by Robin Rowe; memories of war from Josie Scheffers, Joyce Secrett, Kathleen Watson, Arthur Moss and Eddie Gale. Issue Seven , September 1995: report from the Chairman, Tom Ranson, on a visit to the Singleton Open Air Museum and a mention of the success of the V E Day Exhibition in the village hall; announcement of the AGM on 4th October1995; continuation of the serialisation of Betty Weeden's history of Smallbrook Farm 1876 - 1939; report on Thursley's Victory in 1945 Commemoration, 24th and 25th June 1995; report of a visit to the Weald and Downland Museum on 21st May 1995; report on Surrey Archaeological Society's Millennium Project; report on Thursley at War Exhibition. Issue Eight , December 1995: Chairman's report; report of the 5th AGM held in the village hall with sixty members attending; continuation of the serialisation of Betty Weeden's history of Smallbrook Farm 1876 - 1939; description of Stream Cottage; another wartime book review, Land Girls by Angela Huth was highly recommended; news from the archive by Eddie Gale, the Archivist; HOTS Advent Quiz, 24 Brain Teasers, with answers. Issue Nine , May 1996: mention from the Chairman of the "Old Thursley Revisited" slide show, a planned visit to Emley Farm and the publication of Biographies ; report on "Old Thursley Revisited" and mention of over 1,000 slides held by Charles Weeden; details of Biographies ; visit to Emley Farm planned for 18th May 1996; announcement of the Summer Exhibition in the village hall on 13th July, 1996; request for photographs of People of Thursley 1996; write up of Eveline Lance, artist; origins of the garden fish pond Issue Ten , September 1996: Chairman's thanks for those who worked on the Summer Exhibition; announcement of 6th AGM on 30th October, 1996; report on visit to Emley Farm; extract from an early Parish Magazine; report on the Summer Exhibition; another request for photographs of People of Thursley 1996, noting that some had already been received; article on Thursley's Tabletombs. Newsletters 11 to 15 cover the period from February 1997 to January 1999 and cover the following topics:   Issue Eleven , February 1997: introduction to the year ahead from the Secretary, Sally Scheffers, which included a March slide show and quiz, a visit to the Rural Life Centre in Tilford, the annual exhibition, a request for a genealogist and a request to Druscilla Pye to search the Thursley Marriage Register for 1947 to find couples who were married that year so that they can be part of the celebrations for the Queen’s Golden Wedding Anniversary; Pat Coles request for people to be aware of Oakhurst Cottage in Hambledon which is National Trust Property open to visitors; an extensive report on the 1996 Annual General Meeting; limited response to the People of Thursley 1996 initiative, so it was extended by six months; comment on “Lutyens in Waverley” which was published ‘some years ago’ by Waverley Borough Council; donation from Reg Fosberry of an original Lutyens architectural drawing of The Institute; report on the success of the Biographies  project; a brief write up of the Thursley Friendly Society banner.   Issue Twelve , May 1997: announcement of the visit to the Rural Life Centre in Tilford; more details of the Summer Exhibition in July 1997 and another request for photographs of people outside their houses; a review of the slide show and quiz; an article by Judy Hewins on Thursley Ironworks; an article taken from the Surrey Advertiser about a bronze bust of Mr W K Fosberry appearing in the Royal Academy exhibition, together with a brief biography, and advice that Annette Graham-Stewart is lending the bust for the Summer Exhibition.   Issue Thirteen , September 1997; the Chairman, Tom Ranson, commented on the work of HOTS over the last six years and anticipated change at the forthcoming AGM, and the usefulness of the cupboard in the village hall so that its contents can be displayed at the Summer Exhibition; report on the May visit to the Rural Life Centre at Tilford; announcement that the AGM will be held on 8th October, 1997 and that four members are retiring from the committee; subscriptions remain at £5 per family and £3 per person; request for copies of reports from the Domestic Buildings Research Group; report on the success of the Summer Exhibition themed “People of Thursley”; continuation of Judy Hewins’s article on Thursley Ironworks; noted that Mr Reg Fosberry had donated a number of old indentures pertaining mainly to the Court family and on parchment – the Farnham Museum has been approached for advice on their storage; Mr Norman Ratcliffe, once Thursley’s village ‘Bobby’ has agreed to undertake genealogical research; reproduction of a poem by William Karn written in October 1886; two possible meanings for Thursley.   Issue Fourteen , March 1998: letter from the new Chairman, Michael O’Brien; another request for house photos; Mary Rapley is the new archivist; Summer Exhibition announced for July 1998; mention of the Bossom air disaster and a request for information; notice of the AGM to be held on 8th October 1998; joint meeting with Thursley Fellowship in April 1998; visit arranged to Loseley House in May 1998.   Exhibition Special Newsletter , September 1998: the Summer Exhibition was a great success and provoked a number of enquiries with visitors from London, the south coast and the Wirall; people worked on their family histories and some met new relatives; the Thursley Horticultural Society celebrated their 75th year with a display of their Minute Books; claim that the boxer, Joe Louis participated in a boxing match on August Bank Holiday in 1944; report of the dismissal of the publican of The Three Horseshoes, Arthur Ford, for procuring girls for the soldiers; information request about Wheelers Farm and the Bowler family; photograph of Thursley School c1900; Sir Clive Bossom has been in touch with the aunt of the German Prince killed in the crash and has been invited to visit her Schloss.   Issue Fifteen , January 1999: review of the year from the Chairman; transcripts of the replies to the Bishops Visitation of Thursley in 1764 and 1788 were lodged with the archivist; more information on the Sailor’s murder; opening of the Surrey History Centre; portrait of Mrs Margaret Woods, who lived at Vine Cottage, was presented to the Society; brief biography of Margaret Woods described in her Times obituary as “one of the distinguished women writers of her day”. Newsletters 16 to 20 cover the period from March 1999 to Winter 2001 and cover the following topics: Issue Sixteen , March 1999: notice that HOTS was now on the World Wide Web; visit to Uppark in May 1999; brief history of Thursley Ironworks, mention of a small silk industry and the Dye House; note on the Three Horse Shoes being a free house in 1892; Norman Ratcliffe has transcribed ‘House to House Census of Thursley for Catering for the Coronation’; article on Revd A J Wheeler. Issue Seventeen , September 1999: Results from the web page experiment; report contributed by Eddie Gale on the Thursley Young People’s Social Club in 1947; update on the Wig Wam Murder from Ray Deadman who had discovered HOTS on the www.   Issue Eighteen , January 2000: letter from the Chairman, Michael O’Brien welcoming the new Millenium and contrasting it with the beginning of the 20th Century; details about the Exhibition to celebrate the Millenium and asking for photographs of village houses past and present; details of Research Aids for ancestry; suggestion that a sandstone on the common behind Warren Mere has a magical property.   Issue Nineteen , June 2000: update on the Bossom Air Crash by John Gunner; announcement of exhibition to be held in the village hall on 17th June 2000 to celebrate the Millenium; announcement of AGM to be held on 19th October; visit to the Surrey Advertiser.   Issue Twenty , Winter 2001: search for the wallet to that acknowledges the war service of Ellis Raymond Monnery; Millenium photograph, which was underwritten by the society, had nearly 300 participants and forms had been requested to show occupations; brief report of the AGM held in October; report from Mr Wood on the Dunkirk Wall. Newsletters 21 to 25 cover the period from Summer 2001 to Summer 2003 and cover the following topics: Issue Twenty-one , Summer 2001: Extract from the Surrey Advertiser, 8th August 1951, on Thursley’s Festival of Britain celebrations; a reminder of the publication of Thursley Today 1965 ; under the heading of “The Big Bang”, a look back at the Thursley Nuclear Survival Plan with thanks given to Michael Williams;   Issue Twenty-two , Winter 2001/2: report of a TV documentary of the Wigwam Murder made by the Discovery Channel, HOTS assistance in the making of it and a promise of a video of the programme; a further update from Ray Deadman (see issue 17); report of the AGM held in October; review of “The Second Fleet”, about transports to Australia in 1790; 1901 Census now online; report of the death of Eddie Gale.   Issue Twenty-three , Summer 2002: report of the closure of the Thursley Village Institute taken from the Parish Magazine January 1964; request for a new Treasurer and committee member; tribute to Eddie Gale.   Issue Twenty-four , January 2003: report of the AGM in October 2002; report of contact from Weis and Zen Rogalksi, via the web page, who had lived in Tweedsmuir camp and written a book “Living in Tweedsmuir Camp, 1948 – 1957” which has been donated to the archive; exhibition in June to include the 1901 Census; report on how to use the Census online; report on accessing “free BDM” for genealogists.   Issue Twenty-five , Summer 2003: talk on Tweedsmuir camp by Weis and Zen Rogalksi in September 2003; brief report on the Surrey History Centre; description of Godalming from Pigots Directory of 1839; mention of Thursley in Dion Fortune’s “The Secrets of Dr Taverner” and a request for any other references to Thursley’s alleged Pagan past.   Newsletters 26 to 30 cover the period from Winter 2003/2004 to Winter 2005/2006 and cover the following topics: Issue Twenty-six , Winter 2003/2004: write up on the Lorne Scots and Tweedsmuir Camp; mention of “The Present State of England” by Edward Chamberlayne printed in 1694; brief description of the Cokelers or The Dependents, a religious group that was started in 1851 in Shamley Green; report on the AGM, request for a committee member and a talk by the Rural Life Centre, Tilford; report on the talk given by Weis and Zen Rogalksi; report on the deaths of Betty and Charles Weeden and Mrs Kot.   Issue Twenty-27 , May 2004 (first colour issue): report on the return of the Lorne Scots in April 2004 to Thursley and the site of the Tweedsmuir camp; request for a photographer; visit to Shulbrede Priory; request for suggestion that Tweedsmuir camp be somehow memorialised.   Issue Twenty-eight , Winter 2004: request for information on the Free French at Tweedsmuir camp; report on the AGM; details of the will of Anthony Smith Esq of Witley dated 26th April 1668; extract from 2001 Thursley Census where the village had 656 people (498 Christians, 5 Jews, 3 Buddhists, 96 no religion and 52 not stated), 427 cars or vans and 242 households.   Issue Twenty-nine , Spring/Summer 2005: announcement of an exhibition, “Memories of WW2 – 60 years on”, to be held on 9th and 10th July; information on Dion Fortune and the Society of the Inner Light at Truxford; report on HOTS website; announcement on AGM in October 2005 followed by a look at the life of Mary Bennett; description of Thursley from John Goring’s Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales 1870-1872;   Issue Thirty , Winter 2005/2006: report of success on the July Exhibition and an interesting write-up; one of the displays was given by the Hankley Common Atlantic Wall Trust illustrating its importance; more information of Tweedsmuir Camp. Newsletters 31 to 37 cover the period from Spring 2006 to January 2009 (when they ceased to be published) and cover the following topics: Issue Thirty-one , Spring 2006: chilling account of a blind musician being sentenced to death in 1826 for passing two forged bank notes; examples from the picture postcard archive; publishing the WW2 reminiscences to be discussed; need for a comprehensive history of Thursley identified. Issue Thirty-two , Autumn/Winter 2006/2007: comment that the 2006 fire was a repeat of the 1976 fire; request to learn the burial place of Joan Pearl Wolfe; report of the October 2006 AGM; planned visit to the GreatBarn at Wanborough; Norman Ratcliffe advised that he has Thursley Parish Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages on microfiche; planned update to the web page. Issue Thirty-three , Spring 2007: sadness expressed on the sudden death of Mary Rapley; a recording of Wilfred and Mabel Pickles broadcast of "Have a Go" in 1958 was given to HOTS who will have had it enhanced, re-recorded and lodged in the archives; the website has attracted almost 1,000 visits in three years; recollections of life in The Lodge and Thursley 1897 - 1912 as recounted by Mrs Barbara Bell (nee Robertson) to Michael O'Brien in 1978. Issue Thirty-four , Summer 2007: recordings of "Have A Go" on CD have been given to all the contestants families with the compliments of HOTS; recollections of The Lodge, Part 2; sadness expressed at the death of Tom Ranson, former Chairman of HOTS. Issue Thirty-five , Winter 2007/2008: report on the 2007 AGM where the recording of "Have a Go" was played; article on Henry Edward Spernon Tozer, village postmaster, artist and photographer in the 1890s; request for information about the bust of William Karn Fosbery; recollections of The Lodge Part 3; Norman Ratcliffe has Census and Births, Deaths and Marriages online. Issue Thirty-six , Summer 2008: largely devoted to reporting the success of the "Wedding Belles" exhibition in June 2008; conclusion of recollections of The Lodge; announcement of AGM in October 2008 to be followed by a talk on metal detecting from the Discoverers Historical Society. Issue Thirty-seven , January 2009: changes to the committee following the AGM; report on the Ham class of Minesweepers built in the 1950s; paintings of Henry Tozer's sons featured; description of Thursley Memorial which noted that the responsibility for their upkeep had passed from the Government to local and Parish Councils.

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 Brass Plaque The Church in Winter Millenium Gate

See separate entries for Badgers, Shepherd's Cottage, Pax Cottage and Olde Hall. Photographs only PAX COTTAGE* OAK COTTAGE Mr and Mrs Croft of Oak Cottage. He was a chimney sweep and she was a midwife. ROSE COTTAGE Property particulars in September 2025: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/160192829#/media?id=media0&ref=photoCollage&channel=RES_BUY BADGERS* SHEPHERD'S COTTAGE* Surnames of former owners of Shepherd's Cottage include: Winter; Twyman. Holman OLDE HALL* A Mystery Solved! The photograph below has long mystified the society and despite its appearance in the Parish Magazine, nobody came forward to identify it. Step forward committee member, Sally Scheffers who would not let it go and continued to ask around. Finally the suggestion that it was the original front of the Back Lane cottages (ie Oak Cottage, Pax Cottage) was confirmed as you can see from the contemporary photographs.

Many people were responsible for the producing these beautiful kneelers in Thursley Church.

Photographs only of this Grade II listed building (28th October, 1986) Bedford Farm House in the Autumn, complete with Aston Martin DB2 View from Mount Pleasant across to Bedford Farm House The house was sold in 2022 and the following photographs were taken from the sale particulars: https://grantley.co.uk/property/bedford-lane-thursley/

When preparing for the Wedding Belles exhibition (see separate entry) in 2008, this list of the vicars of St Michael and All Angels was compiled to coincide with the dates covered by the exhibition. To this distinguished list must be added: 2010 John Jeremy Page 2020 Hannah Thérèse Moore Work in progress, so this is just the beginning of entries about our vicars: Francis Harcourt Gooch, 1886-1901 The Revd F H Gooch at Dye House, 1918 Alfred Perceval Pott 1901 - 1907 Charles Kaye Watson, 1914 - 1918 C K Watson was vicar of Thursley throughout the First World War. Here is a letter to parishioners that was in the Parish Magazine: Addison James Wheeler, 1925 - 1932 From Durham University The Addison Wheeler Fellowships are funded by a bequest from Addison James Wheeler, who died in 1967 at the age of eighty-five. Having read Theology at Durham University, Wheeler became a schoolmaster and afterwards took Holy Orders. Ill health prevented him from achieving his ambition of a career in scientific research. During his lifetime this remarkable man devoted himself to building up sufficient capital to support young scholars, whom he hoped would be able to make a significant contribution to knowledge that he himself had been unable to achieve. As reported above, the Vicarage suffered a terrible fire in 1930. Unfortunately some church records were destroyed in the blaze as the vicar had taken them home having removed them from the church safe. Revd Wheeler was responsible for uncovering the 12th Century sedile ( a group of stone seats for clergy in the south chancel wall of a church, usually three in number and often canopied and decorated, OED ) in the church and for discovering in 1927 the Saxon windows in the chancel. After the fire, the Revd Wheeler bought the Haybarn field at Smallbrook Farm and converted a yard and barn used for the cattle and known as "The Hovel" into a bungalow, which then got rebuilt by Paul Wedge. Sadly, the Revd Wheeler could not stay due to his asthma induced by the cattle. He had to sell and move away. He and his wife divorced and he left the ministry. Mary Bennett said that he ran off with his ward. He was vicar of Thursley from 1925 - 1932. H Gordon French, 1932-1959 The Revd French with Mrs Lettice Fisher Kenneth Mathews, 1968 -1977 This memoir of Revd A K Mathews, OBE, DSC, was based largely on an obituary in The Daily Telegraph and an article in the Thursley Parish Magazine of February 1993. It also appears in The Lives of the People of Thursley, published by the History of Thursley Society, which can be found on this website. Not mentioned in the article is that he was the progenitor of the Thursley Harvest Supper in 1972 which has recently been resurrected. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Mathews https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-the-rev-kenneth-mathews-1564982.html A John Stephens, 1977 - 1983 From the Church Times : STEPHENS.  — On 13 October, the Revd (Archibald) John Stephens: CMS Missionary (1950-52); Manager and Chaplain of Ado-Ekiti Hospital (1950-55); Priest-in-Charge of CMS Training Centre, Akure (1955-56); E.T.C., St John’s College, Owo (1956-59); Principal of Bishop Phillips Hall, Owo (1958-60); Hon. Can of St Stephen’s Cathedral, Ondo-Benin (1957-71); Assistant Curate, of Christ Church and St Mary, Swindon (1968-70); Hon. Canon of Owerri since 1971; Curate-in-Charge of Ash Vale Conventional District (1971-72); Vicar of St Mary’s, Ash Vale (1972-77); Priest-in-Charge of Thursley (1977-82); aged 100. William David Lang 1992 - 2010 John Jeremy Page 2010-2020 https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2020/6-march/features/features/ordination-would-i-do-it-again-no Hannah Thérèse Moore 2020 - https://parishesofetsph.org.uk/team-members/rev-hannah-moore/ Here is a complete list of Rectors, Vicars and Patrons from a photograph taken in the Church:

In 1892, a return of Licensed Houses to Guildford Petty Sessions, show the pub as a free house. The Licensee was Arthur Steed, and the owner was Miss Rushbrooke. The usage was that of the genral public. Listed under Thursley Public Houses were Railway Hotel, Crown and Cushion and other Haslemere Pubs. This shows they were in Thursley Parish. In the early part of World War 1, the publican of of The Three Horse Shoes, Arthur Ford and his wife, were dismissed by the brewery for procuring girls for the soldiers. 'Save the Pub' and celebration poster Val and Paddy De Burgh, New Year's Eve 1984 Identified revellers are: David Jeffcoat; Popsy; Katy Jeffcoat; Hilary Barr Val De Burgh, Landlord of the Three Horse Shoes - January 1985 Men of Thursley Ride from The Three Horseshoes Pub 2008 : Paul Smolas, Peter Broste, Philip Traill, Peter Rickenberg The Three Horseshoes re-opens after Quarantine, 4 July 2020: Photographs by Andrew Kaplanovsky