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Albury, Surrey
Albury maps
Historic maps of Albury and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Albury maps
Historic map of Albury
Illustrated Victorian map of Surrey
Historic Map of any Albury postcode
Albury books
Displaying 3 of 9 books about Albury and the local area. View all Albury books
Surrey County Memories
Paperback
£15
Villages of Surrey Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Camberley Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
2 Albury photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Albury
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Just on the right up a slight hill and only just visible is the butcher's shop. It was part of the Albury Estate but a new butcher could not be found so it was sold out of the estate and my father, Kenneth Parker, bought it. He redesigned the interior, renaming it 'Whitecroft' after the name on an old map indicating... [more]
Shared on 14 July 2009
Surrey memories
Photograph No. 1. I was born in July l940 – Virginia Le Roux. The house on the left of the picture was where I lived until I was nearly 13 with my parents. The long narrow upstairs window was my bedroom. My mother’s mother and brother also lived in the house. My uncle -... [more]
Shared on 18 December 2007
I was born in Shere in 1942 to the youngest child of George and Margaret Bryant. The Bryants were a well-known Shere family, my father being the eldest of nine children born and raised in the village. I had a very happy childhood in the village, attended the village school as did my older brother and sister and several cousins. I... [more]
Shared on 26 September 2006
My gran owned the pub at Blackheath which was called the Forest King, it was on the edge of the cricket pitch. There was also another pub called the Volunteer on the next road. Does anybody remember them?
Shared on 14 February 2008
Extracts From Albury & Surrey books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Albury, inspired by Frith photos.
Villages of Surrey Photographic Memories
The upper of two pools that are fed by chalk springs has been a popular beauty spot since the 19th century. The tale about a lass who drowned here after an encounter with the wicked Prince John has been told to generations of visitors as if it were true. Alas, the Victorian writer Martin Tupper, who lived close by, penned it. The thatched arbour... [more]
This is an extract from Villages of Surrey Photographic Memories.
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Villages of Surrey Photographic Memories
This was indeed once the place where paupers and those down on their luck could seek food and a roof over their head. However, if they were able-bodied they had to do menial tasks to earn their keep. Four years after the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the much larger Guildford Workhouse opened, doing away with this smaller poorhouse.
This is an extract from Villages of Surrey Photographic Memories.
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Godalming Town and City Memories
Three of Church Street's five pubs are in this photo - the Corn Meter extreme left, the Star centre left, and the Live and Let Live just beyond the archway on the right. The arch led to the rear of the Angel Hotel yard, owned at that time by John Jasper Taylor, who also had a temperance hotel, Deanery House, further down Church Street. ... [more]
This is an extract from Godalming Town and City Memories.
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