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Dorking, Surrey
Dorking maps
Historic maps of Dorking and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Dorking maps
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Dorking books
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Dorking Town and City Memories
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Surrey County Memories
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Villages of Surrey Photographic Memories
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54 Dorking photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Dorking
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Working for British Railway's southern region
My mother, Valerie Evans, worked for British Railways southern region from 1957 -1960 at Deepdene House. She was a shorthand typist and remembers Deepdene House to be a beautiful building with extensive grounds. She has happy memories of friends in the typing pool.
The building hadn't changed much since 1891 although I don't believe there was a conservatory in 1957.... [more]
Shared on 02 March 2007
These two ponies belonged to Dorking Riding School and they were popular characters with gentle dispositions. They retired in 1963 to good homes. Pepsi-Cola is in the foreground. I was a groom at the stables and regularly rode them around the area.
Shared on 08 December 2006
The photo was taken from the railway bridge and the new dual carriageway was only a year or two old. Round to the right opposite Deepdene Garage was Fairfield Drive and what a lovely area it was to be growing up in. We lived at no 4, the Parsons at no 6 and the Skiltons at no 8 or 10, the... [more]
Shared on 06 August 2009
Surrey memories
I was landlord of the Crown from 1971 to 1973. I was only 19 and the youngest landlord in England at the time. My father, Bernard Edmund had been landord at the Prince of Wales across the road, for many years. We had some wonderful times at The Crown.
Shared on 20 September 2009
From leaving Bookham I moved to Dorking where I worked for the same family at Dorking High Street, Earlswood Lakes and their Wimpy bar at Box Hill, it was good. I lived over the shop, the tobacconist, and I know and love Dorking.
Shared on 05 September 2009
A school friend at Reigate Grammar was Joe Cheffings; his parents ran the village shop and bakery about midway to the church, on the left of the picture. An elder brother, Tony, helped at home when on holiday from St. Paul's school, and had a penchant for very elderly motorcycles, picked up for nothing from a quarry dump towards Dorking somewhere.... [more]
Shared on 05 September 2008
Formerly St Nicholas School. I attended St Nicholas School from 1952 until 1956. I have a photograph taken in 1955 where at the age of 7 I was on the football team, The sons of the singer Joan Regan attended the school and were my best friends. I contacted Box Hill School a few years ago and apparently they had no... [more]
Shared on 22 November 2007
Wounded World War One soldiers?
I'm pretty sure my great grandfather Hubert John Cavell, was brought here after becoming wounded in Ypres, in Belgium. He died on 22/04/1917. Does anybody have any information? I know that the Queen Alexandra nurses trained there.
Shared on 15 June 2008
Extracts From Dorking & Surrey books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Dorking, inspired by Frith photos.
Dorking Town and City Memories
proposed line from Redhill to Dorking was suggested in 1845. Parliamentary approval was given on 16 July 1846. At first it was suggested that the railway station should be built adjacent to St Martin's Church in 'The Lordship' (see picture 53332A on pages 48-49), now known as Meadow Bank Recreation Ground. By 1849 the railway was running a service from east to west, and Dorking Town station was... [more]
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Dorking Town and City Memories
in boxes of straw. There would also have been hare and rabbit, shot or snared by the local gamekeepers and their labourers — rabbit was generally consumed by the working classes. Goats were also farmed and sold in great numbers. Dorking had a thriving corn market from the beginning of the 17th century, which was held on Thursdays. Much of the market trade was performed in the... [more]
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Dorking Town and City Memories
A Wesleyan church stood in South Street but was demolished in the late 1960s. John Wesley visited Dorking in January 1764 on one of many visits that he made to the town. Meetings were first held at the Red Lion Hotel until a meeting house was established in Church Street; it still stands in the car park of the King's Arms. The Baptist church is in... [more]
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