North Holmwood, Village 1906
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Photo of North Holmwood, Village 1906

More about this scene

In the 19th century, this area south of Dorking was a wild and dangerous part of Surrey, where highwaymen pursued their villainous trade and smugglers transported their contraband goods at night along the wooded tracks. The line of pollarded trees to the right may have provided the raw material for one of the lawful activities in this area: the manufacture of walking sticks.

A Selection of Memories from North Holmwood

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from North Holmwood

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The Bell Holm Hotel was in Mid Homlwood on the A24 nearly opposite the Norfolk Arms, on the south bound side and was finally demolished in the mid to late 1970s. I played around it as a kid but never went in though. It was haunted, so we thought.