Frensham
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Frensham books (32 available)
- 8 photos on Frensham appear in 6 Frith books - View photos of Frensham
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Frensham memories
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Good times
I always remember stopping off for a paddle here on my way home from Frensham Junior school. I remember my nan used to give me my bus fare. But I used to prefer to walk along past the pond so I could stop for a quick paddle.
Contributed by susan white
post office
I remember walking to this post office many a time as I used to live with my nan etc. at Churt House Cottage. The post office was run by a lady of the name Mrs Heaps. I used to go there for the big bottles of Tizer.
Contributed by susan white
Surrey memories
Good times
I always remember stopping off for a paddle here on my way home from Frensham Junior school. I remember my nan used to give me my bus fare. But I used to prefer to walk along past the pond so I could stop for a quick paddle.
A memory of Frensham contributed by susan white
post office
I remember walking to this post office many a time as I used to live with my nan etc. at Churt House Cottage. The post office was run by a lady of the name Mrs Heaps. I used to go there for the big bottles of Tizer.
A memory of Frensham contributed by susan white
Extracts From Frensham & Surrey books
Situated on Frensham Common, and spanning 108 acres, the Great Pond and its smaller neighbour were constructed in the 13th century to supply fish for the Bishops of Winchester, who were then residing in Farnham Castle.
An extract from from"Surrey Revisited Photographic Memories".
Remodelled in neo-Tudor style in 1900 for Charrington, the London brewer, Frensham Heights was then called Frensham Hill. Memorable cricket matches were played on the cricket ground in front of the house. It served as a military hospital during the First World War, and is now a well-known school.
An extract from from"Surrey Photographic Memories".
A further picture of the military hospital. The spartan nature of a hospital ward contrasts starkly with its palatial surroundings. The ballroom is rich with plaster decoration and has a particularly fine ceiling.
An extract from from"Surrey Photographic Memories".
The free-standing ‘army hut’ wards of the military hospital in the grounds of Frensham Heights (then known as Frensham Hill) during the First World War. Uniformed nurses stand at the open doors on this summer’s day while several patients sit outside - temporarily safe from the horrors of war.
An extract from from"Surrey Photographic Memories".
South of Farnham, on the greensand heathland, there are two famous and immensely popular lakes, Frensham
Great Pond and Frensham Little Pond. The former was originally enlarged around 1200 to provide fish for the
Bishop of Winchester’s palace in Farnham. The Little Pond was dug in 1246, also as a ‘stew’ or fish pond for the
Bishop. Nowadays the ponds are owned by the National Trust, along with Frensham Common with its pine
woods and heaths, and they are still as much a major tourist attraction as they were in the 1960s.
An extract from from"Surrey Living Memories".