"Surrey County Memories" is one of 7 titles in the new County Memories series from The Francis Frith Collection. This wonderful paperback showcases Surrey's unique story with fine historical photographs, maps, traditional recipes, heritage and industry, archaeology, fascinating local facts and folklore.

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"Surrey County Memories" is bursting with information snippets and local facts about Surrey. Learn about Ancient Surrey,  Curious Surrey,  Surrey and the Military,  Surrey Watermills,  the Derby horserace,  Surrey canals,  to name just a few! Read on for a few of the fascinating "Did you know...?" facts from the book.

• The Making of an Archive
• Surrey County Map
• Surrey - An Introduction
• Ancient Surrey
• The "Surrey Hills", the North Downs and East Surrey
• Curious Surrey
• Making a Living
• South of Guildford and West Surrey
• Surrey and the Military
• From the Heathlands to the Thames
• Surrey Watermills
• Surrey Food and Recipes
• Voucher for a Free Mounted Print

• ISBN: 1-84589-310-7
• Compiled by Julia Skinner
• Printed to order and Despatched in 3-5 days
• Add your own inscription! - tell me more...
• 144 pages, Paperback

• Guildford's High Street lies along the line of an important prehistoric routeway that runs along the chalk hills from Hampshire to Canterbury. This route was used by chert and flint traders of Neolithic times, and has continued in use through the passing ages. It is a living part of Surrey's past.
• St Peter's Church at Chertsey is famous for the story of Blanche Heriot, a heroine from the time of the Wars of the Roses. Her lover, a nephew of the Earl of Warwick, was captured by the Yorkists and was condemned to be executed when the curfew bell tolled. Although a message was sent to the King asking for him to be reprieved, no reply had been received by the time the bell was due to ring. Blanche climbed the church tower and hung on to the clapper of the bell so that it could not be rung. Her resourcefulness paid off, as the reprieve arrived an hour after the curfew should have been rung.
• One of Surrey's most interesting stories is associated with the tower on Leith Hill, This was built by Richard Hull in 1766. He was the squire of nearby Leith Hill Place, and was buried upside down beneath the tower after his death in 1772. This was in accordance with an interpretation, prevalent at the time, of the biblical reference regarding the Day of Judgement, when the world will be turned upside down and the dead resurrected. Hull anticipated being among the few souls who would then face their Creator the right way up!
• One of Woking's most famous residents was H G Wells, who was living in Maybury Road when he wrote his famous book "War of the Worlds". First published in 1898, it dealt with a Martian invasion of Woking, culminating in the destruction of the town. To celebrate the centenary of the publication of the book, the artist Michael Condron created a huge stainless steel statue entitled "The Martian Landing". It was installed in Crown Passage near the complex which bears H G Wells's name, and was unveiled in 1998.

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