Betchworth, More Place 1906
Photo ref: 55148
Made in Britain logo

Photo ref: 55148
Photo of Betchworth, More Place 1906

More about this scene

This superb 15th-century house became the home of Essex stockbroker James Corbett and his wife Alice between 1854 and 1912, where they raised their two daughters. He was a churchwarden for more than fifty years and the founder of More Place Cricket Club, whose ground was across the way. The great W G Grace once joined the cricketers at practice. During World War II, the building housed an evacuated nursery school.

A Selection of Memories from Betchworth

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 Betchworth

Sparked a Memory for you?

If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

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. 2 dogs, and 2 donkeys completed the household! I used to ...see more