Buckland, Pond And School 1906
Photo ref:
55152
Photo ref:
55152
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The village sits below the North Downs on the main road between Dorking and Reigate. In 1725, its then rector wrote to his bishop remarking that it had 'no chapel, no curate, no papist, no conformists, no school'. The school seen in this photograph was designed by the renowned Surrey-based architect Henry Woodyer and opened in 1862.
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A Selection of Memories from Buckland
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 Buckland
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Up to 1840 my 2 x Great Grand parents lived in the village. It is said he was in General Hardware, whether it was in a shop or he travelled the village, I do not know. They lived in the little white cottages near 'The Tap' pub, which has now been called the Jolly Farmer and is located next door to the original pub which is now a house. Five of their children where christened in the church but in 1840 they moved to Reigate.
I moved into the White House, Old Road, Buckland with my parents Fred and Peggy Jennings and my two brothers Tony and Richard. I remember friends who lived in Buckland, Janet Oxley, Liz Boyes. Gillian Reynolds (lived next door), Barbara Smith (who I am still in contact with). The Seagars and Wade familys lived nearby.
I married in 1964 and moved to near Gadbrook Cross Roads.
I have one daughter, Joanna, who ...see more
Round about 1840 my widowed great, great grandmother Hannah, and her son Joseph were brewers in Buckland. But unless any Buckland resident knows of the history of the village I shall never know where exactly. The Frith photograph shows something of the village, but is over forty years too late to help me. I know nothing of Hannah prior to 1841, other than that she was married to William Chandler who ...see more
Om my first day at the little school on the green I carried around my neck a box illustrated with Mickey Mouse. It contained a mask smelling horribly of rubber and talcum chalk.
I was left in tiny classroom dominated by a very 'tall' woman called Miss Owden. A door led into a cloakroom and on into the senior room. This room was dominated by a much smaller woman with shiny flat hair ...see more
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