East Clandon, The Village c.1955
Photo ref: E175011
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This village was once known as Clandon Abbots, for its manor, as in many other Surrey villages, was owned by the local abbey. Here, Chertsey Abbey owned the manor from about 666 AD. The parish church behind the holly hedge to the left at the corner of Ripley Road is partly Norman. The village has many attractive timber- framed and brick houses and cottages, now kept in immaculate order; these include Bay Tree Cottage on the left and Church Cottage on the right, which has exposed 17th-century timber framing.

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A Selection of Memories from East Clandon

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 East Clandon

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My name then was Babs Collins and my memory goes back to World War II, when I and others from my school in Victoria, London were evacuated to both East & West Clandon. We had been moved very hurriedly in July 1940 from Brighton where our school was first sent to in 1939.  This second evacuation was because the Germans had begun to bomb the south coast preparatory to invading us after ...see more