Ewhurst, Pitch Hill 1911
Photo ref:
63165
Photo ref:
63165
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The Windmill pub, on the left, was a new replacement for an earlier building which had burnt down. This stretch of road, leading south from Peaslake to Ewhurst, descends from the steep shoulder of Coneyhurst Hill, or Pitch Hill, which at 844ft is the third of the summits in the Leith Hill chain.
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My grandfather Edward Chase kept the Windmill Inn on Pitch hill and my father worked for him. My maternal grandfather John Allen kept the Bull Head in the village of Ewhurst and had two daughters, Mona and Lilian. My father Robert Chase ( Ted ) joined the Surrey Yeomanry during the first World War and served in France with this cavalry regiment. He returned to Ewhurst after the war not in the best of health ...see more
I am researching my family tree and I have learned that my ancestor George Worsfold born around 1799 ran Coneyhurst Farm in Ewhurst in the mid to late 1800s. He had 7 children and a lot of other relatives also in Ewhurst and Cranleigh. I am hoping to discover more and perhaps visit Ewhurst soon.
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