Nostalgic memories of Horley's local history

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The Chequers Pond

Further north was the hamlet of Horley Row, with the Chequers Inn at its east end. This is now a busy road junction of the A23 and B2036 Balcombe road. The pond has long been filled in, and the pub is now the Chequers Thistle Hotel, much used by Gatwick airport business travellers. The buildings survive, but they were Tudorised and given leaded light windows and applied timber-framing: you could be forgiven for driving past and thinking it a 1920s period-style road house pub.

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Added 25 September 2008

Horley, Station Road

Horley is on the old main London to Brighton road before it was diverted around the area of new Gatwick airport. Single and two-horse traps wait by the roadside. Corn and coal merchants sell proprietary animal feeds. We can also see London House, a draper’s, Branch’s shop, a dairy and a game and poultry shop. A line of very tall telegraph poles are topped with pointed finials. A gas street lamp is at the ...see more

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Added 25 September 2008

Station Road

The railway is now behind the photographer, who is looking down High Street at the height of its Victorian expansion with the street dominated by tall telegraph poles. Thorley’s, the cattle feed merchants, has gone, to be replaced by 1970s shops and offices, while all the old shop fronts have been replaced on the other terraces. Most of these buildings date from the 1860s to 1880s.

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Added 25 September 2008

The Constitutional Club

This view looks back along High Street. The two buildings either side of the turning into Albert Road have long gone, to be replaced by new offices. The building on the left was the Constitutional Club; it was built in a Bedford Park Domestic Revival style around 1890 with steep tiled roofs and much use of brick banding.

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Added 25 September 2008

Horley Was Never In Sussex!!

I was looking at the books on Horley, and was shocked that it has been stated that Horley for a few years prior to 1974 Horley was in Sussex! This is just not true! It is and always has been in Surrey. Martin Andrew the author of this rumour in his book about Sussex must have been short of one village to finish his book. I have nothing against Sussex (I live in Horsham) but come from good Surrey stock. In fact traceable Horley from the year dot. I am proud of Horley and my SURREY roots.