West Horsley, Old Workhouse And Pond 1904
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This was indeed once the place where paupers and those down on their luck could seek food and a roof over their head. However, if they were able-bodied they had to do menial tasks to earn their keep. Four years after the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the much larger Guildford Workhouse opened, doing away with this smaller poorhouse.
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A Selection of Memories from West Horsley
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 West Horsley
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I can't remember a great deal of my early years living at Round Tree Farm, perhaps you might know me? A red very curly haired tom boy (I think) with a new baby brother. I did attend the local school for a short period. My father worked on the farm for 4 years during the war. I do remember the big black barn in front,(almost)of our cottage which many children played in. Also, picking armfuls of ...see more
I was married at St. Mary's at West Horsley on 4th November 1961 to Colin Duddridge. Sadly he passed away in April 2008. I now live in Canada and have done for nearly 40 years. I was in the choir for 9 years and my father Douglas Blake was a sidesman.
The Barley Mow, we went up there for my sister's hen night, and ended up at the caravan park down Green Lane. I have just visited it, well last year actually, and didn't realize it was such a lovely park, I just remember it being very dark and cold. It is very well run caravan site, with fishing, and from all accounts was a school, they still have a huge lake, with a walkway in the middle ...see more
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