‘WG Tarrant: Master Builder and Developer’ by Mavis Swenarton. First published as Monograph 24 by the Walton and Weybridge Local History Society. W.G. Tarrant was one of the most influential and prolific builders in Surrey in the first third of the 20th century. Today the term ‘Tarrant-built’ is used widely to describe houses on St. […]

A Truth Stranger than Fiction The article that follows is an extract from a piece prepared by Tony PAice who many will know way back in 2002 and intrigued me no end when I read it so I hope you find if of interest. There is a legendary lady sitting on the wall at the […]

Taken from the news report on the second Walk on the Wildside – 30 September that included a short talk on the history of The Old House by Joy Sachak: Joy mentioned the site was owned in 1272 by Roger de Leghes and then it was called Leghes Farm. Records show there was a building […]

The following picture & article was posted by Surrey History centre on Facebook. With their permission I repeat it in this newsletter. “Here’s a music lesson with a difference! Patients playing instruments in the outdoor ward at Rowley Bristow Orthopaedic Hospital in Pyrford in the 1950s. The hospital pioneered research into the treatment of bones […]