The Little Manor emerging from the rubble - 1988 In 2019 Little Manor Service Station, commonly known as ‘The Esso’, is celebrating its 30th anniversary ...

Peace celebrations at the head of Knowle Lane (courtesy of Michael Miller) On Saturday July 19th, a month after the Peace of Versailles was signed to ...

Ceiling detail, Basildon Court by Elizabeth E. Harper and Marion R. May In 2001 I produced a book entitled “The Ornamental Jacksons” showing many of the ...

A Service to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings which took place on June 6th 1944 will be part of the Evensong Service on Sunday 9th June ...

Ordnance Survey map of 1871/4 In the middle ages, the whole country was divided up into parishes, each with its own church building and also an area of land ...

St Andrew’s church in 1905 (courtesy of Mrs Vera Wilkinson) For 75 years, almost every picture postcard of Cranleigh Common included a view of the large ...

Bruford’s Brewery in the early 20th century The Vanished Bruford’s Brewery It is amazing that such a large and substantial building as Bruford’s Steam ...

Forges and Smithies This picture of the forge on the Common probably shows Shadrach Trussler and his son Michael The number of people with the surname ...

Cranleigh Arts Centre is pleased to partner and host the Secret WW2 Learning Network, a registered educational charity promoting knowledge and understanding of ...

The Vanished Workhouse It may come as a surprise to hear that Cranleigh had its own workhouse. There are no known drawings of it, and it was before ...

New Barn School, in Broadbridge Heath, is a special needs school for around 25 students, all of them on the autistic spectrum. To help students be aware of the ...

Now that the centenary of the Great War has passed, the ‘Joy of Cranleigh’ feature will aim to present several Vanished Buildings of Cranleigh... The Vanished ...