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Manor Farm Place is located opposite the Village Hall near the Church.

The Church contains the village War Memorial. EditStained Glass ¶ Robert Eberhard’s “Church Stained Glass Windows” website http://www.stainedglassrecords.org/Ch.asp?ChId=15418 records the following for the stained glass in Wanborough Church Window Date Lights Firm Designer Subjects Memorial Source EW 1861 3 Wells … Continue reading →

Wanborough Buildings surveyed by DBRG see http://www.dbrg.org.uk/SURREY/wanborough.html

Pharamus de Bologne, nephew of King Stephen, sold to the brethren the manor of Wanborough for the sum of 125 marks of silver, the sale being confirmed by charter of Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex, lord of the fee. … Continue reading →

Advert for Sale  Daily Mirror 22nd August 1927 “Seven minutes from Guildford; lovely country; charming little house, 2 sitting, 3 bed bath etc. £275 freehold – Allen, Littlemead, Wanborough Surrey.

Letter preseved in Village Hall Papers. LEE, BOLTON & LEE 1 The Sanctuary  Westminster S.W.1 3rd March 1960 Dear Mr. Thatcher, Wanborough Church Hall  Please forgive my delay in replying to your letter of 12th ult. But as you know … Continue reading →

A memorial to John Belgrove HEWETT is located on the inside south wall of Wanborough Church. The inscription is “John Belgrove HEWETT  The Manor Farm, Wanborough  A Churchwarden of this Parish  For 30 years  Died July 10th 1931 aged 55 … Continue reading →

Wanborough Great Barn dates from 1388 and was built by the Cistercian monks from Waverly Abbey. A dendro-chronlogical examination in 1997 show the trees used to build the original earliest parts of barn were felled or shortly after AD 1388. … Continue reading →

The War Memorial is located inside the Church. 1914 – 1918 Frank BICKNELL        The Queens Regiment  CWGC Link Bertie CHENNEL        The Royal Fusiliers CWGC Link Ernest CHENNEL        HMS Aboukir CWGC Link Henry J HARDING       The Queens Regiment Owen W HATCH          … Continue reading →

Wanborough Manor WANBOROUGH MANOR OWNERSHIP ¶ 1536 Abbey Lands dispersed Sir William FITZWILLIAM Earl of Southampton L&P Hen VIII xi88 Died 1542 1542- Manor to Half Brother Sir Anthony BROWNE Chan Inq PM Ser 21 xx 29  1548 Died 1548 … Continue reading →

A Meeting was held in the Church Hall on Friday 23rd November, 1951, the Rev. A. P. A. Gaze in the Chair. Mr. R. D. Perkins explained the history of the Hall and also that  there was in existence a … Continue reading →

A history of the Village Hall given out at a meeting in the Village Hall by Mr. R.D. Perkins on 23rd November 1951. Now preserved in the Minute book of the Village Hall 1945-1959. I think I should give you … Continue reading →

From the “The Book of Wanborough – Complied , written and presented to St. Bartholomew’s Church, Wanborough, Surrey by the late William Maurice-Adams AD 1925.Pages 44-52. The New Vestry. During the summer of 1926, the building of the new Vestry—the … Continue reading →