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Heath Hill, near Dockenfield, 1904
This road is a continuation of the one shown crossing the River Wey and passing Mellow Farm in the next pictures. Here it climbs past the sand quarry, negotiates a blind right-hand bend at the top, and soon crosses over the present county boundary into Surrey not far from the old convent in Dockenfield.
Sand from the quarry used to be taken by the Farnham Pottery at Wrecclesham. |
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Heath Hill, near Dockenfield, 1904 |
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Lower House Farm, near Dockenfield, 1904 |
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Lower House Farm, 1904 (now called Mellow Farm)
This and the next picture are taken from roughly the same position, with the camera pointing in opposite directions.
Lower House Farm was renamed Mellow Farm by the present owner, to avoid confusion with the other Lower House Farm which still exists in Lindford. |
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| It is not the only confusion of names in this part of the parish (see note on Huntingford Farm next).
It is said that the thatched barns in the picture were renovated during the 1930s by Major Evans of Wishanger, to give people work during the depression years.
These days, the fields and facilities here are often used by youth groups and other organisations for weekend camps. |
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Huntingford Bridge, 1901 |
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Huntingford Bridge, Farmhouse and Forge, 1901
The River Wey is seen flowing towards the bridge along a channel which today is dry. The course later became more direct, and the field on the other side of the river bank, accessed by the gate, is now only a few yards wide. Once this happened it was known as Sunday Field, because it provided enough grazing for Sunday and was a handy distance away to collect the animals. |
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In the background is Huntingford Forge and Farmhouse. The Collins family were the blacksmiths here for many years. We are told that at the autumn manoeuvres of 1874, Dan Collins shoed a horse for Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught.
There is today another Huntingford Farm in the parish, situated in Frensham Lane-nobody is quite sure when or why the name was transferred. Maps of 1938 clearly show the name still applying to the buildings here, but an earlier sale document of 1928 uses the name for the other property. |
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Introduction
Huntingford Bridge
