Manor Farm, Wanborough - June 1986

I saw this watercolour in the early 1990s. It is of Manor Farm at Wanborough and was painted by local artist, Jean M Blair in June 1986, which was just a few months before the Puttenham One Place Study commenced.

Wanborough School

Wanborough Church circa 1940

A special church, as my Grandfather and his siblings were Christened here during the 1900 - 1917 period.

Railway Station, Wanborough

Wanborough War Memorial

Situated just inside the Church

1914 – 1919

BICKNELL, Frank            The Queens Regiment

CHENNELL, Bertie          Royal Fusiliers

CHENNELL, Ernest          H M S Aboukir

HARDING, Henry J        The Queens Regiment

HATCH, Owen W             Royal Fusiliers

HAWKES, John E            Hampshire Regiment

HEDGER, William J         Royal Fusiliers

NORMAN, Frederick E    The Buffs

REVELL, David                The Queens Regiment

SAUNDERS, Arthur        H M S Hampshire

SAUNDERS, William       H M S Formidable

1939 – 1945

CHENNELL, W B       R. N. S. S. Belcrest

PERKINS, A C           R. A. S. C. 

Manor Farm, Wanborough Circa 1915

This is the Manor Farm at Wanborough that my Grandfather would have known. The Butcher family farmed here until 1930 when the moved across to Guildford to farm at Manor Farm Onslow Village.