Thursley

The entire notebook entry reads: “7th July 1974 Thursley Common, hot, woodcock 1.”

A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009

From above Thursley Hanger he could get a glimpse of the London, Chatham, and Dover railway, but ploughed fields and a suspicious hamlet prevented his nearer access.

The Food of the Gods and how it came to Earth Herbert George 2004

He was often to be seen in those days, by the railway passengers, sitting, chin on knees, perched up on the Down hard by the Thursley chalk pits, where afterwards he was set working.

The Food of the Gods and how it came to Earth Herbert George 2004

But the best, which is to reach it by the old Portsmouth road from Thursley, can be kept for later in the day.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

But neither Shere, nor Gomshall, nor Thursley, nor Chiddingfold, which have been compared and criticised as the most beautiful of all Surrey villages, can surpass Thorpe for richness of peace of ancient homes and quiet brooding over the past.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

A very extensive "collection of English words not generally used" is contained in an inventory of tools supplied to William Yalden, when he took over the Thursley ironworks.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

Thursley is Thor's ley or field, and has memories of the Danes.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

The town, set in its cultured plot of vines and flower-beds, with its historic castle, its tranquil church, and the Wey watering the pastures under its walls, stands like a garden between the military rigidity of Aldershot and the wind that blows over the Thursley heather.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

He had money in his pocket; at Esher he fell in with three men, also on the road to Portsmouth, but without money; he paid for food and drink and lodging for them, and he was last seen alive with them at the Red Lion near Thursley.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

The tower is wholly built of oak, and the beams supporting the belfry are almost as fine as those of the Thursley tower; possibly they are the work of the same craftsmen.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912