Bletchingley and the Grange

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Bletchingley and The Grange A Pictorial and Social History of a Quintessentially English Village</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>A fresh look at the history of Bletchingley (Blechingley) centred on The Grange and its transient residents but with fascinating digressions around the village and beyond. Discover previously unpublished material including a WWII diary and photographs from family archives. This revised enhanced and updated edition contains new photographs listings information and stories that capture the drama of significant historical events in fresh compelling detail. An index of illustrations and news headlines has been added. Now with over 450 illustrations including beautifully crafted charts of the Descent and History of the Manor of Blechingley. Forty vintage black and white photographs have been masterfully colourised and brought to life by the author while others have been sympathetically restored contrasting with his contemporary photographs. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>A beautifully detailed pictorial history of Bletchingley's historic properties institutions businesses and inhabitants; from manor house and castle to farm and shop from hospital to workhouse. Showcased through the work of many eminent photographers artists and locals.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>Detailed stories of Bletchingley's residents: famous infamous and workaday such as eminent doctors parlourmaids masters of the hunt postmen engineers farmers and lords of the manor. Among the names that have played a part in Bletchingley history and who appear in this book are: Abbott Bell Blessig Birkbeck Brandt Boulter Clayton Coppard Denny D'Oyly Carte Dunderdale English French Gavell Hoskins Judson Kenrick Lambert Leslie Lovell Marshall Martin Norris Oldman Partridge Perkins Pratt Risbridger Robertson Robinson Russell Sackville Sharp Smith Tobitt and Wren. Bletchingley's artists actors airmen soldiers sailors doctors nurses teachers missionaries matrons masters farmers bailiffs gentry rectors rat-catchers sportsmen postmen postmasters postmistresses parlourmaids publicans photographers painters politicians drapers grocers grainers blacksmiths wheelwrights basket makers builders butchers bakers and candlestick makers.</span></p><p><br></p>