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History In Pictures

These are a few pictures we've gathered together showing a slice of life in old Stratfield Turgis. There's more to come so keep checking back. If you have any old photo's and memories you'd like to share with the rest of the parish please contact webadmin.

Turgis Court about 1900. Mrs Humphries and family. Turgis Court is a lovely William and Mary house dating from the 17th Century. In its day it has been Manor House, Court House and Farm House.
	Inside All Saints Church September 4th 1965
Picture taken at the 1961 All Saints Church Fete. Gentleman standing in foreground is the Bishop of Winchester, with Rev. A.T. Humphries seated.

	Sketch from mid 1800's showing experimental weather gauges at Strathfield Turgiss rectory, now Broadford House. The Rev. Charles Higman Griffith was rector of the parish for nearly his whole working life, which spanned most of the 2nd half of the 19th century. He cluttered the rectory gardens with all sorts of weird and wonderful scientific instruments. His most important work was carried out between 1868 and 1870 to determine how best to measure air temperature. During the first half of the 19th century weather observers devised a wide variety of shelters to keep both direct and indirect solar radiation from their thermometers. Following a grant of £45 from the Royal Society, nine differt thermometer shelters were erected in the meadow south of the rectory, and for 18 months Griffith recorded thermometer readings 3 times a day. The results were analysed in 1871 and the concensus among the great meterological minds was that the beehive on stilts was the best. The Stevenson Screen thus became the standard thermometer shelter - and so it remains in most countries.
Aerial picture of the garage at Turgis Green. Believed to be early 60's
	Old Sign from the Wellington Arms.
Outside the Red Lion (known as the Cat) now the Jekyll and Hyde. Mr. Holloway has been collecting watercress. The baby is Joby Holloway.
The Jekyll and Hyde (then known as the Red Lion) taken in about 1970
	Picture of Turgis House taken about 1970. Recent History of Turgis House (courtesy of Mrs. Doreen Pitman) 1920 A Bakery owned by Mr. Pearman who lived at Stratfield Saye 1931 Kellys directory lists Sidney Jefferies as a grocer at Turgis House 1937 Mrs. Jeffries and son Donald running as a grocery shop. A telephone switchboard was housed in the shop until Jan 1939. 1939 A new telephone exchange built in January 1939 Alf Saunders and Mr. & Mrs. Lawrie Quaint set up a garage named S & Q. 1939 Lawrie Quaint Junior killed almost outside garage whilst motorcycling in May. His parents moved away. 1940's Turgis House requisitioned and used as two dwellings. In one Lucy Perrett and family. 1947 Brucester Moters. Alec Easter and Bruce, motor engineers (also Major Easter car sales). 1955/6 Continued as garage, also a café run by Dennis and Lily Bell.

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