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TALKS Saint Michael’s Church, Mickleham ��12 Keymer Handmade Clay Roof Tiles & Sweet Tooth: An Edible History of Art �� 5 Wienerberger Factory Tour, Walliswood ��13 Leatherhead Food Research Association when Mullins House & Coffee Shop, Dorking ��13 in Leatherhead ��5 Polesden Lacey ��13 The Art of Fine Chocolate Making �� 5 Downs Solicitors, Dorking ��13 | |

Leatherhead Parish Church 6 SUMMER 2021 EVENT GUIDE �� St Martin’s Shared Church, Dorking ��15 SUMMER 2021 EVENT GUIDE Ashtead’s Forgotten Celebrity; Beverley Nichols’ St Teresa’s School, Effingham ��15 life and times in Ashtead �� 6 St Mary’s Church, Fetcham ��15 Dining With History 6 �� The Newdigate Local History Society Mole Valley Edible England Fun presents Edible Newdigate ��16 Zoom Quiz ��6 Fetcham Park ��16 Lowfield Heath Windmill, Charlwood ��17 WALKS Effingham Golf Club (formerly Effingham House) ��17 Sale of the Century – A Gentle Walk Around INTRODUCTION St Nicholas’ Church, Charlwood ��17 INDEX Brockham Village ��8 All Saints’ Church, Little Bookham ��19 Ashtead Rye Meadows Wetlands �� 8 Charlwood Providence Chapel ��19 WELCOME TO Dorking Museum - Betchworth Castle Walk �� 8 Bookham Food Festival ��19 Dorking Museum - Hidden Dorking Walk �� 8 Effingham Methodist Chapel ��20 Dorking Museum: Deepdene Trail Walk �� 9 Impressions of Mole Valley, MOLE VALLEY HERITAGE OPEN DAYS 2021 Dorking Museum: Mayflower 400 - Letherhead Institute ��20 Dorking in the time of William Mullins Walk �� 9 Manor Farm Tithe Barn, Little Bookham ��20 Manor House School Centenary Heritage articipants in this year’s Heritage of Art’, sets the tone. There are many PROPERTIES & EVENTS Picnic, Little Bookham ��21 Open Days programme welcome its further explorations of the theme in the St Lawrence Church, Effingham ��21 St Giles’ Church and Graveyard, Ashtead ��11 twenty-seventh year in a mood of various events, such as the talk on Beverley St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Buckland Windmill 11 Pchallenge and optimism. The programme Nichols, Ashtead resident and popular �� Leatherhead ��21 St Nicolas Church, Great Bookham 11 celebrates the exciting characteristics of journalist, who gave legendary dinner �� Starmakerz Theatre School, Leatherhead ��21 Dorking Brewery, Capel 12 the various regions within England, and parties. He was also a frequent visitor to �� The Grange Centre, Little Bookham ��22 Slyfield House, Stoke D’Abernon 12 unites local people, places and institutions Polesden Lacey, where still more lavish �� St Barnabas Church, Ranmore ��22 with thousands of volunteers. feasts occurred! Dorking Museum & Heritage Centre ��12

The past months have been difficult, and While the chosen theme is well explored in it was a remarkable achievement that our programme, there are also many new such a series of events was produced so and familiar aspects reflecting the broader successfully last year. While the pandemic’s richness of our local heritage. As ever we Event Information consequences remain apparent, hopefully feel sure that Mole Valley residents and the All Heritage Open Days events are free to attend. Pre-booking isn’t required unless stated. All information is subject to there is a mood of potential liberation many visitors to the area will have some change without notice, please see the Heritage Open Days website for the latest information for each event. Accessibility: Due to their historic nature, some properties are only partly accessible. Please check the individual in the air. This is reflected in this year’s fascinating activities to enjoy over the property listing for further information or contact the property owner directly. cheerful theme ‘Edible England’. Mole Heritage Open Days 2021 period. Covid-19: All events will be run in accordance with national and local guidelines in place at the time. We ask that you Valley’s launch event, a talk by Tasha Marks respect other participants and organisers during your visits. entitled ‘Sweet Tooth: An Edible History The Mole Valley Heritage Open Days Committee More information and booking details for all events can be found at www.heritageopendays.org.uk

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PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED ONLINE EVENT Friday 10 September: 7.30pm Launch event for Mole Valley Heritage Open Days Festival 2021 – hosted by The Arts Society East Surrey Area | |

SUMMER 2021 EVENT GUIDE SUMMER 2021 EVENT GUIDE Sweet Tooth: An Edible History of Art is a whistle- stop tour of the history of food as artistic medium, starting with 16th century sugar Topics covered include the origins of dessert, sculpture and venturing all the way up to 3D sugar as artistic medium, the bittersweet dessert printing and beyond. Hosted by Food histories of sugar, edible architecture, Historian Tasha Marks, this lecture is a treat Renaissance banqueting houses, the spectacle for those with a sweet tooth, as Tasha feels the of sugar and the future of food. subject of food and art through the ages is most exciting in the realms of the dessert. TALKS

Leatherhead Food Research Depending on restrictions this talk will either Association when in Leatherhead - be on-line OR in the Abraham Dixon Hall at

Chips with everything: the Letherhead Institute. WALKS Bill Whitman PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED TALKS Friday 17 September: 7.30pm PROPERTIES EVENTS & Leatherhead Food Research Association was in Randalls Road, Leatherhead. This non-technical The Art of Fine Chocolate talk is on their time there - what it did, how it Making grew here, and how it very successfully met the PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED need for finding and disseminating information. Friday 17 September: 2pm at the Letherhead Institute The British Food Manufacturing Industries Research Association moved into its Randalls No celebration of Edible England would be Road laboratories in 1950. BFMIRA became complete without a celebration of chocolate. Leatherhead Food Research Association. Reviving the heritage of chocolate-making at its It conducted research into all types of best is Surrey based chocolatier and founder manufactured foods not covered by other of Aubel Chocolate, Natasha Sutton, research associations and built up a leading who works out of her chocolate workshop library and information service. Though no in Ashtead. Gain an insight into how artisan longer in Leatherhead it continues to be active. chocolates are made and the art and heritage of chocolate making. Bill Whitman was latterly a Consultant with them in Leatherhead. His talk will be on their time here. In a non technical way he will tell us what it did, how it grew here, and how it very successfully met the need for finding the right information & the skills to disseminate it.

4 5 Leatherhead Parish Church Dining With History Talk: Thomas Hope and the worlds PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED HERITAGE OPEN DAYS of the Grand Tour and the Regency Wednesday 15 September: 7.30pm at HERITAGE OPEN DAYS Dorking Halls PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED Friday 17 September: 7.30pm Join Jessica Thurtell to discover meals through the ages. From the Anglo-Saxons to Visit Leatherhead Parish Church for the Second World War, Jessica investigates the this copiously illustrated lecture by way English eating has changed. See how you’d Paul Pickering focussing on Thomas Hope get on at banquets and grand dinners, and learn and the worlds of the Grand Tour and the the proper etiquette to accompany them. But | |

Regency, in which he and successive members it’s not all wealth and feasting: we’ll join peasant SUMMER 2021 EVENT GUIDE SUMMER 2021 EVENT GUIDE of the family lived and moved. meals of pottage and working class dinners too, and see how the middle classes try to prove their rise above their working heritage with genteel dining. From everyday daggers to fruit knives, soup spoons and oyster forks, our eating experience has changed amazingly. Ashtead’s Forgotten Celebrity; Come and find out more for yourself! Beverley Nichols’ life and times in Ashtead PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED TALKS Tuesday 14 September: 7.30pm at Dorking Halls Mole Valley Edible England Fun Zoom

WALKS Beverley Nichols lived in Ashtead after Quiz the Second World War for a period which PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED ONLINE EVENT coincided with the peak of his celebrity as Saturday 11 September: 8pm an author. Amongst his many books three WALKS

PROPERTIES EVENTS & describe his home in Ashtead from where he A light hearted fun Quiz by Zoom to “test” gave legendary dinner parties. your general knowledge of Mole Valley and all things edible - who knows you may learn a thing He had an initially spectacular career which or two about our area - or win a prize! took him from the presidency of the Oxford Union to best-selling novelist, film star and The Quiz will last about an hour and a half. writer of successful reviews. The purchase You do need access to a computer and to be of a country house prompted an interest in familiar with Zoom. The Quiz will be divided the creation and upkeep of gardens and the into rounds of 10 questions each. You mark appearance of his most successful book ‘Down your own papers, although tempting please The Garden Path’ which went on to change resist cheating! the nature of his career. Richard Hughes’ talk considers his life and times in Ashtead and the significance of the area in the development of his reputation.

6 7 Sale of the Century – A Gentle Walk Around Brockham Village HERITAGE OPEN DAYS HERITAGE OPEN DAYS Available anytime Explore Brockham Village as you have never done before. A short walking tour linking fifteen familiar village properties. Enjoy seeing them in a new light!

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its immediate surrounds to view and compare SUMMER 2021 EVENT GUIDE SUMMER 2021 EVENT GUIDE over fifteen properties sold in the Deepdene Dorking Museum - Betchworth Dorking Museum: Deepdene Trail Dorking Museum: Estate Auction from July 1921. Outside each of Castle Walk Walk Mayflower 400 - Dorking in the time the Auction Lots you will find a poster of the PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED of William Mullins Walk property and sometimes an old photograph. Sundays 12 & 19 September: 2pm Sunday 19 September: 2pm (90 minutes) Sunday 12 September: 2pm (90 minutes) You will be able to download a suggested Join a Dorking Museum guide and walk around Take a walk through the grounds of the walking route either beforehand or to follow on the picturesque ruins of Betchworth Castle, Deepdene, accompanied by Dorking Museum’s Starting at Dorking Museum, join one of our your phone from www.brockham.org built in the 11th Century by Robert Fitz Gilbert. knowledgeable guides to learn the fascinating guides for a tour around the buildings that were The house was bought by Henry Hope to add history of the estate. home to the Mayflower Pilgrims as we explore to his Deepdene estate in 1834, and much of their lives and learn about what happened to TALKS TALKS the masonry was removed for work elsewhere. Hear about the ‘Drunken Duke’, the them after they left for the New World. The Castle was allowed to collapse to create a Hope Diamond, and the squandering of picturesque ruin. an inheritance. The tour will include the The walk is themed around the buildings tucked

WALKS Ashtead Rye Meadows Wetlands grotto, the Embattled Tower and the WWII away in Dorking that survived from the early WALKS fortifications, with a secret beneath, before 17th Century and which Mullins and his fellow Friday 10 – Sunday 19 September: walking to the Terrace and a visit inside Mayflower pilgrims would have known. 10am – 4pm the Hope Mausoleum. The tour ends with

PROPERTIES EVENTS & refreshments available at Dorking Golf Club. PROPERTIES EVENTS & In the last 10 years, our volunteers have created a wetland area alongside the Rye Brook. In that time, we have planted a Jubilee Wood, reshaped the riverbanks, and created ponds and scrapes to encourage the biodiversity of the area.

Enjoy access to all of the Wetlands site as part of Heritage Open Days, where you will find a picnic area in the Centenary Field, which commemorates those Ashtead residents who fell in the Great War. You can then continue with a very pleasant walk through the fields Dorking Museum - Hidden Dorking alongside the Rye Brook to Ashtead Woods Walk Road. PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED Sunday 19 September: 2pm (90 minutes) Meet our Volunteers Sunday 12 September: 10am – 4pm You walk past hidden treasures every day... see Dorking as you’ve never seen it before on this Our volunteers will be on hand to talk about Hidden Dorking walk where we will point them the Meadows and its history, sell merchandise all out to you. The walk will leave from Dorking and lead guided walks. Walking boots or Museum, and is led by a Dorking Museum wellingtons recommended if wet. guide.

8 9 St Giles’ Church and Graveyard, Ashtead FAMILY FRIENDLY HERITAGE OPEN DAYS HERITAGE OPEN DAYS Sunday 19 September: 2pm – 5pm Join us for a tour of St. Giles’ Church, a lovely 12th Century Grade II* listed church which retains many notable features from the 13th to 18th centuries. We are also offering tours of the graveyard which includes several war commission graves, and a Roman ditch on the | |

edge of the churchyard. SUMMER 2021 EVENT GUIDE SUMMER 2021 EVENT GUIDE St Nicolas Church, Great Bookham Refreshments will be available in the Dell Centre situated next to St. Giles’ Church. PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED FAMILY FRIENDLY The church is open each day 9am – 5pm. Sunday 12 September: 12pm – 5pm. ‘Feed your soul’ during Heritage week. Explore St Nicolas Church, an important, Grade I listed building which can be found at the centre of Great Bookham village. Admire the building with its visible Saxon origins TALKS and learn about the stories depicted in the beautiful 19th-Century stained-glass windows. WALKS Learn how our church has developed throughout the last millennium with talks, PROPERTIES & EVENTS exhibits, self-guided tours and floral displays. Musical concerts and children’s events held PROPERTIES EVENTS & Buckland Windmill during the week will link the past to the present. Sunday 19 September: 1pm – 5pm Special Events: The charming Buckland Windmill is a small sawmill workshop built in the 1860s, situated Saturdays 11 & 18 September: on property previously owned by the Estate 2.30pm – 3.30pm carpenter. Restored between 1995 – 2004, Talk: History of St Nicolas church as told the windmill now has a circular saw and lathe through its stained-glass windows which is powered for demonstration purposes. Buckland Windmill is a unique example of Tuesday 14 September: 7.30pm – 9pm industrial archaeology and is believed to be the Music: Organ Recital only surviving wind-powered sawmill in the UK. Wednesday 15 September: The garden will also be open with refreshments 1.30pm – 2.30pm available. Children’s Activity (booking essential)

Sunday 19 September: 6pm Music: Choral Evensong

10 11 Slyfield House, Keymer Handmade Clay Roof Tiles Stoke D’Abernon & Wienerberger Factory Tour, PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED HERITAGE OPEN DAYS Walliswood HERITAGE OPEN DAYS Saturday 18 September: 11am PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED FAMILY FRIENDLY Enjoy a private tour by the owners of Slyfield Saturday 18 September: 9am – 2pm House, a Grade I listed Jacobean house that retains several original features. Celebrating 100 years of making beautiful, sustainable roofing and building products, Wienerberger’s Ewhurst factory is one of the largest brick manufacturing sites in the South | |

East of England. It is also home to Keymer’s SUMMER 2021 EVENT GUIDE SUMMER 2021 EVENT GUIDE Dorking Brewery, handmade roof tiles, which have been Polesden Lacey Capel produced in the area since 1588. FAMILY FRIENDLY PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED Dorking Museum & Heritage Centre FAMILY FRIENDLY Friday 10 September: 10am – 5pm Saturdays 11 & 18 September: Take this unique opportunity to participate in a Tours at 11.45am & 1.30pm Saturday 11 September: 10am – 4pm full factory tour where you will see a range of Polesden Lacey is your space to enjoy. A place our brick and roof tile products being created of contrasts with both a touch of Edwardian Dorking Brewery is one of the larger Surrey Come and visit the Museum for free over before trying your hand at making a Keymer tile. elegance and muddy countryside walks. Breweries, and we pride ourselves on the Heritage Open Weekend. The museum tells fantastic local customers we have. Come and the story of Dorking and the surrounding Set within the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding join us for beer tasters, and learn more about villages from the Cretaceous period right up to Natural Beauty, Polesden Lacey was the TALKS TALKS our brewing process. the present day. We look forward to welcoming weekend party house of incomparable socialite you. Margaret Greville. Surrounded by 30 acres of Our brewers – who are all qualified by the grounds and a 1,400-acre estate, there is plenty

WALKS Institute of Brewing and Distilling – make over of space to explore. Discover world-renowned WALKS 20,000 pints per week of exciting, modern collections of Faberge, maiolica and Dutch Old style beers but keep to traditional brewing Masters in the 19th-century house. The formal methods along the way, inspired by the best gardens offer fantastic colours and fragrances at ingredients, flavours and techniques from all PROPERTIES EVENTS & Saint Michael’s Church, this time of year. Boasting colourful views, the PROPERTIES EVENTS & over the world. Mickleham wider estate is home to a vast array of wildlife, FAMILY FRIENDLY including bats and butterflies. We have a process of making beer that is as Saturday 11 September: 10am – 4pm natural and environmentally friendly as possible. Sunday 12 September: 12pm – 4pm 97% of our grain comes from East Anglia, and our spent grain is taken 15 metres down the Come and visit our beautiful 12th Century farm to be fed to the local dairy herd. We are church to experience bellringing, organ music Mullins House & Coffee Shop, Dorking also now a carbon negative brewery, further and guided tours. There will be a guide sheet Downs Solicitors, Dorking helping the environment we live in. and volunteers present to show you around, as Friday 10 – Saturday 18 September: well as a self-guided tour of the churchyard. 9.30am – 4pm Sunday 19 September: 2pm – 4 .30pm Our onsite taproom will be open from 10am – We will be showing a video of our church bells 6pm and we have street food vendors on site. at regular intervals on the big screen, and there Mullins House takes its name from former Explore this Victorian town house in Dorking will be an opportunity for children of all ages to Dorking resident, William Mullins, a local High Street. Take a guided tour of the building ring the bells themselves! Our resident organist shoemaker, and Pilgrim Father, who travelled and walled garden, which includes many will be playing the organ for you. to America on the Mayflower in 1620. The architectural features, most notably a cantilever building dates from between 1568 and 1610 staircase. The tour includes an illustrated Also taking place on Saturday 11 September is and is the only example of a Pilgrim Father’s presentation about the building and a chance to the Mickleham and Westhumble Horticultural home still in existence. learn the history of Downs Solicitors. Show, open 2.30pm – 4.30pm. Refreshments will be available in the garden Exhibits, stalls, tea and cakes and a raffle. See the shop where Mullins used to make the (weather permitting). Just a short walk from St Michael’s Church at shoes and where his daughter, Priscilla, grew up, Mickleham Village Hall. All welcome and entry including the original stairs to the flat above (not is free. accessible), original fireplace and wall.

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SUMMER 2021 EVENT GUIDE St Teresa’s School, Effingham

Saturday 11 September: 10am – 3pm. Tours at quarter past the hour. Come and see why in 1799 General De Lancey built his beautiful Georgian manor house, now part of a girls’ school, at Effingham Hill near the summit of the Surrey Hills, taking advantage of the stunning views to create a picturesque park TALKS on the land surrounding the house.

Raising money A guided tour will include the original manor

St Martin’s Shared Church, house with the drawing, dining and billiard WALKS Dorking rooms reflecting the original building, alongside FAMILY FRIENDLY the beautiful school chapel built in 1934 and the for your local Saturday 18 September: Victorian water tower.

10am – 4pm (Tours: 11am & 3pm). PROPERTIES EVENTS & Belltower open 10.30am – 12pm. Choral Evensong: 5.30pm community Sunday 19 September: 12pm – 4pm (Tour: 3pm) St Mary’s Church, Fetcham St. Martin’s Church is a fine example of late Victorian Gothic. Often described as “like a Saturday 11 September: 1000 – 1700 cathedral”, its imposing 200ft spire, visible for Win up to £25,000 miles around, is a landmark when approaching Folks have been worshipping at St Mary’s for the market town. over a thousand years. Interesting features include a small Saxon window which reused We will explore Heritage Open Day’s Edible Roman bricks in it’s arch, a fine Father Willis Play today at England theme in a variety of different ways, organ and lots of magnificent stained glass. including a harvest festival display and an Combine your visit to St Mary’s Church with exploration of references to food and drink in next door Fetcham Park and it’s tranquil the decoration of the church, from stonework grounds. molevalleylottery.co.uk to stained glass. Please pre-book in advance for No booking required. the tours.

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SUMMER 2021 EVENT GUIDE SUMMER 2021 EVENT GUIDE The Newdigate Local History Fetcham Park Lowfield Heath Windmill, Charlwood St Nicholas’ Church, Charlwood Society presents Edible Newdigate Saturday 11 September: 11am – 4pm 11, 12, 18, 19 September: 2pm – 5pm Saturday 18 September: 11am – 4pm Saturday 11 September: 11am – 4pm Sunday 19 September: 2pm – 5pm Meander through the tranquil grounds of Lowfield Heath Windmill is a Grade II listed (3pm – bell ringing) Learn how Newdigate fed itself in the past and Surrey’s ‘best-kept secret’, the private gardens building and a complete 18th Century windmill, meet local food and drink producers who are at our Grade II listed property. originally built in 1737. Enjoy a guided tour We extend a warm welcome to our c.1080 supplying the needs of the village today. around the mill, learn about its history and use, Norman church, with its dramatic wall paintings Fetcham Park’s rich history includes an and see a small exhibition about its restoration, and medieval screen, as our Harvest Festival In the past, Newdigate, due to its isolation and artist from Versailles, a royal architect, and including a short film. service is brought forward. TALKS poor communications, had to be self-sufficient. a pioneering gardener. Wander around our TALKS We will be running a continuous slide show of grounds and follow in the footsteps of the Visitors are free to enjoy the grounds and Members of the Flower Guild will be filling hundreds of pictures depicting the village in the colourful characters who built the House over seating is available, so why not bring a picnic. the church with themed flower arrangements

WALKS past. There will be displays showing how people 300 years ago. together with all manner of fruit and WALKS fed themselves in days when you couldn’t just vegetables, including pumpkins (if they grow in pop to the supermarket. We are also inviting Soak up the atmosphere of a bygone era in our time!) local food and drink suppliers to display their tranquil gardens and prepare to be surprised products for visitors to see and sample. by some new installations created by local Another team of inventive volunteers are PROPERTIES EVENTS & PROPERTIES EVENTS & craftspeople, brought together at Fetcham Park Effingham Golf Club (formerly dreaming up ideas for bread, blackberries, specially for Heritage Open Days. Take time Effingham House) song, and all things autumnal to delight the to also step next door to St. Mary’s Church, senses. We have lots of ideas – some may dating back to the 11th-Century, where you can Saturday 11 September: 9am – 12pm flourish and grow but not all will come to explore the grounds and churchyard. fruition. Please see the website for confirmed Originating from the early 18th Century, events. Visitors may also have the chance to explore experience the history of this magnificent the historic ground floor of the House with building, from Georgian times to being the Each day at 2pm, have a go at singing local the Shell Room, Drawing Room and Salon, Club House at one of England’s top 100 golf harvest songs at our music workshop. complete with elaborate plasterwork and courses. Having been extensively extended and decorative gold leaf. Marvel at original murals remodelled in the late 18th Century, it became in the Great Hall by Louis Laguerre dating back the manor house of Effingham manor in 1823 to the early 1700s and admire the grandeur of and early decorative features remain. Surrey’s ‘best-kept secret’. Limited parking is restricted to members only, Visitors will be given a copy of local historian further parking is available in the village. Alan Pooley’s guide to the Village of Fetcham, complete with a detailed map. This guide will be available from Fetcham Park or St Mary’s Church and visitors can park in the grounds of either building whilst they take this circular walking tour.

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“The service has enabled SUMMER 2021 EVENT GUIDE All Saints’ Church, Little Bookham Charlwood Providence Chapel Mum to stay at home safely for as long as possible, Saturday 11 September: 10am – 4pm Saturday 18 September: 11am – 4pm Sunday 19 September: 2pm – 5pm giving her the best quality Believed to have originated from around 1100, visit this ancient, Grade II* listed church set in Charlwood Providence Chapel is a very of life in her later years.” beautiful surroundings with a 1,300-year-old unusual, recently restored building that yew tree. contains a new and interesting exhibition about its history. It is a unique and remarkable Displayed in the church are probably the finest nonconformist chapel built in an American TALKS set of hatchments in Surrey. The hatchments colonial style, with veranda and charming and memorials are mainly of the Pollen/ interior. In the past 18 months the Chapel has Maddox/Boileau family who were lords of the been completely restored, with thanks to the

manor of Little Bookham from around 1640 Heritage Lottery Fund. WALKS Enabling Your Independence to 1935. See their family tree and information about the hatchments. Mole Valley Life is here to give 9 Reassurance for you and PROPERTIES EVENTS & your family you and those you care for the reassurance and peace of mind 9 24/7 support at the touch needed to live safe and well at home of a button for longer. Whether it be through Bookham Food 9 Wellbeing calls and TrustID the touch of a button on one of our assistance bands lifeline alarms, or through one of Festival our wellbeing calls, the Mole Valley 9 Friendly, specialised team, PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED FAMILY FRIENDLY Life team are here to support you 24 based in Leatherhead hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days Saturday 11 September: 12pm – 9pm 9 NO hidden fees of the year. A day of street food, local produce, craft beers, live cookery demonstrations from Masterchef winners and great music in the sun (or under cover in our marquee). molevalleylife.co.uk/independent A fun day out for the whole family, the Food Festival is a new event for Bookham, organised be a licensed bar serving craft beers and ales, 01372 204500 | [email protected] by a group of local residents, which will wines, and gin from our finest local distilleries. feature international cuisine and support local businesses serving the finest foods. There will

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TEC_TEL_LIFELINE_AD_HoD.indd 1 18/08/2021 12:42 pm inspired by the lovely Mole Valley in a wide Also on display are the recently acquired Bible range of styles and media. Club members will and other writings of our 17th century vicar, the

HERITAGE OPEN DAYS be available to answer any queries and greetings Reverend John Miller, who is better known for HERITAGE OPEN DAYS cards will also be on sale. his part in the founding of New York.

St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Leatherhead

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SUMMER 2021 EVENT GUIDE SUMMER 2021 EVENT GUIDE Effingham Methodist Manor House School Centenary Saturday 18 September: 10am – 4pm. Chapel Heritage Picnic, Little Bookham Sunday 19 September: 12pm – 4pm FAMILY FRIENDLY (Church Service 10.30am – 11.45am) Saturday 11 September: 10am – 5pm Saturday 11 September: 10am – 5pm Our Medieval Church was founded in the Enjoy our lovely Victorian Chapel set in pretty Visit our beautiful Manor House and grounds as 11th Century. Mentioned in the Domesday garden surroundings. See an exhibition about the school celebrates its Centenary anniversary. Book, it is the oldest building in Leatherhead. the chapel, Effingham village and local heroes, In 2019, the interior underwent a wonderful Sir Barnes Wallis of ‘Dambusters’ fame and Manor Farm Tithe Barn, An elegant 18th century manor house, refurbishment, and we are excited to showcase Admiral Lord Howard who led the English fleet extended in the 19th & 20th century, it has been this to the public. TALKS Little Bookham TALKS against the Spanish Armada. the home of the Manor House School since Saturday 11 September: 10am – 5pm 1937, set in beautifully landscaped grounds and Within the church there is a Virtual Heritage Learn more about Baryonyx, the Surrey adjacent to All Saints’ church (also open). Enjoy trail, showcasing historical artefacts and points

WALKS Dinosaur, and dig for fossils. Learn about birds Manor Farm Tithe Barn is an impressive displays from the archives and self-guided tours of interest, including the burial vaults which WALKS in your garden with RSPB and children can join 15th Century Grade II listed building in Little of the house, buildings, and grounds. were exposed during the necessary excavations. in a quiz and other activities. Refreshments Bookham, one of the largest barns in Surrey at Our Project Manager will be on hand to explain available all day. 4,500 sq. ft. Explore displays about the history and give insight.

PROPERTIES EVENTS & of Tithe Barn, farm, and village. In addition, PROPERTIES EVENTS & learn about traditional agriculture and the common fields systems of the Surrey North Downs dip slope villages.

Refreshments can be enjoyed in the barn or in the terraced courtyard garden which has been recreated from photographs taken in the 1920s.

St Lawrence Church, Effingham

Impressions of Mole Valley, Saturday 11 September: 10am – 4pm Starmakerz Theatre School, Letherhead Institute Leatherhead Visit this Grade II* listed church, with origins PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED Friday 17 September: 10am – 7pm in the 12th century. Learn about the history Saturday 18 September: 9am – 4.30pm Saturday 18 September: 10am – 4pm of the church and stories of nationally and free trial timetable, 1pm performance internationally known parishioners, including Sir An exhibition by Leatherhead Art Club, a well- Barnes Wallis, inventor of the “bouncing bomb” Be Our Guest! Starmakerz Theatre School established group of around 70 local artists. On who is buried in the churchyard. Leatherhead invite you for a free trial of any display will be a colourful selection of artworks of our classes and a short performance which

20 21 will include musical theatre songs with an edible twist, at The Leatherhead Institute. HERITAGE OPEN DAYS Starmakerz Theatre School Leatherhead provides classes in Ballet, Drama, Jazz, Modern, Musical Theatre, Singing and Tap dance. Come along and find out about the school and opportunities to get involved. Free Guided |

SUMMER 2021 EVENT GUIDE St Barnabas Church, Ranmore Saturday 18 September: 1400 – 1700 Healthy Sunday 19 September: 1400 – 1600 St Barnabas Church is a remarkable, ornate church in the middle of the countryside which was funded entirely by the then Lord Ashcombe as the Denbies estate church. George Gilbert Scott was commissioned as TALKS Walks in the architect with the church finished in 1859.

It is said that the church cost three times the

WALKS The Grange Centre, Little Bookham average for a church of this size. Of particular note are the setting, the fine spire containing PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED FAMILY FRIENDLY an excellent ring of eight bells, the Gothic Mole Valley revival interior and the memorial chapel. Saturday 11 September: 11am – 3pm

PROPERTIES EVENTS & No booking required. This year The Grange invites you to join our founder Miss Sweet on a journey exploring the history of The Grange - from the Roaring 20s to present day. Fun for all the family, learn Get active and about our origins as ‘The School of Stitchery and Lace’ in our interactive Heritage Room where you can experience our collection of textiles and lace. Children’s activities available. make new friends

Be sure to treat yourself to cream teas and cake at our ‘Simply Scones’ pop-up. And if that’s not enough, our beautiful walled gardens will be open for viewing throughout the day. molevalley.gov.uk/walkforhealth 01306 885001

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