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Category: History

Flashback Friday: Convalescent Home at Wolfe House c. 1913

Posted on February 10, 2017 by thewordbird

Currently Wolfe House Residential Care Home, the house on Wolf’s Row, was originally built in the 1800s, when Limpsfield appears to… Read more Flashback Friday: Convalescent Home at Wolfe House c. 1913

Flashback Friday: The Forge and Forge Cottages Limpsfield

Posted on January 27, 2017January 27, 2017 by thewordbird

The Forge and Forge Cottages on Limpsfield High Street (not to be confused with Forge Cottage on Limpsfield Chart –… Read more Flashback Friday: The Forge and Forge Cottages Limpsfield

Flashback Friday: Limpsfield Village in the snow?

Posted on January 13, 2017January 13, 2017 by thewordbird

Actually we’re not entirely sure if this is Limpsfield in the snow or not – it could be the age of the… Read more Flashback Friday: Limpsfield Village in the snow?

Flashback Friday: Henry Radcliffe Convalescent Home, Trevereux Hill

Posted on January 6, 2017January 5, 2017 by thewordbird

Now Trevereux Hill’s Chart Ridge, Limpsfield Chart, the Henry Radcliffe Convalescent Home, formerly Charing Cross Auxiliary Hospital was one of… Read more Flashback Friday: Henry Radcliffe Convalescent Home, Trevereux Hill

Flashback Friday: Nightingale cellist, Beatrice Harrison at Foyle Riding

Posted on December 23, 2016December 22, 2016 by thewordbird

The garden at Foyle Riding was perhaps the most talked about garden in England in the 1920s. For the very first time, on 19th May 1924 radio listeners heard a cello playing while nightingales sang, live and broadcast by the BBC.

Flashback Friday: A misty Limpsfield High Street c1906

Posted on December 16, 2016December 15, 2016 by thewordbird

It looks rather like the damp, misty and muddy weather we’re having right now and actually Rosewell and Jessamine cottages and Sandridge… Read more Flashback Friday: A misty Limpsfield High Street c1906

Flashback Friday: 1941 trip in the automobile

Posted on December 9, 2016December 9, 2016 by thewordbird

Courtesy of Lynn Mills. 1941, day out in the automobile ‘near #Oxted‘. We’re pretty sure this is taken from outside… Read more Flashback Friday: 1941 trip in the automobile

Flashback Friday: 1976 Limpsfield Infant School fete

Posted on December 2, 2016December 1, 2016 by thewordbird

This was taken at Limpsfield C of E Infant School summer fete. Pretty sure this is the summer of 1976,… Read more Flashback Friday: 1976 Limpsfield Infant School fete

Flashback Friday: Limpsfield Chart & St Andrew’s

Posted on November 25, 2016December 1, 2016 by thewordbird

We love this photo of a family wandering along the Kent Hatch Road in the sunshine.   It shows the huge growth… Read more Flashback Friday: Limpsfield Chart & St Andrew’s

Flashback Friday: The Bull, Limpsfield

Posted on November 18, 2016March 11, 2018 by thewordbird

“Wot, no hanging baskets!?” The Bull on Limpsfield High Street used to be a hotel as well as a public house… Read more Flashback Friday: The Bull, Limpsfield

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  • Parent & Baby Group, St Peter's Church Hall December 23, 2025 at 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
  • LPC Planning Committee meeting December 23, 2025 at 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Parish office St. Peter’s Limpsfield
  • Chart Coffee Morning December 24, 2025 at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm St Andrew's HallnMoorhouse Road, Limpsfield, Oxted, RH8, England
  • Parent & Baby Group, St Peter's Church Hall December 30, 2025 at 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
  • Chart Coffee Morning December 31, 2025 at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm St Andrew's HallnMoorhouse Road, Limpsfield, Oxted, RH8, England
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  • Parent & Baby Group, St Peter's Church Hall January 6, 2026 at 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
  • Chart Coffee Morning January 7, 2026 at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm St Andrew's HallnMoorhouse Road, Limpsfield, Oxted, RH8, England
  • Limpsfield Village Residents Afternoon Tea January 7, 2026 at 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm The Bull Inn LimpsfieldnHigh St, Limpsfield, RH8 0DR, England
  • Limpsfield Parish Council meeting January 12, 2026 at 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Oxted Libraryn12 Gresham Road, Oxted, RH8 0BQ, England

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