Archive Record
ERNEST CHRISTIE (1863 - 1937), LANDSCAPE ARTIST OF OXTED, CATERHAM AND ELSEWHERE: SKETCHBOOKS OF SCENES IN EAST SURREY, SUSSEX AND KENT, CERTIFICATES AND INDEX TO HIS WORKS, 1897-1934
Reference Number: 6784
Descriptive Information about the Record (click to expand) Provenance Presented by Caterham Valley Library in February 2000. The library received the documents from Miss Marion Christie, niece of Ernest Christie.
-Introduction Ernest Christie was born in Sunny Bank, Redhill, in 1863, into an artistic family, including his mother Ann, father David and uncle John Sands. At the age of 10, Ernest won a prize for an oil painting of a farmhouse at Nutfield, and he went on to produce many pictures of Surrey landscapes, buildings and their furnishings.
Christie exhibited paintings at the Royal Society of British Artists, Sussex Street, and at the Royal Academy. He was a member of the North British Academy, and was elected to the Royal Society of Arts in 1930 (see -/2/1).
Christie lived in east Surrey throughout his life. By 1893, he had moved to Clementsdene, Oxted, and in 1898, he moved to St Albans, Godstone Road, Caterham Valley (see -/1/2-3). From 1910 to1920, he lived at War Coppice, Caterham, before moving to Pollingfold, Ockley in 1921, where he lived until his death in 1937.
-The records The sketchbooks in this archive comprise drawings in various states of completion (fully completed sketches being initialled and dated), depicting landscapes, primarily of buildings, and building interiors or details, in particular historic furniture and domestic and industrial equipment. Scenes of the following parishes are included: Bletchingley, Limpsfield, Oxted, Godstone, Caterham, Titsey, Crowhurst, Lingfield, Tandridge, Nutfield, Coulsdon, Woldingham, Horley, Purley, Chaldon, ?Chelsham (given as Chelsfield but probably Chelsham) and Reigate; also Westerham, ?Chelsfield and Brasted, Kent, and East Grinstead, Sussex.
-Arrangement The sketchbooks were catalogued in detail by JC Batley in January 1975, while at Caterham Valley Library. The following list is derived from this catalogue.
The sketchbooks are numbered on the front cover: as the numbers are apparently contemporary ('no 4' -/1/4 is referred to in sketch book no. 5, -/1/5) they are listed in this numerical order.
-Related records Miss Christie presented oil, wash and pen drawings by Ernest Christie and other members of his family to Surrey Archaeological Society Library in 1948 and 1974. 13 of Christie's illustrations are published in Uvedale Lambert, Blechingley: a parish history (1921).
Christopher Wood, The Dictionary of Victorian Painters (Antique Collectors Club, 2nd ed. 1978);
JC Batley, typescript introduction to 'The Pictures of Ernest Christie', an exhibition held at Caterham Valley in May 1974.
-Related records Miss Christie presented oil, wash and pen drawings by Ernest Christie and other members of his family to Surrey Archaeological Society Library in 1948 and 1974. 13 of Christie's illustrations are published in Uvedale Lambert, Blechingley: a parish history (1921).
Christopher Wood, The Dictionary of Victorian Painters (Antique Collectors Club, 2nd ed. 1978);
JC Batley, typescript introduction to 'The Pictures of Ernest Christie', an exhibition held at Caterham Valley in May 1974.
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-- Series information for this collection
series: 6784/1/ - SKETCHBOOKS Scope: The series of sketchbooks is apparently numbered in chronological order (probably with some later infilling of unused pages in -/-/6): dated sketches within volumes enable dating of all but -/-/4 and -/-/12. The books are Reeves artists sketchbooks, consisting of cartridge paper interleaved with tissue. The sketches are all in a medium soft pencil, sometimes annotated with letters to record colour, or with the names of features which have only briefly been indicated. The following descriptions quote the title of the sketch (and the artist's initials 'EC') where given; subjects are otherwise supplied in square brackets. Some of the notes and titles are in a different hand. Date: 1897-c.1916 Sketchbook, recording: 1) 'Peony' 2-4) 'Ridlands Farm, Limpsfield' ... Title Sketchbook, recording: 1) 'Peony' 2-4) 'Ridlands Farm, Limpsfield' 5) [St Mary's Church, Oxted] 6) 'Limpsfield Chart' 7) 'Cabbages' 8) 'Marrow' 9) 'The well, Ridlands Farm, Limpsfield'; [with tree on reverse] 10) 'Oxted Ch' [church window] 11) 'Limpsfield Mill (with arms)' [windmill] 12-13) 'Dairy Farm, barn, Crockham'. with note 'In a map of 1661 it is shown as the old dairy farm' and summary of a tale connected with the building [Westerham, Kent] 14) 'Grants f' [farm, Limpsfield] 15) [Girl in a long skirt and apron] 16) 'Grants f' [farm, Limpsfield] 17) 'crane, Grants' [chimney at Grants Farm, Limpsfield] 18) 'Ingle nook, Grants' [Farm, Limpsfield] 19-20) 'Jincocks farm (originally Jane Cocks)' [Oxted. With figure drawing on reverse] 21) 'Bracket, Grants' [Farm, Limpsfield] 22) 'Church' [? Titsey] 23) 'Titsey. Tichesey a man's name' [church and houses] 24) 'Brickworks, Limpsfield' [with window detail on reverse] 25) 'Note. Burr weed (Butter Burr) at stream, Limpsfield' 26) [cow] 27) 'At Grub Street, Limpsfield' 28) 'Note. Broadham' [the Old Cottage, Oxted] 29) 'Grants farm, Limpsfield. The fireplace' 30) 'Limpsfield Windmill (Chart)' 31) 'The Wheelwrights (the back), Limpsfield' [High Street] 32) 'An alley looking West, Limpsfield' 33) 'In Limpsfield Village back of St' [street] 34) 'The Bell, Oxted' 35) 'The Bell, Oxted, before renovation' [showing side steps]. 'Chimney' 36-37) [Buildings at corner of Beadles Lane and High Street, Oxted, from Beadles Lane, with details of roofs and chimneys and sketch plan showing location of The Bell public house] 38-39) 'Broadham Green' [The Old Cottage, Oxted] Reference 6784/1/1 Unit Date 1897 Start Date 18970101 End Date 18971231 Sketchbook, recording: 1-2) 'Oxted EC 1898 .... Detail of windows s... Title Sketchbook, recording: 1-2) 'Oxted EC 1898 .... Detail of windows see 1897' [St Mary's Church with ref to -/-/1 sketch 10)] 3) 'Poppies' 4) 'King John's Palace, Eltham [Kent], 1831 EC after J Nash' 5) 'Thatched cottage facing s to Itchingwood Common [Comforts Cottage, Limpsfield] 6) 'SE corner Old Schoolhouse, Itchingwood or Merle Common' [Limpsfield] 7) 'Royal Oak, Staffords Wood near Oxted EC 98' 8) 'Crowhurst Place EC 98' 9) 'Lingfield Old Mill House. (Main Road) EC 98' 10) Hurst Green, Oxted. EC 98' 11) [Hen at a gate] 12) 'The Grasshopper, Moorhouse near Westerham [Kent]. EC 98' 13) 'In Westerham. EC 98' [shop 'D Wright' and houses] 14) 'In Limpsfield. EC 98' [houses] 15) 'The Grasshopper, Moorhouse. EC 98' [Westerham] 16-17) 'General Wolfe, Westerham' [side and yard of public house] 18) '(N) [north] off Mkt Pl [market place] Westerham. EC 98…(pulled down later)' 19) 'Beddlestead Farm. EC 98 (A Beadle or Constable was sworn in here for the Parish). Titsey' [Bedlested, Chelsham] 20) 'Chandlers (Grocer), Oxted (W End)' 21) 'Church Lane near Godstone. EC 98. E Side' 22) [leaves, with stooks on back] 23) 'Broadham Green (S)' [Oxted. Mayflower Cottage. On back: details of a fireback and firedog] 24) 'Stockhurst farm (Stocketts Manor?) Oxted' [fireplace and irons] 25) 'Stockhurst, Oxted' [Stocketts Manor] 26) 'Lagham Moat (Lake dwelling) near Godstone Station. EC 98' 27) 'Moat. Near Lingfield. EC 98' [fireplace with hearth equipment] 28) 'Crowhurst. Near Crowhurst Place' [end view of building] 29) 'fireback broken in two & placed in bakehouse-were baking and too hot to sketch' [Sketch of firedogs with illegible note of location] 30) 'Crowhurst Ch' [church from south east] 31) 'Lindhurst farm, Edenbridge. EC 98...(Mr Saunders) very obliging' [fireplace and hearth equipment] 32) 'Lindhurst "dog" & crane' [Edenbridge] 33) 'Lindhurst farm between Crockham & Edenbridge' 34) 'near Crockham' [house,Westerham, Kent] 35) [Tree scene] 36) 'Old brass pestle and mortar' [and carved back chair] 37) [c.18th cent stool] 38) 'fireplace Scots hole farm, Chelsfield' [probably Scotshall Farm, Chelsham] 39) 'Scotshole farm Chelsfield' [?Scotshall Farm, Chelsham] and on back 'dog' [firedog] 40) 'Chelsfield, Kent' [?possibly Chelsham with reference to sketches 38-39)] 41) 'Road to Park Lodge Farm, Limpsfield' 42) 'Park Lodge farm. note for picture' [Titsey] 43) 'Park Lodge Farm. West side. Titsey' 44) [tree] 45) [pediment] Inside front and back of the vol are marked 'E Christie', with addresses 'Clementsdene, Oxted' and 'St Albans, Caterham Valley' Reference 6784/1/2 Unit Date 1898 Start Date 18980101 End Date 18981231 Sketchbook, recording: 1) 'Quarry Farm, Godstone. EC/99' [Quarry Co... Title Sketchbook, recording: 1) 'Quarry Farm, Godstone. EC/99' [Quarry Cottage] 2) 'near Quarry Farm, Godstone. An old home of the Evelyns. The Dutch tiles were taken from Marden Park. EC 99' [Quarry Cottage] 3) 'Whitehart, Blechingley...found in loft at White Hart. (Tombstone [fireback]- Forster of Crowhurst' [Halberd, hearth, fireback, firedogs and ornaments, Bletchingley] 4) 'Old apple' [tree] 5) 'Millhouse. Cottage near Lingfield' 6) 'Old pump, date 1775, initials IM at cottage, Millhouse' [Lingfield] 7) 'Old cottage near Crowhurst place. EC/99' 8) 'Crowhurst place. EC 99' [fireplace with hearth, hearth equipment and fireside furniture] 9) 'dogs at Crowhurst place. /99 [fire dogs] 10) 'Old Yew Tree and cannon shot at Crowhurst. EC 1899' 11) 'Bletchingley Market Place. EC 99' 12) [Thatched cottage] 13) [?farm buildings] 14) 'Wild hop' 15) 'Dock' [plants] 16) [Lane with buildings-cancelled] 17) [Bracken. Sketch map showing location of old cottage, Bletchingley] 18) 'Deserted cottage, Bletchingley. EC 99. (pulled down)' 19) 'Brewer S [street] Blechingley' [Bletchingley] 20) 'Brewer St [street], Blechingley' [Bletchingley] 21) 'Brewer St Farm, opposite side to house [?barn] 22) 'At Brewer St Farm, Blechingley. EC 99' [water pump and detail of ornamentation at base of spout, Bletchingley] 23) 'Gateway, Blechingley Manor now Place Farm (1313) EC 99 (North)' [Bletchingley] 24) 'Underground passage, Blechingley Manor' [Bletchingley] 25) 'Fireback, Nethern Court Farm. fireplace pulled down. Woldingham. EC 99' 26) 'Queen Anne fireplace, Upper Court Farm, Woldingham. EC 99' 27) 'Cottage, near Place Farm, (Brewer St, Blachingley. Laundry. EC 99' [Bletchingley] 28) '(Holloways). Brewer St. [street] Barn near Place Farm, Blechingley. EC 99' [Bletchingley] 29) 'Whitehill Cottage, Brewer St, Blechingley. EC 99' [Bletchingley] 30) 'Tupwood' [Caterham] 31) '(last load) at North park Farm, Aug 15 EC 99' [horses with hay wain and details of leader's harness and bridle] 32) 'North Park Farm (Tupwood) EC 99' [stooks in a field] 33) 'dogs, S Cuckseys farm, Bletchingley' [fire dogs] 34) 'Cuckseys farm' [fireplace, Bletchingley] 35) ' Staples & Bar..dow. [Fire] dog. at Cuckseys [Bletchingley] 36) 'note of beams, Cuckseys' [Bletchingley] 37) [oven at Cuckseys Farm, Bletchingley] 38) 'Cuckseys' [beams and woodwork, Bletchingley] 39) 'South Park Farm, Bletchingley, from south' 40) 'Cuckseys Farm' [oven] 41) 'fireplace' with further crossed out label 'Anne of Cleves house' and notes on panels [apparently Woolmers, Bletchingley, in comparison with 42)] 42) 'Note fireplace at Blechingley. Woolmers' [Bletchingley] 43) 'Note trees and bushes Fosterdown-for picture' [Caterham] 44) 'Grants Farm, Limpsfield. Lead pump' [detail of decoration of water pump] 45) 'lead pump. The Moat Farm, Limpsfield' [detail of decoration and water spout] and 'Grants' [firedog at Grants Farm, Limpsfield] 46) 'oven door, Grants' [details of decoration, Grants Farm, Limpsfield] 47) 'Old Filter at Moat farm, Limpsfield' 48) 'Stockenden (Empty & Locked up)' [showing fire surround used as a window frame, Limpsfield] 49) 'Woolmers Blechingley showing old lattice windows' with further crossed out label 'Anne of Cleves House' [also Butchers Row, Bletchingley] 50) 'South Park Farm nr Bletchingley' 51) 'dogs at Grants f' [fire dogs at Grants Farm, Limpsfield] 52) 'fireback at Grants farm' [Limpsfield] 53) 'Old door with bar & Staples in place of lock. Cuckseys farm. 1899' [Bletchingley]. Front cover of vol has decorated 'EC' monogram pasted on. Inside front marked 'E Christie, St Albans, Caterham Valley' Reference 6784/1/3 Unit Date 1899 Start Date 18990101 End Date 18991231 Sketchbook, unnamed and unnumbered but with titling in Christie's han... Title Sketchbook, unnamed and unnumbered but with titling in Christie's hand, recording: 1) [roof] 2) [outline sketch of house: ?Pollards, Lingfield] 3) [swans] 4) [sheaves in stooks] 5) 'Fosterdown' [Caterham] 6) [roofs] 7) [footings, Old Packhouse, Godstone] 8) 'details, Old Packhouse, Godstone' [see also -/-/5 below, sketch 3)] 9) 'details, Old Packhouse (restored)' [Godstone] 10) 'Note Blechingley' [?Market cross, Bletchingley] 11) 'Pendell Ct, detail, door' [etc], [Pendell Court, Bletchingley] 12) 'Pendell Ct' [details, Bletchingley] 13) 'Pendell Ct' [gable, Bletchingley] 14) [sheep] 15) [hills, ?Fosterdown, Caterham] 16) [trees, scenery, ?Fosterdown, Caterham] 17) [doorway] 18)' Note. Broadham Green' [Oxted. Includes Old Cottage] 19) [sheep] 20) [window] 21) [details of church window] 22) [sheaves in stook] 23)' Latch at Rook Farm, Chaldon' 24) '… near North Park Farm' [Bletchingley] 25) [harness] 26) [horse and cart] 27) [house and bushes] 28) [trees] 29) [trees] 30 ) 'Lashmar Cottages (Old Harrow Inn, Caterham)' [door] 31) [detail?] 32) 'Brewer St [street] farm', [Bletchingley. Detail of bracket] 33) 'details window at Brewer St farm', [Bletchingley. Reverse-hilly landscape] 34) [door canopy] 35) [cross design woodwork] 36) [woodwork detail] 37) [Jacobean fireplace] 38) 'details Woolmers Cottage fireplace' [Bletchingley] 39) [books] 40) 'Note Godstone' [bushes] 41) [Lashmar cottages] 'Formerly Old Harrow Inn, Caterham' 42) [fireback: royal arms, fleur-de-lys]. [Detillens in Limpsfield has such a fireback, with fleur-de-lys tiles, but see also Coldharbour in -/-/5, sketch 10)] 43) 'Note Blechingley High Street' [Bletchingley] 44) 'Notes. Cottages at Blechingley High Street' [Bletchingley] 45) [details: shop front at ?Bletchingley] 46) [leaves] 47)' Brewer St [street] Farm, window', [details], [Bletchingley] 48) [geese details] 49) [geese details] 50) [geese details] 51) [pair of firedogs] 52) [armchair] 'White Hart, Blechingley' [Bletchingley] 53) 'Fosterdown' [Caterham] 54) [woodwork detail] 55) [trees] 56) 'details Brewer St [street] Farm, window' [Bletchingley] Inside rear of vol marked 'MRG Smith ?Broadham Green, Oxted, Surrey' Reference 6784/1/4 Unit Date nd [?1900] Start Date 19000101 End Date 19001231 Sketchbook recording: 1) 'Church Lane, Godstone 1308' [house next to ... Title Sketchbook recording: 1) 'Church Lane, Godstone 1308' [house next to school] 2) 'Church Lane, Godstone. Westside, south of school' 3) [Church Lane, Godstone. Westside, south of school] 4) 'Church Lane, Godstone. The ''oldest house in Godstone'' at one time an inn-contains some oak panels-EC 1901. see also early book & No 4' [?Old Packhouse] 5) 'Blechingley Church from the East' [Bletchingley] 6) 'Blechingley. Church Row?' [Bletchingley] 7) 'Blechingley. Church Row' [Bletchingley] 8)' Window] spit reel. Coldharbour Farm, Bletchingley' [oven or safe door with smaller door under] 9) 'Coldharbour f. [farm] fireplace showing spit racks & spit reel' [and doors in sketch 8) set in rear wall. Bletchingley] 10) 'Nonsuch back much decayed. Coldharbour or Sunnyside farm' [Fireback bearing royal arms. Bletchingley] 11) 'mitre? ornament White Hart (Blechingley)' [Two firedogs, one with mitre and two toasting forks. Bletchingley] 12) 'candle (dip) & rushlight holder. White Hart Blechingley' [Bletchingley] 13) 'Blechingley back of Church Row' [Bletchingley] 14) 'Blechingley' [Bletchingley church] 15) 'The old Brewery, Chevington, South of (Civentone Manor) Blechingley. 1901' [Bletchingley] 16) 'Blechingley, Church Row' [Bletchingley] 17) 'Brewer St Farm Bldgs. Blechingley' [Bletchingley] 18) [lion-supporter from royal arms on fireback] 19) 'details' [Tudor royal arms from fireback] 20) 'Home Court F. EC 1901' [farm buildings and cart] 21) 'dog & spit, Detillens' [details of fire dog, Limpsfield] 22) 'Limpsfield' [church] 23) 'Limpsfield' [church] 24) [side of house with door] 25) 'Doghurst, Nutfield. Formerly Doggetts. View from South' 26) [details of woodwork at Henshall, shown in sketch 27)] 27) [fireplace] 'Henshall f' [farm] 28) [detail of woodwork showing date 1633] 29) 'Nutfield' [church] 30) '"Nonsuch" back @ The Bell, Outwood. Remainder buried behind grate' [detail of fireback] 31) 'Hook farm, Horley' [detail of fireback] 32) 'Hook farm Horley' [details of firedogs] 33) 'Smallfield' [thatched cottage, Burstow] 34) 'Cabbages' 35) [outline of gables, detail of window] 36) 'Almshouses, East Grinstead' [Sussex] 37) 'St Lawrences [church], Caterham. EC Dec 11 1900' 38) [details of carved piscina] 39) [cottage in trees] 40) 'South Hale f'[farm, Nutfield] 41) [?South Hale Farm, Nutfield] 42) [trees, with indication of direction] 'To War Coppice' [Caterham] 43) 'Gravel Hill' [with indication of direction] 'To War Coppice, 1901' [Caterham] Reference 6784/1/5 Unit Date Dec 1900 -1901 Start Date 19001200 End Date 19011231 Sketchbook, recording: 1) 'Notes White Hart, Bletchingley' [dormer w... Title Sketchbook, recording: 1) 'Notes White Hart, Bletchingley' [dormer windows and woodwork] 2) [leaves and flowers] 3) [?] [reverse-tree trunks] 4) [tree trunks] 5) 'Blechingley near the church. NE corner of chyd.' [house, Bletchingley] 6) 'In Blechingley Churchyard' [gravestone, Bletchingley] 7) [detail of jetty of Mayflower Cottage] 'Broadham Green (South)'. [Reverse-heart pierced with two arrows] 8) 'Whitehart, Blechingley' [details of ironwork, Bletchingley] 9) 'South E Bedroom, The Packhouse, Church Lane, Godstone' [staircase] 10) [details-leaves, window] 11) [details-windows] 12) 'Aldercombe from War Coppice' [Caterham] 13) 'rough note. Millstone box. Old Mill, Outwood' 14) [campanula] 15) [campanula] 'white' 16) 'Purple campanula' 17) 'Sheepsears' [plant] 18) [sheep] 19) [? not identified] 20) 'Home place, Limpsfield'. [garden with two wooden seats. Reverse-mill detail] 21) 'rear of front wheel showing brake. ''Old Mill'', Outwood. 1916' [mill interior] 22) 'Governor working brake' [Outwood mill] 23) [mill sails, Outwood] 24) 'Near Old hall' [?mill Outwood] 25) 'Broadham Green. North of thatched Cottage' [Oxted] 26) 'at Old Mill, Outwood' [sack truck] 27) 'Thatched Cottage, Broadham Green' [Oxted] 28) 'Church Row, Blechingley' [Bletchingley] 29) 'the hill from Church path, Blechingley' [Bletchingley] 30) 'Post mill (Old Mill) 1666 Outwood' 31) 'Note of (Alley) Blechingley' [Bletchingley] 32) 'Tudor? Hinge on barn door' [Outwood] 33) 'Barn door at Old hall farm, Outwood' 34) 'Mill at Outwood. Rough note' 35) 'Old Garden' [reverse-cow details] 36) [cow] 37) 'at Whitehill' [house and garden, Caterham] 38) 'Note Outwood' [view with house] 39) 'bracket to beam, lower room (middle). Packhouse, Godstone' 40) [corner of house in bushes. Reverse-woodwork detail] 41) 'bracket to beam, South part. Old Packhouse, Godstone' 42) 'near Old hall, Outwood' [farm buildings] 43) 'Near Old hall'. [lane with trees, Outwood. Unidentified drawing on reverse] 44) 'Broadham' [part of timbered house, with door Oxted] 45) 'Packhouse. Stair in South part' [interior, Godstone] 46) 'Note. Old Mill, Outwood' [with detail] 47) [trees and bushes] 48) [tree] 49) 'Pound hill on way to Outwood' [house on lane] 50) [unidentified drawing] 51) 'Smock Mill, Outwood' 52) [unidentified drawing] 53) 'Furze' 54) 'Stream near Brook farm, Tandridge' 55) [sheep] 56) [cow with sheep] 57) 'rough note, nr Quarry farm' [trees and bushes] 58) 'Furze' 59) [timbered house ?Lingfield, with note]. Inside front cover are notes 'B Smith Church walk, Bletchingley' and 'Mrs Sewell Brewer St' [?names of owners of houses sketched] Reference 6784/1/6 Unit Date [?1901]-1916 Start Date 19010101 End Date 19161231 Sketchbook, recording: 1) 'Sundial, Oxted Church. EC Dec 1901' 2) [b... Title Sketchbook, recording: 1) 'Sundial, Oxted Church. EC Dec 1901' 2) [blank] 3) 'Dog at Courthouse, Oxted. EC 1901' [fire dog details] 4) 'Detillens Lane' [tile-hung house, Limpsfield] 5) 'Oxted EC Dec 1901' [Old Cottage, Beadles Lane, Oxted] 6) 'EC 1902' [trees] 7) 'Coulsdon EC 1902' [windmill] 8) 'Fireback EC 1902. Blacksmiths, Kenley' [Cousldon] 9) [flowers] 10) 'Oxted. EC 1902. fireplace is shewn on 4 pages forward' [ie sketch 13)] [Old Cottage, Beadles Lane, Oxted] 11) [Old Cottage, Beadles Lane, Oxted-sketch 10)] 12) 'Oxted. EC 1902' [Old Cottage, Beadles Lane] 13) 'fireplace cottage' [Old Cottage, Beadles Lane, Oxted] 14) 'Yew Bow. "Bow the length of the man"…from "Mary Rose"' [Outline and sections with measurements of a longbow] 15) 'Lingfield EC 1902' [sundial] 16) 'Lingfield EC 1902' [house] 17) 'Lingfield. EC 1902. Near Church. Butchers?' [rear view of house with carriage] 18) 'Lingfield. EC 1902' [house] 19) 'poppies & Japanese Anemone' 20) 'Larkspur' 21) 'Canterbury Bell. Antirrhinum' 22) 'Ant' [antirrhinum] 23) 'poppies' 24) [flowers] 25) 'Burdock' 26) [cart-wheel] 27) 'Limpsfield. EC 1902. Copyright sold' [High Street] 28) 'The Wheelwrights, Limpsfisld. EC 1902' 29)] 'next the Grocers, Limpsfield' [house now Middle Court] 30) 'North of Limpsfield Common' [?Winchat Cottage, Hookwood Park, Limpsfield] 31) 'North of Limpsfield Common'. [Another view of house in sketch 30)] 32) [roof and chimney, Limpsfield, detail of sketch 31)] 33) 'North of Hookwood' [Limpsfield. Another view of house in sketches 30)-32)] 34) 'Lead pump, Limpsfield'. [Detail of water-pump spout] 35) 'Pains Hill' [half-timbered house, Limpsfield] 36) [doorsteps, Pains Hill, Limpsfield, detail of sketch 35)] 37) 'Pains Hill. EC 1902' [half-timbered house, as sketch 35), Limpsfield] 38) 'Fosterdown' [Caterham] 39) 'Bourt House, Limpsfield' 40) 'Pains Hill. EC 1902' [half-timbered house, as sketch 35, Limpsfield] 41) 'Court House, Limpsfield. EC 1902' 42) 'Note. Whitehill' [half-timbered house, Caterham] 43) 'The Tobacconists, Blechingley. formerly Leggs the clockmakers. EC 1902' [Bletchingley] 44) 'Whitehill. EC 1902', [half-timbered house, as sketch 42), Caterham] 45) 'Whitehill EC 1902' [house, Caterham] 46) 'Whitehill. EC 1902' [half-timbered house, as sketch 42, Caterham] 47) 'Brewer St [street] Farm. North EC 1902' [Bletchingley] 48) 'Old Brass Candlesticks, White Hart, Blechingley' [Bletchingley]. Inside front of vol 'E Christie, St Albans, Caterham Valley' Reference 6784/1/7 Unit Date 1901-1902 Start Date 19010101 End Date 19021231 Sketchbook, numbered 8 on the rear cover, recording: 1) 'opposite Gue... Title Sketchbook, numbered 8 on the rear cover, recording: 1) 'opposite Guest House, Lingfield' [house] 2) 'Lingfield' [Pollard Cottage] 3) [incomplete sketch of 2) above, crossed out] 4) 'Haxted Mill, Oxted' 5) 'Willey Farm, Caterham' 6) 'Westerham' [house] 7) 'Brasted' [house. Kent] 8) 'Brasted' [house. Kent] 9) 'Packhouse, Godstone, North side, 1903' 10) 'Church Lane, Godstone, S view' [house] 11) [chimney, detail of sketch 10)] 12) 'Lingfield, near Guest House. See also end of book' [house, with horse-drawn cart with ref to sketch 1)] 13) 'Inglefields, Limpsfield, High St [street] EC 1903' [later Miles the butcher] 14) 'Back of High St [street], Limpsfield (West Side)' [house] 15) 'Ratcatchers, Tideys Green, Limpsfield. NE'. [Reverse-map showing location of house in sketch 16)] 16) 'Purley House. EC 1903. pulled down 1913. see plan'. [Purley] 17) 'Dog from North Park farm at White Hart, Bletchingley. EC 1903' [fire dog] 18)' Brewer St [street] farm. Building at rear of Brewer St East side. EC 1903' 19) 'Burdock' 20) 'Brewer St [street], Blech. EC 1903. Garden front' [Bletchingley] 21-22) 'Tandridge. EC 1903' [house] 23) 'Broadham Green, North of Green. EC 1903' [Old Cottage, Oxted] 24) 'Bootmakers, Tandridge' [chimney] 25) 'North side of Broadham Green. EC1903' [Old Cottage, Oxted] 26) 'Oxted Mill Cottage' 27) 'Old Godstone Rd [road]. W side. EC 1903' [house] 28) 'Oxted Mill Cottage. EC 1903' 29) 'opposite Blacksmiths, High St [street], Limpsfield' [house, later Rosewell Cottage. Reverse-details of sketch 30)] 30) 'In bedroom, Grants farm' [fireplace. Limpsfield] 31) 'Hare & Hounds, Godstone', [chimney corner] 32) 'Needles Bank, Godstone. EC 1902' 33) 'Square Cottage, Old Godstone Rd [road]. has stood in cottage for over 60 years. Came from Flinthall' [fire-hearth] 34) 'Grants f [farm] SW corner. EC 1902' [Limpsfield] 35) 'Westerham. EC 1902' [house, with details of roof and chimney] 36) 'Westerham. EC 1902. Contd next page' [house, with ref to sketch 35)] 37) 'Westerham. EC 1902' [house] 38) 'Westerham. EC 1902' [building with two shops] 39-40) 'Westerham. EC 1902' [houses] 41) 'Westerham. EC 1902' [sundial] 42) '@ Blechingley. Adjoining North of Churchyard. EC 1902' [house, Bletchingley] 43) 'Blechingley. EC 1902' [house, Bletchingley] 44) 'Blechingley. Continued South on next page EC 1902' [house, Bletchingley, with ref to sketch 43)] 45) 'Old Schoolhouse opp School lane, Blechingley. EC 1902' [Bletchingley] 46) 'near Blechingley NW of Lit [little] Tilgate. EC 1902' [cottage, Bletchingley] 47) 'Brewer St [street] Farm. EC 1902' [Bletchingley]. Inside front cover is note 'E Christie, St Albans, Godstone Rd, Caterham Valley. No 8' ['8' referring to book number] Reference 6784/1/8 Unit Date 1902-1903 Start Date 19020101 End Date 19031231 Sketchbook, recording: 1) 'Box Cottage, Caterham. EC 1903' 2) 'Black... Title Sketchbook, recording: 1) 'Box Cottage, Caterham. EC 1903' 2) 'Blacksmiths, Coulsdon' 3) 'Dairyfarm, Crockham. better[?] position Book 12' [?Westerham] 4) 'Dairy farm' [Crockham, Westerham] 5) 'Dairy farm' [Crockham, Westerham] 6) 'Dormans' [roof and chimney] 7) 'Edenbridge' [church] 8) 'Edenbridge EC 1903' [church] 9) 'The Crown Hotel, Edenbridge EC 1903' [coach entrance] 10) 'Ratcatchers, Limpsfield, EC 1903' 11) 'Dairy F' [farm, Crockham, Westerham] 12) 'Dairy Farm' [Crockham, Westerham] 'EC 1903' 13) 'Kent Hatch, Crockham Hill' [chimney detail on reverse, Westerham] 14) 'near Uplands, Crockham' [thatched house, Westerham] 15) 'Uplands, Crockham Hill' [Westerham] 16) 'Woodwork in gable, Uplands, Crockham Hill' [Westerham] 17-18) Smiths Green, Limpsfield. EC 1903' [house] 19) [sundial in front of steps leading up to house] 20) 'Old House, Tandridge' 21) [incomplete version of sketch 20)] 22) 'Lingfield. The Butchers' [?Pollards] 23) 'Crowhurst. N of Church' [house-?Church Farm] 24) 'Crowhurst. N of Church' [house-?Church Farm] 25) 'Godstone Mill (Ivy). 1904' 26) 'Dairy farm' [barns, Crockham Hill, Westerham] 27) 'Dairy farm' [Crockham, Westerham] 28) 'Wood place [Farm, Coulsdon. Incomplete version of sketch 29)] 29) 'Woodplace Farm, Coulsdon. EC 1904' 30) 'Blacksmiths, Hayes Lane, Kenley. EC 1904' [Coulsdon] 31) 'near Blechingley on the way to South Park Farm' [house, Bletchingley] 32) [?Whitehill view, Caterham] 33) [stile] 34) 'Town farm Cottage, Oxted. EC 1904' 35) 'Town farm Cottage, Oxted. EC 1904' 36) 'An Alley Oxted' [scene with cart] 37) [landscape] 38) '"Old House", Crowhurst' 39) 'Crowhurst nr Lane End. 1904' [house]. Inside rear cover is note 'HGD Trooper' and address in Natal, South Africa. Reference 6784/1/9 Unit Date 1903-1904 Start Date 19030101 End Date 19041231 Sketchbook recording: 1) [incomplete sketch-?barns, possibly part of ... Title Sketchbook recording: 1) [incomplete sketch-?barns, possibly part of sketch 2)] 2) 'nr Crowhurst Lane End', with note 'contd' [house] 3) 'Trivet' [Two sketches of trivets] 4) 'Selmes Bchr [?butcher], Blechingley' [rear of building with stable door, Bletchingley] 5) 'Selmes (Bchr [?butcher]), Blechingley' [rear of building with water-pump, Bletchingley] 6) [haystack] 7) 'South Green, Limpsfield' [house] 8) 'South Green, Titsey' [house] 9) [trees] 10) [detail of roof with chimney stacks] 11) [detail of flight end of arrow. Gate in wall on reverse] 12) 'South Green' [Titsey, view] 13) 'Detillens La.[Lane] 1904' [Limpsfield] 14) 'Pains Hill' [house, Limpsfield] 15) 'nr Limpsfield Common' [house in trees] 16) [two cows] 17-18) 'Pains Hill' [house, Limpsfield] 19) 'Blechingley. NWest view' [end of building showing chimney stack, Bletchingley. With map showing location in relation to Blacksmiths] 20) 'Blechingley. (North East) view' [house, Bletchingley] 21) 'near Blechingley going to Scholl Hill (Rectory Lane to R)' [stile, Bletchingley] 22) 'E of Workhouse Lane. Blechingley' [house, Bletchingley] 23) [incomplete sketch of half-timbered house] 24) [incomplete sketch of half-timbered house, same as sketch 23)] 25) 'Dairy farm, Crockham' 26) [trees] 27) 'Blechingley, Brewer St [street] (back)' [Bletchingley] 28) 'Old Godstone Road' [trees] 29) 'Old Pack house. SE view of NE part', with note on restoration [Godstone] 30) 'Tollsworth, Chaldon' 31) 'Tandridge' [house] 32) 'Tandridge' [end of house with chimney stack] 33) 'Sandy Lane, Blechingley. EC 1905' [house, Bletchingley] 34) [unfinished sketch of The Old Cottage, Broadham Green, Oxted] 35) 'Broadham' [end of house with chimney stack, Oxted] 36) 'View, Broadham Green' [Oxted] 37) 'Lane at Blechingley. EC 1905' [kissing-gate?, Bletchingley] 38) 'Broadham Green' [The Old Cottage, Oxted; unfinished sketch] 39) [trees and shrubs] 40) 'On Godstone Green' [water pump] 41) 'Rhubarb' 42) '(East side of back of house). South Green. EC 1905' [door and window. Limpsfield] 43) 'Whitehill Cottages, Blechingley' [Bletchingley]. Cover has mongram 'EC' in ink Reference 6784/1/10 Unit Date 1904-1905 Start Date 19040101 End Date 19051231 Sketchbook recording: 1) 'near Blechingley. EC 1905' [half-timbered ... Title Sketchbook recording: 1) 'near Blechingley. EC 1905' [half-timbered house, Bletchingley] 2) 'Broadham' [houses in trees-?Mayflower Cottage, Oxted] 3) 'Broadham' [Mayflower Cottage, Oxted] 4) 'Broadham' [Mayflower Cottage, door and windows, Oxted] 5) 'Broadham Green. South side of SE corner' [Mayflower Cottage, Oxted] 6) 'Broadham, North side of' [thatched cottage, showing weatherboarding, Oxted] 7) '(South side) North end' [Mayflower Cottage, Broadham Green, Oxted] 8)] 'Broadham' [The Old Cottage, Oxted] 9) 'Dairy farm' [Crockham Hill, Westerham, Kent] 10) 'Stile at S of … ?' 11) 'Limpsfield Chart' [windmill without sails, house and common] 12) [bushes] 13) 'N of Common, Limpsfield' [end of house showing chimney stack] 14) 'N of Common, Limpsfield' [house in bushes] 15) 'Carpenters shed (Braziers), Limpsfield' 16) 'Water Tower, Gravelly Hill' [view of tower on horizon, Caterham] 17) 'near Tilburstow' [house, Godstone] 18) 'Grants farm, Limpsfield' 19) [view] 20) 'near South Pk [park] farm' [trees, path and gate, Bletchingley] 21) 'Tilburstow Sandpit' [trees and cutting, Godstone] 22) 'Leigh Mill, Godstone' 23) 'rough detail. View from Tilburstow. NE' [Godstone] 24) 'South side of Broadham Green' [Mayflower Cottage among trees, Oxted] 25) 'South side of Broadham Green' [Mayflower Cottage, Oxted] 26) [cows, details] 27) 'Broadham Green' [small part of Old Cottage and trees, Oxted] 28) [roof outline] 29) 'Broadham Green. Cottage. West End' [The Old Cottage, Oxted] 30-31) 'Tilburstow' [?view from War Coppice] 32) 'Church Row, Blechingley' [Bletchingley] 33) 'Blechingley. Old Schoolhouse through gate' [Bletchingley] 34) 'Church row, Blechingley' [Bletchingley] 35) 'Corner bracket Cottage on opposite page' [ref to sketch 34), Bletchingley] 36) [poppies] 37) 'Oxted' [view showing church and chalkpits] 38) 'Oxted' [church] 39) [trees] 40) 'Limpsfield' [shop-Jarretts] 41) [roof detail] 42) 'Near Oxted Church (SE of)' [house] 43) 'Limpsfield' [houses] 44) 'Oxted' [church-unfinished sketch]. Front cover has monogram 'EC' in ink, and further lettering, now faded Reference 6784/1/11 Unit Date 1905 Start Date 19050101 End Date 19051231 Sketchbook recording: 1) 'Limpsfield, East Side of street' [Old Cour... Title Sketchbook recording: 1) 'Limpsfield, East Side of street' [Old Court House and Middle Court] 2) 'Park Lodge Farm, Limpsfield' [Reverse-details of church window and trees] 3) [church tower and spire] 4) 'Crowhurst' [barn] 5) [house and church, Crowhurst] 6) 'Crowhurst' [view including church] 7) 'Limpsfield Mill' [Mill House and mill on the Chart] 8) 'Coulsdon?' [windmill] 9) [trees] 10) 'Limpsfield Common' [house] 11) [tree] 12) [tree] 13) [flowers] 14) [hill view] 15) [hill view] 16) 'Tadworth' [house] 17) [unidentified sketch, with cow on reverse] 18) 'Pebble Hill' [?Limpsfield] 19) [trees] 20) 'Fosterdown' [trees, Caterham] 21) [trees] 22) 'Note. Grants farm' [Limpsfield] 23) 'Dairy farm, Limpsfield (South)' [?may be Crockham Hill, Westerham, Kent] 24) [plant] 25) [hill view, with window details on reverse] 26) [trees] 27) 'Note Crowhurst?' [house] 28) [thatched house] 29) 'Hop Oast. Stone Hall, Oxted' 30) 'at Merle Common' [Merle Common House, Limpsfield] 31) 'Merle Common, Limpsfield' [barn] 32) 'Note. Dairy farm' [?Crockham Hill, Westerham] 33) '"Dairy farm", Limpsfield' [end of thatched building and gate ?may be Crockham Hill, Westerham, Kent] 34) 'Holland. Hurst Green' [detail of house Oxted] 35) 'Old School Ho. [house] Merle Common' [Limpsfield] 36) 'near Merle Common' [house and outbuilding, Limpsfield] 37) [gate by farm building with trees] 38) 'near Sidlow Bridge (Reigate)' [trees and stream, Horley] 39) 'Grants f. [farm] Limpsfield' [house and outbuildings] 40) '(Town Farm) Butchers. Oxted' 41) 'Oxted' [houses] 42) 'near Lingfield' [thatched house] 43) 'Thatchers cottage near Lingfield' [Reverse-plant] 44) [flower] 45) 'Lingfield' [weather-boarded house] 46) 'Coulsdon' [church] 47) [church window details-?Coulsdon church] 48) 'Coulsdon' [church] Reference 6784/1/12 Unit Date nd [?1906] Start Date 19060101 End Date 19061231
series: 6784/2/ - CERTIFICATES Date: 1930-1934 Certificate of election of Ernest Christie as a Fellow of the Royal S... Title Certificate of election of Ernest Christie as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and covering letter Reference 6784/2/1 Unit Date 14 Apr -16 Apr 1930 Start Date 19300414 End Date 19300416 Certificate of membership of Ernest Christie in the Societe Academiqu... Title Certificate of membership of Ernest Christie in the Societe Academique d'Histoire Internationale Reference 6784/2/2 Unit Date 15 Nov 1934 Start Date 19341115 End Date 19341115
series: 6784/3/ - INDEX TO KNOWN WORKS OF ERNEST CHRISTIE Date: 1974 Card index to the sketchbooks of Ernest Christie (-/1/1-12 above), wo... Title Card index to the sketchbooks of Ernest Christie (-/1/1-12 above), works held by Surrey Archaeological Society, postcards and works held by Uvedale Lambert, compiled by JC Batley Reference 6784/3/1 Unit Date nd [c.1974] Start Date 19730101 End Date 19751231
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