Get Tagging!

18th Mar, 2009
Tagging is a great way of connecting items from our database together - whether this is information on a site or monument, an object, document or old photo! We need your help to build connections! The aim behind Exploring Surrey's Past is to link toge... Click for more...

Get involved in local theatre

1st Jan, 2010
A specially written drama, The Vision, will celebrate the inspiring history of Ockenden (click here to read more about this internationally renowned charity that started in Woking). Anyone who wants to be involved with the Community Play is most... Click for more...

Searching for an elusive Surrey ancestor?

19th Jan, 2010
A new name index to the Chertsey Board of Guardians admission and discharge registers, 1894-1932, might help. Compiled from 14 registers held at the Surrey History Centre with over 25,000 entries, details recorded generally include: &n... Click for more...

The Deed's undone at Surrey History Centre

12th Feb, 2010
Surrey History Centre isn't usually associated with dodgy deals but a recent and unusual arrival in the archive is definitely a Shady Deed.    Odd as it may seem now, it was not uncommon during the first half of the 20th cent... Click for more...

Amazing Flying Object

17th Feb, 2010
This interesting engraved print came to light when an album, containing about 600 Surrey 18th/19th century topographical prints, was being catalogued. 1786 engraved print "On Croyden Road near Stockwell Common" (SHC ref 2331/16/part1/65a) ... Click for more...

Exploring North West Surrey

18th Feb, 2010
Want to know something about the archaeology and history of North West Surrey? Interested in visiting a museum? Find out about North West Surrey’s past from the prehistoric to the modern day. What’s changed and what’s stayed the same. ... Click for more...

Ockenden - The Play

27th Apr, 2010
Ockenden has always been a subject of local pride in Woking and the Woking Community Play Association will stage a specially written drama, The Vision, to celebrate the inspiring history of Ockenden. The Vision will be staged at Winston Churchill S... Click for more...