After sifting through the numerous pages of calculations and speculations accumulated over years of intermittent research it became apparent that a decision must be made to settle on some criterion upon which all this data could be based. There were two lines which stood out from the others as extraordinary – the Newlands line…
Tag: St Martha’s
Entry be added to St Martha’s Church under ST CATHERINE’S LINE
Chilworth is a linear village following the River Tillingbourne and was a centre for the manufacture of gunpowder from the 17th century until the First World War. The parish church has always been St Marthas, sited high above the village to the North, on what has been called Martyrs Hill. The church was rebuilt from…
To be added to Chilworth Priory under TYTING LINE
Chilworth Manor is shown on older Ordnance Survey maps as the site of a Priory Cell. There is a persistent legend that this was a monastic site but there is little to substantiate this. There is certainly no record in the Domesday Book. Legend has it that it belonged to Newark Priory near…
Albury New Church added to DEERLEAP LINE
266_7+ Albury New Church The parish church was built in 1842 by McIntosh Brooks based upon a romanesque building in Normandy. Although a recent site it is remarkably accurate in alignment and orientation as can be seen in the plan below. Could the builders have known this when choosing the site? Or could it be…
Chilworth Moat added to DEERLEAP LINE
266_10.5 Chilworth Moat An internet search reveals little information on this site. From memory I recall a trial excavation being carried out some years ago which revealed very little of interest. This site sits in a scrubby meadow just to the north of Chilworth village. Although it is private land it appears to be well…