the Nutley Lane Project Logo - this will take you back to the home page street sign - Nutley Lane

Detailed section of Nutley Lane 2004

Nutley Lane 2004 Plot Ref: 65 Plot Ref: 53 Plot Ref: 54 Plot Ref: 55 Plot Ref: 56 Plot Ref: 57 Plot Ref: 58 Plot Ref: 59 Plot Ref: 60 Plot Ref: 61 Plot Ref: 62 Plot Ref: 63 Plot Ref: 64 Plot Ref: 66 Plot Ref: 67 Plot Ref: 68 Plot Ref: 69 Plot Ref: 70 Plot Ref: 71 Plot Ref: 72 Plot Ref: 73 Plot Ref: 74 Plot Ref: 75 Plot Ref: 138 Plot Ref: 76 Plot Ref: 77 Plot Ref: 78 Plot Ref: 79 Plot Ref: 80 Plot Ref: 81 Plot Ref: 82 Plot Ref: 83 Plot Ref: 84 Plot Ref: 85 Plot Ref: 86 Plot Ref: 87 Plot Ref: 88 Plot Ref: 89 Plot Ref: 137 Plot Ref: 90 Plot Ref: 91 Plot Ref: 92 Plot Ref: 93 Plot Ref: 94 Plot Ref: 125 Plot Ref: 96 Plot Ref: 97 Plot Ref: 98 Plot Ref: 99 Plot Ref: 100 Plot Ref: 101 Plot Ref: 102 Plot Ref: 103 Plot Ref: 104 Plot Ref: 106 Plot Ref: 107 Plot Ref: 108 Plot Ref: 109 Plot Ref: 110 Plot Ref: 146 Plot Ref: 150
  Move Up
Up		 Move Down
Down		 Move Right
Right

 

Select Year

The map on the right shows a section of Nutley Lane in 2004. To see how this section has changed over the years, select a year from this drop-down box:

Select Property

You may click on any individual property of the map to see information relating to it.

Download Maps

It is not possible to show the whole of the Lane in large scale here, but full scale images are available to download.

Tales and Photos from this section of Nutley Lane.

Photos

  • Send us a photo

    NLPP107-20
    Edna Evelyn Hosmer, aged 18yrs, 3rd daughter of Edward Lionel and Constance Ann Hosmer of 45, North Albert Road married Frank Oliver Back, aged 20, of Holmesdale Road at St Mark's Church on 28th September 1946.(Barbara Curry née Hosmer)

    NLPP108-21
    Wedding at St Mark's of Edna Hosmer, aged 18yrs, Frank Back, aged 20, on 28th September 1946. (Barbara Curry née Hosmer)

    NLPP109-22
    Wedding at St Mark's of Edna Hosmer, aged 18yrs, Frank Back, aged 20, on 28th September 1946. (Barbara Curry née Hosmer)

    NLPP110-23
    Barbara Hosmer, bridesmaid to Edna Hosmer and Frank Back, 28/09/1946. This is taken sitting on the wall outside St. Philip's where the Reception was held.(Barbara Curry née Hosmer)

    NLPP111-24
    Barbara Curry (nee Hosmer) with her mother in Nutley Lane.(Barbara Curry née Hosmer)

    NLPP112-24
    Rene and Edna Hosmer.(Barbara Curry née Hosmer)

    NLPP52-25

    © A view along Nutley Lane in 1906, looking north towards the Church, which is on the right. On the left are numbers 79 to 93 and on the right we can see houses 98 up to the church. Around this time, 'Kelly's Directory' lists 102 Nutley Lane as a Coal Merchants - perhaps the horse and cart outside belonged to this business.

    This copyright photo, which is just one of many of the area, is part of the Francis Frith Collection and is shown here with their kind permission. View more photos of the area at their website, where they are also available to buy.

    (Francis Frith Collection)

    NLPP113-26
    Barbara Hosmer's Mother and Father with three children.



    L to R Edna, the youngest (whose wedding photo is also on this site) on Mum`s lap, Connie the eldest, and then Rene the middle one at 45 North Albert - (I came 10 years later). (Barbara Curry née Hosmer)

    NLPP72-31
    No.43 Yorke Road, built 1898, which ws the builder's house and was where Valerie lived. Much of the property lies along Nutley Lane and Valerie said that she felt as much part of Nutley Lane as Yorke Road, maybe even more so.(Valerie Potts)

    NLPP73-31
    The crossroads with Yorke Road and Beaufort Road. Howards was the Greengrocer, although it was a hardware store before this. Next to Howards was F M Sturge, Butcher's. 1972.(Valerie Potts)

    NLPP74-32
    The crossroads with Yorke Road and Beaufort Road in 1972. A time of very little traffic; the Lane was still a two-way thoroughfare!(Valerie Potts)

    NLPP75-32
    The corner shop on the crossroads with Yorke Road and Beaufort Road in 1972.(Valerie Potts)

    NLPP76-34
    Nutley Lane looking north towards the hills and the church from the bottom of the garden of No.43 Yorke Road, which runs along the side of Nutley Lane. This was taken in 1972 and shows a distict lack of cars and traffic - a marked change from today!(Valerie Potts)

    NLPP77-40

    A series of photos stitched together to give a panoramic view of Nutley Lane, circa 1978. This was taken from the back garden of No.43 Yorke Road, which is on the corner with Nutley Lane and runs alongside it.

    The person in the foreground is the vicar, Rev. Collett whose wife June ran the Brownies in the Church Hall (amongst other things) - they had two children, David and Mary.

    [Names of anyone else in the photo would be greatly appreciated - NLP]

    (Valerie Potts)

    NLPP92-56
    Nutley Lane in 1983 - this part of the Lane was still two-way traffic at this time.(Andy Dean)

    NLPP79-81
    This is of the crossroads with Beaufort Road and Yorke Road during a torrential thunderstorm in 1981. It rained all day with much thunder and lightning, which caused that stange light.(Valerie Potts)

    NLPP80-81
    This is of the crossroads with Beaufort Road and Yorke Road during a torrential thunderstorm in 1981. It rained all day with much thunder and lightning, which caused that stange light.(Valerie Potts)

    • Tales

  • Send us a story

    Crescens

    This is part of The Crescens

    from Nutley Lane Project

    - o ~ o ~ o -

    Crescens

    This is part of The Crescens

    from Nutley Lane Project

    - o ~ o ~ o -

    Crescens

    This is part of The Crescens

    from Nutley Lane Project

    - o ~ o ~ o -

    Pilgrim's Rest Coffee Tavern Opens

    Report in the Surrey Mirror dated 17th November 1883:

    'A new coffee tavern, called the "Pilgrim's Rest" was opened on Saturday evening, at the Crescents [now Crescens] Nutley-lane, Reigate. The establishment forms part oof a new block of buildings, which have been erected by Mr. J. K. Ford, builder, and is supplied with every convenience. The proprieter is Mr. Dawes.'

    Note from Nutley Lane Project: We are having problems accurately pinpointing exactly where this was. The Crescens today [2006] seems only to cover two houses, but by the looks of this report, there were quite a few buildings. Of course there were shops where the Crescens are, but Kelly's also puts a Coffee Shop on the opposite side of the Lane, where a Mr. Dawes resided. Our research continues!

    from Surrey Mirror

    - o ~ o ~ o -

    Tizer, Cheese and Sausages

    I was born at Redhill General Hospital in 1947 and came home to 7 East Road, Reigate to live with my parents George & Vera (nee Holdsworth) Burt, my grandmother, Annie Holdsworth, my two sisters Ann (b.1937) and Susan (b.1945) and my brother John (b.1939). We left East Road for the new council properties in Colesmead Road, Redhill when I was about 18 months old.

    My grandmother (Nan) continued to live at number 7 until she died in 1965 and we had many happy days playing in East Road and on Reigate Hill. I particularly remember West's shop at the corner with Nutley Lane wher Sue and I would buy a bottle of Tizer from 'Windy' West. Other times we would sit on the kerb and take car numbers, but being the 1950's traffic was few and far between.

    My Mum was born in York Road in 1915 and went to Holmesdale School as did my elder sister and brother. My Dad (born 1915) came from South Park but I think he went to St Mark's school at some time as he was in the football team.

    The gas works stood at the end of East Road and I remember a house within the grounds that was empty for a long as I could remember. It always looked so pretty I dreamt of living there some day, but when I went back as an adult it had all been knocked down.

    I was christened in St Phillip's church, but have no recollection of ever being in there since.

    My mother's brother Henry Holdsworth (known as Jim) and his wife and son lived in North Albert Road. Jim worked for Mellersh and Neal and the succesive companies that took over the brewery.

    Other things I remember are looking in the window of Latrobes which was like Aladdin's cave to a small child. The Home and Colonial store always smelt nice with a mixture of strong cheeses. I can also remember a butchers which I think was called Walby (but not sure). They did the best sausages I have ever tasted.

    I have enjoyed looking through your site and wish you good luck with the project.

    from Jan Boland (nee Burt)

    - o ~ o ~ o -

    Beehive - Gooch - Bethell - Battrick - Wickham

    Have only been on-line since 25.11.05. but have been researching family history for much longer. In Jan 2005 on our way to Guildford visited Nutley Lane as an Uncle of my wife, lived at 103 by the name of Aubrey Gooch with his wife Hetty Gooch nee Bethell who ran the shop (Beehive) In 1951 E.A.Battrick had the shop, another close relative. Much of this of course comes from your amazing website, which has filled in many missing pieces of the jigsaw. We know that Aubrey died in 1957 and Hetty in 1996 aged 99. We do have a few family photos of Aubrey, Hetty and E.A. Battrick, but none from Reigate. Thank you for providing us with so much information which we were unaware of.

    from David and Cynthia Wickham

    - o ~ o ~ o -

    Memories and a Wartime Wedding

    I was born in North Albert Road in 1942 in a White, Tomkins & Courage house, now demolished, and, although I have never lived in Nutley Lane, I have lived within a stones throw of it for most of my life and have either walked or driven down Nutley Lane almost every day. I love its timelessness!

    I well remember, when it boasted a complete range of shops, with a butchers (Sturge), greengrocers, The Co-op and Wests, the grocers, with several other small "corner shops" - Mr Bushell running the shop on the corner opposite the Admiral Pub. The Girls Friendly Society held in St Philips upper room was looked forward to each week. There was no television! This photograph of Mum and me in Nutley Lane:

    was taken in about 1946. Cars!?

    The following picture is of me as a bridesmaid (at about three years old) sitting on the wall in front of St Philips Church Hall in the 1940`s for my sister`s wartime wedding:

    The wedding was that of Edna Evelyn Hosmer, aged only 18yrs, the 3rd daughter of Edward Lionel and Constance Ann Hosmer of 45, North Albert Road and Frank Oliver Back, aged 20, of Holmesdale Road at St Marks Church on 28th September 1946.

    Frank, a soldier, had been a Prisoner of War in Osfeld, Germany and was repatriated in May, but having gone back to Germany when he had regained his fitness, rang our father in August from there, for permission to marry Edna on his next leave in September.

    The war was only just over and rationing was in force and staging a wedding (especially at short notice) was a challenge indeed, but our mother did all the catering, carefully saving ration coupons to do it! She wanted her daughter to have a proper wedding and not miss out and she didn`t! Mum kept chickens, which gave the eggs for the cake, which she made. She bought a big piece of ham from the Co-op in Nutley Lane and managed to get a whole tongue from Burtons, the butchers near the Old Town Hall, both of which she cooked. St Philips was chosen as being the nearest hall for the reception, in order to overcome the logistics of getting the food there (without a car). Only the small hall was available at such short notice.

    Sheila McCarthy the bridesmaid made Edna`s bridal dress out of the surplus airforce nylon material, that parachutes had been made from, found in the Co-op in Redhill. She already had her dress, from a previous wedding and they found a dress for me, one of the two child bridesmaids, in the co-op too, to match one which Frank`s sister had brought back from Wales for Norma, her daughter, the other child bridesmaid. Bert Carter from Nutley Lane was the best man. At some point before the reception, I was photographed on the wall outside St Philips Hall clutching a posy basket, which the bride had assembled! Mum had saved her clothing coupons so that Frank could buy his honeymoon Sports Jacket and trousers - he was married in his uniform. Seven days later he was back in Germany, his leave over.

    from Barbara Curry n?e Hosmer

    - o ~ o ~ o -

    Rev. Jack Collett

    This was received from the son of the Rev Jack Collett, who appears in the composite picture of the Yorke Road junction on this site.

    --------------------------
    Hi

    I have just found your website by chance and whilst looking at the photos found this one showing Nutley Lane with the Rev Jack Collett in the foreground. My Mother ... June ... ran the Brownies with Cath Smith who lived in the house on the corner of Nutley Lane and South Albert Rd opposite the church, Cath was also the hall Caretaker for many years she later had help from Enid Bennett who lived in the 1st of the set back houses just down from South Albert Road her husband Cyril became the caretaker after Cath.

    We briefly lived in the Vicarage on the corner of East Rd and Nutley Lane which was built in 1980 the Vicarage was previously 12 Evesham Rd next to the vets except it was a doctors surgery then. The house previously on this site in Nutley Lane was condemned in 1910 but not pulled down until 1979 when the new vicarage was built funded by the sale of 12 Evesham Rd. 102a Nutley Lane which became the Parsonage in 1866 was I have been told the foreman’s house of a Tan Yard which was on the site of the Gas Works at the end of East Rd, I can find no proof that this Tan Yard ever existed so this might just be a story.

    from David Collett

    - o ~ o ~ o -

    Cook Needed

    Notice in Surrey Mirror, 23rd January 1892.

    "THOROUGH COOK, by day or job. - Mrs. Apted 4, Albert-road North, Reigate."

    from Surrey Mirror

    - o ~ o ~ o -

    Norfolk House

    Norfolk House (on the corner of Beaufort Road and Saxon Way) was known as the 'Big House' in the 1940s. In those days, it had a large garden, containing tennis courts and a brick coach house. The garden extended all the way up to Wickens' Yard - an area that now makes up Saxon Way.We have been told that Mr Frederick Mackrell, who lived at No.57 Nutley Lane, worked at the Big House as a chauffeur.

    from Anon.

    - o ~ o ~ o -

    Street Lamps for the Church

    According to a report of a meeting of the Reigate Town Council, which appeared in the Surrey Mirror, dated 30th November 1883, the subject of street lights was raised in the area of South and North Albert Roads and the Cottage Hospital group of roads.

    'It had been pressed on the Committee to light the church walk. It was at present very dark, and the services on Sunday evening had to be reached at some inconvenience'.

    An application was made to the Reigate Gas Company, who said that they would lay the mains (approx 400 yards) at no cost, provided that 'three lamps were erected'.

    from Surrey Mirror

    - o ~ o ~ o -

    Cooking, Charring or place of trust

    Advert appearing in Surrey Mirror, Saturday, March 3rd ,1883:



    "WANTED, by a respectable person, cooking, charring, or any place of trust. - Mrs Kent, South Albert-road, Nutley-lane, Reigate."

    from Surrey Mirror

    - o ~ o ~ o -

    Nice,

    Nice, kim kardashian sex tape free, [url= http://cre.ations.net/creator/kimkardashiansextape ]kim kardashian sex tape free[/url], aqc,

    from nwXMcKnI

    - o ~ o ~ o -

    William George Eade

    Notice in the Surrey Mirror, dated Saturday, 13th February 1892, in the Deaths section of Births, DEaths and Marriages:

    "EADE - On the 7th inst., at Gas House-lane, Reigate, William George Eade, aged 20 years."

    from Surrey Mirror

    - o ~ o ~ o -

    St Phillips Church

    That the Ministers of the “Poor Man's Church” were concerned with the bodily as well as the spiritual needs of the district is shown by the part played by The first Minister (the Rev. L.H.P.Maurice) of the Nutley Lane Church founded the cottage hospital, which has developed into the East Surrey Hospital. This opened its doors in two cottages in North Albert Road, 1st September 1866. Mr Maurice, from whom the proposal originated, was the Secretary and Manager, and Dr. John Walters, the Medical Officer. The hospital moved to its present site (increasing in size from six to twelve beds) in 1871. The Lectern Bible at St Philip's is in memory of Dr. Walters, who died in 1917.

    from General Knowledge

    - o ~ o ~ o -