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    NLPP58-1
    Looking North along Nutley Lane, with Colley Hill in the background. The building to the immediate right was the Prince of Wales, now number 32 (see that property for more details). You can see the barber's pole sticking out from No.40.(Sheilah and Ron Thornhill)

    NLPP114-3
    This is a sketch of how Nutley Grove was set out. This was kindly submitted by Andy Dean and is really helpful for those who never saw the Grove.(Andy Dean)

    NLPP124-015
    Looking north along Nutley Lane from No.42 in the winter of 1962 in deep snow, taken Sunday 23rd December 1962.(Sheilah Thornhill)

    NLPP51-25
    View of Ion Place (No's 38 to 42) when they were still shops.

    Notice the distinct lack of cars.(General Knowledge)

    NLPP48-50
    Back Yard at Nutley Grove


    This must have been taken from a window of where my family lived. The ladies are looking over the wall at a wedding in back gardens in Nutley Lane, which ran along the other side of the wall. The ladies are my mother, with my brother in her arms, Mrs Puplett and Mrs Ware. I don't know the children as this was taken about three years before I was born. To the right of the picture over the wall was the Parish School and the houses seen in the background are those in Ledbury Road. This could have been taken around 1924.(Margaret Howland (nee Mills))


    NLPP96-56
    Front on No. 14 Nutley Grove - the last house to be demolished in the Grove.(Andy Dean)

    NLPP97-56
    Rear of No. 14 Nutley Grove - the last house to be demolished in the Grove.(Andy Dean)

    NLPP49-60
    Washing Day
    My mother and Mrs Puplett hanging out washing, which was always Mondays. The gardens over the wall were Nutley Lane back gardens, or rather yards in those days.(Margaret Howland (nee Mills))

    NLPP55-60
    This is the view looking north from near the bottom of Nutley Lane. The houses on the right were knocked down; where they stood is now the car park and Nutley Court.

    This photo is from old cine film. Burnley Video Productions (BVP) are converting these onto video in the same way that they have done for 'From the Archives', which contains footage of Reigate and Redhill 1926-1935.

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    NLPP56-60
    This is the view looking along Upper West Street at the bottom of Nutley Lane.

    This photo is from old cine film. Burnley Video Productions (BVP) are converting these onto video in the same way that they have done for 'From the Archives', which contains footage of Reigate and Redhill 1926-1935.

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    Nutley Grove

    The attached may be a little help to you but not much I am afraid.



    Nutley Lane running from right to left with Nutley Grove turning off it. We were #14 the grove and my grandparents [Hurst] lived at #14 the lane when I was born in 1931 and later at #1 the lane.

    Opposite our house in the Grove lived the Turners, and next to them the Oxfords - he delivered coal.

    As far as I recall, Joyce Covey lived with her parents next to the co-op in the Lane (it may have been #11 I think), and I played with an Alan Denman who lived in one of the houses in that stretch, possibly #7.

    The family called King lived next to the Nutley Hall and next to them was the Lucas family. Stone steps between the Lucas family and #14 led up to the gardens where my grandparents had a plot and the fence at the top seperated it from the school grounds. There was also a fence between the end of the Grove by our house and the gardens.

    from Andy Dean

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    Sale of Property in Nutley Grove

    Notice appearing in the Surrey Mirror, 8th March 1884:



    Sale of Freehold Property. - Mr John Lees offered by auction, at the White Hart Hotel, Reigate, on Tuesday evening in last week ... Freehold properties. Lot 1, comprising three Cottages situated at Nutley Grove, Reigate, and let at rents amounting to $40 6s. per annum, was sold to Mr. Richard Devereaux, at £350 ... Messrs Smith and Son, of Reigate, were solicitors for the vendors in both cases.

    from Surrey Mirror

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    Sale of Property in Nutley Grove

    Notice appearing in the Surrey Mirror, 8th March 1884:

    Sale of Freehold Property. - Mr John Lees offered by auction, at the White Hart Hotel, Reigate, on Tuesday evening in last week ... Freehold properties. Lot 1, comprising three Cottages situated at Nutley Grove, Reigate, and let at rents amounting to $40 6s. per annum, was sold to Mr. Richard Devereaux, at £350 ... Messrs Smith and Son, of Reigate, were solicitors for the vendors in both cases.

    from Surrey Mirror

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    Nutley Grove Family

    Thank you for your interesting site. I am writing the family history of a family which was settled in Buckland until the mid 18th century when they moved to Australia, Reigate, Redhill. I have just retraced a branch which arrived from Chailey to Nutley Grove in 1871 Census and I used your site as back ground information. I am assuming that in 1871 they lived in tent like accommodation at Nutley Grove as the husband's occupation was Gardener.I am working on the thesis that he moved large amounts of earth to enable a landascape gardener to create his vision. The family by 1881 had moved to Reigate Heath where they became resident . It was just a short walk to Reigate Heath which enabled my male descendant to court my female descendant and to marry in the Parish Church in 1893. Many years later -coincidentally- I grew up and lived in West Sussex - I courted a reigate girl and we too were married in the Parish Church.

    from Derek Linford

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    Game Trespasses

    Story from the Surrey Mirror, dated 19th January 1884.

    George Edwards and John Haybittle, of Nutley-lane, Reigate, labourers, were charged - the former with using a gun for the purpose of killing game, at Kingswood, on the 21st October, and the latter with trespassing in search of game and conies on land in the possession and occupation of Mr, John Clutton, in the parish of Leigh, on the 23rd November. Both charges were established, and defendants were fined 20s. and costs each, and, in default of payment, they were committed to prison for 21 days.

    from Surrey Mirror

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    Wesleyan Sunday School

    Notice appearing in the Surrey Mirror on 13th January 1883:

    "Wesleyan Sunday School, Nutley Grove
    - On Wednesday an interesting meeting was held in connection with the above school, when the prizes and certificates gained by the scholars were awarded them. Addresses were delivered by the Rev. B. C. Spencer, Messrs. Duncalfe and Wright, and a report of the school given by the superintendant. Mr. Spencer, before distributing the prizes, spoke of the vast difference between his school days and the present time, and congratulated the little ones on their present advantages. At the close of the meeting the teachers made final arrangements for the anniversary meeting, which will be held on 31st January."

    from Surrey Mirror

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    The Glory Hole

    The block of tenements in Nutley Grove was a tall building, known locally as 'The Glory Hole'.

    from Margaret Howland (nee Mills)

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    Nutley Grove Demolished

    At the time that Nutley Grove was demolished in the 60s, it was shabby and run-down. However, many of those living there did not want to leave. The last house to come down was a big house that resembled a windmill (without any sails).

    from Anon.

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    Rolling Car Damages Wall

    Sheilah has lived in Nutley Lane for all of her life and can remember playing in Nutley Grove. Her father, Tom, was a hairdresser at No. 40. Sheilah remembers that a car once rolled back down Nutley Grove and crashed into the stone wall opposite, which is why a part of the wall is concrete, whereas all the rest is stone.

    from Sheilah Thornhill

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    The Muddle Family

    Richard Cordle's grandfather was Frederick James Muddle. Frederick owned the cottages in Nutley Grove, before the council made a compulsory purchase order and they were demolished to make way for the Car Park. Richard recalls that none of the residents wanted to move out, despite the outside toilets.

    Richard's Great-Grandfather, William Henry Muddle, owned the Prince of Wales pub, which used to be located at 32 Nutley Lane (now converted to flats). You can still see where the front door and door step to the pub used to be. After William died, his wife, Jane (nee Deadman) took over the pub. Elizabeth Muddle, another daughter of Henry and Jane also lived in Nutley Lane (No.34), working as a dressmaker.

    from Richard Cordle

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    Charge of Assault

    Report in the Surrey Mirror, dated 9th April 1881.



    'At the Town Hall, on Thursday, Charles Snelling was brought up in custody, charged with assaulting Agnes Gibbs. From the evidence taken, it appeared that the girl is the daughter of William Gibbs, of Nutley Grove. She went to the premises where prisoner was working to ask for shavings, and whilst she was filling a bag the prisoner seized and placed her on a bench, and unfastened a part of her clothing. He produced what appeared to her to be a black-handled knife, but she screamed and he put it back again. He then allowed he to put her dress straight and go. - The offence was treated as common assault, and the prisoner sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labour.'

    from Surrey Mirror

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