Historical

Having taken place in history, from the past or pertaining to history. (All photographs are original)

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Watch House at Ewell in Surrey

The Watch House was built in c1770 by the Parish Vestry. It was used to hold prisoner's and the village fire engine

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A winters evening at The Church Of The Good Shepherd in Tadworth - a beacon of light.

The extension of the railway line in 1900 from Purley encouraged building in Tadworth. Soon after Sir Henry Cosmo Bonsor provided land  for a Church, a Hall and the Vicarage. Money was raised for the building which was designed by Sir Charles Barry, and work began in 1911, with the Chancel and Nave completed in 1912.  The Church was consecrated on 27th April that year by the Bishop of Southwark.

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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Chaldon -  The mural on the west wall of the nave was only discovered during restoration works in 1870. The background is of red tempera while the figures are a lighter red. The mural has been described as 'perhaps the most interesting ancient wall-painting in England' and as 'one of the most important English wall paintings' of its date.

The overall scheme combines several iconographic subjects, including the Last Judgement, Harrowing of Hell, and the Ladder of Salvation.  The lower half contains demons and depictions of sin, and the upper half the judgement and the salvation of souls. In the centre is a ladder, with Christ at the top. The main figures of the lower half include two demons boiling sinners in a cauldron, two demons holding a saw on which balance sinners. Representations of the Seven deadly sins surround these scenes.

It is thought to have been painted by a travelling artist-monk and dates from about 1200.

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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Chaldon founded before 1086 and is mentioned in the Doomsday book.

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Chinese New Year January 25th 2020

London China Town celebrations

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Waterfall by Antony Donaldson - dated 1991.

Delightfull fountain at Butlers Wharf just a few minutes walk from London Bridge.

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Christchurch is a Norman motte and bailey castle with the earliest stonework dated to 1160. However, the castle's site is inside an old Saxon burh dominating the River Avon's lowest crossing.

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Great Fire of London Monument - Pudding Lane

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Albert Memorial in Hyde Park

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1912 Ford Model T in Banstead High Street on a sunny spring morning

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Flame throwing tuba in Exhibition Row London

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The Navigators a ‘fountain’ and a moving sculpture by David Kemp - installed in 1987 at Hays Galleria near London Bridge. This commemorates the shipping heritage of the original Hays Wharf which specialised in warehousing tea from China.

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Photo of 42081 stationary at Redhill in 1955.

Introduced in 1945 this was a Fairburn development of Stanier design with taper boiler, shorter wheelbase and detail alterations. Built at the Brighton Works (SR/British Railways) in 1951 - cut up and disposed of in 1967

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The ‘Weeping Window’ at the Imperial War Museum London - on show from October 5th through November 18th. The poppies came to IWM as the end of ‘Poppies Tour’ across the UK.

The ceramic poppies were originally conceived for an exhibition at the Tower of London in the Summer of 2014, called ‘Blood Swept Lands And Seas of Red’.

Designed by Paul Cummins and Tom Piper.

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Hidden Tadworth windmill

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Leatherhead Sword sculpture. Not sure, but believe this was inspired by finding a Saxon Sword washed up by the River Mole.

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Two views of Canary Wharf from Canada Water