Below are a series of galleries showing old, and some not so old, photos split by area of the village. Click on an image to see it in more detail.
I am undertaking an exercise to clean up as many of the old photos as I can. Over time the older ones will be replaced – I will mark them accordingly.
Thanks go to everyone who lent me their precious photos to scan, in particular Maundrell family, Ann River Davis, Ron Stempfer, Shook Cleverly, Margaret Embling, the Mills family, the Stempfer family and many others.
Greens Lane
Repairing Greens Lane
Barry repairing Greens Lane 2021
30 & 31 Greens Lane circa 1913
At number 30, left, Mary Jane & Tom Davis with their children Percival, Eustace, Ethel and Ernest. At number 31, right, Mrs Hyde with her son Bill.
30 & 31 Greens Lane
30 & 31 Greens Lane, circa 1960
Ann Rivers Davis mother and family in Greens Lane
Ann Rivers Davis mother and family in Greens Lane – 32 & 33 Greens Lane in the background.
33 Greens Lane circa 1960
33 Greens Lane circa 1960 prior to renovation
Tom Davis Greens Lane 1926
Tom Davis Greens Lane 1926
Tom Davis & Ethel, Greens Lane_
Tom Davis and daughter Ethel at her wedding. Greens Lane 1933
View from Greens Lane with Elms 1950
View from Greens Lane in 1950 towards Morgans Hill. The elms were cut down in 1970’s.
Misty Greens Lane
Misty sunrise – Greens Lane
Sunrise at Greens Lane
Sunrise at Greens Lane
Theobalds Green / Moggs Lane
Theobalds Green, Calstone circa 1910
Theobalds Green, Calstone circa 1910 showing the old forge and chapel
The Lodge Theobalds Green
The Lodge, Theobalds Green. Aaron & Elisa Wootton circa 1915
Wootton Family circa 1903
Wooton Family outside The Lodge at Theobalds Green
The Lodge Theobalds Green circa 1900
The Wootton’s House, The Lodge, Theobalds Green circa 1900
Forge House, Theobalds Green
Forge House, Theobalds Green, Calstone with Eliza Wootton outside
25 Theobalds Green 1951
Mrs Grey outside her house, 25 Theobalds Green
3 Theobalds Green, Calstone
This is a picture taken in 1935 of Mrs Robbins and her Granddaughter (Audrey Burgess). “Amberley” now stands on the site of this house.
Wesleyan Chapel, Theobalds Green Calstone
Wesleyan Chapel, Theobalds Green, Calstone . Built in 1866. circa 1920
View Inside Chapel, Theobalds Green, Calstone
View Inside Chapel, Theobalds Green, Calstone. Date unknown.
Calstone Chapel Sunday School Outing 1931
Calstone Chapel Sunday School Outing 1931.
Back row left to right – Mr Green, Alf Haddrel, George Comley with Mary, Flo Beavan, Kath Green, ? Brewer, Middle row – Miss Bull, Mrs Brown, Mrs Record, Mrs Green, Mrs Hillier, Mrs Comley, Mrs Burgess, Joyce Comley, Miss Robbins, Phylis Comley, Honor Heath, Mrs Jack Syms, Ms ? Offer, Mrs Robbins, Front row children – Jack Comley, Ivy Green, Bob Comley, Doris Comley, Ken Comley, Pat Cleverly, Bert Heath.
Heath family outside cottage Theobalds Green – early 20’s on site on Ambaley bungalow
Heath family outside cottage Theobalds Green – early 20’s on site on Ambaley bungalow
28 Theobalds Green, Calstone 1920
You can just make out Amy Robbins standing outside her house in 1920. This house no longer exists – the “Robbins Piece” houses were built on the site.
Seven boxes 1973
Seven Boxes stables as it was in 1973
Guernsey-Villa-1
Now demolished Guernsey Villa house circa 1920 with 3 ladies outside.
Reading Room / Sprays Farm
Reading Room circa 1920
Yew Tree House & Reading Room, Calstone circa 1920. Opened in 1883. House known as Yew Tree House
Yew Tree House and Reading Room
Yew Tree House and Reading Room, Calstone
Sprays Mill and Farm, Calstone
Sprays Mill and Farm from Reading Room. Date unknown
Sprays Mill circa 1894
Sprays Mill circa 1894 with John Edwards, his wife Georgina, Walter, Daisey and Hilda. The name of the fourth child is unknown.
Sprays Mill & Attached Cottages
Sprays Mill & attached cottages, Calstone. Now demolished. Date unknown
Sprays Mill and Farm
Sprays Mill (demolished in 1950’s) and Farm, Calstone with cows. Date unknown
Sally Davis outside her cottage in Calstone 1910
Sally Davis outside her cottage near Yew tree Cottage, Calstone
Blackland Crossroads
Mr Green outside Ivy Cottage, Blackland
Mr Green outside Ivy Cottage, Blackland. Date unknown
Blacklands Crossroads
Blacklands Crossroads – date unknown
Manor Farm & Calstone Mill
Manor Farm House, Calstone
Maundrell Family outside Manor Farm, Calstone. circa 1910
Manor Farm, Calstone
Manor Farm, Calstone. Circa 1910
Maundrell family portrait
Maundrell family portrait at Manor Farm circa 1900
Aerial photo of Manor farm 1946
Manor Farm Aerial Photo
Manor Farm Aerial Photo circa 1960
Manor Farm 2006
Manor Farm 2006
Misty Calstone Mill
Misty Calstone Mill
East Farm / Calstone House
East Farm, Calstone
Mr Joseph Hill Maundrell outside East Farm, Calstone
East Farm. Date unknown
East Farm, Calstone. Date unknown
Charley “Wink” and Alice Mills 1935
Wink and Alice Mills at No 10 Calstone in 1935
Church & Rectory
Calstone Church
Calstone Church in 2019
Calstone Church in the snow 2021
Calstone Church in the snow 2021
Calstone Church Door
Calstone Church Door – 2021
Inside St Mary’s Church circa 1910
Inside St Mary’s Church circa 1910
Inside Calstone Church 2021
Inside Calstone Church 2021 – Covid-19 restrictions in place.
The Church at Christmas
The Covid-19 ready Church at Christmas 2020
Calstone Church Crest – 2021
Calstone Church Crest – 2021
Calstone list of rectors
Calstone Church list of rectors
Calstone Church Roll of Honour
Calstone Church Roll of Honour
church drawing
Rectory Party circa 1905
Village party at the rectory 1905.
Calstone Vicarage Church event c 1900
Reverend Danneman at Calstone Village Event circa 1910
vicarage for booklet
Rectory 1911
Barrow Hill
Old Thatched House near Barrow Hill
An old, now demolished house, near Barrow Hill
Barrow Hill Cottage
Three girls walking up Barrow Hill
barrow hill – new
Cottage at bottom of Barrow Hill, Calstone. Was destroyed by fire circa 1910. Date of photo circa 1910.
Herbert Baumgartner’s Reliant Robin
Herbert Baumgartner’s famous Reliant Robin
18 Calstone 1948
Myrtle Embling, George Embling and Reg White standing outside 18 Calstone in 1948. This house stood near to the church.
Whiting House, South Farm & Tog Hill
Calstone whitening ring
Calstone whitening ring circa 1910
Whiting Ring
Whiting House circa 1910
South-Farm-Aerial-photo
Aerial Photo of South Farm. This was demolished relatively recently with a new house being built at the east end of the farm in the early 1980’s
Ansty family moving to South Farm 1905
Ansty family moving to South Farm 1905
Tog Hill pre restoration by John Grierson 1947
Tog Hill pre restoration by John Grierson 1947
People and Farming
1908 oxen from Manor Farm, Calstone
The last working team of oxen at Manor Farm, Calstone, in 1908. Manor Farm’s ledger records the sale of the 3 oxen in 1908 for £73 and 5 shillings
Haymaking1 – ann
Harvesting
Horses pulling straw cart across downs
Harvest Collection 1958
Harvest Collection with horse drawn wagons across Calstone Downs – 1958
Haystack making, Calstone. circa 1950
Haystack making, Calstone. circa 1950
Pat Maundrell on combine
Pat Maundrell on combine
Harvesting in 2020
Harvesting Long Sorrell field – next to Blackland Downs.
Edgar Embling on Tractor
Edgar Embling on Tractor
Wellington Barn – Kenny and Trevor Embling
Wellington Barn – Kenny and Trevor Embling, 1961
The Lodge Theobalds Green
The Lodge, Theobalds Green. Aaron & Elisa Wootton circa 1915
Rectory Party circa 1905
Village party at the rectory 1905.
Calstone Vicarage Church event c 1900
Reverend Danneman at Calstone Village Event circa 1910
Calstone Chapel Sunday School Outing 1931
Calstone Chapel Sunday School Outing 1931.
Back row left to right – Mr Green, Alf Haddrel, George Comley with Mary, Flo Beavan, Kath Green, ? Brewer, Middle row – Miss Bull, Mrs Brown, Mrs Record, Mrs Green, Mrs Hillier, Mrs Comley, Mrs Burgess, Joyce Comley, Miss Robbins, Phylis Comley, Honor Heath, Mrs Jack Syms, Ms ? Offer, Mrs Robbins, Front row children – Jack Comley, Ivy Green, Bob Comley, Doris Comley, Ken Comley, Pat Cleverly, Bert Heath.
18 Calstone 1948
Myrtle Embling, George Embling and Reg White standing outside 18 Calstone in 1948. This house stood near to the church.
Maundrell family portrait
Maundrell family portrait at Manor Farm circa 1900
George Maundrell & Molly Jennings wedding 1929
George Maundrell & Molly Jennings wedding 1929
Rabbiting in 1950’s
Left to right – Les Drew, Dick Green, Ted Dolman, George Maslen, Jim Mills, Graham McQuie, Rueben White, Francis Stadler, Ern Maslen, Edgar Embling – on trailer pulled by an International T6 Crawler tractor near Southfields Barn close to the Roman Road.
Badger dig, April 1923 Blackland Downs
Badger dig, April 1923. L to R Farmer Merritt (of Mile Elm), Tom Davis, George Maundrell, Arthur Rivers, Eustace Davis (?), Rowland Maundrell, Mich Maundrell, Molly Maundrell.
Edgar Embling
Edgar Embling
Mills family 1938
Mills family 1938
Coronation Party 2nd June 1953
Castone Coronation Party 2nd June 1953
Fred Haines with daughter & goats
Fred Haines with daughter with goat and two kids
Francis Barnett
Francis Barnett with Rowland Maundrell’s horses Blossom and Captain
Ansty family moving to South Farm 1905
Ansty family moving to South Farm 1905
Tom Davis Greens Lane 1926
Tom Davis Greens Lane 1926
Tom Davis & Ethel, Greens Lane_
Tom Davis and daughter Ethel at her wedding. Greens Lane 1933
Ann Rivers Davis mother and family in Greens Lane
Ann Rivers Davis mother and family in Greens Lane – 32 & 33 Greens Lane in the background.
Joe Quart Rivers – 1920
Joe Quart Rivers – 1920
Aaron & Eliza Wootton and family
Aaron & Eliza Wootton and family
Aaron & Eliza Wootton
Aaron & Eliza Wootton
Wootton Family circa 1903
Wooton Family outside The Lodge at Theobalds Green
Heath family outside cottage Theobalds Green – early 20’s on site on Ambaley bungalow
Heath family outside cottage Theobalds Green – early 20’s on site on Ambaley bungalow
Arthur Weston Sept 1914
Arthur Weston Sept 1914. Arthur was a Private in the 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment and died on 29th June 1916, aged 26, just before the start of the Battle of the Somme.
Sprays Mill circa 1894
Sprays Mill circa 1894 with John Edwards, his wife Georgina, Walter, Daisey and Hilda. The name of the fourth child is unknown.
School
School Hill 1916
School Hill 1916
Calstone School in snow 1960’s
Calstone School in snow 1960’s
Miss Scarlett Outside school
Calstone school photo 1935
Calstone school photo 1935
Calstone School 1927
Calstone School 1927
Calstone School 1923
Calstone School 1923
School circa 1905 with Miss Scarlett
Calstone School circa 1905 with teacher Miss Scarlett
Calstone School 1962 or 63
Calstone School 1962 or 63
Calstone School 1951
Calstone School 1951