Leatherhead and District
Local History Society
PROCEEDINGS
Vol 7, No 2 2008
CONTENTS
illustration references are
shown in italics
2 BRIAN BOUCHARD An end to the saga of Little Ashtead
"Manor"?
7 BRIAN BOUCHARD The Darcy family in Ashtead during the 16th and
17th centuries: a tale involving treason, attainder,
re-distribution of land, and monopolies
15 BRIAN BOUCHARD A case of alleged hooliganism and riotous
assembly on the streets of Ashtead.
18 BRIAN BOUCHARD Tom Tyers and Ashtead Cot.
19 GWEN HOAR The Liffords and Skiltons of Ashtead.
21 GEOFFREY HAYWARD Where was Leatherhead's early church?
24 DEREK RENN Was Leatherhead ever the county town of Surrey?
26 PETER TARPLEE Early days of public electricity supply, with
particular reference to Leatherhead.
31 STEPHEN FORTESCUE 16, 18, 20 and 22 High Street, Great
Bookham.
8 Arms of the Darcy family
10 Lord Darcy's monument
15 Map showing the location of Raphe Clowser's house
26 One of the generators in the Leatherhead power house
27 The electricity works, Leatherhead
28 An early advertisement for electricity
29 Advertisements for electricity companies, Leatherhead
29 33kV electricity lines, Ashtead Common
30 33/11kV transformers, Leatherhead
31 16-22 High Street, Great Bookham
32 One of the cottages at Ducks Hole