If you have an interest in any of these projects, or if you are
a member of our society with a research project that might benefit
from being known on the internet please contact Frank
Haslam, the administrator of this page.
Projects are listed in alphabetical order. Last update October
2020.
GREAT WAR RECORDS
Researcher: the late John Morris: working on ways of
providing the findings to date on the internet.
In two parts A-L, M-Z. A
collection of 20+ sources relating to Military and Civilians
of Leatherhead and their experiences in the Great War. Sources
and dates given for each fact.
HERBERT KEMPSON REEVES
Researcher: Frank Haslam in association with John Morris: in
progress
HK Reeves was a wealthy
solicitor who lived at the Manor House and the Mansion in Church
Street. He was a major benefactor to the Town (Sweech House) and
the Parish Church (the land for the Parish Hall, where there is
The Reeves Room). He left the town just before WW2 to live in
his Somerset home where he died in 1959, again a generous member
of his community.
KINGSLEA: STORIES FROM
KINGSLEA
Researcher: the late John Morris: working on ways of providing
the findings to date on the internet.
Kingslea is a small road in Leatherhead. John has collected
information about those who lived in this road who were affected
by the Great War
LEATHERHEAD CHORAL SOCIETY
Researcher: Vince Freeman
I am also a member of Leatherhead Choral Society and 2018 was
our 90th year of music making. I am putting together
information about our history using such material as has
survived in the choir’s archive and anything else I can lay my
hands on. I would be happy to hear from anyone who can add to
our knowledge of the choir’s history. I have no doubt this
project will run for some time to come.
LEATHERHEAD, INDIA & THE
FAR EAST from King Alfred the Great to Modern Times
Researcher: the late John Morris: working on updating the
provision of his findings on the internet
400 Leatherhead Lives that have
connections with the Far East.
WAR
MEMORIALS
Researchers: Frank Haslam, Liam Sumption, John Morris, Brian
Bouchard (of Epsom Explorer), Lorraine Spindler, Ian Whitlock
and others in the parishes covered.
Frank Haslam started this
project with Leatherhead, looking for the names on memorials in
the CWGC database. He has been greatly aided by the work of a
former Records Secretary, Liam Sumption (who lived in the flat
the Haslams used to have!) in the days before home computers and
the internet.
Work is now concentrated on the
lives of those who died, via newspaper and genealogy sources,
although some names remain as yet untraced on the CWGC database.
Help would be much appreciated. The Leatherhead model has
been applied to other parishes covered. Others have taken on and
completed the task for Effingham and Mickleham.
WEST ENDERS
Researcher: the late John Morris: working on ways of providing
the findings to date on the internet.
The story of the Bland Family of Marylebone, Leatherhead and
County Kerry, and their relations especially in the East India
Company.
WINDFIELD
Researcher: Frank Haslam: in progress
Researching the history of the site of the present Windfield
estate which lies between Poplar Road and Epsom Road in South
Leatherhead. Windfield House, which was demolished when the
estate was built in the 1960s, had mainly been the home of the
Still family who are commemorated in the Parish Church. St
John's School was at one time involved. The House became offices
and the grounds were used for local events.
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