Thursley
Sign in to saveThursley is a village and civil parish in southwest Surrey, west of the A3 between Milford and Hindhead. An associated hamlet is Bowlhead Green. To the east is Brook. In the south of the parish rises the Greensand Ridge, in this section reaching its escarpment near Punch Bowl Farm and the Devil's Punch Bowl, Hindhead.
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Place details
- Locality
- Waverley
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 305
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Thursley
- UK place.map_type
- Surrey
- UK place.population
- 651
- UK place.population_ref
- (Civil Parish 2011)
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 19.85
- UK place.civil_parish
- Thursley
- UK place.shire_district
- Waverley
- UK place.shire_county
- Surrey
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Godalming and Ash
- UK place.post_town
- Godalming
- UK place.postcode_district
- GU8
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Waverley
- Population
- +651
- Area
- +19.85
- Image
- Thursley, Surrey.jpg
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- Notable residents
- Demography and housing
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Thursley is a village and civil parish in southwest Surrey, west of the A3 between Milford and Hindhead. An associated hamlet is Bowlhead Green. To the east is Brook. In the south of the parish rises the Greensand Ridge, in this section reaching its escarpment near Punch Bowl Farm and the Devil's Punch Bowl, Hindhead.
==History== thumb|left|St Michael and All Angels Church in Thursley dates back to Saxon times, though most of the structure is later thumb|left|Memorial to Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)|Admiral of the Fleet [[Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape at St Michael and All Angels Church in Thursley]] thumb|Cruiser Mk IV tanks of 5th Royal Tank Regiment, 3rd Armoured Brigade, 1st Armoured Division, on Thursley Common in July 1940 The village's name came from Old English Þunres lēah meaning lea of the god Thunor, as with Thundersley, Essex; it was probably a site where he was worshipped. There is a rocky outcrop near the village referred to in Victorian guides to the area as ''Thor's Stone. This stone is first mentioned in Saxon times as being "near Peper Harow", an adjacent parish with known pagan connections. The precise stone or rocks this refers to is now uncertain, with some sources indicating it could be the rocky outcrop and others suggesting it may be an ancient Celtic boundary stone found on the margin of Pudmore pond on Ockley Common.