Froyle Welcome

Quarry 1912

This month’s photograph came to us, with some others, via Hazel Roalf and shows a view from Saintbury Hill over Lower Froyle and was taken around 1912 - it is no.45 of a series of, we believe, 46, taken around this time. We certainly don’t have a full set yet and I must work out which ones we have and if they were taken in any order. The really interesting thing here, apart from a brand new “Prince of Wales”, is the chalk pit which would be expanded after the Second World War to become the Renown Quarry. Also from Hazel is a picture of “Bridge House” in Lower Froyle, taken in the early 1920s - you can see it by following the Bridge House link from Lower Froyle (map & links).

Don’t forget the Froyle Archive Open Day 2008 on Saturday, June 21st; this year’s theme is “Froyle School”, and we are also making it a kind of School Reunion as well as our normal Open Day. Invitations are going out to former pupils and staff and everyone is welcome to turn up and, possibly, meet old friends. For more details click here .

Through these pages you can explore the village of Froyle and its history as well as reliving the memories of its inhabitants.
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The Froyle Archive has also published two books on the history of Froyle. For more details click here.

Froyle, or more accurately, Upper & Lower Froyle, is a small community in North-East Hampshire, some 50 miles from London, in the United Kingdom.
We are Chris & Annette Booth and we are the Archivists for the village of Froyle.
This site covers the history of Froyle and includes Censuses from 1841 to 1901, Church records, personal reminiscences and nearly 1500 photographs and maps. There are now over 1000 pages of information, with more added each month.
For a guide on how to use the web site when looking for your family’s history, follow the Records link from the Contents page.
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To try and make navigation easier there is a more detailed explanation of the web site under Web Site Navigation Notes which may point you in the right direction. Also there is a record of updates and enhancements to the web site so that regular visitors can follow our developments.
This site deals with the history of Froyle. If you are interested in what is happening in Froyle now, visit our companion site, Froyle Promotions, using the Froyle Today link on the Contents page.
You may have noticed when you entered the web site that we are listed in ARCHON - The National Archives Directory. Our ARCHON code is GB3051 and there is a link to the National Archives Directory on our Links to other sites link from the Contents page.

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