Edmund Balchin Gunmaker of Hull – Shotgun A series of photographs of one of Edmund’s shotguns: a 12-gauge Damascus barrelled, side by side, hammer shotgun circa 1850. This is an under leaver, double hammer and double trigger, 12-g Nitro Proof shotgun. It has detailed engraving around the fore grip and action. Has a 30” barrel with […]
Category: History
Parliamentary Notice for the Horsham and Guildford Direct Railway 1859-60
Copy of the Parliamentary Notice for the 1859-60 Session concerning the Horsham and Guildford Direct Railway. The application is for land to build a line from Mid-Sussex Railway to Godalming Branch of the London South Western Railway and also the working arrangements and running powers with existing railways. The land was owned by George and Mary Clutterdew […]
Nigel Marlin Balchin Novels
A collection of novels by Nigel Marlin Balchin. Books written by Nigel Balchin include:- ‘No Sky’ (1934); ‘Simple Life’ (1935); ‘Lightbody on Liberty’ (1936); ‘Darkness Falls From The Air’ (1942); ‘The Small Black Room’ (1943); ‘Mine Own Executioner’ (1945); ‘Lord, I Was Afraid’ (1947); ‘The Borgia Testament’ (1948); ‘A Sort of Traitors’ (1949) (made into film ‘Suspect’); ‘The Anatomy […]
Mr Raymond W. Balchin Milk Bottles
Milk bottles from Cullimores Farm Dairy, Mr Raymond W. Balchin, Wittering
Martin & Balchin Pocket Watch
Martin & Balchin pocket watch manufactured by Martin & Balchin of 195, Wandsworth Road. London & Geneva
Lusterware Jug -1814 (Richard Balchin, Surrey)
A presentation lusterware jug decorated with a rural scene and the name “Richard Balchin – Cr. Hill – Surrey – 1814” inscribed below the spout. Purchased by Jenny Dixon in 2010.
Alfold Village
Alfold is still very small and remote. The main road has encouraged little development, and neither did the Wey and Arun Junction Canal when it was operating in the village. Its history is wrapped up in the great Wealden forest. Richard Balchin lived in the Old Glass house in Sidney Wood. There are some beautiful […]
Wildwood Farm, Alfold, Surrey
WILDWOOD FARM, Alfold, Surrey. This restored barn is now the clubhouse of a golf course. James Balchin, born at Hambledon, ran the farm from the 1850s. Please click here for more on Alford Village.
Vanhurst near Bramley, Surrey
VANHURST near Bramley, Surrey was the ancestral home of many of the branches of the Balchin Family. It is a handsome medieval hall dating to about 1400 and, of course, much added to throughout the years especially during the 17th and 20th centuries. It was occupied by the family continuously for over 175 years from 1612 […]
New Place, Lingfield , Surrey.
NEW PLACE, Lingfield, Surrey is the residence of Lord and Lady Lingfield and is the only Jacobean stone mansion in Surrey. It was built in 1617 around a medieval core: a hall house of around 1300 of which parts remain. Much of the ashlar from which New Place is built came from Lingfield College a monastery for […]