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               Underground Workings      Summer 2017   Issue 16

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Quarry Tour

Take a walk through the quarries and tunnels in Underground Box without leaving your armchair. Mark Jenkinson's research and unique photographs.
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Lambert's Stoneyard
History of stoneyard at Box Railway Station told for first time.

Vivash Family
Insight into the personal story of a quarry family
Why a Station at Box?
It changed Box's history
Railway Policeman
The GWR offered villagers employment and status
Railway Buildings
The when, why and where of the buildings in Box
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People Index

Thomas E Milles Marsh
Was this rail engineer more important than Brunel?

Kate Annie Cogswell Batts
A Victorian Woman's life and photos of Egypt in Great War

Edwardian Ladies
Mysterious identities traced

Charles WB Oatley at
Pleasant View

Life, religion and work at the top of Quarry Hill

Horlock Family Update
Inside story and pictures of  Box clerical family
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Places Index

Shops in 1920s
Including the building of the Co-operative shop in Box

New Box NATS History Trails
Three more this year
Postmistress of  Ashley
Mary Ann Ford at The Barton, Ashley


World War 2 Scrapbook
There are several Second World War remains still visible in Box including a pillbox (left)

Found Under Wallpaper
Hidden history found in Box  High Street
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Box Brewery 
Modern history after 1924

Memories of Box Hill Families
Life on the Hill in 1960s and 70s

Secret Postcard Code
Did you get it right?
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Box Postal Marks
Earliest postal franking marks (left)

Darts Team at Rising Sun
Anne Butts asks for your help

Evacuee School Child
Box School in 1941

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The 1840 Tithe Apportionment map of Box

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Tudor and Stuart Box,
1485 - 1660

Box in the Reformation and the English Civil War

Box NATS History Trails
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Late Victorian Box, 1870 - 1920s
Shaping the modern village at the height of the influence of Queen Victoria and the Empire seen through the village of Box
Great War, 1914 - 18
The impact of World War 1 on Box and its residents.
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