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     Mill Lane Halt         Autumn 2022   Issue 37 

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The station in the centre of Box was built in 1930 and closed in 1965. It lasted only some 30 years but the impact of Mill Lane Railway Halt was enormous.​ We trace its story with some amazing photographs from the time.
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People Index
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Early Box Scouts, 1910
A tribute to the men who founded the scouts in Box
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Andrews Family
Relatives of Sir Tom Jones record their family in Box
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Herbert Robert Newman Pictor
The tragic life of quarry-master in Rudloe Park
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​​Olive Jones
WW2 Kingsdown Asylum nurse who married Sonny Currant
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Jefferys Family 
Physicians who lived at Prospect and rebuilt the Kingsdown Asylum
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Places Index ​
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United Methodist Church, Box Hill
The amazing people involved in the running the chapel
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Primitive Methodist Chapel 
Church on Beech Road, Box Hill
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Ashley House
Later story of this unique house and Wilkinson family
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​Hermitage
Did Brunel stay in this amazing Georgian house?
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James Hicks, architect
The man who built late Victorian masterpieces in Box
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Inter-War Series​
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​Entertainment 
​Having fun in 1920s and 30s including the 
Hazelbury Pageant
​​Church Alterations
Changes in religious buildings in the centre and the hamlets
​​​Role of Women
What women achieved - and weren't allowed to inflience
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This aerial photograph of Box (above left) has been sent to us by a reader. It is most unusual and shows some fascinating details. Can you identify where these are in Box and the features they show? Full details at: Box Aerial View and Mill Lane Halt.
Jeff Bullock Wrote on 16 July 2022
Today I took delivery of a Grandfather clock. So what, you might ask? Well, this Grandfather clock was made by my four times great-grandfather, William Bullock, in about 1840. So, now this clock is back in the family! The Bullock family were well-known and respected watch and clockmakers for 200 years around Bath and the surrounding area. William’s grandfather Zephaniah, my six times great-grandfather, has a clock face that he made around 1745 on display in the British Museum! The clock purchased from heydaysantiques of Milton Keynes now resides in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
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