Selwyn Hall      Summer 2023   Issue 40 
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Architect's impression of the hall concept (courtesy Margaret Wakefield)
Perhaps the main symbol of Modern Box is the Selwyn Hall built in 1969 as a sports facility and village hall. We recall how and why it happened with early photos of its development. 
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People Index
The Peculiar Rev HDCS Horlock
Revelations of a monkey menagerie in the vicarage
MacBryan Family
Sad ending to a noble journey
Fabulous Pictor Photographs
Never seen before
Horatio Lewis Orton
Leading excavator of Brunel's Box Tunnel
​Places Index ​​
Box Drove Roads
Big Pool Lane discovered
Allen Maps of Early 1600s
Who made them and why?
Berry Cottages
Rural corner of Box Hill
Box Village Police Station
and Constable Carpenter
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Modern Box History Series
​Notable Visitors
Famous names who came to Box
​Employment and Money
From inflation to Copenacre
The Comrades
Celebrated Box club and bar
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Unusual Houses
Box is characterised with houses built of natural ashlar limestone blocks, most of which date to the late Victorian period. 

But there are some which stand out as different, like Alexandra Terrace and Valens Terrace both of which were constructed in brick. Do you recognise this Unusual House in the centre of the village?

Or perhaps you can help find the descendants of Eva Young, a nurse at Sunnyside Children's Home in the 1950s.
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