Banstead Village

Wow, you did a great job in repairing it. It spent a lot of years in a trunk before my mom framed it.

LNW: Thanks Derrick, it's a great photo so well worth the time I spent on it. I am in discussion with a couple of colleagues in the group about the houses in the background. At the moment Sutton Lane has to be the favourite as Winkworth Road would not have been there in 1912. That would indicate that the group in the photo was facing the front of the house. Would you know if that was correct?

I'm not sure, since my grandparents came to Canada shortly after they were married, I just have to go but I have been told.

Following my recent research on The Grange in Sutton Lane Banstead and Yew Lodge in its grounds, I came across this photo amongst Derrick Gardner’s contributions on this website about The Grange.

I am really puzzled by this picture because in 1912 when it was taken, there were no other houses anywhere near The Grange. This can be seen from the 1913 OS map of Sutton Lane. The houses opposite it in Sutton Lane were not built until the 1920s. Therefore, I don’t believe that the houses in the background are in Sutton Lane or that the photo could have been taken in the garden of Banstead Grange. Moreover, as far as I am aware, the Grange itself was not owned by the Gardner family until after WW2. Something doesn’t quite add up here. Does anyone have an explanation?

I have discovered some further evidence that this photo might not have been taken at Banstead Grange. I have found the marriage details of Edward and Charlotte Gardner on Ancestry; they were married at St Magdalene Church in Addiscombe, Surrey on 05 Mar 1913 and lived in Lower Addiscombe Road at that time. This makes me think that the photo was likely to have been taken in the Addiscombe or New Addington area, which would explain why it doesn’t seem to match up with The Grange. (I am certain that this is the correct Gardner family because all the names tie up.)

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