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A watercolour of Leatherhead Bridge by John Varley, 1832.

Leatherhead Institute, built in 1892 for the town by Abraham Dixon. At its official opening in 1893, the church’s bellringers rang 1,893 times.

Ventham’s garage was once in the spot where 22-24 Bridge Street now stands. This picture is c.1930 and the clear petrol pump that you can see in the centre of picture now stands in the garden of Leatherhead Museum

Leatherhead High street viewed from the clock tower, 1988

I love this photo! Looking down Church street to the Swan Hotel, 1928. The junction with The Crescent looks a lot different now, with the restaurants and theatre to the right and cafes, Waitrose and shops to the left #Leatherhead

On This Day – 14th January 1978, The Leatherhead Lip knocked Banbury out of the FA Trophy banburyunitedfc.co.uk/news/on-this-d…

The Dukes Head, Leatherhead High Street c.1850s

North Street, Leatherhead 1913

Bridge Street, Leatherhead 1912

Leatherhead bus station

Gim Crack hill, leading up to Church Street from Dorking and Mickleham. Gim Crack owned a horse-drawn cart which he was leading down the hill one day when he was run over a killed. The metal shoe which he applied as a brake is embedded in the flint wall as a memorial

The Rising Sun c.1960. Sadly no more.

The Leatherhead horse trough that once stood at the junction of Bull Hill and Kingston Road (near to where Bp now stands). It was donated by Mary Emma Braybrooke and can now be found near the Parish Church where Gim Crack hill meets Church Street.

Passenger benefit fund improvements at Leatherhead Station newleatherheadliving.wordpress.com/2021/01/23/pas…

Letherhead Institute, pictured in 1895 #Leatherhead #molevalley #surreyhistory

The original Railway Arms on the left and the newer pub built later on the right. Unfortunately both building are now gone and replaced by flats #leatherhead #molevalley #surreyhistory

The Plough Roundabout, 1952. What a fantastic advertising sign and lovely to see so little traffic! #leatherhead #molevalley #surreyhistory LoveLeatherhead Leatherhead Living - East Surrey News Visit Leatherhead

Sandford’s Garage, on the site now occupied by B&Q. The end of Kingston Road is running up the hill in the foreground and the Oxshott Road is in the top left hand corner (running past the site that is now Tesco’s). #leatherhead #molevalley Leatherhead Living - East Surrey News

#Leatherhead’s Edward VII Coronation Celebrations, August 1902. You can see Sweech House and Gravel Hill on the right hand side of the picture. The photographer would have been stood in a position which is roughly outside where charlie & ginger now stands. #molevalley Leatherhead Living - East Surrey News