Steep Timeline
Although designated ‘recreation ground’ on the 1841 Tithe Map & at the Enclosures, Steep Common had previously been owned by various landlords
The house was a maternity home for evacuated mothers from the Portsmouth area and used by some locals too
Mains water came to Bedales School around 1913 and possibly to the rest of Steep after that. Initially only an outside standpipe was provided. Previously houses relied on wells and streams. Mains drainage of sewage did not come until after 1945.
Edward and Helen Thomas lived at three different houses in this area during their time here 1906 – 1916.
It was on the north side of what we now know as Ridge Common Lane – then only a stretch of common land with a track across it. Henry Hounsome 65 yrs was licensed victualler.
Godalming to Havant section was constructed by Thomas Brassey for £325,000
The school was situated next to Steep church on the south side of Church Road. It was demolished when the Steep Victorian School was built in 1875. The National School was situated in what is now (2019) the front garden of a house named The Tithe Barn. The National School…Read More
The Harrow possibly dates from much earlier. English Heritage thinks C17
Henry VIII declares himself head of the church in England, breaking away from the Catholic church and the Pope. The English Reformation begins. Before this, Steep church would have been a Catholic church
All Saints Church Steep was built in the year 1140 in the late Norman period