I am currently tracing my family history and found that many of my ancestors came from Hambledon, Thursley and the Guildford area. May I ask you, kind locals, if their are any descandants of the Child family in the village? My Great Great Grandfather, Samuel Child was a loacal blacksmith. Having learned his trade from his father, William Child, he passed the tradition on to his eldest son, also called William. Samuel & wife, Ann (Court), had 10 children.

I have searched the internet for old pictures of Hambledon in the hope that I may come across one of the local blacksmith hard at work, but my search has not yeilded anything.

Looking at pictures & photographs of your beautiful village has been very rewarding. The local church would have been the venue for all the Child baptisms, most of the marriages and a good few of the burials, too. I would really love to establish contact with anyone who may have any stories, pictures, memories etc of the Child family.

Kind regards,

Ann Clarke