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Benches on the Green
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Benches on the Green

Ockley Green is enhanced by the benches around it, this page gives some of the stories behind each one…..

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Celebrity Ockley
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Celebrity Ockley

over the years, Ockley has been home to several famous people, including….

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Footpath on the Green
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Footpath on the Green

The Winter of 1983 was wet. If you had to go to the surgery on the green (or any place between School Lane and the village hall) – other than by car – you had to walk along the narrow path on the East side of Stane Street.

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Ancestors
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Ancestors

When searching for Ockley ancestors in parish records, bear in mind that several ecclesiastical parishes extend into the village and environs of Ockley

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Ockley School
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Ockley School

Ockley has a village school;
You pass the well and next the pool,
When a fair building meets thine eye,
Framed with simple symmetry,
Above the portal - pass it not -
Are writ the words - a name - Jane Scott
(From Ockley Parish Magazine, 1881)

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