History Blog | Stanwell Moor History Group

The Spy who lived here...

It’s quite a stretch to imagine that a spy ever lived in Stanwell Moor, but it’s something a fellow resident flagged to me a few years...

"Are there no Workhouses?"

The common image of a Workhouse is a large, dirty, over-crowded place, inhabited by some fairly unscrupulous individuals as well as rats,...

Wish you were here...

When you think postcard you think holidays, and whether it’s summer, winter or any other time of the year, the word conjures up letting...

Benen-Stock, what's in a name?

Anyone that's lived on Stanwell Moor will almost certainly have heard of Benen-Stock, whether from the road of the same name or possibly...

Stanwell War Memorial - World War I

The names of Stanwell Moor villagers killed in the Great War are commemorated on the war memorial in Stanwell, but who were they? This is...

Genevieve, sweet Genevieve!

This is not about the song from 1869, but the film that went on to feature it… Some will know, but some may not, that the makers of the...

444 London Country Buses on Stanwell Moor

Although I’m a fairly recent immigrant to the Moor, I remember the first time I caught a glimpse of a green double-decker going past our...