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Stanley Hill, WOKING, GU24 0DN

The gate to Sir Henry Morton Stanley's house still bears his initials although clearly it hasn't been used for a long time. Sir Henry is buried at the parish church in Pirbright. Refer to photos Image and Image for details of his burial.

This unusual architectural edifice stands on Stanley Hill and was the home of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, the American journalist (although born in Wales) who 'found' Dr Livingstone and famously greeted him with "Dr Livingstone, I presume ?" Refer to photos Image and Imagefor details as to his burial.

By Furzehill Place.

Furze Hill was the home, for the last few years of his life, of Sir Henry Morton Stanley (see SU9455). It is a somewhat gloomy Edwardian house, built in 1900, surrounded by a 70-acre estate most of which is marked out by cast iron railings rather than the usual fences or walls. Many of the features of the estate have been given names associated with his travels in Africa – Mazamboni Farm, Ruwenzori Hill, Manyuema, and the Congo Stream. The road in which the house stands is now known as Stanley Hill.

A glimpse through the trees of Stanley Pool on the Furze Hill estate of Sir Henry Morton Stanley (see SU9455 and SU9356). The pool is named after what is now known as Pool Malebo, a lake between Zaire and the Congo formed by a widening of the Congo River. The African version was a little larger than this one, though – it covered over 300 square miles! In spring the pool is covered in water lilies.

The drained basin just above lock 19

Saw this from the lock and wondered what it was but on getting nearer you can see it's a retaining wall from the railway the other side.

From lock 19 of the Deepcut flight looking in the direction of lock 20 which is round the next bend.

But plenty of contractors' traffic on the towpath. The Basingstoke Canal's Deepcut flight closed officially in 2008, but opened briefly for a rally in 2009. The contractors Dyer & Butler started the necessary repairs in November 2011. It was planned to re-open the flight in June 2012, but water shortages now mean that the earliest possible date is later in 2012. The full refurbishment programme is scheduled to take two years.