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Tree Way, REIGATE, RH2 0DT

A novel variation on the usual logs or rocks used to stop verge parking. This is Ragland Road, near its junction with Alma Road. The postbox in the background is the "anonymous" postbox in Image

Postboxes usually prove their "royal" status by including the initials of the monarch of the time on the front. This one is anonymous, a particular feature of boxes dated between 1879 and 1887 manufactured by the firm Handyside during this period. The positioning of the aperture implies that this box dates from 1883 onwards, earlier ones having the aperture positioned higher up (e.g. see Image). For wider view see Image

Looking along Raglan Road from its junction with Alma Road. On the left is the "anonymous postbox" in Image

A large locally listed house dating from the mid 19th century, one of a number from that period as the southern slopes of Reigate Hill were developed as a fashionable place to live. It is now divided into flats. At the end of the 19th century the residents were recorded as James Backhouse Crosfields (a tea dealer, quaker and ornithologist, who had served two terms as President of the Holmesdale Natural History Club - see Image), Herbert Crosfield and a Miss Crosfield. In 1913, a Miss Crosfield is still recorded as living there, with reference to her being a suffragette.

Lodge to Wray Park Hall in Alma Road (see Image). Built in the mid 19th Century it is grade II listed - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1029170 - with the gate piers being separately grade II listed - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1029171. In the background is Raglan Road - the postbox visible is the "anonymous" postbox in Image

Lodge to Wray Park Hall in Alma Road (see Image). Built in the mid 19th Century it is grade II listed - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1029170 - with the gate piers being separately grade II listed - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1029171.

See Image] for background. This is the upper part of the road.

Part of a Victorian mansion on Reigate Hill, dating from around 1840, viewed through trees screening it from the main road. Now divided into 3 flats. Locally listed.

Dating from around 1840, this and its partner, Highway Cottage, stand at the entrance to The Rock, a large house on Reigate Hill (see Image). Rock Cottage is locally listed.

Dating from around 1840, this and its partner, Highway Cottage, stand at the entrance to The Rock, a large house on Reigate Hill (see Image). Rock Cottage is locally listed.