Borough Green
Past and Present
PREFACE
During the last few years many people have urged me to write a Borough Green history, none more so than the village librarians. A certain gentleman from a neighbouring village once ventured that Borough Green had no history. I have never forgotten that remark. I hope that these few pages will disprove it. It is not my intention to include everything and I hope that the reader will excuse any omissions. Village societies are the backbone of rural life and most have their minutes and scrapbooks. I have endeavoured to keep the book on a local level without overly many facts and figures. As the title “Past and Present” implies, we wander through the years till today. Today’s happenings will in turn be history in the next century. It might well then be written that HM Queen Elizabeth II repeated the Virgin Queen’s journey, passing through the village in 1989. Perhaps too that Channel tunnel traffic started speeding through the the area, Europe bound. I am very much indebted to my two sons, Brian and Ian, for typing and editing my jottings and notes. So dear reader, to the matter in hand …
VIVAT BOROUGH GREEN!
Frank G. Bangay
Dedicated to the memory of Edna whose help and interest started this local history trail.
CONTENTS
Chapter |
Title |
Page number (from book) |
| Preface | 1 | |
| Chapter 1 | Early Life, Folk and Fauna | 3 |
| Chapter 2 | Early Growth | 9 |
| Chapter 3 | Streets and Shops | 14 |
| Chapter 4 | Religion | 26 |
| Chapter 5 | Services | 38 |
| Chapter 6 | Sports | 33 |
| Postscript | 36 | |
| Individual Photos links |
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| Quarry Fissures | 4 | |
| The Old Black Horse | 6 | |
| The Rock Tavern | 7 | |
| Railway station staff | 12 | |
| High Street 1901 | 14 | |
| The Bank – Open on Fridays | 15 | |
| High Street North | 18 | |
| The Cross Roads | 19 | |
| Chapel Street | 20 | |
| Station Road | 23 | |
| Church of the Good Shepherd | 26 | |
| Football team | 32 | |
| Marathon race | 33 | |
| Train in station | Cover |
Control no. BX94078314
Information code 030805s1994 en W 00000 eng
Class 942.23 BORO
Author Bangay, Frank G.
Title Borough Green past and present
Publisher/date The author, 1994
Physical description 36p., illus., pbk
Borough Green photos 
how can I buy a copy of the book for my husband JOHN WOODHAMS, whose family date back 150 years plus in Borough Green ?
The book is out of print and there is not a large enough demand to get a print run going. This would be extremely costly.
The full content of the book is available online for free which has proved to be a more cost effective way of making the material available 7 days a week right across the globe.
John cannot remember you, but is enjoying remembering all the old football friends..especially the meetings at the Railway hotel….now a Sainsburys quick shop…
are you living in Borough Green? Many of our old friends and old footballers/ cricketers are still in the area….
We try to visit 2-3 times a year…but keep in touch mainly via the phone…….John likes to talk to people and is not up with the internet
Good to hear from you again and look forward to the next memories…..