Yew Tree Road Witley History

Yew Tree Road is a product of the 20th Century. It began life in 1905 and in every decade, it has seen new houses and developments, changes in its residents and events. It epitomises life during the century and reflects social and cultural changes.

Please read INTRO to see how the researches started and how they developed over the years together with acknowledgements of local residents who have helped.

Each of the chapters of the MENU represents a particular period in its life :

ADVENT sets out the period before the road existed.

CREATION marks how the road began and the personalities involved.

DAWN shows the period to 1914 when the first houses were built and the first residents arrived

INTER is the period between the two world wars

POST details the history from 1945 to 1975

LAST is the remaining history to the present

ANNUAL EVENT is the story of the street party

FAMILIES are brief portraits and memories of some of the people who lived in the road

TABLES shows those residents on the Electoral Register throughout the Century 

CONTACT is how you can help to tell the story

FEATURES currently has images of various roofs and trees