Hidden Horsham - Aerial Views
The Francis Frith site has a collection of 18 aerial photographs of Horsham. At first they are a little difficult to identify but with the help of some town knowledge and modern satellite photography they can be interpreted. They were taken in 1933, 1959 and 1974 and are good references for the building of the northern ring road that cut across the top of the Carfax. The satellite photos were taken around 2001, evident by the old swimming pool and the missing Pavillions in the Park
Tradition dictates that the top of the picture is in the north but this is not always the case below. In some instances the Local Live images have been rotated but the perspective prohibits a direct copy of the old image. Clicking the colour photo, will open a satellite view with the image in the north / top position. Click on the magnifying glass to enlarge the black and white photo or click on the photo itself to go the Francis Frith site where old photos may be purchased and support the running of this site
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1933: This is a view of London Road when the gasometers were still in place. Below and to the right is Brunswick Place with the Methodist Church to the left of that terrace. The photograph was taken before the bypass was built. The Carfax is in the top left corner |
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1933: This is a close up of the above view. The Methodist Church can just be seen on the right hand border. The park now has the bowling alley in this corner. Many of the buildings along the top of the photo were demolished when the bypass was built |
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1933: This is another view of Brunswick Place, this time before the star shaped building was erected. An empty gasometer can be seen along the top centre of the photo. The trees down the right hand side have been removed in favour of housing |
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1933: This is a close-up of the view of Brunswick Place, the word 'Horsham' clearly visible on the largest gasometer amidst the Horsham Gas Works site. The old Capitol Theatre is in the top left corner |
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1933: In this image London Road is running vertically up the centre. The Carfax is in the top left quadrant with the Crown Inn at top centre and Ye Olde Kings Head in the extreme top left |
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1933: This image is more difficult to place due to the lack of remaining buildings. The gas works have long since moved on but the road still remains. The Carfax multi-storey car park has replaced many of the buildings in the top centre. West Street runs right across the top with the Corn Exchange and Black Horse Inn. These two buildings were demolished in 1964 and Mothercare & Fatface are in new buildings now |
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1959: The park and swimming pool are apparent in the top left corner and the Manor of Hewell, then a school, is visible in the bottom centre. Running vertically up just to the right of centre is the Causeway |
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1959: West Street is running horizontally across the centre of this photograph with the open land below it being the Manor of Hewell. The first multi-storey car park has yet to arrive and Black Horse Way has not yet been built |
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1959: The road running from top to bottom on the left hand side is the Causeway with the Old Town Hall towards the top. The old barn is under the Frith logo. On the right hand side is the top of Denne Road with the junction with East Street at the very top |
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1959: To the left of the centre of this photo is the Carfax, in the days when you could drive around it. Slightly above and towards the centre line the pillar outside the Odeon Cinema is recognisable as is the spire of St Mark's Church. |
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1959: The park is the dominant feature in this image. The open air swimming pool in the top centre with no evidence of the police station that will be built in 1973. The Carfax is to the bottom left with King & Chasemore's building in white |
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1959: This image clearly shows the town before the ring road cut through North Road and St Mark's Church. Also the area where Piries Place is now can be identified by a row of houses emerging from the Frith logo. Compare this to the last image on this page which shows a similar view in 1974 |
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1974: The roadworks are clearly visible in the top left of this image. The white building at the bottom centre is the old Tanbridge School on the site where Sainsburys stands today. The multi-storey car park above it has been replaced by the Forum and shops, built before the satellite imaging. Building works are apparent in the bottom corner of the park, this may be the bowling alley or just parking for the redevelopment |
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1974: This is a close up of the bottom left of the above shot. The open area in the centre ground is now occupied by the library and the Forum with its shops. The main body of buildings running diagonally across the image is West Street as it preprares to be attached the the open air early version of Swan Walk |
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1974: This image shows Tanbridge School in the bottom left corner with the Causeway running from the top left (Old Town Hall) to bottom right (St Mary's Church). In the top right corner in the Drill Hall where the open ground is now being developed into housing |
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1974: In the above photograph the redevelopment of the ring road is visible. St Mark's Church is still standing in the top centre. The Manor of Hewell, recently the RSPCA headquarters and now residential, is in the lower centre |
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1974: This image focusses on the development of the ring road. It has already cut through the London Road entrance to the Carfax and is meeting up with St Mark's Church which is centre right |
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1974: St Mark's Church is still standing at the centre of the left hand side but little else has changed that is visible on this view |
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