1937 map of the area

OS Map of the area, dated 1937, scale 1:25,000. I love old maps. It shows there was a Police Station on the left as you came into Fairseat from the Vigo turning. Trosley Towers was still standing but no Vigo Village of course. Also no New Ash Green. The Children's Holiday Home (now Wide Horizons Margaret McMillan House) on the A227 was there, so that has been around for a long time.

There is a big area of parkland around Pettings Court, so I'm thinking this was probably lost to agricultural land during WWII. Some of the old parkland trees remain in the grass fields as I often walk the footpaths which go over the old parkland. I would love to know when the parkland was broken up.

The Hope and Anchor up at Ash is listed as BH, which apparently stands for 'Beer House'. I'd never heard of a Beer House before, and didn't know what the difference was between that and a Pub so looked it up, found this on Wikipedia:
The Beerhouse Act enabled anyone to brew and sell beer on payment of a licence costing two guineas (£2.10 in decimal currency, not adjusted for inflation).

Click on the map and it will go much larger.