Thursley
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Thursley is a small village in Surrey. It lies just west of the A3 running between Milford and Hindhead. Neighbouring villages include Rushmoor, Witley and Brook. Thursley is in south-west Surrey, in south-east England. It is near Punch Bowl Farm and the Devil's Punch Bowl.
The village's name came from Anglo-Saxon Þunres lēah = "grove or meadow" of the god Thor; it was probably a site where he was worshipped. There is a rocky outcrop near the village referred to in Victorian guides to the area called Thor's Stone but it is not known by locals if this has any true historic significance.
Thursley is also notable for its common, a National Nature Reserve and SSSI which is one of the few surviving areas of lowland peat bog in southern Britain providing a particularly rich habitat for dragonflies and damselflies along with many other species including the endangered woodlark and Dartford warbler. In July 2006 during the heat wave that affected southern England nearly half of the common was seriously damaged by fire.
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