North Downs Line - Lineside Features

Lineside Features

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Steam-hauled excursion passing the yew bush Jessie's Seat, near Chilworth, 2 March 2007.

On the south side of the line between Chilworth and Gomshall a box hedge topiary known as Jessie's Seat has been cut in the shape of a pheasant perched on the back of a seat. It is a memorial to South Eastern Railway guard Henry Wicks who was killed in an accident here in 1892.

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