Годалминг

Годалминг
Торговый город и гражданский приход
«Пепперпот» , Хай-стрит
Godalming Location within Surrey
Area	9.68 km2 (3.74 sq mi)
Population	21,804 (civil parish 2011) or 22,689 (built-up area)
• Density	2,252/km2 (5,830/sq mi)
OS grid reference	SU968437
• London	30 mi (49 km) NE
Civil parish	Godalming
District	Borough of Waverley
Shire county	Surrey
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Godalming
Postcode district	GU7
Dialling code	01483
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Godalming and Ash

Годалминг / ˈ ɡ ɒ d əl m ɪ ŋ / — торговый город и гражданский приход на юго-западе Суррея , Англия, примерно в 30 милях (49 км) к юго-западу от центра Лондона. Это находится в районе Уэверли , в месте слияния рек Вей и Ок . Гражданский приход занимает площадь 3,74 квадратных миль (9,7 км ). ² ) и включает поселения Фарнкомб , Бинскомб и Ааронс-Хилл . Большая часть территории расположена на пластах группы Нижний Гринсэнд , и камень Баргейт добывался здесь до Второй мировой войны.

Самые ранние свидетельства человеческой деятельности относятся к эпохе палеолита , а земля над поймой Уэй в Чартерхаусе была впервые заселена в среднем железном веке . Считается, что современный город возник в VI или начале VII веков, а его название происходит от имени саксонского землевладельца. Керси , шерстяная ткань, окрашенная в синий цвет, производилась в Годалминге на протяжении большей части Средневековья промышленность пришла в упадок , но в ранний современный период . В 17 веке город стал специализироваться на производстве трикотажных изделий на производстве чулочно-носочных изделий и, в частности, .

На протяжении всей своей истории Годалминг извлекал выгоду из своего расположения на главном маршруте из Лондона в верфь Портсмута . Местное транспортное сообщение было улучшено с начала 18 века с открытием магистрали через город в 1749 году и строительством Годалмингской навигации в 1764 году. Расширение поселения началось в середине 19 века, чему способствовало открытие первая железнодорожная станция в 1849 году и переезд школы Чартерхаус из Лондона в 1872 году. Город претендует на звание первого места в мире, где имеется комбинированное государственное и частное электроснабжение .

Several buildings in the town centre date from the 16th and 17th centuries. The distinctive Pepperpot was built in 1814 to replace the medieval market house and to house the council chamber. Among the notable former residents of the civil parish were Jack Phillips, the senior wireless operator on the RMS Titanic, and the mountaineer George Mallory. James Oglethorpe, the founder of the Colony of Georgia, was born in Godalming in 1696 and the town maintains a friendship with the U.S. state and the cities of Savannah and Augusta in particular.

Toponymy

The oldest surviving record of Godalming is from a c. 1000 copy of the c. 880 – c. 885 will of Alfred the Great, in which the settlement appears as Godelmingum. The name is written as Godelminge in the Domesday Book of 1086, and later as Godelminges (c. 1150 – c. 1200), Godhelming (c. 1170 – c. 1230), Godalminges (c. 1220 – c. 1265) and Godalmyn (c. 1485 – c. 1625). The second part of the name is thought to derive from the Old English —ingas and means "people of" or "family of" and the first part may refer to an Anglo-Saxon individual called Godhelm. Thomas William Shore (1840–1905) suggested that Godhelm may be of Gothic origin and Robert Eugen Zachrisson (1880–1937) proposed that it may have been an early name for the River Ock or another local stream. Residents of Godalming are sometimes called "Godhelmians".

The first records of Binscombe and Busbridge are from the 13th century, when they appear as Budenscombe and Bursbrige respectively. Their names are thought to derive from individuals called Byden and Beohrtsige, names both found in Old English. Catteshall may mean "hill of the wild cat" or "hill belonging to a person called Catt". Farncombe appears in Domesday Book as Fearnecombe and is thought to mean "valley of the ferns". Frith Hill may derive from the Middle English frith, meaning "woodland".

Geography

See also: Surrey § Climate

Location

Godalming is a town in the Borough of Waverley in southwest Surrey, around 30 mi (49 km) from central London and 4 mi (6.4 km) from Guildford. The town is in the valley of the River Wey, which flows northwards through Guildford to join the River Thames at Weybridge. Godalming High Street runs roughly east to west, linking an ancient crossing point of the Wey to the road leading south over Holloway Hill. The town is almost completely surrounded by the Metropolitan Green Belt and the Surrey Hills National Landscape is to the north and west.

Godalming Civil Parish has a total area of 3.74 sq mi (9.7 km²). It includes the settlements of Binscombe, Frith Hill and Charterhouse (north of the river) and Aaron's Hill, Ockford Ridge and Crownpits (to the south). The majority of the built-up area of Busbridge is also in Godalming Civil Parish. Farncombe, to the north of the town, has a strong village identity and incorporates a small cluster of local shops on Farncombe and St John's Streets. Godalming has good transport links to London and Portsmouth via the railway line and A3 road.

At the west end of the town, the River Wey is joined by the River Ock, which rises at Witley, to the south. The main urban areas of Godalming and Farncombe are separated from the Wey by the floodplain, which includes the water meadows known as the Lammas Lands. Serious flooding events occurred in the local area in 1968, 1990, 2000, 2013 and 2020; new defences, including the construction of a 525 m (1,722 ft) flood wall and two pumping stations, were installed in the winter of 2018-19.

Geology

Godalming lies on the northwestern side of the Weald and primarily sits on the strata of the Lower Greensand Group, laid down in the early Cretaceous. Atherfield Clay is found in the extreme north of the civil parish at Binscombe, where there was a former brickworks. Holloway Hill and much of the town centre are on the Hythe Beds, a loamy, fine-grained sandy layer that also includes some sandstone and chert. Although rare elsewhere in these strata, fossils of mollusc species occur in these beds in the Godalming area, including the bivalves Ostrea macroptera and Exogyra sinuata, and the brachiopods Rhynchonella parvirostris and Waldheimia tamarindus.

Former sand and Bargate stone quarry at the base of Holloway Hill

Frith Hill and Charterhouse are on the iron-rich Bargate Beds, a part of the more widespread lower Sandgate Formation that is only found in the Godalming area. This layer contains Bargate stone, a dark honey-coloured calcerous sandstone that was quarried until the Second World War at several sites in the civil parish. There are also small exposures of the sandy Folkestone Beds at Busbridge and to the northwest of Charterhouse. River gravels are found in the valleys of the Wey and Ock to the west and south of the town centre, and as a terrace at Farncombe. Alluvial deposits of sand and silt are found in the floodplain of the Wey, especially between Bridge Street and Catteshall.

History

See also: History of Surrey and Godalming Hundred

Early history

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Bronze Age arrowhead, found in Godalming in 2017

The earliest evidence of human activity in the Godalming area is from the Stone Age. At least two Paleolithic hand axes as well as Mesolithic flint blades and flakes have been found in the civil parish. In 2017, a local schoolboy discovered a Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrowhead, which he subsequently donated to Godalming Museum. The higher ground above the River Wey floodplain at Charterhouse was occupied during the middle Iron Age and human habitation is thought to have continued into the early Roman period. There is thought to have been a small farmstead on the site in the late first century C.E. and there was also a villa at Binscombe.

An early Anglo-Saxon spearhead, found in Farncombe in 1985

The Anglo-Saxon settlement at Godalming is thought to have been founded in the 6th or early 7th centuries, in the area surrounding the parish church. The oldest stonework in the church dates from c. 820 – c. 840 and the base of the west wall of the tower is of Anglo-Saxon origin. The earliest documentary evidence for Godalming, is from the will of Alfred the Great in 880, in which the settlement and surrounding land is left to his nephew, Æthelwold ætheling. By the end of the Anglo-Saxon period, the town was the administrative centre of the Godalming Hundred, which stretched from Puttenham in the northwest to Chiddingfold in the southeast.

Governance

The town appears as Godelminge in Domesday Book; in 1086 it was held by Ranulf Flambard, who also held Tuesley and parts of Guildford. The manor had sufficient land for 25 plough teams. It included 40 acres of meadow, woodland for 103 swine, three mills, two churches, and generated an annual income of £34. Farncombe appears in Domesday Book as Fernecome and was held by Odo of Bayeux.

At some point in the late 11th century, the Manor of Godalming was divided into two parts. The King's Manor was held by the Crown through the 12th century. There is evidence to suggest that it was held by Stephen de Turnham in 1206, but in 1221 it was granted to the Bishop of Salisbury by Henry III. It was held by the Bishop until 1541, when it was conveyed to Thomas Paston, who returned it to the Crown the following year. It was held by the monarch through the Tudor period until 1601, when Elizabeth I sold it to George More of Loseley Park.

Terraced cottages in Deanery Place dating from the 15th century, formerly part of the Rectory Manor

The second part of the Manor of Godalming, known as the Rectory Manor or Deanshold, was granted to Salisbury Cathedral by Henry I in the early 12th century. It remained in the custodianship of the dean and chapter until the mid-19th century. For much of its history, the manor was leased to the Castillion family, but was held by the Ogelthorpe family in the 18th century. In 1846, the Rectory Manor was transferred to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who began to break up and sell off the estate in the early 1860s.

The first charter to be granted to Godalming was issued by Edward I on 7 June 1300. In it, he authorised a weekly market and a three-day annual fair on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul in late June. The right to hold a market was confirmed by Elizabeth I in 1563 and, in January 1575, she issued a Charter of Incorporation, enabling Godalming to become a self-governing borough. The charter specified that a "warden" (effectively a mayor) should be elected by the town each year at Michaelmas. In 1620, Francis Bacon, the Lord Chancellor under James I, issued a document entitled "Ordinances and constitutions made and established for the better and government of the Town of Godalming in the County of Surry", which specified that the administration of the town should be the responsibility of the warden and eight assistants. It also provided for the appointment of a bailiff and restricted the amount of time that townspeople could spend in local inns and hostelries.

The modern system of local government began to emerge in the first half of the 19th century. Under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, the town became a borough corporation under the control of a mayor and elected councillors. The following year, the Guildford Poor Law Union was formed, with responsibility for a total area of 12 sq mi (31 km²) stretching from Godalming to Woking. As a result of the Local Government Act 1888, several responsibilities were transferred from the borough to the newly formed Surrey County Council. Farncombe was originally a separate civil parish, but became part of Godalming borough in 1892. The most recent change in local government took place in 1974, when the municipal boroughs of Godalming and Haslemere were merged with the Farnham Urban District and Hambledon Rural District to form Waverley District. At the same time, Godalming Town Council was constituted as the lowest tier of local government in the civil parish. The district became a borough on 21 February 1984, following the grant of a royal charter by Elizabeth II.

Commerce and industry

The right to hold a market was granted to Godalming in 1300 by Edward I. It probably took place each week at the junction of Church Street and the High Street. The right was confirmed in the 1563 charter of Elizabeth I, which stipulated that the market should be held every Wednesday. In 1674, the day was changed to Friday, but had reverted to Wednesday by the start of the 19th century. The market ceased in around 1879. The right to hold a fair each July was also granted in the charter of 1300 and continued to be held until 1870. A second annual fair, which originally took place over three days around Candlemas each February, was granted by Elizabeth I. By the start of the 19th century, the fair had been reduced to a single day and is last recorded in 1910.

Hatch Mill on the River Ock

Three watermills are recorded in the entry for Godalming in Domesday Book. Although their identities are uncertain, the present day Catteshall, Hatch and Westbrook Mills on the River Wey are thought to be the likely locations. Hatch Mill, close to the parish church, may be the oldest mill site in Godalming. Catteshall Mill, to the northeast of the town centre, is first recorded in 1300 and was used for milling corn from c. 1660 until 1836. The two Westbrook Mills, also on the Wey, are around 100 m (110 yd) apart and are not clearly distinguished in historical records until the mid-19th century, when the upper mill became known as Salgasson Mill.

Godalming's medieval prosperity was founded on the wool trade. The North Downs provided good grazing land for sheep, there were local deposits of Fuller's earth in Surrey and the Wey provided a source of both water and power for fulling mills. Like Guildford, to the north, the town specialised in the manufacture of kersey, a coarse cloth, dyed blue. Fulling took place at Catteshall Mill between 1300 and 1660, and at the Westbrook Mills in the 17th and early 18th centuries. Dyers are known to have been active in the town in the 17th century, but the kersey industry went into a steep decline in the middle of the century. Woollen cloth production ended at Guildford in the 1710s, but continued on a small scale in Godalming for around another 100 years.

Stocking frame held by Godalming Museum.

As cloth manufacture declined in Godalming, it was replaced by the production of knitted and woven textiles. A cottage industry developed in the town in the 17th century, producing woollen, silk and later cotton garments. Hosiery was knitted using a stocking frame invented by William Lee in the 1580s. Until the 18th century, most garments were produced by families working at home, but thereafter the industry became increasingly centralised. George Holland set up a factory in around 1790 for the manufacture of "Fleecy and Segovia Hosiery", using specially prepared wool. The Pitchers company was established in the town in 1885 and produced "Charterhouse sweaters", among other woollen items. The firm, which closed in the 1960s, is credited with the invention of a machine to produce the cable stitch.

Leather production was a significant part of the local economy from the mid-15th to mid-20th centuries. Tanneries are recorded at several sites in the town, including at Ockford Road, Meadrow and Catteshall Lock. In 1808, a "bark house" was erected in Mill Street for grinding bark and chamois leather was produced at the Westbrook Mills in the 19th century. The final leather producer in Godalming closed in 1952.

The Godalming area was an important centre for papermaking and, in the early 17th century, several mills in the town produced coarse sheets of "whited brown paper". Papermaking took place at the Westbrook Mills in the 17th and early 18th centuries, and at Catteshall Mill from the 1660s until 1928.

Transport and communications

Milestone on Meadrow, Farncombe

A ford across the Wey at the site of the current Town Bridge was established by the 12th century. In the late-medieval period, there was also a bridge owned by the Lord of the Manor at this location, but the ford was used by townspeople except in times of flood. The road through Godalming between Kingston upon Thames and Petersfield was turnpiked in 1749 and the present Town Bridge was constructed in 1782 by the County Surveyor, George Gwilt. The road south from the town centre through Busbridge to Hascombe was turnpiked in 1826.

Godalming Wharf at the end of the Godalming Navigation

The Wey has been used for navigation since ancient times and it is likely that wool, cloth and timber were transported via the unimproved river during the medieval period. The River Wey Navigation, between the River Thames and Guildford was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1651. Although its southern terminus was four miles north of the town, the opening of the new waterway had a positive impact on the economy of Godalming.

The Wey Navigation Act 1760 authorised the construction of the Godalming Navigation. The waterway, which opened in 1764 with four locks, extended the navigable stretch of river southwards. A 10-acre (4.0 ha) wharf was constructed on the south side of the Wey, close to the town centre. The busiest period for the navigation was during the 1810s, when timber, flour, and goods made of iron were shipped from Godalming, but after the arrival of the railway in 1849, it went into sharp decline. After 1918, there were only two commercial barges working the river south of Guildford and the final shipments from Godalming took place in 1925. The Godalming Navigation passed to the National Trust in 1968.

hide Railway lines in Godalming
to Guildford Farncombe (from 1897) original Godalming station (1849–1859) River Wey current Godalming station (from 1859) to Havant

The first railway station in Godalming opened in 1849 on the north side of the Wey. It was the southern terminus of the line built by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) from Guildford. A decade later, the line to Havant was constructed speculatively by the engineer, Thomas Brassley. This 32.75 mi (52.71 km) line was initially single track and joined the branch from Guildford to the north of the first railway station. Although construction was completed in 1858, the first passenger trains south of Godalming did not run until January of the following year. Initially there were four services in each direction per day between Guildford and Havant, which had increased to seven (with a single short working to Petersfield) by 1890. The opening of the line necessitated the building of the current railway station, although the original station was retained until 1969 for freight. Farncombe railway station, the only intermediate station between Guildford and Godalming, opened on 1 May 1897. The line south of Godalming was doubled in 1871 and was electrified in 1937.

Borough Bridge

Late 19th century improvements in the local road network included the construction of Borough Road and Borough Bridge to link the newly opened Charterhouse School to the town centre. The 9.1 mi (14.6 km) Guildford and Godalming bypass (now the A3) was opened in July 1934. In the 1990s, Flambard Way was built to divert through traffic around the town centre. Its construction divided Queen Street in two and severed the connections from Mill Lane and Holloway Hill to the High Street.

Residential development

Binscombe Farm

The basic layout of Church Street, the High Street and Bridge Street are thought to have been established by the 13th century and may be pre-conquest in origin. The Saxon settlement was concentrated in the Church Street area and Godalming expanded along the modern High Street in the 11th and 12th centuries. The first houses may have been constructed in The Mint in the late 13th or early 14th centuries. The town does not appear to have expanded significantly in the early modern period, although the oldest surviving buildings in the centre date from the 16th century. The settlement at Binscombe village grew up in the medieval period around Binscombe Farm. Much of the hamlet, including the original farmhouse, is designated a Conservation Area.

Godalming in 1816

Victorian houses on Brighton Road, Crownpits

Godalming began to grow in the mid-19th century, catalysed by the opening of the first railway station in 1849 and the arrival of Charterhouse School in 1872. The first cottages were constructed at Crownpits in the 1880s and farmland to the south of the town centre was sold for development in the same decade. Summerhouse, Busbridge and Oakdene Roads had been laid out by the mid-1890s and most of the houses had been built by the end of the century. The area north of Home Farm Road was developed in the 1970s and the Bargate Wood estate was built in the 1980s.

Farncombe began to grow in the early Victorian era, with terraced housing, semi-detached houses and larger villas being built along new streets branching from existing roads such as Hare Lane, Summers Road and Farncombe Street. Until the mid-19th century, Charterhouse and Furze Hill were part of Deanery Farm, although much of the latter was woodland. In 1865, the land was sold in lots, with 70 acres (28 ha) being acquired for the site of Charterhouse School. Houses in Deanery and Peperharrow Roads were built in the early 1870s, but in the mid-20th century many were either divided into flats or demolished, and higher-density housing was constructed on their former gardens. In the 1960s, the school vacated its properties on Frith Hill Road and on Markenholm, and the sites were sold for residential development. Housing on The Brambles was constructed in the mid-1980s. The most recent major developments in Farncombe took place in the early 21st century off Furze Lane.

The first council housing in the civil parish was constructed in 1920 around The Oval and Broadwater Lane in Farncombe. The first 168 houses on the Ockford Ridge estate, west of the town centre, were completed in 1931 and were followed by a further 32 new homes on Cliffe Road in 1935. After the Second World War, the Aaron's Hill development was built on the site of the former Ockford House. The Binscombe estate was constructed in the 1950s, to the northwest of Farncombe.

Godalming in the world wars

During the First World War, soldiers were billeted at nearby Witley Camp. A canteen was set up in Croft Road for those arriving via Godalming station. Allotments were planted at the Holloway Hill Recreation Ground and villagers in Busbridge were employed to manufacture baskets for 18 lb high-explosive shells. In October 1914, the Red Cross opened a hospital for wounded soldiers at Charterhouse School.

During the Second World War, the defence of Godalming was the responsibility of the 4th Battalion of the Surrey Home Guard, part of South East Command. A total of 213 bombs fell on the town, including two V-1 flying bombs, although no civilians were killed. In September 1939, around 40 children were evacuated to Busbridge from Wandsworth and several houses in Godalming were requisitioned to provide accommodation for soldiers. St Thomas's Hospital Medical School was also evacuated to Godalming and used the Charterhouse School science laboratories to teach in. Many students joined local home guard. A British Restaurant was opened in Angel Yard and Branksome House, in Filmer Grove, served as a district control centre. The manufacturer, RFD, set up a factory in Catteshall Lane to produce barrage balloons, inflatable boats and life jackets and, by the end of the war, was employing over 1000 local people.

National and local government

UK parliament

The entirety of Godalming Civil Parish is in the revised (2024) parliamentary constituency of Godalming and Ash

County council

Surrey County Council, headquartered in Reigate, is elected every four years. Godalming is represented by two councillors.

Election		Member	Ward
	2017	Penny Rivers	Godalming North
	2021	Paul Follows	Godalming South, Milford and Witley

Borough council

The town is divided into four wards; Binscombe and Charterhouse, Central and Ockford, Farncombe and Catteshall, and Holloway. Godalming is represented by nine councillors, elected to Waverley Borough Council:

Election		Member	Ward
	2019	Nick Palmer	Godalming Binscombe and Charterhouse
	2019	Paul Rivers	Godalming Binscombe and Charterhouse
	2019	Steve Williams	Godalming Binscombe and Charterhouse
	2017	Paul Follows	Godalming Central and Ockford
	2023	Victoria Kiehl	Godalming Central and Ockford
	2023	Janet Crowe	Godalming Farncombe and Catteshall
	2019	Penny Rivers	Godalming Farncombe and Catteshall
	2023	Adam Duce	Godalming Holloway
	2010	Peter Martin	Godalming Holloway

Godalming Town Council

The southeast façade of Godalming Borough Hall in 2016

Godalming Town Council is the lowest tier of local government in the civil parish. A total of 20 councillors is elected every four years. Each year, one councillor is chosen as the Mayor, who represents the town on civic occasions and who is recognised as the principal citizen of Godalming. Godalming is twinned with Mayen, Germany (April 1982) and Joigny, France (May 1985). The town retains strong friendship links with the state of Georgia, USA, and with the cities of Savannah and Augusta in particular, through the organisation, the Friends of Oglethorpe. Since 2011, the town council has held the power to confer the titles of "Honorary Freeman" and "Honorary Freewoman" on residents who have demonstrated outstanding service to or made a significant contribution to the community. As of 2022, two people (Zadie Caudle and John Young) have been recognised in this way.

Demography and housing

2011 Census Key Statistics

Output area	Population	Households	Owned outright	Owned with a loan	Social rented	Private rented
Godalming Binscombe	4,087	1,698	30.8%	31.2%	30.3%	5.8%
Godalming Central and Ockford	4,692	1,984	26.6%	34.5%	18.3%	19.2%
Godalming Charterhouse	4,105	1,575	34.0%	35.1%	5.1%	22.2%
Godalming Farncombe and Catteshall	4,600	2,091	29.8%	35.7%	13.0%	17.7%
Godalming Holloway	3,287	1,633	45.1%	44.0%	2.3%	7.5%
Total for Godalming Civil Parish	21,804	8,954	32.8%	36.0%	14.1%	14.8%
South East Region	8,634,750	3,555,463	35.1%	32.5%	13.7%	16.3%

2011 Census Homes

Output area	Detached	Semi-detached	Terraced	Flats and apartments
Godalming Binscombe	26.4%	45.5%	20.1%	8.0%
Godalming Central and Ockford	16.7%	36.0%	21.8%	25.4%
Godalming Charterhouse	36.1%	17.3%	12.0%	34.6%
Godalming Farncombe and Catteshall	16.4%	35.0%	25.4%	23.2%
Godalming Holloway	64.0%	19.8%	10.8%	5.4%
Total for Godalming Civil Parish	30.3%	31.3%	18.6%	19.8%
South East Region	28.0%	27.6%	22.4%	21.2%

Public services

Utilities

The former water tower on Frith Hill has been converted to a private house.

For much of the town's history, residents obtained drinking water from local rivers or from wells. In the early 19th century, a hand-operated pump was installed next to the Pepperpot in the High Street. A 45 m deep (148 ft) well was dug at Charterhouse to supply the school with water. In around 1880, water mains were installed in Godalming and Farncombe, fed from a water tower on Frith Hill. In 1899, the borough council purchased the water tower, becoming responsible for the drinking water supply to the town until 1974. In that year, the water tower was decommissioned and a new covered reservoir was opened at Sandy Lane.

The town sewerage system was constructed in 1894 and included a sewage works at Unstead Farm, to the north of Farncombe. Until this point, waste water had been disposed of in cesspits, resulting in the contamination of drinking water wells; outbreaks of cholera and typhoid are recorded in Godalming in the 18th and 19th centuries. The municipal tip was opened next to the sewage works in the early 1900s.

The Godalming Gas and Coke Company was established in 1825 and purchased part of Godalming Wharf for the site of its gasworks. Gas was provided for street lighting between 1836 and 1881, and again from 1884 to 1900. The coal required initially arrived by barge, but was delivered by train after the first railway station opened in 1849. The gasworks closed in 1957, when the town supply was linked to that of Guildford.

Introduction of street lighting to Godalming, November 1881 (from The Graphic)

Godalming has a claim to be the first town in the world to have a combined public and private electricity supply. The price of gas had risen during the 1870s and the borough sought an alternative method of providing street lighting. In 1881, the London firm of Calder and Barrett installed a generator driven by two Poncelet waterwheels at Westbrook Mill. The electricity was used to power three 250 V arc lights at the mill and overhead cables were run above Mill Street to the town centre, where a further four arc lights were installed. A second, 40 V circuit supplied 34 incandescent lamps (of which seven were at the mill and the remainder were in the town centre). The scheme met with mixed success and there were criticisms that the lights in the town centre were too dim, while those at the mill were too bright. By the end of 1881, the generator had been moved to the rear of the White Hart pub, where it was driven by a steam engine and, in April 1882, Siemens took over the operation. The electricity supply continued until 1884, when Siemens refused to bid for the renewal of its contract and the town reverted to gas lighting.

The second power station in Godalming was opened in Borough Road in 1902. By the end of the following year, two 90 kW and one 200 kW steam-powered generators had been installed, which were replaced in 1928 by a 200 kW diesel-driven generator. Under the Electricity (Supply) Act 1926, Godalming was connected to the National Grid, initially to a 33 kV supply ring, which linked the town to Guildford, Hindhead, Woking and Aldershot. In 1932, the ring was connected to the Wimbledon-Woking main via a 132 kV substation at West Byfleet. By the time of its closure in 1949, the Borough Road power station had an installed capacity of 600 kW.

Emergency services

From the early part of the 17th century, the borough appears to have employed a "bedle" or "bellman" to apprehend troublemakers and, in 1747, there is a reference to a "cage prison" in Godalming. By 1762, a uniformed town watchman was employed with an annual salary of £10 and a "constable of Godalming" is first recorded in 1817. The borough police force was formed in 1836 and briefly became part of the county force from 1851 to 1857. By 1868, the police station was in Moss Lane and had three cells capable of holding a total of nine people. The force was led by a superintendent, assisted by a constable, a night watch and several special constables.

In 1889, the borough force became part of the Surrey Constabulary, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1888. A new police station, built on the site of the former gasworks, opened in 1969 and closed in 2012. In 2022, policing in the civil parish is the responsibility of Surrey Police and the nearest police station run by the force is at Guildford.

Godalming Fire Station

The first fire station in Godalming was constructed in Moss Lane in 1816. It housed a manual fire pump, mounted on a pushcart, that could be used by local residents when the need arose. It was not until 1870 that the town fire brigade was formally constituted, initially as a volunteer force, with the equipment funded by public subscription. Six years later, the station moved to Godalming Wharf and, in 1894, the borough took over the running of the brigade. From this point onwards, the firefighters were paid for each incident that they attended, with the cost charged to the property owners who used their services. In 1904, the borough purchased a horse-drawn steam pump and, in May of the same year, the force moved to a new fire station in Queen Street. During the Second World War, it became part of the National Fire Service and, in 1948, Surrey Fire and Rescue Service was formed. The fire brigade moved to the current station in Bridge Road in 1972.

In 2022, the local fire authority is Surrey County Council and the statutory fire service is the Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. Godalming Ambulance Station, in Catteshall Lane, is run by the South East Coast Ambulance Service.

Healthcare

The Meath

The Meath Epilepsy Charity was founded in 1892 by Mary Jane Brabazon, Countess of Meath. She purchased Westbrook House and opened the "Home of Comfort for Epileptic Women and Girls". By 1920, The Meath, as it became known, was offering residential care for 87 patients. In 2020, 82 adults with epilepsy were offered residential care and the charity supported an additional 30 clients. Changing Perceptions, in Godalming High Street, is The Meath's social enterprise and offers patients opportunities to work in the furniture workshop and in the café.

The nearest hospital with an A&E is the Royal Surrey County Hospital, 6.3 km (3.9 mi) from Godalming. As of 2022, the town has two GP practices, one at Catteshall Mill and one at Binscombe.

Transport

Bus and train

Godalming railway station

Godalming is linked by a number of bus routes to surrounding towns and villages in southwest Surrey. Operators serving the town include Compass Bus, Stagecoach and the Compo Community Bus.

South Western Railway operates all services from both Godalming and Farncombe stations. Trains run to London Waterloo via Guildford and to Portsmouth Harbour via Haslemere. There is a taxi rank at Godalming station.

River navigation

Catteshall Lock

Main article: Wey and Godalming Navigations

The River Wey is navigable from Godalming northwards to Weybridge and the navigation authority is the National Trust. The head of navigation is at Godalming Wharf, about 50 m (55 yd) downstream of Town Bridge. Catteshall Lock has a fall of 1.7 m (5.6 ft) and is the southernmost lock on the connected inland waterways of Great Britain.

Long-distance cycleway and footpath

The Farnham Link of the Surrey Cycleway runs through the civil parish from Charterhouse via the town centre to Holloway Hill. The final stage of the Tour of Britain 2012 passed through Godalming.

The Fox Way, a 39 mi (63 km) footpath that encircles Guildford, follows the towpath of the Wey Navigation from Catteshall to Town Bridge, before running north of the town centre and Aaron's Hill towards Eashing.

Education

Early schools

The former British school on Bridge Road

There are thought to have been dame schools operating in Godalming in the 16th and 17th centuries, but the first surviving reference to formal education in the town is from 1715, in which a school for 50 poor boys is recorded. The National school opened in Mint Road in February 1813 and moved to the former workhouse in Moss Lane in 1843. The workhouse buildings were demolished in 1910 and new classrooms were constructed on the same site. The school moved to new premises on Franklyn Road in the early 1970s and was renamed to become St Mark's School. A further change of name took place in 2008 and the school is now known as Green Oak School.

A British school opened in Hart's Yard in December 1812, but moved to Bridge Road in February the following year. It educated children between the ages of 6 and 13. The premises were rebuilt in 1872 and are now occupied by the Busy Bees nursery school. Busbridge School was founded in 1865 and three years later it became a National school. In 1868 there were 64 children on the roll, but by 1906, the school had 166 pupils.

St John's School, Farncombe opened in 1856; both the George Road and Meadrow Schools opened in 1906. Moss Lane County Primary School opened on the former workhouse site in 1975, but became an infants school in 1994.

Maintained schools

Broadwater School

Broadwater School, in the north of the civil parish, was established in 1967. It was built on part of the former Broadwater House estate. The school educates around 570 pupils aged from 11 to 16. It became part of the Greenshaw Learning Trust in September 2020.

Godalming College, to the south of the town centre, was founded in 1975 on the campus of the former Godalming Grammar School. It caters for 16–19-year-olds and is state maintained. The Performing Arts Centre was opened in March 2008 and the English and Modern Foreign Languages Centre was opened in September 2016.

Independent schools

Statue of Thomas Sutton on Founder's Court at Charterhouse School

Charterhouse School was founded in 1611 in a former Carthusian monastery near Smithfield in London and relocated to Godalming in 1872. The main school buildings were designed by the architect, Philip Charles Hardwick, and the chapel, by Giles Gilbert Scott, was erected in 1927 as a memorial to former pupils who had died in the First World War. Initially the school was for boys only but, from 1971, girls were accepted into the sixth form. Girls were first admitted into Year 9 in 2021 and the school is expected to become fully coeducational in September 2023.

St Hilary's School is an independent preparatory school for boys and girls aged 2–11. It was founded in Tuesley Lane in August 1927 and moved to its present site on Holloway Hill in 1936. The nursery department opened in 1946 and the school became a limited company in 1965.

Places of worship

Further information: List of places of worship in Waverley (borough)

Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul

The oldest parts of the Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul date from the 9th century. The location of the church, on a sandstone knoll above the River Wey floodplain, is thought to have been the site of the original settlement of Godalming. By the early 11th century, the church is thought to have consisted of a nave and chancel; transepts and a tower were added in the early Norman period. A major rebuilding took place in the 13th century, which included the addition of a spire. The church owes its present appearance to restoration and remodelling work by George Gilbert Scott in the 19th century. The interior of the building includes the font, dated to the 15th or early 16th century, the carved wooden pulpit from c. 1600 and the parish chest from c. 1200. A daughter church, St Mark's, was opened in 1934.

Monthly Quaker meetings are thought to have been taking place in Binscombe by 1656, when the Dissenter George Fox is known to have preached there. The burial ground in the village was in use from 1659 until 1790. A lending library for Quakers was established in Godalming in 1676 and the Meeting House on Mill Lane was built in the 1710s. The building retains much of its original interior, including wooden panelling and fixed benches. The writer, Mary Waring, was an Elder of the meeting and kept a diary of her religious experiences.

Meadrow Unitarian Chapel

Meadrow Unitarian Chapel, on the north side of the River Wey, was opened in 1789 as a General Baptist chapel. The building included a baptistry equipped with a pool suitable for immersion baptism. In the early 19th century, the congregation began to embrace Unitarianism. Religious services moved to a new building in 1870, but returned to the original chapel in the mid-1970s.

Although John Wesley visited the town four times, attempts in the late 18th century to establish Methodism in Godalming were unsuccessful. The current congregation traces its origins to a group that began meeting in the High Street in 1826 and that later moved to the former Congregational Church in Hart Lane in 1869. A second relocation to the Bridge Road Church, named after the religious reformer Hugh Price Hughes, opened in 1903.

Busbridge Parish Church was designed by George Gilbert Scott in the Early English style and was consecrated in 1867. The windows at the west end were designed by Edward Burne-Jones and the wrought-iron chancel screen was designed by Edwin Lutyens.

The Church of St Edmund King and Martyr, Croft Road

The first Catholic church in the town was a temporary iron church, erected in Croft Road in 1899. The Godalming parish was created in 1904 and the first priest was appointed in November of that year. The foundation stone of the new church, St Edmund's, was laid in November 1905 and construction was completed in June 1906. The grade II-listed building was designed by Frederick Walters in the Early English style.

Culture

Art

Tribal by Ruth Wheeler – on display outside the Waverley Borough Council offices

Godalming Museum owns paintings by James Peel and Gertrude Jekyll as well as a sculpture of the artist, George Frederic Watts, by Louis Reid Deuchars. The collection also includes portraits of Thomas Henry Huxley and Jack Phillips by John Collier and Ellis Martin respectively. The Tate holds an oil painting by J. M. W. Turner entitled Godalming from the South, dated to 1805; the gallery also holds two pencil sketches of the town skyline by the same artist.

Literature, film and television

In Charles Dickens' novel Nicholas Nickleby, Nicholas and Smike stay the night in Godalming, en route from London to Portsmouth: "To Godalming they came at last, and here they bargained for two humble beds, and slept soundly." Much of the action in Bulldog Drummond by Sapper takes place in Godalming. Binscombe features as a location in The Hog's Back Mystery (1933) by the detective-fiction writer Freeman Wills Crofts.

Ian Fleming's James Bond short story, Quantum of Solace, referred to Godalming as a venue for retired colonial civil servants with memories of postings to places "that no one at the local golf club would have heard about or would care about." In The Rose of Tibet (1962) by thriller writer, Lionel Davidson, two characters are described as talking "for hours" of a shared link with Godalming. In a somewhat "backhanded compliment", their exotic (and perilous) Tibetan location is held to be "All a long, long way from damp, soft Godalming with its mushy autumnal leaves underfoot and its dark green trains commuting to Waterloo." The comic novel The Return of Reginald Perrin, by David Nobbs, contains the following: "Note: It is believed that this book mentions Godalming more than any other book ever written, including A Social, Artistic and Economic History of Godalming by E. Phipps-Blythburgh."

года Романтическая комедия 2006 «Праздник» . и телесериал 2022 года Inside Man . включают сцены, снятые в Годалминге.

Музыка и театр

Эстрада Годалминга перед приходской церковью

Godalming Band в своем нынешнем виде действует с 1937 года, но его предшественники действовали в городе с ок. 1844 год . Первые выступления состоялись в честь коронации Георга VI и Елизаветы . Первая зарубежная поездка в один из городов-побратимов Годалминга, Майен, Германия, состоялась в 1979 году. Группа регулярно выступает на местных площадках, в том числе на Godalming Bandstand.

Молодежный оркестр Годалминга был основан в 1979 году и принимает исполнителей на оркестровых инструментах в возрасте от 8 до 17 лет. Театральная группа Годалминга была основана как Театральная группа Молодежного центра в 1964 году. Обычно она выступает три раза в год - мюзикл весной , спектакль осенью и пантомима на Рождество. Местные выступления обычно проходят в школе Чартерхаус, но группа гастролировала по всему миру в Огасте, Майене и Жуаньи.

Спорт

Центр досуга

Развлекательный центр Годалминга в Бродуотер-парке был открыт в 2012 году, заменив предыдущий центр, построенный в середине 1970-х годов. К услугам гостей 25-метровый бассейн, учебный бассейн, фитнес-зал, сауна и мягкая игровая площадка.

Ассоциация футбола

Годалминг Таун (зелено-желтая полоса ) примет Льюис дома в 2017 году.

Футбольный клуб Годалминг Таун был основан как Годалминг Юнайтед в 1950 году бывшими учениками гимназии Годалминга. Первоначально команда проводила свои домашние игры на стадионе «Холлоуэй Хилл Рекреейшн Граунд», но в 1970 году переехала в Медроу в Фарнкомбе. Нынешний стадион назван в честь Билла Кайта, бывшего президента и давнего сторонника клуба.

Футбольный клуб «Олд Картузианс» был основан в 1876 году группой бывших учеников школы Чартерхаус. Команда выиграла Кубок Англии в 1881 году. и Кубок Англии среди любителей трижды в 1890-х годах. В 2022 году клуб является членом Артурианской лиги и свои домашние игры основная команда проводит на школьных игровых полях.

Крикет

Известно, что крикет прочно обосновался в Годалминге к 1767 году, а первое определенное упоминание о команде Годалминга относится к 1786 году. К 1883 году городская команда начала играть на стадионе «Холлоуэй Хилл Рекреэйшн Граунд», тогда известном как Уайтхарт Филд. Нынешний крикетный клуб Годалминга был основан в 1926 году.

Первый зарегистрированный матч по крикету в Бродуотер-парке состоялся в 1850 году, а в 1854 году там состоялся матч графства Суррей – Ноттингемшир. Крикетный клуб Фарнкомба был основан 6 апреля 1938 года и провел свой первый матч 30 числа того же месяца. Клуб с самого начала арендовал свою домашнюю территорию в Бродуотер-парке у городского совета. Первый павильон, деревянное здание, ранее использовавшееся для проживания персонала отеля Bramley Grange, был построен в 1949 году. Его заменили в первой половине 1972 года, а в следующее десятилетие новое здание дважды расширяли, чтобы обеспечить большее социальное пространство.

Другие виды спорта

Guildford RFC был образован в 2002 году в результате слияния регбийных клубов Guildford & Godalming и Old Guildfordians. Первый матч в составе единой сборной состоялся в сентябре 2003 года, а первый сезон был сыгран в тогдашнем лондонском дивизионе 3SW. Клуб проводит свои домашние игры в спортивном клубе Broadwater.

Рыболовное общество Годалминга было основано в 1882 году. Клуб имеет права ловить рыбу в озере Бродуотер площадью 10 акров (4,0 га). и участок реки Вей длиной 8 миль (13 км) от Ишинга до Гилфорда. Участники также могут ловить рыбу в пяти других местах за пределами гражданского прихода.

есть два клуба игры в боулинг на плоской зеленой лужайке В гражданском приходе . Клуб боулинга Холлоуэй Хилл играет на площадке отдыха Холлоуэй Хилл а боулинг-клуб Годалминга и Фарнкомба играет в The Burys. Клуб Godalming and Farncombe был основан в 1867 году и является вторым старейшим боулинг-клубом в Суррее.

Известные здания и достопримечательности

Общественные центры

Центр Уилфрида Нойса

Молодежный центр Годалминга был открыт Уилфридом Нойсом , альпинистом , учителем и бывшим учеником Чартерхауса, 6 июня 1962 года. Он погиб в результате несчастного случая при восхождении 24 июля того же года, и центр был переименован в его память. В период с июня 2015 года по март 2016 года центр был отремонтирован, и в нем появились новые помещения для общественного питания и многоярусные места для сидения.

Центр Деннингберга был открыт Дэнни Деннингбергом, тогдашним мэром Годалминга, в октябре 1974 года. Это штаб-квартира Ассоциации благосостояния пожилых людей Годалминга, которая функционирует как дневной центр для людей старше 55 лет. С самого начала им управляли волонтеры, и в нем есть клиника педикюра и кафе.

Старая мельница, расположенная к северу от Хай-стрит, — это дневной центр, которым управляет Национальное общество аутистов . Он предлагает ряд мероприятий и образовательных курсов для людей с аутизмом .

Ратуши и музей Годалминга

Основные статьи: Городской совет Годалминга и музей Годалминга

Бывшая ратуша , получившая прозвище «Перечница» из-за своего купола , представляет собой характерное восьмиугольное здание на Хай-стрит. Расположен на месте средневекового рыночного дома, его строительство финансировалось за счет общественных пожертвований. Он был построен в 1814 году, хотя центральную лестничную башню пристроили только в 1890-х годах. Первый этаж открытый и представляет собой круглую арочную аркаду. Помещения наверху использовались для заседаний городского совета до 1908 года.

Городской зал Годалминга на Бридж-стрит был построен как общественный зал в 1861 году. В 1906 году он был расширен и перестроен в нынешний городской зал, а в 1908 году совет начал собираться в специально построенном зале.

Музей Годалминга

Музей Годалминга открылся в 1921 году на верхнем этаже The Pepperpot. В ноябре 1987 года он переехал на Хай-стрит, 107–109, в дом Уэлдена с деревянным каркасом, построенный в 1440-х годах. В музее хранятся многочисленные артефакты, связанные с историей местности и движением искусств и ремесел на юго-западе Суррея.

Мемориалы

Главный радист RMS Titanic Джек Филлипс родился и жил в Фарнкомбе. После того, как корабль столкнулся с айсбергом в ночь с 14 на 15 апреля 1912 года, он оставался на своем посту, неоднократно посылая сигналы бедствия, пока корабль не затонул. Филлипс был удостоен чести своего родного города благодаря строительству мемориального монастыря по проекту Хью Теккерея Тернера и сада Гертруды Джекилл. В церкви Фарнкомба также была установлена ​​медная мемориальная доска. Монастырь был восстановлен к 100-летию затопления в 2012 году.

Военный мемориал Годалминга

Военный мемориал Годалминга, посвященный в 1921 году, был спроектирован архитектором Альбертом Поуисом . Он имеет форму латинского креста , установленного на вершине северной подпорной стены погоста приходской церкви Святых Петра и Павла. Под крестом записаны имена 109 местных жителей, погибших в годы Второй мировой войны. На мемориальных досках внутри церкви поминают погибших в Первой мировой войне.

Военный мемориал Басбриджа на кладбище церкви Святого Иоанна Крестителя был спроектирован Эдвином Лютиенсом. Он построен из портлендского камня и имеет форму креста высотой 7 м (23 фута). Он был освящен в июле 1922 года, а имена погибших в Первой и Второй мировых войнах записаны на мемориальных досках внутри церкви.

Другие известные здания

Кингс Армс и Роял Отель

Отель King's Arms and Royal на Хай-стрит представляет собой бывший постоялый двор, впервые упоминаемый в 17 веке. В 1698 году Петр Великий в гостинице останавливался со своей свитой во время путешествия из Портсмута в Лондон. Современный отчет, хранящийся в Бодлианской библиотеке , фиксирует огромное количество потребляемой еды и напитков. Мемориальная доска была открыта в 1998 году послом России в Великобритании в ознаменование 300-летия визита царя. Большая часть отеля датируется серединой 18 века, включая кирпичный фасад в георгианском стиле , построенный в 1753 году. Некоторые внутренние панели относятся к 17 веку, хотя считается, что они были переоборудованы в ходе более поздней реконструкции.

Красный дом на Фрит-Хилл был построен в 1899 году архитектором Эдвином Латиенсом для бывшего воспитателя школы Чартерхаус. Он построен из красного кирпича во фламандском стиле , с простой черепичной крышей и окнами со свинцовым светом . Его расположение на покатом склоне холма требовало, чтобы передняя часть здания была двухэтажной, а задняя - четырехэтажной. Главной внутренней особенностью является центральная лестница с открытым колодцем, и до сих пор виден оригинальный декор перил. Красный дом был описан как «ранняя плодотворная работа Лютьенса».

Богадельни Вятта

Богадельни Вятта были построены в 1622 году для Ричарда Вятта, главного плотника компании плотников в Лондоне. Вятт оговорил, что жилье должно быть предложено десяти беднякам из приходов Годалминг, Путтенхэм, Хэмблдон, Комптон и Дансфолд. В пользование жителей была также предоставлена ​​часовня. Десять домов были преобразованы в восемь квартир в 1959 году, а в 1960-х годах вокруг первоначального здания были добавлены новые бунгало.

Парки и открытые пространства

Бродвотер Парк

площадью 29 га (72 акра) Парк Бродуотер - это многофункциональная зона отдыха к северо-востоку от Фарнкомба. На протяжении большей части своей истории этот район принадлежал семье Мор Молинье из Loseley House. а первая запись о игре в крикет датируется 1827 годом. Поместье, включая площадку для игры в крикет, было продано в 1836 году торговцу лесом Джорджу Маршаллу под строительство Бродуотер-Хауса. Поместье оставалось в собственности семьи Маршаллов до начала 20 века, когда его купил Джордж Эдвард Прайс, директор канадской фирмы Price Brothers Ltd. Во время Первой мировой войны дом использовался для размещения бельгийских беженцев. озеро использовалось в качестве катка , канадскими солдатами расквартированными в лагере Уитли.

В 1936 году поместье было куплено г-ном В. Хоптроффом, местным застройщиком, который, в свою очередь, предложил часть земли городу для использования в качестве зоны отдыха. В ноябре того же года территория площадью 1,8 га (4,4 акра), включая поле для крикета, была куплена П. К. Флетчером, мэром Годалминга, и подарена городу. В декабре 1938 года территория площадью 13,3 га (33 акра) была объявлена ​​Полем короля Георга . В 2022 году парк будет принадлежать городскому совету и будет включать в себя лесные и луговые территории, многофункциональную игровую площадку, футбольные поля и теннисные корты.

Другие открытые пространства

Земли Ламмаса представляют собой пойму площадью 31,8 га (79 акров) на северном берегу реки Вей между центром города и Фарнкомбом. Со времен средневековья до начала 19 века эта территория использовалась как сенокосный луг, и после того, как трава была скошена ко Дню Ламмаса (1 августа), местным жителям было разрешено пасти скот до Сретения (1 февраля) следующего года. . Эти общие права были отменены Актом об огорожении 1808 года , но по крайней мере два камня для пособий по безработице , которые раньше обозначали отдельные земельные участки, сохранились. Сегодня земли Ламмаса признаны объектом природоохранного значения и в основном принадлежат городскому совету. Исследование 1994 года отметило наличие более 108 видов цветковых растений , в том числе василька черного , камнеломки луговой , бархатцев болотных и водяной мяты . В 2001 году было зарегистрировано около 227 видов беспозвоночных, включая популяции тростникового жука на берегах реки Вей, жука-вертушки в Адской канаве и жука-щелкуна в районах с более высокой травой.

Рекреационная площадка Холлоуэй-Хилл, первоначально известная как Уайтхарт-Филд, была куплена компанией Godalming Recreation Club Company в 1896 году. До 1883 года она использовалась как поле для крикета, а в 1885 году там занимались такими видами спорта, как футбол, игры в футбол и теннис. Во время Первой мировой войны землю раскапывали под наделы а в 1921 году городской совет купил землю у компании. С июня 2015 года участок площадью 5,87 га (14,5 акра) находится под защитой благотворительной организации Fields in Trust в рамках программы полей королевы Елизаветы II.

Известные люди

См. Также выпускников гимназии Годалминга и Список известных старых картезианцев.

• Джонас Мур (1617–1679) математик, геодезист и артиллерист - умер в Годалминге.
• Джон Балхен (1670–1744), Белого адмирал Королевского флота , родился и жил в Годалминге, пока не поступил на флот в возрасте 15 лет.
• Джеймс Оглторп (1696–1785) армейский офицер и основатель колонии Джорджия - родился в Годалминге и жил в Вестбрук-Плейс.
• Мэри Тофт ( ок. 1703–1763 ) убедила медицинских работников, что она родила кроликов – родившихся, живущих и умерших в Годалминге.
• Оуэн Мэннинг (1721–1801) священнослужитель и историк Суррея - был викарием Годалминга с 1763 года до своей смерти.
• Джордж Барретт (1752–1821) актуарий - жил в Годалминге с 1816 года до своей смерти.
• Джеймс Инскипп (1790–1868) художник - последнюю часть своей жизни прожил на Каттешолл-лейн.
• Джозеф Дандо (1806–1894) скрипач и альтист - жил в коттедже Эттвелл, Пеперхароу-роуд с 1875 года до своей смерти.
• Альфред Рассел Уоллес (1823–1913) биолог и критик - жил в Годалминге с 1881 по 1889 год.
• Юлий Цезарь (1830–1878) игрок в крикет - родился, жил и умер в Годалминге.
• Томас Пейдж (1850–1936) классик и школьный учитель - 30 лет проработал в городском совете Годалминга, был основателем гимназии Годалминга, умер в своем доме на Фрит-Хилл.
• Филип Кардью (1851–1910), армейский офицер Королевских инженеров и пионер электротехники - умер в Краунпитс-Хаусе, Годалминг.
• Эрнест Ирвинг (1878–1953) музыкальный руководитель и композитор - в детстве родился и жил в Годалминге.
• Джордж Мэллори (1886–1924) учитель и альпинист - жил во Фрит-Хилл с 1910 года до своей смерти.
• Джек Филлипс (1887–1912), старший радист на корабле RMS «Титаник», родился в Годалминге и в детстве жил в городе.
• WHC Романис (1889–1972) хирург и писатель-медик - родился в Годалминге и провел детство в городе.
• Олдос Хаксли (1894–1963) писатель и философ - родился в Лэлеме, Пеперхароу-роуд, и провел свое детство в Годалминге.
• Милисент Багот (1907–2006) офицер британской разведки - с 2001 года до своей смерти жила в доме престарелых «Юбилейный».
• Ник Кларк (1948–2006) телеведущий - родился в городе.
• Мик Миллс (р. 1949), капитан сборной Англии по футболу на чемпионате мира 1982 года , родился в Годалминге.
• Элспет Бирд (р. 1959) архитектор и мотоциклистка - живет и работает в Годалминге.
• Мэтт Паркер (р. 1980) математик , писатель и комик

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Внешние ссылки

• Городской совет Годалминга
• Музей Годалминга
• Аэрофотоснимки Годалминга. Архивировано 29 января 2023 года в Wayback Machine.
• www.geograph.co.uk: фотографии Годалминга и его окрестностей.
• Годалминг Погодные наблюдения и записи