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More about Godalming Waverley Surrey
Godalming is a town in the Waverley district of the
county of Surrey, England, seven kilometres south of
Guildford. It is built on the banks of the River Wey.
The town has existed since Saxon times (see also
Godalming (hundred)), and probably earlier. It is
mentioned in the will of King Alfred the Great, and the
name itself has Saxon origins, 'Godhelms Ingus' roughly
translated as “the family of godhelm”, and probably
referring to one of the first lords of the manor.
By the time of the 1086 Domesday survey, Godalming had
three watermills and a population of roughly 400 people.
At the time, its manor belonged to the King, but a few
hundred years later, ownership transferred to the Bishop
of Salisbury, under a charter granted by King Edward I
of England.
In the year 1300, the town was granted the right to hold
a weekly market and an annual fair. Its major industry
at the time was woollen cloth, which contributed to
Godalming’s prosperity over the next few centuries,
until a sudden decline in the 17th century. Instead, its
people applied their skills to the latest knitting and
weaving technology and began producing stockings in a
variety of materials, and later to leatherwork.
A willingness to adapt, and move from one industry to
another meant that Godalming continued to thrive. For
example, paper making was adopted in the 17th century,
and was still manufactured there in the 20th century.
The quarrying of Bargate stone also provided an
important source of income, as did passing trade -
Godalming was a popular stopping point for stage coaches
between Portsmouth and London.
In 1764, trade received an additional boost when
canalisation of the river took place, linking the town
to Guildford, and from there to the River Thames and
London.
So successful was Godalming, that in the early 19th
century it was considerably larger than today’s county
town of Guildford, and by 1851 the population had passed
6,500. Already, it was becoming a popular residence for
commuters, for it was connected to London by railway two
years earlier, in 1849, and to Portsmouth in 1859. Today
the town is served by Godalming railway station on the
Portsmouth Direct Line.
Godalming came to world attention in 1881, when it
became the first town in the United Kingdom to install a
public supply of electricity, and the first in the world
to boast electric street lighting, driven by a Siemens
AC Alternator and dynamo at Westbrook watermill, feeding
seven arc lights and 34 Swan incandescant lights.
The long history of Godalming is still evident in its
architecture, from its parish church, with its Saxon
chancel and Norman tower, to its 19th century town hall,
nicknamed the Pepperpot. The town has around 230 listed
buildings, featuring everything from Tudor timbers to
17th century brickwork.
Godalming is on the mainline railway between London
(Waterloo) and Portsmouth, and is served by South West
Trains. The village of Farncombe is effectively a suburb
of Godalming to the north east of the town, it too has a
railway station.
Courtesy of Wikimedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godalming |
