T H E PA RIS H A N D CH U RCH OF GODALM I NG . Pr e fa c e . H E primitive c h u rc h of an ancient parish which h as long since grown old in a sa cred service invariably s to few if possesses an intere t which , any, other structures can lay claim . Having escaped the oblivion which involves the remote past, it sur vives in the light of the present time a s the sole remaining witness of the sentiments and the handiwork of its f f f l its orgotten ounders . I t o ten contains a so within walls evidences of the doings of its guardians of every succeeding age. Such a of e c a n f to relic, with its long roll years and memori s, scarcely ail or s of impress any observer, to engage the sympathie those who f live around and are amiliar with it. of f old The writer the ollowing pages , as an resident in the a of a s of p rish Godalming, and also an architect and a member the ae h a s Surrey Arch ological Society, shared , in common with every other parishioner, in the interest with which its parish church is of regarded . But whatever the degree his interest in the church of o may have been , he had no intention writing a book up n the f f abric . The whole o his ea rlier investigations were made entirely of r of for of on account the att action the subject , and the purpose satisfying himself upon certain statements and theories that had 6 Pr gfa c e. r to u been advanced in egard the struct re . During this process, on one f a w however, he came up or two unsuspected e tures hich supplied the clue to some of the diffic ulties that had presented f themselves to his mind . These eatures were new to him , and he l h is so fa r thinks they will be new a so to readers , because ( as he has been able to discover) n o reference has ever been made to them in any notes or papers published upon the church either f f or f o o of 1 8 . be ore , at the time , a ter, the restorati n 79 f u r f r Having met with the eat es re erred to, d awings illustrating f them were made, and some notes were written with re erence to f f in thereto, and the in erences that might be drawn there rom c f onnection with other known acts . a o This was done some years g , and upon the paper and f ae sketches being seen by one or two riends interested in arch ology, these gentlemen strongly advised that the whole shou ld be pub lish ed in a small book . The writer, being well aware that the was f f paper but a ragment, and that much urther labour and investigation would be required to make it sufficiently complete for of publication , was obliged to lay the whole aside on account f more pressing duties . I n the years that have ollowed he has, at a s long intervals , during very scant leisure , added some items opportunity offered. of Since the idea printing the paper has been entertained , an e to s a r e end avour has been made avoid unnece s y technicaliti s, and to make th e subj e ct a s clear and interesting as its character would f e is admit o . For the sam reason some information which not n e w be eas e e r e e , but which may not ily accessibl to ev yon , has b en e f u gath red rom vario s sources and embodied in this work . The writer wishes to call attention to the distinction between the facts stated in regard to the church and the deductions which he has drawn from them . The latter are the conclusions he has e c Prf a e . f c f of f s arrived at a ter are ul consideration the act , and these experts (if they should rea d and consider the facts at all) will follow or reject as the premises may seem to them to require. Although su f the writer has expressed his own views , he believes he is fic ien tly desirous of elucidating the actual truth to welcome from any quarter any new facts or deductions that would tend to that if r to f end , even such should make it necessa y modi y his own a conclusions upon any of the points tre ted on . f to Rev . of He eels greatly indebted the T S Cooper, Stone f l h n f o o . t of hurst , Chidding old, one the va ued secre aries the ae for of r Surrey Arch ological Society , not only several items histo y h a s for which he kindly contributed, but also the warm interest he has manifested in the subject since he first became aware of its Rev to . u th e being dealt with ; also especially the L H B rrows, e of th e for for th e est emed Vicar parish , the like interest and facilities that have been kindly accorded for the prosecution of the of of f work . The sources the various items in ormation given are x generally mentioned in the te t. n C o n t e t s . CH APTER PAGE 1 TH E PARISH 1 or 1 . THE SITE THE CHURCH H - n ". T E ELEVENTH CENTURY CHURCH v - x . THE TWELFTH CENTURY CHURCH v - . THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY CHURCH - V) . THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY CHURCH Vi F FT St EENTH ENTURv ". THE I EENTH AND C CHURCH v ENT Rv m . THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH C U CHURCH xx N i N E - . THE ET EN TH CENTURY CHURCH x . SUPPLEMENTARY x". PRINTS x1 1 . COATS or ARMS q . MONUMENTS XlV . THE PARISH REGISTERS xv S . THE LAND xV Lrvm c J . THE x e . THE VICARS I llu t r a t i o n 1 . MAP OF PARISH V A 1 1 . M P OF TOWN SITE Ill F H H v . PLAN O C URC V A T TO W ST LOOK lNG SOUTH I . SECTION E S E K TCH SH WlNG SUPP S D T W R V. S E O O E O E V K VI . SECTION THROUGH TOWER AND TRANSEPTS LOO ING 4 S K VII . SECTION THROUGH NAVE AND AISLE LOO ING EAST VIII . TOWER ARCHES K Ix. WINDOWS FOUND BLOC ED UP IN WEST TOWER WALL x APEx GAELE . THE SAME AND OF x I C T OP R FS . JUN ION OO xII R . P IMITIVE STONE CHURCH v xIII. C CHUR H, SHOWING FIRST NORMAN ADDITION a xIv . CHURCH , SHOWING FIRST AND SECOND NORMAN ADDITIONS v xv - . THIRTEENTH CENTU RY CHURCH xvI D . MOUL INGS xvII . PO PLAN OF RES ND , NORTH NAVE ARCADE xvIII . TOWER ANGLES xI x. TOWER ANGLE (PLAN) xx - P . TIE BEAMS AND OSTS AND BRACES xxI - OUT . SPIRE TIMBERS SHOWING TIE BEAMS CUT xxII. or P SPIRE TIMBERS, PLAN OSTS W xxIII. STONE IN CHANCEL ALL xxIv F - . OURTEENTH CENTURY CHURCH v xxv . CHURCH SPIRE AT BARNSTAPLE xxvx F . CHURCH SPIRE AT CHESTER IELD Illu str a ti on s . PLATE xxvII PIPTEENTH SIxTEENT — . AND H CENTURY CHURCH SOUTH WE EW ' ST VI xxvIIi AND T — . SEVENTEENTH EIGHTEENTH CEN URY CHURCH SOUTH WEST VIEW v xxIx . GENERAL OGLETHORPE xxx T OP K . IN ERIOR NAVE LOO ING EAST - or 1 8 I 6 NORTH EAST VIEW CHURCH , POR R P I 8 APPEAL SUBSC I TIONS, 39 NORTH- EAST VIEW OF CHURCH AFTER 1 840 ’ J xxxIV . SANCTE L CHURCH AT ST PETER S PORT, WITH BE L - OP C I 8 NORTH EAST VIEW CHUR H , 79 OF C 1 8 NORTH VIEW HURCH, 99 xxv II E v x . THE SAMU L SPEED ERRA TA . a e ’ “ 6 , footn ote a n d a te XXXIV o 4 . r P g , P St. Peter s Port r d P - P , ea St. e te r r l f o t. a e 6 ine 2 P g 5 . 4, or Dea n e bold r ea d D a n l f e sh old . a e 6 in e 2 ” P g 7 , I , or Vic c a ra e r ea d W ic c a r l f g ag e . —A e e e is f s Sp aking g n rally , It ound that pari hes on th e south and east coasts a re much smalle r than those in th e a f th u For e O e to th e e . e wild p rts co ntry north and w st xampl , on e parish in Y orkshire may be mentioned a s having an area Of - six s e e In th e e Of thirty quar mil s . sam way the divisions the e e S u HOlk s e counti s call d hundreds in , E s x , and Kent, are also e e e much small r in area than many to be found els wher . The re cannot be m u ch doubt that the same cause produced e e h e f h th s variations both in t area s O t e parishes and the hundreds.