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The church was founded in 1997 as a local congregation of Guildford Baptist Church members. It met in a school until acquiring the newly built Queen Elizabeth Park Centre in 2012, which it operates as a combined church and community centre. [38] [239] Stoughton Methodist Church (More images) Stoughton, Guildford
St Mary's Church tower, which is built of rough flint, is the oldest surviving piece of architecture in Guildford [5] being at least 70 years older than the nearby Guildford Castle. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] As the castle was a popular royal residence in the 12th and 13th centuries and as St Mary's is very close to it, it was used occasionally for royal ...
The present church, consecrated in 1876, is the third church on the site. It is one of the three ancient parish churches of the town. The other two have combined in their ministry, Holy Trinity and St Mary's , [ 1 ] on the east side of the river, which had the majority of the townsfolk until the 20th century when the town expanded westwards ...
Compton is a village and civil parish in the Guildford district of Surrey, England.It is between Godalming and Guildford.It has a medieval church and a close connection to fine art and pottery, being the later life home of artist George Frederic Watts.
Artington is a village and civil parish in the borough of Guildford, Surrey, England.It covers the area from the southern edge of the built-up centre of Guildford and steep Guildown, [2] the start of the Hog's Back and part of the North Downs AONB, to New Pond Farm by Godalming and the edge of Peasmarsh.
Pirbright is in the borough of Guildford and has a civil parish council covering the traditional boundaries of the area. Pirbright contains one buffered sub-locality, Stanford Common near the nation's farm animal disease research institute. The village's grade II* listed medieval church has a large Boulder grave for explorer Henry Morton ...
Effingham is a village in the Borough of Guildford in Surrey, reaching from the gently sloping northern plain to the crest of the North Downs and with a medieval parish church. The village was the home of notable figures, such as Barnes Wallis who is buried here and Toni Mascolo .
Holy Trinity Church was initially used as the cathedral for the new Diocese of Guildford, but it was judged too small for the task, and in 1928 the diocese decided to build a new cathedral. Work began in 1933, but the Second World War delayed the construction considerably, and it was not consecrated until 1961, although services had been held ...