HISTORIC GODALMING
Local and national events from Anglo-Saxon times to Regency England or from Queen Victoria's reign to modern times
From mamoth's tooth to man trap and man's smock to mangle
See also The Local History Galleries
This is currently under development
Selections of historical images of the town and principal streets to Godalming
*High Street in 1961 shows most of the buildings in the High Street in photographs taken by Peter Quittenton & Lovell Appleyard LRPS, who made a similar surveys of several other local town centres.
The index to the photographs of the High Street also shows the numbering of the buildings before it was changed in 1964.
The principal places of interest in Godalming and the surrounding villages for which Godalming Museum has historic images. In some cases it is not possible to see the places now, either because they are private or because they have been lost through demolition or fire:
This section contains pages covering the major events in Godalming for which there are images:
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1881 |
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1887 |
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1892 |
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1897 |
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1901 & 1902 |
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1905 |
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1910 & 1911 |
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1914-18 |
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1924 |
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1935 |
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1936 |
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1936 & 1937 |
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1939-45 |
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1952 & 1953 |
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1968 |
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2000 |
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2012 |
For Godalming's timeline, click here
There are computer screens in the Museum, on the ground floor in the Coffee Shop and on the first floor by the People's Gallery. These computers can be used by visitors and provide a wide range of information about the history of the town and the surrounding area. There are about 2,000 historical images and about the same number of modern images.
The images cover Godalming, Binscombe, Birtley, Bowlhead Green, Brook, Busbridge, Catteshall, Charterhouse, Compton, Eashing, Enton, Farncombe, Hascombe, Hydestile, Loseley, Milford, Mousel, Munstead, Peper Harow, Thursley, Tuesley, Witley, Witley Park and Wormley.