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Godalming St. Edmund King and Martyr

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This mission was started in 1899 and for some time was served on Sundays from the Franciscan Priory of Chilworth. ... The new church in the Early English style (98½ ft. x 20½ ft.) designed by Mr. F. Walters was opened by Bishop Amigo, June 27, 1906. Cost of the building together with the “commodious presbytery” £4,700. Fr. St. George Hyland has charge of the mission.

from Historical notes on English Catholic missions, Kelly, Bernard W. (Rev), 1907:

St. Edmund’s has daughter churches at Milford St Joseph, Elstead (now closed) and Bowlhead Green (now closed).

Originally the Roman Catholic parishes of Haslemere (until 1924) and Bramley (until 1955) were part of St Edmund's parish.


St. Edmund's Church does not have a graveyard. Earlier burials may have taken place in the churchyard of the Ancient ParishAn Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions. of Godalming St Peter and St Paul or in one of the civil cemeteries in Godalming


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Godalming is a (civil) parishA civil parish is the lowest tier of local government in England. In urban areas it may be called a town council. Not all areas have parish or town councils.

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in the West Surrey unitary authority area of Surrey (from April 2027)



Unless otherwise stated, the dates for the creation of parishes are taken from Youngs, Frederick A., Guide to the Administrative Units of England; Royal Historical Society: London, 1979 volume 1 Southern England.


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