The Churches of Britain and Ireland

  Surrey

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Addlestone, dedicated to St. Paul. TQ 043 644. © Barbara Barklem. The Surrey Islamic Trust (or Surrey Muslim Centre) on Albert Road was formerly St. Augustine's (Anglican). TQ 059 650. © Mehmood Naqshbandi, and reproduced from his website Muslims in Britain.
Albury, St. Martha. © Mike Rice. Link.
Ashford, St. Matthew. From an old postcard (franked 1907), Bulman Collection. Link.
Ashtead.

Bagshot, St. Anne. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection, and previously in the "Unknown" section, since "Reigate" had been hand-written on the back. Thanks to Janet Gimber for discovering the real location. Link
Bisley, St John the Baptist. SU 958 596. © Barbara Barklem.
Blackheath,
St. Martin. Previously in the Unknown section, this old postcard is from Judy Flynn's Collection, and shows the interior of "Blackheath Church". Identified by Phil Draper, Janet Gimber and Tony Preston as the Surrey Blackheath. Link1. Link2. Link3. Link4.
Bletchingley, St. Mary. The small statue above the entrance. Both © Peter Morgan (2015). Link. Grade I listed.
Bookham, Baptist Church. © Peter Morgan. Link.
Botleys and Lyne, Holy Trinity. TQ 016 656. © Barbara Barklem.
Brookwood, St. Saviour. Link. St. Edward the Martyr (Orthodox). Link. Both © Susan Heighes (2013).
Byfleet, dedicated to  St Mary. TQ 063 604. © Barbara Barklem. Link.

Camberley, St. Tarcisius (R.C.). Congregational Church. St. Michael at York Town. Link. All from old postcards in Reg Dosell's Collection.
Camelsdale, Haslemere - see Haslemere.
Capel, St. John the Baptist. Another view, and the porch. TQ 1755 4075. All © Karel Kuča (2007). Link. Grade II listed. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on The Street has a date-stone for 1876. It can be seen on a Streeview from 2009. TQ 1752 4042. Directly opposite stands the Society of Friends Meeting House, seen here by Streetview in 2009. TQ 1747 4045. Link.
Carshalton, All Saints. Link is to an external web-site.
Chaldon, St. Peter & St. Paul. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Another old postcard view, this one from Reg Dosell's Collection. Link.
Chelsham, St. Leonard. TQ 3886 5912. © Karel Kuča (2007). Link. Grade II listed.
Chiddingfold, St. Mary. SU 959 353. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A modern view,
© Chris Kippin. Link. Grade I listed.
Chilworth, St. Martha. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection.
Chobham, dedicated to St. Lawrence. SU 973 618. © Barbara Barklem. Link. Grade I listed. St. Saviour at Valley End. SU 978 653. © Barbara Barklem. Another view, © Susan Heighes (2013). Grade II listed.
Claygate, Holy Trinity. Link. First Church of Christ, Scientist. Both © Peter Morgan.
Cobham.
Compton, St. Nicholas. Link. Watts Chapel, used as the cemetery chapel. Both © Derek Jordan. Photos are on an external web-site. Link.
Cranleigh, Methodist Church. Map evidence implies the church was built after 1871. By 1896, a small Mission Hall stood on the site, and by 1915 it had been replaced by a "Meth. Church (Wes.)". This article, from 2004, mentions the churches recent centenary, so it must have been built in 1904. Another view. TQ 055 392.© Martin Richter (2012). Link.

Deepcut, St. Barbara's Garrison Church, dating from 1901. © Derek Jordan. Photo is on an external web-site.
Dorking.
Dunsfold, St. Mary & All Saints. © Derek Jordan. Photo is on an external web-site. Link.

East Clandon, dedicated to St Thomas of Canterbury. TQ 060518. © Barbara Barklem.
East Horsley, St. Martin. TQ 095 528. © Barbara Barklem. Link.
Egham, St. Jude at Englefield Green - Anglican and Methodist. © Geoff Chew (2009). An old postcard view, from Geoff Chew's Collection. Originally a chapel of ease (1859) to Egham Parish Church, it was granted its own parish in 1930. Open Saturday afternoons. Link.
Epsom.
Esher.
Ewell, St. Mary the Virgin. © Peter Morgan. Link.

Farleigh, St. Mary the Virgin. Two additional views - 1, 2. TQ 3724 6008. All © Karel Kuča (2011). Link. Grade I listed. Older O.S. maps mark Warlingham Park Hospital near the village. Now demolished, it had a Chapel at TQ 3733 5966. Its site hasn't been seen by Streetview, and I haven't been able to find a photo of it on-line.
Fetcham, St. Mary. Link. Church of the Holy Spirit (R.C.). Both © Peter Morgan.
Frimley, St. Peter. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Link. Our Lady Queen of Heaven (R.C.). © Susan Heighes (2013). Link. Baptist Church. © Susan Heighes (2013). Link.
Frimley Green, St. Andrew. Link. Methodist Church. Link. Both © Susan Heighes (2013).

Gatton, St. Andrew. From an old postcard in Geoff Watt's Collection. Link.
Godalming, United Church (Methodist and U.R.C.), on Guildford Road. Another view. SU 973 441. Link. Former Congregational Church on Bridge Road, now a pub. SU 972 440. All © Mehmood Naqshbandi (2009). This old engraving shows the Congregational Church when its spire was still extant - from Gerard Charmley's Collection.
Great Bookham, St. Nicholas. © Peter Morgan. Link.
Guildford.

Hale, St. John the Evangelist on Hale Road. SU 8492 4835. © Ruth Scott. Link. Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1844. St. Mark on Alma Lane. Its grade II listing dates it to 1883. SU 8385 4909. © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Hale Cemetery on Alma Lane, has two Mortuary Chapels, obviously in less than pristine condition. Typically these would have been Church of England and Nonconformist chapels, but available maps don't identify them as such. SU 8385 4917. © Chris Kippin (2022). Holy Family (R.C.). on Alma Lane. SU 8444 4944. © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. The Methodist Church, on The Green, as seen by Streetview in 2012. It shows on older maps as Wesleyan. This source dates it to circa 1880. SU 8424 4895. Bethel Baptist Church on Rushden Way as seen by Streetview in 2009. SU 8453 4904. Link.
Hascombe, St. Peter. © Derek Jordan. Photo is on an external web-site. Link.
Haslemere.
Holmbury St. Mary, St. Mary the Virgin. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Link.
Horsell, Woking, St. Mary the Virgin. SU 997 592. © Barbara Barklem. An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection. Link.

Knaphill, Providence Baptist Church. The smaller original chapel stands to the left. © Gervase N. E. Charmley.

Leatherhead.
Lightwater, All Saints. SU 933 862. © Susan Heighes (2013). Link.
Limpsfield, St. Peter - the burial place of the composer Delius. From an old postcard, Brett Jeffery's Collection. Link.
Limpsfield Chart, St. Andrew, in about 1900. An earlier view (from about 1895), when the church was partly built. Both from old postcards, Brett Jeffery's Collection. Link.
Lingfield, St. Peter and St. Paul. Two further views - 1, 2. TQ 3888 4378. All © Karel Kuča (2007). Link. Grade I listed. St. Bernard (R.C.) stands off Vicarage Road, and can be seen in a Streetview from 2008. TQ 3863 4367. Link. Old maps show a Baptist Church on High Street. It can be seen here on a Streetview from 2008. By 2021 it had changed a little. TQ 3867 4358. Ocean of Love Church meets in Lingfield & Dormansland Community Centre on Old School Place, seen here in a Streetview from 2008. TQ 3883 4359. Link. A map of 1912-13 marks a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on High Street at TQ 3880 4354. Streetview saw it in 2011.


Longcross, Christ Church. SU 987 653. © Barbara Barklem.

Merrow, St. John the Evangelist. Two further views - 1, 2. TQ 028 506. All © Mehmood Naqshbandi (2009). Link.
Milford, St. John the Evangelist. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection.

Netherne-on-the-Hill, the former church of Netherne Mental Hospital. The building has been converted into a community swimming pool. Another view. Both © Jennifer Murray.
New Haw, All Saints. TQ 051 626. © Barbara Barklem.
New Malden, Christ Church. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Link.
North Holmwood, St. John the Evangelist. From an old postcard (franked 1907), Bulman Collection. Link.

Ockham, All Saints. Barbara advises that the seven-lancet window is very unusual, and is thought to have been taken from the nearby Newark Priory after the dissolution. TQ 066 565. © Barbara Barklem.
Okewood, St. John the Baptist. A crusader knight brass. Both © Helen D'Ali.
Old Woking, dedicated to St. Peter. © Barbara Barklem. TQ 021 561. Link
Ottershaw, Christ Church. © Barbara Barklem. TQ 020634.

Peaslake, St. Mark. © Robin Sherlock.
Pirbright,  St. Michael and All Angels on Church Lane. © Susan Heighes (2013). Link. Grade II* listed.
Pyrford, St. Nicholas. TQ 040 583. © Barbara Barklem. Another view. © Mehmood Naqshbandi (2009). Link. The ruinous remains of Newark Priory. Another view. TQ 041 576. Both © Mehmood Naqshbandi (2009). Link.

Redhill, St. Matthew. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Link. Islamic Centre on Earlswood Road. Janet Gimber has advised that this was originally Wesleyan Methodist, later Methodist, and was for a time the Anglican St. Francis's Church for the Deaf. The Methodist congregation moved to a new church on Gloucester Road. TQ 277 493. © Mehmood Naqshbandi, and reproduced from his website Muslims in Britain.
Ripley, St. Mary Magdalene. TQ 051 566. © Barbara Barklem. Another view. © Mehmood Naqshbandi (2009).

Seale, St. Lawrence. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection.
Send, Woking, dedicated to St. Mary. © Barbara Barklem. TQ 018 543. Link.
Shalford, St. Martha. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Link.
Shere, St. James. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Another old postcard (from Colin Waters' Collection) also showing the War Memorial.
South Holmwood, St. Mary Magdalene. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection.
Stanwell, St. Mary the Virgin. From an old postcard (franked 1908) in Steve Bulman's Collection. Link.
Sunbury-on-Thames, St. Ignatius of Loyola (R.C., 1869) on Green Street. TQ 1005 6970. Link. Open Door Church Centre, on Rooksmead Road is part of the Commission family of churches. The church also holds services at Sunbury Manor School, on Nursery Road. This was originally a Congregational Church (1904). It may have been built as a replacement for an Independent Chapel of 1792 which stood at TQ 1119 6878, and which (from map evidence) was demolished in the final years of the 19th century. TQ 1020 6915. Link. Both © Martin Richter (2018).
Sunningdale, St. Alban. Another postcard from Judy Flynn's collection, previously in the Unknown section. It was thought that it might possibly be the demolished one mentioned here (just beneath the church photo). The postcard was posted in 1905. Howard Richter advised that the footprint of the church in the postcard is not contradicted by map evidence, and the grid reference would have been SU 943 660. It appears to have been built between 1900 (not on a map of that year), and before 1915. Another old postcard shown here (scroll down) is again entirely consistent with this being the Sunningdale St. Alban's. It also says that it was a daughter church to Windlesham (St. John the Baptist).
Sutton, St. Nicholas (1862-4). Labelled only as Sutton Parish Church, I (wrongly) thought this postcard (from Reg Dosell's Collection) would be fairly easy to identify. Initially "solved" as Boldmere Church (which admittedly looks very similar), thanks are due to Pete Knight for finally unravelling this mystery. Built on the site of an older church, or churches, one is shown here in an old engraving from Cracklow's "Churches and Chapels in Surrey", published in 1827. © Colin Waters Collection. Link.

Thorpe, St. Mary, on Church Approach. TQ 0239 6865. An old postcard from Reg Dosell's Collection, previously in the "Unknown" section, and identified by Greg Mishevski. Another unknown also proved to be of this church - Avril Hodgkins has an old family photo which she was trying to identify. Her family has connections with the Wolverhampton area, and with Somerset, but it proved to be in neither. It was also identified by Greg Mishevski. Avril has since visited the church and taken these photos - 1, 2, © Avril Hodgkins (2020). Another view, © Karel Kuča (2011). Link. Grade II* listed.

Virginia Water, Christ Church. © Margaret Woodley.

Walton-on-the-Hill, St. Peter, as seen by Streetview in 2018. The church website has a number of rotating photos, here. The mid-C12 lead font is a rarity. Its subject matter is variously described as the apostles, or (in the appended listing), virtues and vices. Detail. Piscina and sedilia. All © Christopher Skottowe (1963). TQ 2237 5509. Grade II* listed. Old O.S. maps indicate Chapel (Remains of) a short distance west of the church, at TQ 2217 5514. It's site isn't visible on Streetview, and I haven't been able to discover anything about on-line. Christchurch (U.R.C.) stands on Walton Street, at TQ 2254 5520. It pre-dates a map of 1956, and was seen by Streetview in 2021. Link.
Warlingham, All Saints. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Link.
West Byfleet, St. John the Baptist. TQ 044609. © Barbara Barklem.
West Clandon, SS Peter & Paul. TQ 044513. © Barbara Barklem.
West End, Holy Trinity. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection.
West Ewell, All Saints. © Peter Morgan.
West Horsley. St. Mary. Another view. Both © Mehmood Naqshbandi (2009). Link.
Westhumble, St. Michael. From an old postcard in Geoff Watt's Collection. Link.
Whyteleafe, St. Luke on Whyteleafe Hill. TQ 337 582. Link. Free Church on Godstone Road. TQ 339 586. Link. Both
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Windlesham, St. John the Baptist. SU 930 637. © Susan Heighes (2013). Link. Grade II listed.
Wisley, Surrey, dedication unknown. TQ 057 596. © Barbara Barklem.
Witley, All Saints. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Link.
Woking, Christ Church. TQ 006 589. © Barbara Barklem. St. Paul (R.C.) on Oriental Road. TQ 016 590. © Mehmood Naqshbandi (2009).
Woldingham, St. Paul. St. Agatha. Both © Brett Jeffery. Link.
Woodham, Woking, dedicated to All Saints. TQ 015 605. © Barbara Barklem. An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection. Link.
Worplesdon, St. Mary the Virgin. © Susan Heighes (2013). Link. Grade I listed.

 

 
 

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