Church of St Peter & St Paul, Godalming

Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
The church viewed from the churchyard
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Broad Church
Website	http://www.godalming.org.uk/
History
Dedication	Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Administration
Parish	Godalming
Deanery	Godalming
Archdeaconry	Surrey
Diocese	Guildford
Province	Canterbury
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Rev'd Keith Roberts
Canon(s)	Rev. Canon Mervyn Roberts

Coordinates: 51°11′13″N 0°36′57″W / 51.1870°N 0.6159°W / 51.1870; -0.6159

The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Godalming, Surrey, England is a Church of England parish church. The parish is mostly urban and excludes rural outskirts, and has another church, St Mark's, in which the joint clergy provide less formal and family services.

The church building replaced in about 1100 (after the Norman Conquest) an early Anglo-Saxon church on the site and is the settlement's oldest building, set on the town centre thoroughfare Church Street, in the urban part of the market town that doubles as a commuter and retirement town. The building's core is made from the local type of hard sandstone, Bargate stone from the nearby Greensand Ridge which the town climbs on both sides of the River Wey. The town's central parkland adjoins that is much of the original Lammas land. The church is in the highest (Grade I) architectural category and has two integrated medieval chapels.

A church has stood on the site of Saint Peter and Saint Paul since at least the mid-ninth century. The church contains carved stones which have been dated to circa 820-840 and a few Anglo Saxon remnants survive in the present structure, which was largely rebuilt in the 12th century. In 1086, the Domesday Book recorded that Ranulf Flambard, justiciar of William Rufus, held Godalming church.