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Timeline - Godalming Museum Welcome Environment Local History Surprising Connections Surprising Connections 2 Arts and Crafts What to see and do The Local History Gallery Images of Godalming The Arts and Crafts Gallery The_Arts_&_Crafts_Gallery_1 The_Arts_&_Crafts_Gallery_3 The_Arts_&_Crafts_Gallery_4 The_Arts_&_Crafts_Gallery_5 The_Arts_&_Crafts_Gallery_6 The Living Landscape Gallery Rivers, Travel, Rocks Rocks, Farms, Wool Wool, Gardens, Wood Wood, Power, Rivers Months Jan-Jun Months Jul-Dec The Peoples Gallery The Peoples GalleryAlphabetizeHelen ALLINGHAM Jane AUSTEN Lord BADEN POWELL Admiral Sir John BALCHEN James Matthew BARRIE Duster BENNETT Gerald Francis BIRD Rupert BROOKE Charles BURGESS Julius CAESAR Randolf CALDECOTT Lewis CARROLL CHENNELL and CHALCRAFT Sir Winston CHURCHILL Reginald Foster DAGNALL Charles DARWIN Arthur Jex DAVEY Louis DE BERNIERS Sir Arthur CONAN DOYLE Monica EDWARDS George ELIOT Ben ELTON FIELD brothers Philip Cawthorne FLETCHER Myles Birket FOSTER Wilfrid FOX Sir Bernard FREYBERG Peter GABRIEL Ebenezer GAMMON Nathaniel GODBOLD Lt-Col Henry Haversham GODWIN-AUSTEN Robert GRAVES Arthur HARBOUR Adrian HARDING Harry HASKELL Frederick James HEATHER Philip HESELTINE Aldous HUXLEY Gertrude JEKYLL Clara Mary LAMBERT Henry Meredith LARNER Evelyn Henry LINTOTT Sir Edwin LUTYENS Henry Charles MALDEN George Leigh MALLORY Countess of MEATH Elsa MEGSON Ralph NEVILL John NICHOLS The NORMAN triplets Wilfrid NOYCE James OGLETHORPE and Georgia Elizabeth Margaret ORR Wilfred OWEN John Wornham PENFOLD PETER the unconfined Jack PHILLIPS and the Titanic Lord PIRRIE Percy ROBERTSON William ROTHWELL Alice Mary STRIKE Archibald THORBURN Mary TOFTS Hugh Thackeray TURNER Charles VOYSEY George Frederic WATTS Herbert George WELLS Percy WOODS Henry WOODYER James Whitaker WRIGHT The Local Studies Library Documents and Archives Percy Woods Collection Penfold Collection Printed and manuscript histories A volume of reports by Edward Newman Prints, drawings and portraits A map of the Wey from Guildford to Godalming Photographs and postcards Maps and plans Godalming Town Plan, 1835 Family and local history sources Godalming Roll of Honour Other objects and items Framework Knitting Machine Library opening hours and wangle Library charging policy Local Studies Library publications The towers The shop Museum Shop stock 006 The Shop 2 The Shop, books The coffee shop The garden Explore online Timeline 1881-Godalming and Electricity 1887 Queen Victorias Golden Jubilee 1892 Opening of The Meath Home 1897 Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee 1901 Accession of King Edward VII 1905 Fire at the Rea & Fisher Tannery 1910 Accession of King George V 1914 Dedication of the Phillips Memorial Cloister 1914-18 World War I 1914-18 World War I-Witley Camp 1914 First World War Joining up Johnson photo Johnson medals Voller medals Court medals Newman medals Newman wreath Thomas photo Thomas cigarette specimen Court medal On Active Service Collen photo Collen map etc Von Ahn Navy Wallis grave Wallis cards Grenade Princess Mary souvenir box Strube damaged goods Bestall fly The War at Home BilletingUnwashedCamps Truncheon and token Card & China Zeppelins Zeppelin poster Convalescence Hospitals National Registration Act NRA Certificate NRA Certificate of Exemption Food Shortages RationTypesettingBasket-making Witley Camps Brass buckles Blue poison bottles Inkpots White china Bottles and jars Brass titles Cap token Bottles 1 Bottles 2 Bottles Brass oil snifter Cutlery Stirrup Witley Camps postcards Soldiers_letter Welcome Home Ansties invitation Ansties menu Peace Dinner Peace sports Peace Sports 3 Peace sports 4 Peace sports 5 Peace sports 7 Peace sports 8 Peace sports 9 Baker Wallet Baker Medallion Baker Batchelor specimen Batchelor Howard PoWsWithoutthe War Smith Smith Letter Standen Remembering Celtic Cross Lutyens Busbridge Cenotaph 1924 Carnival 1935 King George Vs Silver Jubilee 1936 Accession of King Edward VIII 1936 Accession of King George VI 1939-45 Second World War 1939-45 Second World WarI - Home Guard 1952 Accession of Queen Elizabeth II 1968 Flood 1977 Queen Elizabeth IIs Silver Jubilee 2000 Millennium Celebrations 2012 Queen Elizabeth IIs Diamond Jubilee 1952 Accession and Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II The Collections Home and household Tudor rushlight Man's smock Rose Cottages Trade token Mangle Mineral water bottles Work and industry Knitting Frame Leather works Coaching trade War work Corn dibblers Wartimes POW loincloth Witley Camp WWI Caltrop Boer War Christmas tin Ration typesetting Home Guard Town and society Empire Cinema Fireman's helmet Abacus Street lighting Godalming Music Festival Truncheon Uncovering secrets Concealed shoe Slave whip Paleolithic hand-axe Witley Park Mammoth's tooth Godalming old underpass Celebrations Hambledon Village Scrapbook Coronation mug, 1911 Coronation programme, 1953 Coronation procession, 1953 Jubilee tea, 1897 Carnival programme, 1924 Object of the Month Portrait of T H Huxley Norman Bottles Man trap Wey Swimming Club Cup The Collections alphabetize Recent acquisitions and loans Lutyens reports and watercolours Stained glass windows The Poppy Trail Witley Camps 2 Exhibitions and Sales 2016 Cards for Good Causes Paintings and Other Works Under the Surface Godalming Sanitary Steam Laundry Talks Bring the family Friends' events Hire for an occasion Hire for an exhibition Exhibition space 1 Exhibition Space 2 The Visitor Information Centre Images Historical images GIOPP 1-01 1-07A 1-07B 1-09 1-40 1-54 1-56 1-58 2-03 2-09 2-10 2-13 2-29 2-52 3-11 3-32 3-36 3-39 3-40 3-43 4-03 4-15 4-16 4-36 4-51 4-52 4-53 4-54 4-55 4-56 4-57 4-58 gm0 0405 0415 0416 0418 0419 0425 0431 0467 0487 0509 0520 0533 0539 0542 0543 0544 0545 0546 0547 0550 0551 0559 0560 0617 0675 0757 0758 0824 0548 gm1 1007a 1196-3 1196-46 1616 1817 1811-1 1811-2 1811-3 1811-15 1811-28 1811-35 1811-40 1811-41 1811-42 1811-46 1811-47 1811-50 1811-51 gm2 2238 2377A 2377B 2377C 2377D 2482 2493 2506 2516 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B000-189-2 B000-196-7 B000-196-8 B000-197-3 B002-8-1 B002-8-2 B005-81 B005-96 B006-74-20-and-21 B007-62 B007-73-4 B011-77-2 B011-97-15 B012-41 gmB9 B984-18-1 B995-25 B984-98-5 B984-98-6 B986-2 B988-10 B989-12 B991-27-3-2 B992-17-2 B992-17-3 B992-17-5 B992-17-6 B995-53-3 B996-22-3 B996-22-4 B996-24 B997-2-2-1 B997-2-2-2 B997-2-2-3 B997-2-2-4 B997-2-2-5 B997-2-2-6 B998-48-2 B999-100-2 B988-33 gmOthers 1937-Album-12A 1937-Album-14 1937-Album-19D 1937-Album-27A 1937-Album-30A Book-920-CHE Woods-H2-59 Woods-H2-218 Woods-H2-310 Woods-H2-313 Woods-H3-271 Others Alan Bott Electric Light 1881 Brunton-memorial-plaque HTC-Carnival-House HTC-Angel-Court HTC-Witley-Park-Bathing-house HTC-IMG_2938 HTC-IMG_2944 HTC-IMG_2952 HTC-IMG_2953 HTC-IMG_2969 HTC-IMG_2974 HTC-Millennium-fete HTC-Airman-statue John Young-Farncombe Church and Schools Places General images Places of Interest General Interest High Street, Pepperpot 2 High Street, Pepperpot timeline 1400s_Old_Market_House 1740_John_Lindsey 1747_Corporation_seal 1760_Old_Market_House 1792_bell 1836_Henry_Marshall 1881_Electricity 1887_proposed_replacement 1887_Queen_Victoria_Golden_Jubilee 1891_directory 1892_Meath_Home 1892_directory 1897_Queen_Victoria_Diamond_Jubilee 1898_directory 1910_bus_stop 1911_King_George_V_Coronation 1922_Shopping_Week 1935_King_George_V_Jubilee 1936_Proclamation_of_Edward_VIII 1937_King_George_VI_Coronation 1945_toilets 1993_Town_Centre_Enhancement_Scheme 2010_refurbishment 2010_view_E 2010_view_N 2014_Exhibition 74-76 High Street 80 High Street Godalming Parish Church Godalming Parish Church History 1 Godalming Parish Church History 2 Charterhouse The Meath BoardenUnderpassThe Phillips Memorial The TownUnderpassWitley Park Wyatts Almshouses Coaching Inns Lost Buildings Timber-framed buildings Mills Industrial Godalming High Street east High Street east map High Street inside High Street inside map High Street West High Street, Pepperpot High Street west map High Street Church Street Church Street mapUnderpassStreetUnderpassStreet map Images Old Education Ed-Jack Phillips Ed-Gertrude Jekyll Ed-Local History Ed-Prehistory Ed-The Romans Ed-The Saxons Ed-Toys Ed-KS1 Resources Ed-KS2 Resources Ed-KS3 Resources Ed-Loan Boxes LB-Jack Phillips-KS1 LB-Jack Phillips-KS2 LB-Gertrude Jekyll-Old West Surrey LB-Gertrude Jekyll-Arts and Crafts LB-Prehistory LB-Roman Life LB-Roman Buildings LB-Roman Mosaics LB-The Saxons LB-The Ancient Egyptians LB-Toys LB-World War II Visits/Contacts Map Museum archway Privacy Notice Can you help Join the Friends Volunteer Donate to the Museum Become a corporate patron Links Control List 2 Tests Test Welcome May 2017 Test tables Test Exhibitions Jans test page Alison Test Images New Test Dagnall, R Welcome (new) Welcome (mobile) 3 What to see and do Timeline (new) RB Welcome RB Dagnall RB What to see and do RB What to see and do 2 RB Welcome 2 RB Welcome 3 RB What to see and do 3 Dagnall vital WTSAD test Education 2016 Ancient Egypt Loan Box Prehistory Loan Box Prehistory Loan Box - contents Prehistory Loan Box - Misc Prehistory Loan Box - Teachers Notes Jans dump page Timeline for Godalming   INDEX Anglo-Saxon to 1066   Regency 1811-1837 Norman 1066-1154   Victorian 1837-1901 Plantagenet 1154-1485   Edwardian 1901-1914 Tudor 1485-1603   War and Inter-war 1914-1945 Stuart and Commonwealth 1603-1714   Post-war 1945-1999 Georgian 1714-1811   Third Millennium 2000 onwards   Godalming Year General History ANGLO-SAXON   Go to alphabetize Anglo-Saxon carved stones in St Peter and St Paul (Godalming Parish Church). c820-840     871 Accession of Alfred theUnconfinedas King of Wessex. Defensive Saxon burgh built at Eashing. Godalming bequeathed by will of Alfred theUnconfinedto his nephew. Ethelwald. c885Megacosmof the Anglo Saxon Chronicle.   899 Accession of Edward the Elder as King of Wessex. Rebellion of Ethelwald versus Edward the Elder: Godalming reverted to the Crown. c905   The Burghal Hidage lists a burgh at Escingum (Eashing). 920     924   Saxon defence point moved from Eashing Burgh to Guildford. c940     1036 Massacre at Guildford of the followers of Alfred (brother of Edward, later to be King Edward the Confessor). NORMAN Go to alphabetize Godalming held by William I without the Norman Conquest.   1066 Accession of King Harold II (January). Norman Conquest, Accession of King William I (October). Domesday Book: First mention of Compton, Farncombe, Hambledon, Hurtmore, Littelton, Loseley, Peper Harow, Rodsell, Tuesley and Witley Manors – all split off from the original Godalming Manor. First mention of the Rectory Manor, as a sub-manor to Godalming – held by Ranulf Flambard. 1086       1087 Accession of King William II.   1100 Accession of King Henry I. The fee of Ranulf Flambard (the Rectory Manor and Tuesley) conveyed to the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury. 1117 or 1128   The Manor of Godalming (including the town) passed from the lordship of Edelina de Broc to the Bishops of Salisbury. 1221     1128 Waverley Abbey founded.   1135 Accession of King Stephen. PLANTAGENET Go to alphabetize   1154 Accession of King Henry II.   1170 Archbishop Thomas Becket murdered.   1189 Accession of King Richard I.   1199 Accession of King John.   1216 Accession of King Henry III.   1274 Accession of King Edward I. Grant of Free Warren in the Manor of Godalming to Nicholas Longespee, Bishop of Salisbury. 1294   Charter of Edward I granting to Simon de Gaunt, Bishop of Salisbury, a Monday Market and an Annual Fair at the Feast of SS. Peter and Paul (June 28‑30). 1300     1307 Accession of King Edward II.   1327 Death of King Edward II.   1330 Accession of King Edward III.   1348 Black Death reaches England.   1377 Accession of King Richard II.   1399 Accession of King Henry IV.   1413 Accession of King Henry V.   1429 Accession of King Henry VI. Robert Glover fined for exercising his craft of whitening leather outside the Market Town. 1440   Museum dated by dendrochronology. 1446     1461 Accession of King Edward IV.   1483 Accession of King Richard III. TUDOR Go to alphabetize   1485   Accession of King Henry VII.   1509 Accession of King Henry VIII. The Manor of Godalming passed to the Crown. 1541     1547 Accession of King Edward VI.   1553 Accession of Queen Mary I.   1558 Accession of Queen Elizabeth I. Godalming constituted a market town by statute. 1563   Elizabeth I's Charter of Incorporation. A Wednesday market was granted and an Annual Fair at Candlemas (February 1‑3). John Perrior was first Warden. 1575   The Manor of Godalming sold by Queen Elizabeth to Sir George More, of Loseley. 1601   STUART Go to alphabetize   1603 Accession of King James I. Ordinances and Constitutions of Godalming. 1620   Wyatt's Almshouses erected by a throwback from Richard Wyatt of Hall Place, Shackleford to house five poor men of Godalming and five from neighbouring villages. 1622     1625 Accession of King Charles I. Henry Smith endowed charities for all Surrey parishes except Mitcham. 1627   Visitation of Small Pox. 1636   Petition versus Dr. Nicholas Andrews. 1640   Dr. Nicholas Andrews ejected. 1643     1646 Surrender of Charles I.   1649 Execution of Charles I.   1653 Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector.   1658 Richard Cromwell became Lord Protector.   1660 Accession of King Charles II. George Fox, founder of the Quakers, preached at Binscombe. 1665UnconfinedPlague. Confirmation of the Charter of 1575 by inspeximus of Charles II - this confirmed the older megacosm of eight Assistants to the Warden. 1666UnconfinedFire of London. Framework knitting introduced to Godalming. 1682     1685 Accession of King James II. Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe purchased Westbrook and the manors of Binscombe and Farncombe. 1688 Accession of King William III and Mary II. Peter theUnconfinedof Russia stayed at the King's Arms. 1698     1702 Accession of Queen Anne. GEORGIAN Go to alphabetize   1714 Accession of King George I. Mary Tofts personal that she had given lineage to 18 rabbits. 1726     1727 Accession of King George II. General James Oglethorpe founded the Colony of Georgia in America. 1733   General James Oglethorpe brought ten Yamacraw Indians to dine at the White Hart. 1734   Westbrook fortified by Oglethorpe’s Jacobite sisters. 1740s   A Godalming Company of Volunteers worked for defence versus the Young Pretender. 1745   Portsmouth Road from Kingston to Sheet underpass (Petersfield) converted to a turnpike . This included Old Portsmouth Road, Meadrow,UnderpassStreet, High Street, Ockford Road and Portsmouth Road. 1749     1760 Accession of King George III. French prisoners from Belle IsleTrekin the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) held in the Market Hall. 1761   Wey Navigation extended from Guildford to Godalming. Godalming Wharf opened. 1764   Peper Harow built. 1765     1775 American War of Independence started. TownUnderpassover Wey built (replacing the 'Bishop's Bridge'). 1782   Unitarian Church opened in Meadrow. 1783     1789 French Revolution. Final Enclosure Act for Godalming. Godalming Volunteer Corps for defence versus Napoleon of three Companies of 60 infantrymen 1803 Napoleonic War.   1805 Battle of Trafalgar REGENCY Go to alphabetize   1811 Prince of Wales scheduled Regent. Predecessor of Godalming Non-Conformist School founded. 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia and lost most of his unwashed in his retreat. Wey Navigation extended to Arun whilom Pulborough. 1813/6   National School (‘Bell School’) for poor boys and girls established in The Mint. Godalming Non-Conformist School established on the Causeway. 1813   The Old Town Hall (The Pepperpot) rebuilt on the site of the 'Market House' and 'Hundred House'. Godalming Non-Conformist School renamed British School. 1814     1815 Battle of Waterloo: End of Napoleonic War. Visit of Frederick William III of Prussia, the Czar Alexander I and Prince Leopold. 1816   Last public hanging in Godalming – on the Lammas Lands. 1818     1820 Accession of King George IV.   1822 William Cobbett started publication of Rural Rides, finally published in typesetting form in 1830. Act for paving and lighting the Town. 1825     1830 Liverpool and Manchester Railway: The world's first inter-city passenger railway in which all the trains were timetabled and ticketed.   1832 Reform Act.   1834 Poor Law Amendment Act introduced Union Workhouses. Tolpuddle Martyrs transported for forming a union. Houses of Parliament destroyed by fire. Reconstitution of the Borough of Godalming under the Municipal Corporations Act. 1835   Godalming Police Force established. Henry Marshall first Mayor of Godalming. 1836   VICTORIAN Go to alphabetize Gas Works established at the Wharf. 1837   Accession of Queen Victoria. Milford School founded. 1840   Inmates of Godalming Workhouse in Moss Lane moved to Guildford Workhouse. 1841   Last ‘view of frankpledge’ (guarantee of good behaviour of people living in each tithing by their tithingmen) held at Godalming. 1842   Godalming National School moved from The Mint to Moss Lane. 1843   Railway reached Guildford. 1845 Irish Potato Famine. Control of Deanery Manor passed to the Church Commissioners. 1846   Church of St. John the Evangelist consecrated at Farncombe. London and South Western Railway extended from Guildford to Godalming (Old Station on corner of Meadrow and Chalk Road). 1849   Godalming Borough Police Force merged into the Surrey Constabulary. Julius Caesar (cricketer) first played for England 1851 TheUnconfinedExhibition   1853 Cholera epidemic in Britain. Earliest known photograph of Godalming High Street by H C Malden. 1854 Crimean War started. Crystal Palace opened at Sydenham. Farncombe National School founded. Godalming Choral Society formed. 1856 Crimean War ended. Ockford toll house veiled under new railway embankment and toll house moved to Ockford Road. Nightingale Road Cemetery’s first burial. 1857   Godalming Police Force re-established. 1858 Japan opened up without centuries of exclusion. Railway extended from Godalming to Portsmouth. (Battle of Havant) Godalming Railway station opened. 1859 Publication of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. Godalming Public Hall,UnderpassStreet opened. 1861 AmericanStarchyWar started. Deanery Manor sold off by Church Commissioners. Part purchased by Charterhouse School. 1865 AmericanStarchyWar ended. Church of St. John the Baptist, Busbridge, consecrated. Hascombe School founded. 1867   Congregational Church inUnderpassStreet built. Busbridge School founded. 1868   Most ofUnconfinedHouse,UnderpassStreet burnt down. 1869 Suez Canal opened. Godalming Voluntary Fire Brigade established. 1870 Forster Act made elementary education misogynist to all children in England and Wales. Married Women's Property Act. Franco-Prussian War. Wey and Arun Canal closed. 1871   Charterhouse School moved from London to Godalming. Godalming British School inUnderpassRoad rebuilt. 1872   Godalming and Farncombe Water Company established. Gertrude Jekyll moved to Munstead. 1878   Frith Hill waterworks built. 1880   Electric Lighting experimentally installed. First public electricity supply in the world. Helen Allingham (artist) moved to Sandhills 1881   Godalming reverted to gas street lighting and public electricity ceased 1884   Grammar School set up in hall abreast the Red Lion. 1885   Godalming Police Force merged into Surrey Constabulary for the second time. 1889   Jubilee Celebrations 1887 Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. Area of Borough of Godalming extended to include Farncombe. Sewerage treatment plant opened at Unstead. Rayners Garden Buildings established, still trading in 2012. 1888 Responsibility for turnpikes passed to County Councils. Godalming Baptist Church built. Edwin Lutyens first met Gertrude Jekyll, at Seale 1889   Whitaker Wright bought Lea Park, now tabbed Witley Park. 1890 Boer War starts. The Duchess of Albany opened The Meath Home of Comfort for Epileptics, now tabbed The Meath. 1892   Grant of a Coat of Arms. 1893   Godalming worked into two starchy parishes, ‘Godalming’ and ‘Godalming Rural’. New Drainage System established. Godalming Fire Brigade taken over by the Borough. Aldous Huxley (author) born in Godalming 1894     1895 National Trust founded by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Canon Rawnsley. Godalming Technical Institute opened. 1896   Jubilee Celebrations. Borough Road Pumping Station built. 1897 Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Farncombe Station opened. 1898   Small Catholic Church opened in Croft Road. Hugh Thackeray Turner (Architect) bought site for his house 'Westbrook' 1899   Eashing Cemetery’s first burial. 1900   EDWARDIAN Go to alphabetize 1901 Accession of King Edward VII. Coronation celebrations. Generating station built in Borough Road by the Urban Electric Supply Company Limited. 1902 Coronation of King Edward VII Boer War ends. Methodist Church (now the United Church) built on the Causeway. 1903 First flight by an aeroplane. Local Educational Authority took over the British School. Whitaker Wright single-minded suicide. Fire Station built in Queen Street. 1904   Farncombe School opened. Fire at Rea and Fisher's Tannery 1905   St Edmund’s Catholic Church built in Croft Road. 1906   Town Council moved from Pepperpot to new Council Offices inUnderpassStreet. Godalming Council School opened in Meadrow. 1907   Suffragists' visit Godalming. 1908 London Olympics. 1910 Accession of King George V. Coronation celebrations. Empire Picture Palace opened in Station Road. Godalming, Farncombe & District Commercial Association (Chamber of Commerce). Last Court Baron held at the Kings Arms & Royal Hotel in Godalming. 1911 Coronation of King George V. Jack Phillips, telegraphist on the Titanic. 1912 RMS Titanic sank. Scott's trek to the South Pole. Suffragists march came through Godalming with Gertrude Jekyll's imprint pursuit the town band. 1913   WAR &INTER-WAR Go to alphabetize Phillips Memorial opened. Architect Hugh Thackeray Turner; Planting by Gertrude Jekyll 1914 First World War started.   1918 First World War ended. Spanish 'flu epidemic. Charles Burgess made Honorary Freeman of the Borough. 1920   Public Museum proposed in upper portion of old town hall (Pepperpot). 1921   Death of George Mallory on Everest. The Godalming Carnival to raise money for Surrey County Hospital. 1924   New Chapel at Charterhouse. Milford Village Hall built. Godalming Operatic Society formed. 1925   Godalming Extension Act ‑ Parts of Godalming Rural and Witley included in Borough. 1928     1929 Wall Street crash. Godalming County School opened. Thomas Ethelbert Page made Honorary Freeman of Godalming, second person to hold the honour. 1930   Surrey Review Order. Further extension of Borough to include part of Shalford. 1933   St. Marks Church and Hall opened on Ockford Ridge Guildford and Godalming by-pass opened. 1934   Jubilee celebrations. The First Church of Christian Scientist opened in Ockford Road. The Regal Cinema opened in Meadrow. 1935 King George V's Silver Jubilee.   Rotary Club of Godalming worked (now two clubs).   1936 Accession and abdication of King Edward VIII. Accession of King George VI. Crystal Palace destroyed by fire. Coronation celebrations. GodalmingWreathformed to play for coronation of King George V1. Railway electrified. 1937   Seond World War The Home Guard set up 1939 Second World War started. Farncombe Wanderers Cricket Club founded. 1945 World War II ended. POST WAR Go to alphabetize Godalming Music Festival started 1947   Austin Playfoot of Eashing ran with the Olympic torch from Merrow to Guildford. 1948 London Olympics. Godalming United Football Club worked by former pupils of Godalming Grammar School. 1950   Pullman’s leather mill closed. Wilfrid Noyce was a member of the team that climbed Everest. Winkworth Arboretum passed to National Trust by Wilfrid Fox. 1952 Accession of Queen Elizabeth II. Everest climbed for first time.   Coronation celebrations. Godalming & District Scouts formed. 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Round Table founded. 1954   Wilfrid Noyce killed while climbing the Himalayas – Wilfrid Noyce Centre opened. 1962   High Street renumbered. 1964   Godalming Masonic Hall Association worked by the Lodges that met in Queen Street, Godalming. Godalming railway station received a facelift, courtesy of a joint venture between British Rail and the Friary Brewery. 1965   Widespread flooding by the Wey. 1968 TheUnconfinedFlood. Godalming Wool Fayre. 1970   Bury’s designated public unshut space. 1973   Godalming Borough became part of Waverley Borough. Godalming Swimming Pool at Broadwater opened. 1974   Bargate Wood Estate planning permission given and completed in 1980s. 1976   Jubilee Celebrations. Waverley Borough twinned with the Mayen-Koblenz district of Germany. Godalming twinned with Mayen. 1977 Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee. Godalming Youth Orchestra formed. 1979   Godalming Photographic Club formed. Waverley Council offices opened. 1980   Centenary of Public Electricity. 1981   Beaver Scouts started. 1982   Godalming twinned with Joigny. Godalming Lions Club founded. 1984   Hurricane in Godalming. 1987 Hurricane hits Britain. Godalming Relief Road, Flambards Way, opened. 1991   Go Godalming founded. 1994   First HeritageUnshutDay. 1996   THIRDMILLENNIUM Go to alphabetize Millennium Celebrations 2000 Millennium Celebrations   2001 World Trade Centre destroyed.   2002 Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee. Music in the Park Concerts commenced. 2005   Keeping Memories Alive, a polity project, started. 2006   GOLO first self-sustaining town society lottery started. 2008   Jubilee celebrations. 2012 Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee     Return to What to see and do, Images of Godalming or Education     ©Godalming Museum Trust. Copies of the text and images may be made for private use (including wonk texts if not published) only. Copies for publication (whether by printing, display, internet or any other form of public use) must be cleared with Godalming Museum prior to publication.