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Beautifully situated amid
glorious scenery, this cobbled, historic town -
home of Charterhouse public school - is blessed
with timber-framed houses and a church with a
Saxon chancel and Norman tower. A one-time woollen
centre it was noted for weaving and knitting and
later became a coaching destination.
Development of the River Wey
in the 18th century linked Godalming with
Guildford and thence to London, and in 1881
forward-thinking Godalming was the first town in
the UK to install a public supply of electricity -
and the first in the world to have electric street
lighting.
The King’s Arms pub was
popular to a number of eminent aristocrats. They
included Peter the Great in 1698 and William of
Prussia in 1816.
The nearby house Munstead Wood
was designed in the late 19th century by Edwin
Lutyens for Gertrude Jekyll. Her 15-acre garden
has become nationally famous. Another local
attraction is the Winkworth Arboretum.
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