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- What we now know as Godalming College started life in 1930 as the Godalming County School. Local people and educationalists had been calling for Godalming to have its own Secondary school for some 25 to 30 years and finally in December 1928 building work began on the current site at the top of Holloway Hill.
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There are thought to have been dame schools operating in Godalming in the 16th and 17th centuries, but the first surviving reference to formal education in the town is from 1715, in which a school for 50 poor boys is recorded. The National school opened in Mint Road in February 1813 and moved to the former workhouse in Moss Lane in 1843.
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Godalming began as a Saxon village. By the time of the Domesday Book (1086), it was a flourishing community. Godalming may have had a population of around 400. It might seem tiny to us but by the standards of the time, Godalming was a large village. At the time of the Domesday Book the manor of Godalming belonged to the king. However later in the M...
The wool industry in Godalming continued to flourish during the 16th century and the little town was prosperous. In 1575 Queen Elizabeth I made Godalming a borough. In the early 17th century Richard Wyatt left money in his will to be used to build almshouses in Godalming. The Wyatt almshouses were built in 1622. However, during the 17th century, th...
By the time of the first census in 1801, Godalming had a population of just over 3,400. To us, it would seem no more than a village but by the standards of the time, it was a respectably sized market town. Godalming was considerably larger than Guildford at that time. Godalming grew rapidly in the 19th century. By 1851 the population had grown to o...
Charterhouse is a public school (English boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Godalming, Surrey, England. Originally founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian monastery in Charterhouse Square, Smithfield, London, it educates over 800 pupils, aged 13 to 18 years.
Jul 2, 2024 · It is a school for destitute boys who have never been convicted of crime, who are trained for the Army, Navy, or industrial life, and is under the control of the Governors of Bridewell and Bethlehem Hospital.
The School arrived in Godalming in June 1872, with 120 boys in three boarding houses: Saunderites (Headmaster's House), Verites and Gownboys. An increase in pupil numbers led to further houses being built at the expense of those masters whose names they now bear.
Throughout 2022 the School will be celebrating the 150 th anniversary of its relocation from central London to Godalming. Numerous events are planned with the local community as well as more widely with the Charterhouse family of pupils, parents and Old Carthusians.
