St Andrew's Church, Farnham
| St Andrew's Church, Farnham | |
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The church from the northwest
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| Coordinates: 51°12′48″N 0°48′03″W / 51.2132°N 0.8007°W | |
| OS grid reference | SU8386646680 |
| Location | Farnham, Surrey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | StAndrewsFarnham.org |
| History | |
| Dedication | Saint Andrew |
| Consecrated | 1399 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade I |
| Designated | 5 March 2015 |
| Administration | |
| Deanery | Farnham |
| Archdeaconry | Surrey |
| Diocese | Guildford |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Rt. Rev. Andrew Watson |
| Archdeacon | Ven. Stephen Beake |
| Laity | |
| Reader(s) | Andrew Partridge, Robert Thain |
| Churchwarden(s) | Andrew Partridge, Richard Haines |
St Andrew's Church is an Anglican parish church in the centre of Farnham, Surrey. It is a Grade II listed building and surviving parts of the structure date back to the Middle Ages. It in the archdeaconry of Surrey, in the Diocese of Guildford. The churchyard contains the grave of William Cobbett and there is a memorial to Augustus Toplady.
In 2005–06, a conservation and development project uncovered the foundations of a 7th-century Saxon church. No written record of this church survives. The oldest record is in the Domesday Book of 1086, which states that the Manor of Farnham was held by the Bishop of Winchester, and that the church was 'richly endowed'.
The oldest parts of the building date from the middle to the late 12th century, between 1150 and 1170. It was also around that time that the Archdeaconry of Surrey was created, and the new archdeacon used Farnham, and its castle, as a centre from which to visit the rest of Surrey.
In 1399, work on the chancel and the east end of the church was finished. The perpendicular window at the east end of the church remains unaltered since that time. On 22 June 1399, the bishop ordered the church to be consecrated.
On 16 February 1487, the parish obtained a licence from King Henry VII to get a curate for the church. In addition, a chantry chapel was built on the north side of the church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. In the early 16th century, a new tower was built at the west end of the church; it was quite small, rising up no more than a couple of metres above the roof of the nave. Later, with Henry VIII's Abolition of Chantries Acts in 1545 and 1547, the chantry chapel was abolished, the objects it contained were sold off, and it was turned into a school room. In 1758, it was sold off and demolished to pay for church repairs.
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