A HISTORY OF SURREY 



In the interior the most striking features are the 

 much-restored chancel arch and its flanking recesses 

 that to the south pierced with a squint dating from 

 the middle of the 1 2th century. But though parts of 

 the works are old, particularly in the recesses, the whole 

 has been so much renewed, with the addition of 

 carved shafts and elaborate mouldings, that it possesses 

 little interest for archaeologists. The arcade to the 

 new aisle, also a very elaborate piece of work, has 

 been built to accord with the chancel arch, the 

 materials used being chalk and Caen stone, with 

 shafts of Irish marble from Lord Midleton's estates 

 in that country. 



Within the chancel practically all is new, including 

 the sedilia in the south wall, but the piscina is said to 

 be a copy of that formerly in existence. The chancel 

 and chapel windows,' which are entirely modern, are 

 designed in the style of the early part of the 1 4th 

 century, and there are also some image niches and other 

 features in the new work with much carving about 

 them. The roofs, fittings, and glass are also modern. 



The chancel roof is panelled and covered with sacred 

 emblems. That of the chapel has quatrefoiled bosses, 

 with painting and gilding in the panels. The rere- 

 dos, of Caen stone, has five canopied compartments, 

 the middle one containing a cross supported by 

 angels, and the other four cherubim standing on 

 their wheels. 



Besides the monuments to Lord Midleton's family 

 in the chapel there are some brasses of ancient date, one 

 on the north wall of the chancel to Joan Adderley, 

 bearing date 1487. It is fixed in a slab of Sussex 

 marble, and represents her in widow's dress kneeling 

 at a prayer-desk before a representation of the Blessed 



Trinity with labels inscribed, ' Ihu Mercy Lady 

 helpe' and the inscription in black letter : 



Ex vestra caritate orate pro Mima. Johane Adderley 

 quondam uxoris Johtfis Adderley quoi/dam Majoris 

 Civitatis London', et nup^r uxor;V Wille/mi Brokes, 

 armigeri, Patroni istius ecckfie, qae quid^m Johana 

 obiit xviij die Novembr/V a 'Domini mcccclxxxvij ; 

 cuja/ ai/e propicietur Deus. Amen. 



In front of the altar rails is another slab bearing a 

 brass cross which formerly marked the actual place of 

 her burial. 



Among the church plate is a paten of 1717 and a 

 chalice and paten of peculiar design and uncertain date, 

 made at Danzig, Germany. 



There are three bells, all of 1 7th-century date. 



The registers of baptisms begin in 1697, of burials 

 in 1 69 8, of marriages in 1699. There is a note at the 

 beginning that the old registers were destroyed when 

 the rectory house was burnt ' in Dr. Mead's time.' 

 He was rector 1661 to 1687. 



The church is not mentioned in 



AD VQ ffSON the Domesday Survey of Peper Harow, 



but it was assessed at 5 in 1 29 1. 60 



The advowson was an appurtenance of the manor, 



with which it has descended till the present day. 



The charities are a rent-change on 

 CHARITIES an estate at Shelley in Essex, for the 

 use of poor persons, amounting to 30^., 

 left by Nicholas Wallis, rector in 1 606 ; and Smith's 

 Charity for the relief of aged and infirm persons of good 

 character, apprenticing children, portioning maids, &c., 

 payable out of the Warbleton estate, Sussex, and 

 amounting to about 3 a year or under. 



PUTTENHAM 



Potenham and Putenham (xiii cent.). 



Puttenham is a village on the south side of the 

 Hog's Back, 4^ miles west of Guildford, 5^ miles 

 east of Farnham. The parish is roughly triangular. 

 The base from north-east to south-west is nearly 3 miles 

 long; the line from the apex to the middle of the base, 

 north-west to south-east, is under 2 miles. The west 

 side is longer than the northern side. It contains 

 i ,93 1 acres of land and 29 acres of water. The village 

 lies in the north-east angle of the parish. The northern 

 part of the parish is on the chalk of the Hog's Back 

 ridge, though, as is almost invariably the case, the 

 village is not on the chalk. The rest of the parish is 

 Upper Green Sand, Gault, and Lower Green Sand, 

 which is the predominating soil. 



The views from the upper ground are extremely 

 picturesque, embracing the Hindhead and Blackdown 

 ranges, and extending over Sussex to the South Downs, 

 while the foreground is broken and diversified with 

 woods and heaths. Puttenham Heath, however, to 

 the east of the parish, is mostly covered with turf, and 

 a nine-hole golf course has been made on it, with a 

 club-house opened in 1897. Puttenham Common, 

 to the south-west, is a true heath, covered with heather, 

 fern, and furze, and rising to over 300 ft. above the 

 sea, with a deep depression between it and the chalk 

 to the northward. 



The parish is purely agricultural. Chalk was dug 



on the Hog's Back. The district of the famous Farn- 

 ham hops extends into Puttenham. The northern 

 boundary of the parish is the road along the ridge of 

 the Hog's Back. One sign of the antiquity of the road 

 is the frequency with which it forms the old parish 

 boundaries. Captain James, R.E., traced the so-called 

 Pilgrims' Way through the parish below the chalk. 

 It went on as a lane to Scale, and has been converted 

 since 1903 into a good road. 



On Puttenham Heath is a fairly large tumulus 

 called Frowsbury, which has never been explored. 

 Neolithic flints are not uncommon near it. On 

 Puttenham Common is a considerable entrenchment, 

 with one bank and ditch. It is of about 5 30 ft. on 

 the south, east, and west sides, but the north-east 

 angle is slightly obtuse, the south-west angle slightly 

 acute, so that the east and west sides are not parallel, 

 and the north side is shorter than the other. On the 

 west there is no distinct bank, and no ditch, but the 

 hill falls sharply to a stream in the grounds of Hamp- 

 ton Lodge, and has been perhaps artificially scarped. 

 The water below is within missile range of the 

 entrenchment. Romano-British pottery and a rude 

 pavement were found near this, to the north-east, in 

 1870. Many neolithic flints have been found on 

 the borders of the parish, near Shoelands, a little 

 further north. 



There is a cemetery with a chapel on Puttenham 



10 Poft Nict. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 208. 

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