ELMBRIDGE HUNDRED 



COBHAM 



In the 141(1 and i;th centuries a messuage in 

 Cobham known as Dodewikes or Dudwyke was held 

 by a family of the name of Freke. 44 



The manor of HAM in Cobham, now in the hands 

 of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and formerly part 

 of cne possessions of the Dean and Chapter of Windsor, 

 may have been granted by Thomas St. Leger when 

 he gave Ham in Chertsey to endow a chantry at 

 Windsor (see Ham in Chertsey), and have been 

 originally part of the same manor. It is now, how- 

 ever, a separate manor, the courts of which are still 

 held. The court rolls exist only from 1 704. The 

 manor, which is very small, includes a house and 

 land in Street Cobham, and land in Appleton, which 

 seems to be the old name for the land south of Leigh 

 Hill. There were holdings in the Cobham common 

 fields and in Appleton fields. Heathfield and Bytham 

 are described as in Appleton, and Tyrrel's Croft, 

 'next the gravel pits.' Emmet's Farm was also in 

 Ham Manor. 



The church of ST. ANDREW consists 



CHURCH of a chancel 33ft. 3 in. by 1 7 ft. 410., 



north chapel 25 ft. I in. by 13 ft. z in., 



north aisle at this time. This aisle is shown in 

 Cracklow's plan of 1824, and Manning and Bray 

 give its dimensions as 46 ft. long, or 12 ft. shorter 

 than the nave, but since the middle of the igth cen- 

 tury the building has been considerably enlarged 

 both aisles with their arcades, the south chapel and 

 organ-chamber, the chancel arch, the vestry, and the 

 porch all being modern ; much restoration work has 

 also been carried out ; and the 12th-century south 

 doorway and the ijth-century windows were moved 

 out with the south wall when the aisle was added. 

 The dates of restoration and enlargement are 1853, 

 1872, 1886, and 1902. 



The east window of the chancel is a modern one 

 of three lights under a traceried head of 15th- 

 century character. In the north wall are a square 

 aumbry and a trefoiled recess, both apparently old, but 

 with re-tooled stonework. The arcade opening to 

 the north chapel is of two bays ; the responds are cham- 

 fered and stopped out square above the chamfered 

 base and below the chamfered abacus ; the middle 

 column is circular in plan with a moulded base and 

 capital, and the arches are pointed and of one cham- 



bcaae of 'feet 

 PLAN OF COBHAM CHURCH 



south chapel and organ-chamber 3 1 ft. I o in. by 

 1 6 ft. 3 in., nave 5 8 ft. 4 in. by 20 ft. 8 in., north aisle 

 1 6 ft. 7 in. and south aisle 1 6 ft. Sin. wide, south 

 porch, south-west vestry, and west tower I oft. 5 in. 

 by 9 ft. 6 in. 



About the middle of the I2th century the church 

 seems to have consisted of chancel, nave, and west 

 tower ; the chancel was probably lengthened early in 

 the 13th century, and at the same time the north 

 chapel was added with an arcade of two bays opening 

 into the chancel ; part of one of the original small 

 lancets remains in the north wall of the chapel, but the 

 other windows are later insertions. A peculiar feature 

 is the triangular-headed double piscina in the south 

 wall. 



If the arch in the west wall of the chapel is 

 in its original position there must have been a 



fered order. The arch towards the south chapel is 

 modern ; it has hollow-chamfered jambs and a pointed 

 arch of two hollow orders, the inner one springing 

 from moulded corbels. The chancel arch is also 

 modern with jambs of three clustered shafts and 

 moulded arch. 



The east window of the north chapel is of three 

 lights under a traceried head of 14th-century style ; 

 the inner jambs and hollow-chamfered rear-arch are 

 old, but the tracery has been renewed. 



The two north windows are each of three lights 

 under a traceried square head ; both have modern 

 mullions, but old stonework internally. Between these 

 windows is a small blocked 13th-century lancet of 

 which the west jamb and half the head can be seen 

 outside ; it has rebated and chamfered jambs. In the 

 south wall next the east respond of the arcade are 



Anct. D. (P.R.O.) B. izn, 1082 j A. 8727, 5726, 5743, 5744, 8884, 574.2, 8988. 



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