Hambledon Church as it is known locally (historically known as St Peters) is an evangelical

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in Hambledon, Surrey, United Kingdom. Hambledon Church is part of a parish with Busbridge ChurchJoint Benefice with Hambledon Church
, Hambledon Village website. connected to the large village or small town of Godalming, Surrey. Together Busbridge and Hambledon Church have six Sunday congregations ranging from traditional to modern and contemporary services.Service times and congregations
Busbridge Church. The Patrons are the Martyrs Memorial and the

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Charitable Trust.

History

Hambledon Church was founded by Ranaulf Flambard before 1086. There are detailed records of

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taking place on the site since before the 14th century. A roll of Rectors on the West wall of the church records Rectors from 1301 to the present Rector (2010) and vicar with special responsibility in the village (2012). The half-county of the West of Surrey was originally in the

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but benefitted from closer connections to its charitable and spiritual senior leaders on the establishment in the early 20th century of a more local cathedral and clergy on establishment of the

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Architecture

The building has a tall square, wood-shingled

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at the western end with double louvred-windows to either side. It has a pyramidal roof over the bellcote topped by a ball and a weathervane finial. Buttressing supports the west end with a quatrefoil roundel window over two lancet windows below, all with linked hood moulds. One '

decorated style English Gothic is an architectural style that flourished from the late 12th until the mid-17th century. The style was most prominently used in the construction of cathedrals and churches. Gothic architecture's defining features are pointed a ...

' two-light window and one plate tracery window to south side also has mouldings above. There are also gabled offset buttress between lancet north chapel windows underneath mouldings with sill bands and string courses linking windows with the buttresses and the building has a cornice (band of prominent stone beneath the roof). Much of this ornamentation was added in 1846 and the building is listed in the initial architectural protected status category of Grade II.

Sunday Services

10:00am Morning Worship Service

A popular service with

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led by an

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.The 9:00am Heritage Service
, Busbridge and Hambledon Church website. Holy Communion is offered on the second and fifth Sunday of each month.11:am Contemporary Service
, Busbridge and Hambledon Church website.

4:00pm Messy Church

On third Sundays there is an all age service with

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activities, craft and worship at Hambledon Village Hall.

References

External links

Busbridge and Hambledon Church Website
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