Photography Godalming
Godalming-Gallery
Godalming respresent the a heart and soul of a Surrey country village, there are a wide range of excellent venues to Photograph around and in Godalming that I use for Location photo shoots many woodland and vast hill side views areas are all around Godaming some nice street scens can be found to. This makes it a really great area for me to give the clinent a mix of all sorts of diffrent venuse as my Studio is not far.
Hear is some info on Godalming as it is today
MODERN GODALMING
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 over 6,500.
Godalming’s old town hall was built in 1814. Market stalls used to stand underneath it. Then in 1825 an Improvement Act formed a body of men called Improvement Commissioners with powers to pave and light the streets of Godalming.
Godalming gained gas light in 1836. It experimented with electric light in 1881 but electric light did not replace gas till the end of the century.
Meanwhile Godalming was connected to Guildford and London by railway in 1849. It was connected to Portsmouth by railway in 1859.
Charterhouse School was founded in 1611. Originally it was located in London but it moved to Godalming in 1872.
The old cloth industry in Godalming ended completely by the middle of the 19th century, even stocking making ended. However the paper making industry continued.
Then in 1892 the boundaries of Godalming were extended and by 1901 the population of Godalming was over 11,000. The first council houses in Godalming were built in the 1920s and 1930s. Furthermore the boundaries of Godalming were extended in 1928 and 1932. By 1951 the population of Godalming was 14,000.
During the 20th century the old industries of tanning and papermaking died out in Godalming. However some light industries came to the town.
Today the population of Godalming is 20,000.