Editing Guildford (section)

==Places of worship==
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{{see also|List of places of worship in the Borough of Guildford|Guildford Cathedral}}

===Anglican churches===
[[File:Holy Trinity Church, High Street, Guildford (May 2014) (4).jpg|thumb|right|[[Holy Trinity Church, Guildford|Holy Trinity Church]], High Street]]
The [[Church of England]] churches in the town belong to the Guildford Deanery, part of the [[Diocese of Guildford]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cofeguildford.org.uk/about/explore-the-diocese/parishes/archdeaconry-of-surrey/guildford |title= Deanery of Guildford |publisher= Diocese of Guildford |access-date= 24 June 2022 |archive-date= 21 August 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220821125728/https://www.cofeguildford.org.uk/about/explore-the-diocese/parishes/archdeaconry-of-surrey/guildford |url-status= live }}</ref> All six of the churches are [[listed building|listed]], including two that are Grade I listed.{{refn|[[Guildford Cathedral]] is also grade II* listed.<ref name=NHLE_Cath/>|group=note}}

[[St Mary's Church, Guildford|St Mary's Church]], on Quarry Street, is the oldest place of worship in the town. The tower is thought to have been built before the Norman Conquest and the [[transept]]s were constructed in {{circa|1100}}. Many structural features have survived from the medieval period, although much of today's church dates from a restoration in 1882.<ref name=NHLE_StM/>{{refn|Since 2013, the local [[Methodism|Methodist]] congregation has held its services at [[St Mary's Church, Guildford|St Mary's]].<ref>{{cite web |last= Youngs |first= Peter |date= August 2014 |title= History |publisher= Guildford Methodist Church |url= https://www.guildfordmethodist.org/p/history |access-date= 9 August 2022 |archive-date= 14 October 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161014082851/http://guildfordmethodist.org/p/history |url-status= live }}</ref>|group=note}} The oldest part of [[Holy Trinity Church, Guildford|Holy Trinity Church]], at the east end of the High Street, is the Weston Chapel, which dates from {{circa|1540}}. The original building is thought to have been constructed in the early medieval period, but it was rebuilt between 1749 and 1763 after the steeple collapsed and destroyed the majority of the building on 23 April 1740.<ref>{{harvnb|Alexander|2013|page=12}}</ref> The windows in the nave were altered by [[Henry Woodyer]] in 1869 and the transepts were added by [[Arthur Blomfield]] in 1888.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1029258|desc=Church of Holy Trinity|grade=I|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> The original [[St Nicolas Church, Guildford|St Nicolas Church]], at the western end of the Town Bridge, is also thought to have been constructed in the early medieval period. The Loseley Chapel dates from the 15th century, but the rest of the building was rebuilt in the 1870 by the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival architect]], [[Samuel Sanders Teulon]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1029291|desc=Church of St Nicholas|grade=II*|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>

The oldest parts of the Church of St John the Evangelist at Stoke-next-Guildford were built in the early 14th century. The tower was added in the 15th century and the north chapel in the 16th, when the north aisle was widened. The church includes stained glass designed by [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]] and a monument by [[John Flaxman]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1294008|desc=Church of St John the Evangelist |grade=II*|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> Christ Church, in Waterden Road, was designed by [[Ewan Christian]] in 1868 in the 13th-century English Gothic style.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1294008|desc=Christ Church|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> The Church of St Saviour, in Woodbridge Road, was consecrated in 1899 and was built in the 14th-century Gothic style.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1377906|desc=Church of St Saviour|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>

===Other Christian churches===
[[File:St Joseph's RC Church, Eastgate Gardens, Guildford (April 2014) (Right Side).JPG|thumb|right|St Joseph's Catholic Church]]
There are three Roman Catholic churches in Guildford, St Joseph's near the town centre, St Mary's in Rydes Hill, and St Pius X in Merrow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dabnet.org/parishes/Deaneries/deaneries.htm|title=Deaneries in Arundel & Brighton Roman Catholic Diocese|access-date=29 October 2012|archive-date=7 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307132044/http://www.dabnet.org/parishes/Deaneries/deaneries.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The Catholic Parish of Guildford also includes the Church of St Edmund the Confessor at [[Sutton Place, Surrey|Sutton Place]].<ref>{{cite web |title= About us |publisher= Catholic Parish of Guildford |url= https://www.cpg.church/ |year= 2021 |access-date= 9 August 2022 |archive-date= 13 April 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220413135559/https://www.cpg.church/ |url-status= live }}</ref> There are two United Reformed Churches,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.guildfordurc.org.uk |title= Guildford URC |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210105121923/http://www.guildfordurc.org.uk/ |archive-date=5 January 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.westborough-urc.co.uk |title= Westborough URC |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201027085403/http://westborough-urc.co.uk/ |archive-date=27 October 2020 }}</ref> two Baptist Churches<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csbc.org.uk|title=Home|website=Grace Church|access-date=12 July 2022|archive-date=28 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828070605/http://www.csbc.org.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> a New Life Baptist Church, a [[Christadelphian]] meeting hall, two Methodist Churches,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gsmc.org.uk|title=Stoughton Methodist Church|first=Neil|last=Champion|website=www.gsmc.org.uk|access-date=22 January 2021|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801060205/http://www.gsmc.org.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> the Salvation Army,
Bethel Chapel, [[Brethren Church|Brethren]] Assembly,<ref name=gc>{{cite web|url=http://www.guildfordchurches.org/Church%20List.htm|title=Guildford Churches website|access-date=29 October 2012|archive-date=30 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130055509/http://www.guildfordchurches.org/Church%20List.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Church in a Club Stoughton, Elim Penecostal Church, Chinese Christian Fellowship,<ref name=gc/> and five Independent Churches<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gpchurch.org.uk/|title=Home|website=Grace Church|access-date=29 October 2012|archive-date=18 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718032344/http://www.gpchurch.org.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Quaker meeting house===
The first [[Quakers|Quaker]] meetings in Guildford are thought to have taken place in 1668 and a burial ground was purchased five years later in North Street. The current meeting house, in Ward Street, was completed in 1806 and retains its original, panelled meeting room.<ref name=NHLE_Quaker>{{NHLE|num=1029295|desc=Guildford Quaker Meeting House|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Clark |first= Len |date= 7 July 2006 |title= Guildford Quakers mark bicentenary |work= Surrey Advertiser |issue= 15783 |page= 15 }}</ref>{{refn|The Quaker burial ground was transferred to the Guildford Corporation in 1927 and became the public open space, known as Quakers' Acre.<ref name=NHLE_Quaker/>|group=note}}

===Jewish synagogues===
[[File:Guildford Synagogue, York Road, Guildford (April 2014, from Southeast).JPG|thumb|right|Guildford Synagogue, York Road]]
In 1995, a chamber was discovered in the High Street, which is considered to be the remains of the 12th-century [[Guildford Synagogue]].<ref>[[Sharman Kadish]], Jewish Architectural Heritage in England, English Heritage, 2006, p. 69.</ref><ref name=synagogue>{{cite web |url=http://www.guildfordjewish.com/index_files/Page317.htm|title=History of Guildford Jews |publisher=Guildford Jewish Community |access-date=24 December 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929212326/http://www.guildfordjewish.com/index_files/Page317.htm |archive-date = 29 September 2007}}</ref> While this remains a matter of contention, it is likely to be the oldest surviving former synagogue in Western Europe.<ref name=synagogue/> The modern-day synagogue, in York Road, was opened in December 1978.<ref>{{cite news |date= 26 January 1979 |title= Home for Jewish community |work= Surrey Daily Advertiser |issue= 14011 |page= 2 }}</ref>