Editing Guildford (section)

===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>