Puttenham, Surrey

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Puttenham
Puttenham Priory
Puttenham shown within Surrey
Population	<2,508^[1]
OS grid reference	SU931478
District	Guildford
Shire county	Surrey
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Guildford
Postcode district	GU3
Dialling code	01483
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Guildford
List of places: UK • England • Surrey

Coordinates: 51°13′19″N 0°39′50″W / 51.222, -0.664

Puttenham is a village in Surrey, England just south of the Hog's Back which is the chalk ridge of the North Downs. Puttenham is adjacent to the A31 which runs between Guildford and Farnham. Villages nearby include Wanborough, Shackleford and Compton.

Puttenham lies on the dividing line between the chalk downs to the north and greensand to the south. To the west of the village is Puttenham Common.

Puttenham was referred to in the Domesday Book of 1086 and was called Reddesolham. Its domesday assets were owned by the Bishop of Bayeux. Its domesday assets were: 1 plough, 2 acres of meadow, woodland worth 4 hogs. It rendered £2.

The houses of Puttenham mainly line the road 'The Street' that runs through it from west to east.

St John the Baptist church is towards the eastern end of the village. This church was built in several stages. The oldest part is late saxon; in 1160, norman pillars were built. In the 13th century, the Lady Chapel was added and in the 15th century the tower was added. In the 18th century it was destroyed by fire but was restored in the 20th century.^[2]

Puttenham Priory is a large house at the eastern end of the village. It is a palladian villa built in 1762 by Thomas Parker. The village has a public house 'The Good Intent' which is popular with walkers as the village lies on the North Downs Way. This building dates back to the 1600s but has only been a public house since the 1800s.^[3]

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Puttenham Golf Club is a private members club and is one of the oldest Golf Clubs in Surrey, founded in 1894 by a group of Army Officers, Charterhouse School Masters and local businessmen. The course occupies land on Puttenham Heath and measures 6,220 yards with a par of 71 from the white tees. The course is a mixture of heath and woodland, the tree-lined fairways provide a particularly splendid backcloth of colour for the attractive sections of heather and many types of wild flowers.