This is the east end of the parish church, showing the 12th century chancel in the centre with two chapels, the north and south chapels, that date from the 13th century. The chancel was extended eastwards in the 14th century. The north chapel had a lean-to roof until the church was altered in 1840, when its north wall was moved outwards. These alterations can be seen in a largely unlabelled ground plan published in Samuel Welman's history of the church^[1]. The two buttresses, on the diagonal, that we can see on the outer corners of the chancel were added in the fourteenth century. They are shown in a sketch by Welman, alongside the new large chancel window that had replaced two narrow lancet windows of the earlier chancel^[1]. This was replaced in 1856^[2].

The early twentieth century card shows this part of the graveyard surrounded by some rather formidable railings. It is unclear if the gate could be locked, but the spikes were lethal! Behind them are the ageing gravestones. No new monuments had been added since the churchyard closed in 1857 when the Nightingale Cemetery had opened on Deanery Road to alleviate the overcrowding.

Just over ten years before the churchyard's closure, Edward Wedlake Brayley had noted in his Surrey History that:

"In the church-yard are numerous tombs and other memorials of respectable families connected with this parish...—At the east end of the church are two tablets and several headstones, in memory of the Steadmans of Godalming; of whom, Mr. RICHARD STEADMAN died on the 6th of February, 1772, at the advanced age of ninety-five; and JOHN STEADMAN, on the 9th of May, 1827, aged eighty eight^[3]."

Owen Manning, who had been Vicar of Godalming for over thirty seven years, died in 1801. He is commemorated on a white marble tablet in the church and his gravestone in the churchyard also bore a lengthy inscription citing his virtues^[1].

Albumen print from about 1910.
Written on the back: E. Window of S. Chapel, c.1270.
The MI on the outer wall reads:
IN MEMORY OF | ELIZ Wife of | JOHN HENDERSON | who died Decr 8th 1809 | Aged 75 years^[4].

Welman, writing about the church in 1900 tells us that "The window at the east end of the south chantry, which is an early example of a large tracery window, may be dated at about 1260. The east and west ends of the church also probably had new and enlarged windows inserted in them^[1]."

Post WW1 view of the east and north sides of the church, from the Memorial Gardens.
The field gun on the left also features in a 1922 postcard of the Church and War Memorial, but this view
may have been taken before then as the War Memorial does not seem to have been built.
The northern boundary of St. Peter & St. Paul is marked by a stone retaining wall as the churchyard is higher than the land closer to the River Wey.

References:

^[1] Welman, Samuel (1900) "The Parish and Church of Godalming" Published by Elliot Stock.

^[2] "A Guide to the Parish Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul" (1978) Bott, Alan M.A., F.S.A. © Alan Bott and Parochial Church Council of St. Peter and Paul. Edited and designed by David Coombs.

^[3] "A Topographical History of Surrey", Edward Wedlake Brayley & John Britton (1844). ... The Illustrative Department under the superintendence of Thomas Allom, M. I. B. A. Published Dorking by Robert Best Ede and London by David Bogue, Fleet Street, p.208.

^[4] Elizabeth Henderson was buried at SS. Peter and Paul on 10 Dec 1809; her husband pre-deceased her and was buried on 3 Jun 1808.