Puttenham is avillage inSurrey, England, located just south of theHog's Back which is the narrowest stretch of theNorth Downs. Puttenham is about midway between the towns ofGuildford andFarnham, and can be accessed from theA31 trunk road which runs along the spine of the Hog's Back. Villages nearby includeWanborough,Shackleford andCompton.

Puttenham
Village
Puttenham Priory
Puttenham Location withinSurrey
Area	7.88 km2 (3.04 sq mi)
Population	601 (Civil Parish 2011)[1]
• Density	76/km2 (200/sq mi)
OS grid reference	SU9348
Civil parish	Puttenham
District	Guildford
Shire county	Surrey
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Guildford
Postcode district	GU3
Dialling code	01483
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Godalming and Ash
List of places UK England Surrey 51°13′19″N0°39′50″W / 51.2220°N 0.6640°W /51.2220; -0.6640

Puttenham is situated in an east–west stretch of theVale of Holmesdale in Surrey, called Puttenham Vale – which stretches between the towns of Guildford in the east and Farnham in the west, and runs parallel to and immediately south of the narrow Hog's Back section of thechalkNorth Downs (along which theA31 trunk road runs). To the south-west of the village isPuttenham Common, part of theGreensand Ridge, that defines the south border of the Vale.

The houses of Puttenham mainly line the road 'The Street' that runs through it from west to east, making it a largelylinear settlement.

There is evidence ofBronze Age occupation in the area, the mound known as Frowsbury Hill is a burial mound from that era.^[2]

Puttenham was referred to in theDomesday Book of 1086 and was calledReddesolham orRodsall. Its domesday assets were owned by theBishop of Bayeux and were: 1plough, 2 acres (0.81 ha) ofmeadow,woodland worth 4hogs. It rendered £2 per year to itsfeudal overlords.^[3]

Queen Victoria reviewed 20,000 troops from Frowsbury Hill on 7 July 1858.^[2]

Puttenham Priory is a large house at the eastern end of the village. The original house dated from 1266 when it was apriory. It was extended 1730 and again in 1762 by Thomas Parker, who added thePalladian front.^[4] It is Grade II*listed architecturally, the mid-category.^[5] The house is now the home ofQueen drummer,Roger Taylor.^[2]

St John the Baptist church is towards the eastern end of the village. This church was built in stages. The oldest part is lateSaxon; 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 the tower was destroyed by fire but was restored in the 20th century.^[6][7] The church is a Grade II*listed building.^[8]

The village has a pub calledThe Good Intent, first mentioned in the 1861 census, but the building has earlier origins.^[9]

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 (5,690 m) with a par of 71 from the white tees.^[10] The course is a mixture of heath and woodland, the tree-lined fairways have a particularly splendid backcloth of colour with attractive areas of heather and many species of wild flowers. There are some panoramic views from certain tees.

Puttenham used to have its own telephone exchange, consisting of two brick buildings near the Jolly Farmer public house. Finally decommissioned after being subsumed into Guildford, the exchange was sold in 2017 with planning permission for conversion to two private residences.^[11]

The village features inBrave New World, adystopian novel byAldous Huxley: "Puttenham was a modest little village nine stories high, with silos, a poultry farm, and a small vitamin-D factory."^[12]

Natalie Young's second novel,Season to Taste or How to Eat Your Husband (2014) is mostly set in Puttenham.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's historical novelSir Nigel features an outlaw known as "The Wild Man of Puttenham".

The average level of accommodation in the region composed of detached houses was 28%, the average that was apartments was 22.6%.

The proportion of households in the civil parish who owned their home outright compares to the regional average of 35.1%. The proportion who owned their home with a loan compares to the regional average of 32.5%. The remaining % is made up of rented dwellings (plus a negligible % of households living rent-free).

• David Dane, virologist^[13][14]
• Roger Taylor,Queen drummer^[2]

• Clive AsletVillage voice: Not even the A3 can tarnish the magic of Puttenham
• Good move guide
• Puttenham One Place Study