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Other more obscure pagan "sanctuaries" in the vicinity are said to have been at ''Cusanweoh'' (possibly at ''Culverwell Hill'' adjacent to the ruins of [[Waverley Abbey]]) and ''Besingahearh'', now lost but thought to be near [[Farnham]].<ref>Whitelock, Dorothy, ''The Beginnings of English Society'', The Heathen English, Penguin Books, London, 1954, pp.22-23</ref><ref>Owen, Gale R., ''Rites and Religions of the Anglo-Saxons'', Barnes & Noble, New York, 1981, p.43</ref> These sites are both mentioned in a charter signed by [[Caedwalla]] dating to [[688]] in which they were awarded to the church.<ref> ''Anglo-Saxons.net'', Online [http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=get&type=charter&id=235] (retrieved 29.05.12)</ref>
After the Hundred converted to Christianity most of those shrines were eventually sanctified as chapels or donated to [[Holy Orders]] to supervise them. Tuesley became the location of Godalming's "mother church" and a chapel existed here until the 16th Century. A convent still exists adjacent to this old worship site and the former 'sacred spring' was at some point renamed "Lady Well" in reference to the [[Virgin Mary]].<ref> ''Ladywell Retreat & Spirituality Centre'', Online [http://www.ladywellretreat.org.uk/about/history/] (Accessed 29.05.12)</ref> The rough ground adjacent to the convent where the ruins of the old chapel are buried is still owned by the convent. A notice here specifically forbids public gatherings on the night of [[Yule|December 21]]. In the 11th century a new parish church was built on recently drained land by the river. The oldest part of the Church of S.S. Peter & Paul – the Anglo-Saxon chapel – still survives today and in it can be seen an ancient stone (c.820AD) decorated with pagan carvings thought to have been brought down from the original 7th Century chapel at Tuesley on the hill.<ref> ''Surrey Places of Worship'', St Peter & St Paul's Church, Online [http://www.surreyplacesofworship.org.uk/visitors-detail.asp?ID=96] (Accessed 29.05.12)</ref>
==Towns and villages==
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