Photo of Compton, a village in Surrey, south east England.

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Compton

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Compton lies on the old road between Guildford and Farnham, best known for the Watts Gallery, a museum devoted to the Victorian painter G.F. Watts. Nearby stand his red-brick Cemetery Chapel, covered inside and out with Arts and Crafts decoration, and St Nicholas’ Church with its rare two-storey Norman sanctuary. Farncombe station is about 3km south-east.

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Photo of St Nicholas' Church, Compton, a church in Surrey, south east England.

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Photo of Watts Cemetery Chapel, a chapel near Compton, Surrey, south east England.

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