[1] It is on the A25, roughly halfway between Guildford and Dorking, and in Shere civil parish,[2] which, reaching to Peaslake and Colmar's Hill, in 2001 recorded a human population of 3,359.

The Manor of Gumesele was a Saxon feudal landholding that originally included the present day Gomshall.

The occupations written beside the names show land-holders and the usual country crafts but also a high proportion of skills relating to the wool trade; there were spinners and weavers, fullers and pelterers and many tailors.

Local industries developed based on the plentiful and constant water supply of the River Tillingbourne.

Gomshall Mill pub reopened in December 2022 following the completion of the first phase of a major refurbishment project.

The pub was known as a smart country hotel up until its sale to Whitbread in 1989, who then ran it as a Mulligans fish restaurant.

However the pub closed again in 2008 and following a long period of uncertainty opened as a tea room in October 2011.