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GUILDFORD , a See also:market See also:town and municipal See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough, and the See also:county town of See also:Surrey, See also:England, in the Guildford See also:parliamentary. See also:division, 29 M. S.W. of See also:London by the London and See also:South estern railway; served also by the London, See also:Brighton, and South See also:Coast and the South Eastern and See also:Chatham See also:railways.
Pop. (1991) 15,938. It is beautifully situated on an acclivity of the See also:northern See also:chalk See also:Downs and on the See also:river Wey. Its older streets contain a number of picturesque gabled houses, with See also:quaint lattices and curious doorways. The ruins of a See also:Norman See also:castle stand finely above the town and are well preserved; while the ground about them is laid out as a public See also:garden. Beneath the See also:Angel See also:Inn and a See also:house in the vicinity are extensive vaults, apparently of See also:Early See also:English date, and traditionally connected with the castle. The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Mary is Norman and Early English, with later additions and considerably re-stored; its aisles retain their eastward apses and it contains many interesting details. The church of St See also:Nicholas is a See also:modern See also:building on an See also:ancient site, and that of See also:Holy Trinity is a See also:brick structure of 1763, with later additions, also on the site of an earlier church, from which some of the monuments are preserved, including that of See also:Archbishop See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
Abbot (1640). The town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall See also:dates from 1683 and contains a number of interesting pictures. Other public buildings are the county hall, See also:corn-market and See also:institute with museum and library. Abbot's See also:Hospital, founded by Archbishop Abbot in 1619, is a beautiful Tudor brick building. The county hospital (1866) was erected as a memorial to See also:Albert, See also:Prince See also:Consort. The Royal See also:Free See also:Grammar School, founded in 1509, and incorporated by See also:Edward VI., is an important school for boys. At Cranleigh, 6 m. S.E., is a large See also:middle-class county school. The town has See also:flour See also:mills, See also:iron foundries and breweries, and a large See also:trade in See also:grain; while fairs are held for live stock. There is a manufacture of See also:gunpowder in the neighbouring See also:village of Chilworth. Guildford is a See also:suffragan bishopric in the See also:diocese of See also:Winchester. The borough is under a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors. See also:Area, 2601 acres.
Guildford (Gyldeford, Geldeford), occurs among the possessions of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Alfred, and was a royal borough throughout the middle ages. It probably owed its rise to its position at the junction of trade routes. It is first mentioned as a borough in 1131. See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry III. granted a See also:charter to the men of Guildford in 1256, by which they obtained freedom from See also:toll throughout the See also:kingdom, and the See also:privilege of having the county See also:court held always in their town. Edward III. granted charters to Guildford in 1340, 1346 and 1367; Henry VI. in 1423; Henry VII. in 1488. See also:Elizabeth in 1580 confirmed earlier charters, and other charters were granted in 1603, 1626 and 1686. The borough was incorporated in 1486 under the See also:title of the mayor and See also:good men of Guildford. During the middle ages the See also:government of the town rested with a powerful See also:merchant gild. Two members for Guildford sat in the See also:parliament of 1295, and the borough continued to return two representatives until 1867 when the number was reduced to one. By the Redistribution See also:Act of 1885 Guildford became merged in the county for electoral purposes. Edward II. granted to the town the right of having two fairs, at the feast of St See also:Matthew (21st of See also:September) and at Trinity respectively. Henry VII. granted fairs on the feast of St See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin (11th of See also:November) and St See also:George (23rd of See also:April). Fairs in May for the See also:sale of See also:sheep and in November for the sale of See also:cattle are still held. The market rights date at least from 1276, and three weekly markets are still held for the sale of corn, cattle and vegetables respectively. The See also:cloth trade which formed the See also:staple See also:industry at Guildford in the middle ages is now See also:extinct.
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