Guildford Castle

Later, non-Brighton trains ran via Elephant & Castle and Streatham to West Croydon, Carshalton Beeches, Sutton, Epsom, Leatherhead and Effingham Junction, terminating at Guildford.

In the early 14th century they became the lords of Dudley Castle, from whom Guildford descended through his paternal grandfather.

When the Thameslink services started in 1988 its secondary southern route ran to Epsom via Elephant & Castle to West Croydon and Sutton, continuing beyond to Guildford.

One of the earliest surviving examples is the Keep at Guildford Castle.

Unusually the keep is off-centre, probably to allow the foundations greater reach and avoid placing excessive pressure on the motte-a similar design can be found at Guildford Castle.

The school was built in 1520 in Castle Ditch ( now Castle Street ) with financial assistance from Guildford municipal corporation.

There is an old coaching Inn on the Epsom Road previously called the ' Sanford Arms ', which almost certainly derives from ' Sand Ford ', so this adds weight to the suggestion that ' Guildford ' is a corruption of ' Gold Ford ', referring to the very distinctive golden sand showing on the banks of the River Wey where it cuts through the sandy outcrop just south of the town.

The Esher bypass, between Hook and the M25, is three lanes with a good hard shoulder, and thus almost motorway standard ; from the M25 to Guildford also has three lanes.

Guildford station was also the northern terminus of the ( now-closed ) Cranleigh Line of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway, which opened 2 October 1865 and closed almost one hundred years later on 12 June 1965.

The land here ranges from a line of western drained fields at almost river level, named spreads, in flood times, marshland to ascending gentle slopes eastwards including the street Ganghill reaching towards the New Guildford Line railway.

On 14 October 1968, the band announced the new name and played their first show at the University of Surrey ( at its original Battersea Park location, not at Guildford ) on 25 October ; this was followed by a short British tour.

Lady Jane and her husband, Lord Guildford Dudley, though found guilty, were kept under guard in the Tower rather than executed, while Lady Jane's father, Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, was released.

A brand new English musical adaptation of Mort was presented in Guildford, Surrey, UK in August 2008 by Youth Music Theatre: UK.

The group was originally called The Guildford Stranglers, and operated out of The Jackpot, a Guildford off-licence run by their drummer Jet Black ( real name Brian Duffy ).

A tallage of £ 60, 000, known as the " Saladin tallage ", was levied at Guildford in 1189, the ostensible object being preparation for the Third Crusade.

Robert Dudley was the fifth son of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland and his wife Jane, daughter of Sir Edward Guildford.

On 6 July 1553 King Edward VI died and the Duke of Northumberland attempted to transfer the English Crown to Lady Jane Grey, his daughter-in-law who was married to his second youngest son, Guildford Dudley.

Guildford Dudley was executed in February 1554.

Jones was educated at the Royal Grammar School in Guildford, where he was head boy in the 1960-61 academic year.

He was cremated, following a requested low-key service, at Guildford Crematorium, Godalming, Surrey, where he is commemorated by a plaque in the Garden of Remembrance.

His wife Margot Wells was also a Scottish 100 / 100 hurdles champion, and they are now based in Guildford, Surrey where she is a fitness consultant, and Allan is a systems engineer.

With the building of the Wey Navigation and Basingstoke Canal Guildford was in the centre of a network of waterways that aided its prosperity.

It is believed that Guildford was founded by Saxon settlers shortly after Roman authority had been removed from Britain ( which was c. 410AD ).

From 978 Guildford was the location of the Royal Mint.

Stoke, a suburb within today's Guildford, appears in the Book as Stoch, and was also held by William.

Another major purpose of Norman castle building was to overawe the conquered population and at Guildford this also was the case.

As the threat of invasion and insurrection declined the castle's status was demoted to that of a Royal hunting lodge as Guildford was, at that time, at the edge of Windsor Great Park.

In 1995, a chamber was discovered in the High Street, which is considered to be the remains of the 12th century Guildford Synagogue.

In the 14th century the Guildhall was constructed and still stands today as a noticeable landmark of Guildford.

Beginning life as the Guildford Stranglers on 11 September 1974 in Guildford, Surrey, they originally built a following within the mid-1970s pub rock scene.

In 1598, a court case referred to a sport called kreckett being played at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford which was built in 1509 and became a Royal Grammar School in 1552 granted by Edward the Sixth.

The Basingstoke Canal also was built to connect with the Wey navigation, putting Guildford in the centre of a network of waterways.

The Catholic order of Franciscan Friars built a friary for the training of young friars at Chilworth, on the outskirts of Guildford, with the building completed in 1892.

It was built as a separate terminus, but became a through station when the line to Effingham Junction and Guildford was opened in 1885.

A turnpike road was also built between Guildford and Horsham, assent for the project being given in 1818.

His Annals of an Old Manor House: Sutton Place, Guildford, first published in London in 1893 as a quarto work, re-issued in a small abridged form in 1899, is a valuable and detailed study of the Weston family and the architecturally important manor house Sutton Place built by Sir Richard Weston c. 1525.

Various railway companies had built lines in the vicinity and there were stations at Guildford in 1845, Godalming soon after, and Shalford in 1849.

In 1867 the line was extended further south from Leatherhead to Dorking and Horsham, whilst in 1885 a second branch from Leatherhead was built to Effingham Junction where it connected to the existing line from Surbiton to Guildford.

The see is in the town of Guildford where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit which was built as a cathedral 1936 to 1965.

Each year, the Society produces two plays, performed at the Electric Theatre in Guildford, and a traditional pantomime, put on at Merrow Village Hall ( built 1909 ).

Ascot has a station on a bi-section of the railway line from London's Waterloo station to Reading, Bagshot, Aldershot and Guildford, originally built by the London and South Western Railway and now operated by South West Trains.

They were built along a 70-mile ( 113-kilometre ) stretch of the North Downs from Guildford to the Darenth valley.

At Guildford, houses have been built on the Pewley Hill site, but Henley Fort, Guildford, England ( aka Henley Grove ) has been well preserved as a youth education centre.

In 1865, another line was built from Guildford to Portsmouth which was more direct than the existing route.

A full-size replica steam locomotive GWR 3031 Class named The Queen was built at Steamtown, Carnforth, and this was combined with an ex-LBSCR tender ( in later life, a sludge tanker at Guildford loco depot ) and fittings from a GWR tender.

The Hampton Court Branch was built in 1849, the New Guildford Line which diverges at the same point opened in 1885.

The line from Reading to was built by the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway ( RG & RR ), and was opened in stages: the first sections, from Reading to Farnborough, which included a station at Wokingham, also from Dorking to Redhill, were opened on 4 July 1849 ; other sections followed, with the last section, from Guildford to, on 15 October 1849.

( A central section of the line near Guildford was built by a predecessor of the LSWR.

In 1876, a railway station was built on the line some distance to the north of the village and named Guildford because it was the closest settlement to the station.