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Guildford Castle is in Guildford, Surrey, England. It is thought to have been built by William the Conqueror , or one of his barons, shortly after the 1066 invasion of England . History
Guildford (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l f ər d / ⓘ) [2] is a town in west Surrey, England, around 27 mi (43 km) south-west of central London.As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 [1] and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around 145,673 inhabitants in 2022. [3]
Guildford High Street, including the Guildhall, circa 1828. The gilded outer casing of the Guildhall clock is dated 1683 The Guildhall, which initially accommodated a market hall on the ground floor and a courtroom on the first floor, was built around 1550. [ 1 ]
Sir Norman Skelhorn was the Director of Public Prosecutions in England and Wales in 1974 oversaw the Crown's prosecution of Guildford Four and Maguire Seven, as well as the prosecution of the Birmingham Six. Skelhorn had a chequered history in relation to prosecution of terrorist offences related to the Troubles.
The Borough of Guildford is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. With around half of the borough's population, Guildford is its largest settlement and only town, and is where the council is based. The borough includes part of the Surrey Hills, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Guildford Bombing Memorial plaque in Quakers' Acre. The London-based IRA active service unit's next attack was the Woolwich pub bombing on 7 November 1974, [10] two people were killed in this attack, one soldier and a civilian who worked in the pub, over 30 people injured. [11] Two of the Guildford Four were also convicted of this attack. [12]
Guildford and Freiburg im Breisgau coats of arms mosaic installed on the floor of the building. During the second half of the 16th century and into the 17th century, corn merchants conducted their trade on the ground floor off the Guildhall. This arrangement ceased in 1626, when trading moved to a space covered by a wooden canopy on the south ...
From the first Commons in the Model Parliament of 1295 Guildford was a parliamentary borough sending two members to Parliament until 1868 [3] [n 3] and one until 1885. In the latter years of sending two members a bloc vote system of elections was used.