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This issue was temporarily resolved when a new law courts building (now referred to as Guildford Magistrates' and County Court) was opened in Mary Road in May 1976. [8] However, what the borough still needed was a courthouse with dedicated facilities for Crown Court hearings, which require courtrooms suitable for trial by jury.
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]
This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Surrey in South East England.All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown.
County-level services are provided by Surrey County Council. [9] Parts of the borough are covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government for their areas. [10] The council owns significant heritage assets that include monuments such as Guildford Castle, as well museums, art collections and civic regalia. [11]
Within its bounds are a Sainsbury's superstore, the Surrey County Cricket Centre, two Church of England churches, a police station, a council offices building, a long parade of shops on London Road, a pub, the Anchor and Horseshoes, and in its eastern straight border woodland and to the north-east the working farm of Gosden Hill Farm, partly in the Clandon civil parish and village.
From 1868 to 1885 the west part of Surrey had been represented by two constituencies, one known as Guildford (which consisted of the town centre of Guildford and little else) and one constituency known as Surrey Western, which comprised the rest of that part of the county of Surrey. The Guildford constituency was both geographically and in size ...
Surrey County Council is the county council for the non-metropolitan county of Surrey, England. The council is composed of 81 elected councillors, and in all but one election since 1974 the Conservative Party has held the majority. [ 5 ]
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 ]