This information appeared in the Guildford Dragon and was written by David Rose. I came across it whilst looking up some information on Bellfields. Julia ‘Fanny’ Paynter was married to the Rev’d Francis Payner, who was a rector of St John’s Church in Stoke Road for many years during the second half of the 19th…
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New hope for West Lodge
West lodgeLast Wednesday (26th January 2021) the council’s planning committee threw historic West Lodge a lifeline. The local parish council had applied to change the use from residential to community use and can now investigate ways of giving this building a useful and secure future. It was a significant decision because the Council had been…
Boxgrove Area
Epsom Road, Warren Road, Boxgrove and Merrow Area The Epsom Road leads out of Guildford passing Waterden Road developed in the 1850s. It quickly passes across land that was countryside until the late twentieth century. Merrow village stands at the crossroads of the Leatherhead Road and the road to Dorking over Newlands Corner. The 12th…
Area Merrow
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Lost Guildford by David Rose
Lost Guildford is one of David Rose’s most recent books and full of images of parts of the town that are no more. It features many photos by Dave Salmon a keen photographer who captured the town from the 1960s to early this century. The book also features older photographs of the Victorian town and…
Guildford Our Town by David Rose
Guildford – Our Town is everything a curious mind wants to know about the history of the town. It gives you the highlights such as the mystery of Saxon burials on Guildown, the real Friary that stood on the site of the modern shopping centre, the origins in the River Wey, the Dennis factory and…
Guildford: A Biography by E.R. Chamberlin
E.R. Chamberlin’s “Guildford: A Biography” is still one of the most comprehensive surveys of the town and is a classic book on Guildford. His personal insights and views are also interesting as an observer of the town over a long period. He published his “Guildford: A Biography” in 1970 and updated it in 1980 with…
Dennis Brothers
For most of the 20th century, the name Dennis was associated with fire engines, dust carts and buses. Dennis vehicles based on the Woodbridge Road, to the north of Guildford, was the town’s largest employer and responsible for the creation of an entire residential area known as Dennisville. High Street shop and Rodboro factory The…
Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), the author of Alice in Wonderland and Alice throught the Looking glass is buried in Guildford. He also owned a house, Chestnuts by the Castle Grounds. Two statues commemorate his association with the town and Guildford Museum possesses a number of artefacts associated with the author. Alice in Wonderland was published in…
George Abbot
George Abbot (1562-1633) is arguably Guildford’s most famous son. He was born and educated in the town, became Archbishop of Canterbury of translator of the King James I Authorised Version of the Bible in 1611. Note only did he achieve success and fame but he left his mark on the town in the form of…