Take a Look at the Lives of People Who Were in the Guildford Union Workhouse in 1881 Published on: 1 Nov, 2023Updated on: 1 Nov, 2023 By David Rose The Spike is a fascinating heritage attraction off Warren Road, Guildford. It’s a time capsule that’s a surviving part of the Guildford Union Workhouse where vagrants could get…
Category: Local History Resources
Old Maps
The National Libraries of Scotland has scanned most of the UK Ordnace Survey Maps from the earliest ones available, Here is a link to the Guildford Maps There is also a useful tool that displays a modern satellite view against an old map making it much easier to locate modern streets on old maps from…
Friends of Guildford Museum Newsletters
The newsletters published by the Friends of Guildford Museum are an invaluable resource. They tell the story of the museum since 1996 and contain information on its earlier history. There are also articles on the collections and various aspects of local history. They have been scanned in PDF format and you can look at them…
The Guildford Dragon
The Guildford Dragon is the town’s online newspaper and we are lucky to have it. It has been reporting on local issues since 2012. Founded by David Rose, former editor of the Surrey Advertiser and Martin Giles a former reporter it is a wonderful chronicle of modern history, a valuable source of local history and,…
Guildford Dragon History Articles
Since 2012 the Guildford Dragon online newspaper has published several hundred articles on local history in addition to its daily news. Here I list about 130 articles covering topics such as Places (22), People (9), Industry (6), Entertainment (mostly RocknRoll Years) (22), Events e.g. floods, great storm, guy riots (5), traditions (5), Wey Navigation (4),…