Guildford is a town in Surrey, England. It gives its name to the
Borough of Guildford
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 the location of the council.
The distr ...
, the
Diocese of Guildford
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The Diocese of Guildford is a Church of England diocese covering eight and half of the eleven districts in Surrey, much of north-east Hampshire and a parish in Greater London. The cathedral is Guildford Cathedral and the bishop is the ...
and the
Parliamentary constituency of Guildford.
Guildford, Guilford, or Gildford may also refer to:
Places
Australia
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Guildford, New South Wales
Guildford is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Guildford is located 20 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Cumberland City Council. Guildford is part of the West ...
, a suburb of Sydney
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Guildford, Tasmania
Guildford is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Waratah–Wynyard in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south of the town of Wynyard. The 2016 census has a population of nil for the stat ...
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Guildford, Victoria
Guildford is a small settlement situated on the Loddon River, north-west of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Midland Highway between Daylesford and Castlemaine. The population recorded at the 2016 census was 333.
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Guildford, Western Australia
Guildford is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, 12 km northeast of the city centre within the City of Swan. Guildford was founded in 1829 as one of the earliest settlements of the Swan River Colony. It is one of only three towns in the ...
Canada
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Guildford, British Columbia
Guildford is a town centre and neighbourhood of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. It is known for its retail corridors along 104 Avenue and 152 Street. At the intersection of these two streets sits the 200-store Guildford Town Centre (a ...
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Guilford (railway point), British Columbia
Guilford station was southeast of Penny on the northeast side of the Fraser River in central British Columbia. No roads, only railway access, the previous small community to its northwest has now completely vanished.
History Railway
Guilford, lik ...
United Kingdom
* Guildford, a suburb of the town of
Hayle
Hayle ( kw, Heyl, "estuary") is a port town and civil parish in west Cornwall, England. It is situated at the mouth of the Hayle River (which discharges into St Ives Bay) and is approximately seven miles (11 km) northeast of Penzance. ...
in Cornwall
United States
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Guilford, Connecticut
Guilford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, that borders Madison, Branford, North Branford and Durham, and is situated on I-95 and the Connecticut seacoast. The population was 22,073 at the 2020 census.
History
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Guilford, Illinois
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Guilford, Indiana
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Guilford, Maine
Guilford is a town in Piscataquis County, Maine. The town is located on the Piscataquis River and was first settled in 1806. The population was 1,267 at the time of the 2020 census.
History
In 1803, Rev. Robert Low and Deacon Robert Herring of ...
, a New England town
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Guilford (CDP), Maine, the main village in the town
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Guilford, Maryland
Guilford is an unincorporated community located in Howard County in the state of Maryland. The location is named after the Guilford Mill. Guilford is near Kings Contrivance, one of the nine "villages" of Columbia.
For United States Census Bur ...
, in Howard County
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Guilford (Frederick, Maryland)
Guilford is a large country farmhouse near Frederick, Maryland, Frederick, Maryland, built in 1809. Formerly the center of a farm, the brick house retains many of its outbuildings despite its location in the middle of a suburban shopping and ...
, a country farmhouse
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Guilford, Baltimore
Guilford is a prominent and historic neighborhood located in the northern part of Baltimore, Maryland. It is bounded on the south by University Parkway, on the west by North Charles Street, Warrenton and Linkwood Roads, on the north by Cold Spri ...
, Maryland, a neighborhood
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Gildford, Montana
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Guilford, New York
Guilford is a town in Chenango County, New York, United States. The town is on the eastern border of the county. The population was 2,922 at the 2010 census.
History
The land was purchased from the Oneida people in 1785. The town was first s ...
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Guilford County, North Carolina
Guilford County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population is 541,299, making it the third-most populous county in North Carolina. The county seat, and largest municipality, is Greensboro. ...
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Guilford, Vermont
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Guilford (White Post, Virginia)
Guilford is a historic plantation house and a farm located near White Post, Clarke County, Virginia. It was built between 1812 and 1820, and is a two-story, nearly square, brick dwelling with a hipped roof in the Greek Revival style. The front ...
, listed on the NRHP in Clarke County, Virginia
Other uses
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Guilford Press, an independent publisher based in New York
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Earl of Guilford
Earl of Guilford is a title that has been created three times in history. The title was created for the first time in the Peerage of England in 1660 (as Countess of Guilford) for Elizabeth Boyle. She was a daughter of William Feilding, 1st ...
and Baron Guilford, peerage titles
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Pan Am Systems
Pan Am Systems was a privately held Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based Florida corporation composed of rail transport, manufacturing and energy, transportation related brands, and real estate divisions. It formerly held a now-defunct airline divisi ...
or Guilford Transportation Industries, a railroad and airline holding company
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Guildford (1810 ship)
''Guildford'' was a two-decker merchant ship launched in 1810. She transported convicts to New South Wales. Of her eight voyages delivering convicts, for three she was under charter to the British East India Company (EIC). She underwent major r ...
, a vessel that made eight voyages to transport convicts to Australia in the early 19th Century, and that disappeared with all her crew on her way home from her last delivery
People
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J. P. Guilford
Joy Paul Guilford (March 7, 1897 – November 26, 1987) was an American psychologist best remembered for his psychometric study of human intelligence, including the distinction between convergent and divergent production.
Developing the views ...
(1897–1988), American psychologist
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Lord Guildford Dudley
Lord Guildford Dudley (also spelt Guilford) ( 1535 – 12 February 1554) was an English nobleman who was married to Lady Jane Grey. King Edward VI had declared her his heir, and she occupied the English throne from 10 July until 19 Ju ...
(1536–1554), husband of Lady Jane Grey
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Jane Guildford (1500s–1555), Duchess of Northumberland, mother of Lord Guilford Dudley
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Paul Willis Guilford
Paul Willis Guilford (January 15, 1876 – February 4, 1956) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician.
Guilford was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and went to the Minneapolis public schools. He went to University of Minnesota, to Universi ...
(1876-1956), American lawyer, judge, and politician
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Zac Guildford
Zachary Robert Guildford (born 8 February 1989) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for Waikato in the Mitre 10 Cup. A wing, he has won 11 caps for the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks, including during their victorious 201 ...
(born 1989), New Zealand rugby player
See also
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Guildford Four
Guildford ()
is a town in west Surrey, around southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The name "Guildf ...
, four Irish people wrongly convicted of the 1974 Guildford pub bombings
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Guilford Street
Guilford Street is a road in Bloomsbury in central London, England, designated the B502. From Russell Square it extends east-northeast to Gray's Inn Road. Note that it is not spelt the same way as Guildford in Surrey. It is, in fact, named after ...
in Bloomsbury, London
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Battle of Guilford Court House, a battle fought in 1781 in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, at 2332 New Garden Road in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, commemorates the Battle of Guilford Court House, fought on March 15, 1781. This battle opened the campaign that led to American vi ...
, a site maintained by the US National Park Service commemorating the battle
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Guilford College
Guilford College is a private liberal arts college in Greensboro, North Carolina. Guilford has both traditional students and students who attend its Center for Continuing Education (CCE). Founded in 1837 by members of the Religious Society o ...
, a college in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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Guilford Technical Community College
Guilford Technical Community College (Guilford Tech, "G-Tech", or GTCC) is a public community college in the Piedmont Triad of North Carolina. It is the fourth largest institution in the North Carolina Community College System and the largest in ...
, a college in Guilford County, North Carolina
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Gilford (disambiguation) Gilford may refer to:
Places
* Gilford, County Down, Northern Ireland
* Gilford, Ontario, Canada
* Gilford, New Hampshire, U.S.
* Gilford Island, British Columbia, Canada
* Gilford Township, Michigan, U.S.
Other uses
* Gilford (surname)
* Gil ...
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