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Guildford Guildford () is a town in west Surrey, England, around south-west 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 nam ...
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 where the council is based. The borough in ...
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Diocese of Guildford __NOTOC__ 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 27 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Cumberland City Council. Guildford is part of the ...
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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 ...
* Guildford, Victoria *
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 s ...
, a neighbourhood in Surrey * Guilford (railway point), British Columbia


United Kingdom

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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 where the council is based. The borough in ...
, capital of
Surrey Surrey () is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East Sussex, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the wes ...
* Guildford, a suburb of the town of
Hayle Hayle (, "estuary") is a port town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the mouth of the Hayle River (which discharges into St Ives Bay) and is approximately northeast of ...
in Cornwall


United States

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Guilford, Connecticut Guilford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, that borders Madison, Connecticut, Madison, Branford, Connecticut, Branford, North Branford, Connecticut, North Branford and Durham, Connecticut, Durham, and is situated on Inter ...
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Guilford, Illinois Guilford is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. Notes

Unincorporated communities in Jo Daviess County, Illinois Unincorporated communi ...
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Guilford, Indiana Guilford is an unincorporated community in York Township, Dearborn County, Indiana. Located at the forks of Tanners Creek the town was first platted in 1850 to take advantage of the fact that a railroad was soon to be built in the area. This mad ...
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Guilford, Maine Guilford is a town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. 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 Ro ...
, a New England town ** Guilford (CDP), Maine, the main village in the town *
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 B ...
, in Howard County * Guilford (Frederick, Maryland), a country farmhouse *
Guilford, Baltimore Guilford is a historic neighborhood 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 Spring Lane and on the ...
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Gildford, Montana Gildford is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hill County, Montana, Hill County, Montana, United States. The population was 179 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The ...
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Guilford, New York Guilford is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Chenango County, New York, Chenango County, New York (state), New York, United States. The town is on the eastern border of the county. The population was 2,922 at the 2010 census. ...
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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 was 541,299, making it the third-most populous county in North Carolina. The county seat and largest community is Greensboro. Sin ...
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Guilford, Vermont Guilford is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The town was named for Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford. The population was 2,120 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a to ...
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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 fron ...
, listed on the NRHP in Clarke County, Virginia


Other uses

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Guilford Press Guilford Press or Guilford Publications, Inc. is a New York City-based independent publisher founded in 1973 that specializes in publishing books and journals in psychology, psychiatry, the behavioral sciences, education, geography, and research ...
, an independent publisher based in New York *
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, Countess of Guilford, Elizabeth Boyle. She was a ...
and Baron Guilford, peerage titles *
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 divis ...
or Guilford Transportation Industries, a railroad and airline holding company *
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 *
Guildford College Guildford College of Further and Higher Education (GCFHE) in Guildford, Surrey was a Surrey County Council-funded educational establishment for students of age 16+ undertaking full-time and part-time studies, established in 1939. It became pa ...
, a 16 years - adult college in Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom.


People

* J. P. Guilford (1897–1988), American psychologist *
Lord Guildford Dudley Lord Guildford Dudley (also spelt Guilford) ( – 12 February 1554) was an English nobleman who was married to Lady Jane Grey. She occupied the English throne from 10 July until 19 July 1553, having been declared the heir of King E ...
(1536–1554), husband of Lady Jane Grey * Jane Guildford (1500s–1555), Duchess of Northumberland, mother of Lord Guilford Dudley * Paul Willis Guilford (1876-1956), American lawyer, judge, and politician *
Zac Guildford Zachary Robert Guildford (born 8 February 1989) is a retired New Zealand professional rugby union player who played as a wing most notably for National Provincial Championship club Hawke's Bay and the New Zealand national team. Early life ...
(born 1989), New Zealand rugby player


See also

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Guildford Four The Guildford Four and Maguire Seven were two groups of people, mostly Northern Irish, who were wrongly convicted in English courts in 1975 and 1976 of the Guildford pub bombings of 5 October 1974 and the Woolwich pub bombing of 7 November 1974 ...
, four Irish people wrongly convicted of the 1974 Guildford pub bombings *
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 afte ...
in Bloomsbury, London *
Battle of Guilford Court House The Battle of Guilford Court House was fought on 15 March 1781 during the American Revolutionary War, near Greensboro, North Carolina. A 2,100-man British force under the command of Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis defeated Major General Na ...
, a battle fought in 1781 in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA **
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 ...
, a site maintained by the US National Park Service commemorating the battle *
Guilford College Guilford College is a private liberal arts college in Greensboro, North Carolina. It was founded in 1837 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Guilford has both traditional students and students who attend its Center for ...
, a college in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States *
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 i ...
, a college in Guilford County, North Carolina * Gilford (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo, surname