Guildford, capital of Surrey, on the Wey, 30 m. SW. of London, a quaint old town with several interesting buildings, and the ruins of a Norman castle; is noted for its “Surrey wheats” and live-stock markets; and has corn, paper, and powder-mills, also iron-works.
Population (circa 1900) given as 14,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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