Lost Guildford

Guildford has grown from a Saxon settlement town to become a major commercial centre in Surrey today. William the Conqueror built the Norman castle that still overlooks the town and the Guildford became a prosperous town in mediaeval England. The building of the Wey Navigation and the Basingstoke Canal connected Guildford to the canal network during the Industrial Revolution and brought further wealth to the area, and today Guildford is a thriving commercial town with its cathedral and university with extensive redevelopment on its borders. Lost Guildford presents a portrait of a town and a way of life that has radically changed or disappeared today, showing not just the industries and buildings that have gone, people and street scenes, but also many popular places of entertainment and much more. This fascinating photographic history of lost Guildford will appeal to all those who live in the town or know it well, as well as those who remember it from previous decades.