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Guildford is the historic county town of Surrey, England〔OS Explorer map 145:Guildford and Farnham. Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton. ISBN 978 0319239261〕 and the seat of the borough of Guildford. The town is southwest of central London on the A3 trunk road mid-way between the capital and Portsmouth.〔(Grid Reference finder measurement tools )〕 Guildford has Saxon roots〔 〕 and historians attribute its location to the existence of a gap in the North Downs where the River Wey was forded by the Harrow Way By AD 978 it was home to an early English Royal Mint.〔 On the building of the Wey Navigation and Basingstoke Canal Guildford was connected to a network of waterways that aided its prosperity.〔 In the 20th century, the University of Surrey and Guildford Cathedral, an Anglican cathedral, were added.〔 Due to recent development running north from Guildford, and linking to the Woking area, Guildford now officially forms the southwestern tip of the Greater London Built-up Area, as defined by the Office for National Statistics. ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Guildford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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