a municipal borough and market-town of England, county of Surrey, in a valley on the right bank Godavery of the Wey, 32 miles S.W. of London. It consists principally of one street, nearly a mile in length, on the high road between London and Portsmouth. The chief public buildings are the parish church, an ancient cruciform edifice with a lofty steeple, and the town-hall, a neat modern building. It has manufactures of paper, leather, parchment, hosiery; and some trade in corn, malt, bark, timber, and hoops, by the Wey, which is navigable hence to the Thames. The town is governed by a mayor, four aldermen, and twelve councillors. Pop. (1831) 2218.