a municipal and parliamentary borough, and market-town of England, county of Surrey, on the right bank of the Wey, 29 miles S.W. of London. It is the chief town of the county, is governed by a mayor, four aldermen, and twelve councillors, and returns two members to parliament. It stands on the declivity of a chalk down, at the foot of which flows the Wey, here crossed by a bridge of five arches. The town consists chiefly of one long, wide, and well-built street, and is divided into three parishes, each of which has a parish church. It has a fine old town-hall, a county-hall, theatre, market-house, county gaol, house of correction, union workhouse, hospital, grammar-school, blue-coat and other schools, &c. The Guildford Institute, formed in 1844, has a museum, library, and reading and lecture rooms. It has an iron-foundry, and paper, powder, and corn mills on the Wey. Guildford was a residence of the Anglo-Saxon kings; and traces of an ancient palace are still to be found. On an eminence on the south side of the town stands the ruined keep of a castle of Norman date. A considerable trade is carried on by means of the Wey, in corn, malt, timber, &c. Market-days Wednesday and Saturday. Pop. (1851) 6740. Electors, 648.