Guildford

Meaning

Proper Noun

• large town, county town Surrey (county) England (constituent country).
• local government district with borough status Surrey (county) England (constituent country), formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the county town.
• suburb city, Sydney New South Wales (state) Australia (country).
• former (railway) station Tasmania (state) Australia (country).
• small settlement Victoria (state) Australia (country).
• suburb city, Perth Western Australia (state) Australia (country).
• neighbourhood city, Surrey British Columbia (province) Canada (country).

Origin

• The root of the first part may be gold rather than guild: the only known 10th-century (Saxon) record uses Guldeford and in the 11th century Geldeford, both equivalent to gold ford. Local historians suggest that this might refer to golden-coloured flowers or sand.