Guildford Castle	Cathedral
St Nicolas	Holy Trinity
St Mary's

Guildford can probably owe its existance to the nearby prehistoric trackway which cuts across the north downs. There doesn't appear to be any hard evidence of Roman settlement so the towns story can be best traced from the Saxon settlers who made their homes here some time in the sixth century. The oldest stone building in Guildford is the tower of St Mary's church on Quarry street. A Saxon cemetary has also been found on Guildown.

The Norman King's built a motte and bailey castle in the twelfth century and Guildford became a favourite destination for the early Plantagenet's who found the hunting in the nearby forest's to their liking.

From the Middle Ages up to the beginning of the nineteenth century Guildford remained a relative backwater, being notable mainly for the large number of Coaching Inn's that served the London to Portsmouth road.

In 1936, the Archbishop of Canterbury laid the foundation stone for The Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit, the first Anglican Cathedral to be built since the Reformation of the sixteenth century.