- Guildford (borough)
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Guildford for the town in Surrey"Guildford (borough) is a local government district withborough status inSurrey ,England . It is named afterGuildford where its council is based.The district was formed on
April 1 ,1974 , under theLocal Government Act 1972 , as a merge of themunicipal borough ofGuildford , and Guildford Rural District.The 3rd May 2007 borough elections produced 26 Conservative seats and 22 Liberal Democrat seats. [cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/43ud.stm| title= BBC News Local Election Results | accessdate=2007-05-10 ]
The central 'Guildford Town' area of the borough comprises the town centre and immediately surrounding areas, including:
Bellfields , Boxgrove,Onslow Village , Park Barn, Stoughton, Westborough, and the (former) villages of Burpham, Merrow and Jacobs Well.Apart from the town of Guildford, the rest of the borough is divided into
civil parish es [ [http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspages.nsf/LookupWebPagesByTITLE_RTF/Parishes+by+district?opendocument#Elmbridge Surrey Council] ] :
*Albury
*Artington
*Ash
*Ash Vale
*Compton
*East Clandon
*East Horsley
*Effingham
*Normandy
*Ockham
*Pirbright
*Puttenham
*Ripley
*Seale and Sands
*Send
*Shalford
*Shere
*St Martha
*Tongham
*Wanborough
*West Clandon
*West Horsley
*Wisley
*Worplesdon References
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