Shalford

"SHALFORD, a parish in the first division of Blackheath hundred, county Surrey, 1 mile S.E. of Guildford, its post town. It is a station on the Reading and Reigate branch of the South-Eastern railway. The village is situated on the Wey and Arun Junction canal. On Catherine Hill are the remains of a chapel founded in Henry III.'s time. There are three tanneries and two breweries. The land is partly in hop grounds."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868), Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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The transcription of the section for Shalford from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

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