Guildford's Hidden History - Softcover

Helen Chapman Davies

9781848686915: Guildford's Hidden History

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848686919 ISBN 13: 9781848686915

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Plc, 2010

Numerous pictorial histories of Guildford have been published in the past, and so too have many local histories on a wide variety of subjects. Our town centre and the landscape around us still hold many secrets, and ‘Guildford’s Hidden History’ reveals some of the less familiar aspects of our past.

We explore the High Street and a hidden air raid shelter, pagan hill tops, dragons and the secrets of St Martha’s, our medieval royal deer park, its manor house and landscape, the hidden valley of Tyting and a lost house, secret wartime operations and a prisoner-of-war camp, memories of the Templars and horse racing at Merrow.

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About the Author:

Helen Chapman Davies is a local historian whose interests include the archaeology of landscapes and gardens, and all aspects of local history. She studied Archaeology through Birkbeck College, university of London and her previous publications include The Archaeology of Water as well as a number of local histories. She lives in Guildford.

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