Shalford

It occurred to him as being in some obscure way strategic, that he would leave Guildford not by the obvious Portsmouth road, but by the road running through Shalford.

The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll Herbert George 2006

It will not be amiss to pray that the plough may go along and the wheel around, that so (being fed by the one and clothed by the other) there may be, by God's blessing, no danger of starving in our nation [2] All over Essex there lay villages famous for cloth-making, Coggeshall and Braintree, Bocking and Halstead, Shalford and Dedham, and above all Colchester, the great centre and mart of the trade.

Medieval People Eileen Edna Power 1914

Shalford lies a mile to the south, and with its old mill, its inn, its white and green cottages, and its stocks, is a charming survival perilously near the

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

The idea of _Pilgrim's Progress_ is said to have been suggested to him by the very Pilgrims 'Way, and Vanity Fair to be the fair held on the meadow between Shalford and Guildford below St. Catherine's Chapel.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

Alfold, like Shalford, Abinger and Newdigate, still has its village stocks.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

It looked desolate enough; but three hundred years ago it was a fine house, at one time the property of the Austens of Shalford, and later passing into the hands of the trustees of Henry Smith, the "Dog Smith" who gave so much to Surrey charities, and about whom Aubrey heard a quaint legend.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

Shalford Fair was the great fair, and actually covered 140 acres of ground.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

Bunyan is said to have lived in two houses in Surrey, a cottage on Quarry Hill in Guildford, and at Horn Hatch, now pulled down, on Shalford Common.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

The Rector of Shalford had the privilege of holding a fair from the days of King John, and undoubtedly Shalford Fair was one of the largest held on the Way; indeed, it was so popular that the Guildford clergy disputed the Rector's right to exact fees from the Winchester merchants attending it.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

Tillingbourne, which runs its short race of clear spring water from the northern slopes of Leith Hill to the Wey by Shalford.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912