Does Guildford Have a Cathedral?

The Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit, Guildford, commonly known as Guildford Cathedral, is the Anglican cathedral at Guildford, Surrey, England.

Why is Guildford not a city when it has a cathedral?

Why is Guildford not a city when it has a cathedral? In the 1540's Henry VIII awarded 6 towns City Status because they had Cathedrals. This idea of linking city status to the presence of a cathedral stuck and allowed, among others, Manchester and Liverpool to become cities.

Is Guildford a county town?

listen)) is the county town of Surrey, England. ... As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 80,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford which had an estimated 147,889 inhabitants in 2018.

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