Effingham, Surrey
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Effingham is a small English village in the Borough of Guildford in Surrey, reaching from the gently sloping northern plain to the crest of the North Downs and with a medieval parish church. The village has been chosen as the home of notable figures, such as Sir Barnes Wallis who was buried here and Toni Mascolo. The M25 motorway is 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of the middle of the village, which consists of new build homes and green space in the Metropolitan Green Belt.
View of the village shops on the sloped main street
Set-aside field and woodland of the greater part of the parish, forming a green buffer from other villages within the Metropolitan Green Belt
St Lawrence's church is by and large of 1888 but has a chancel of the 14th century and south transept built in 1250.
The Roman Catholic church to Our Lady of Sorrows was built in 1913 largely by George Pauling
Borough of Guildford
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The Borough of Guildford is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. With around half of the borough's population, Guildford is its largest settlement and only town, and is where the council is based.
Guildford Castle in Guildford, the borough's main settlement.
Borough of Guildford
Guildhall: Used for council's annual meetings.