Editing Guildford (section)

===Cathedral and University===
{{main|Guildford Cathedral|University of Surrey}}
[[File:Guildford Cathedral from Guildown - geograph.org.uk - 2064990.jpg|thumb|right|Guildford Cathedral]]
The [[Diocese of Guildford]] was created in 1927 out of the northern part of the [[Diocese of Winchester]].<ref name=Chamberlin_1982_pp115-116>{{harvnb|Chamberlin|1982|pp=115–116}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33269 |date=26 April 1927 |page=2672 }}</ref> [[Holy Trinity Church, Guildford|Holy Trinity Church]], the largest church in the town, became the cathedral. However, by May of the following year, it was obvious that it was too small to hold the status permanently and the Diocesan Conference resolved to build a new cathedral in the town. In November 1927, [[Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow|The Earl of Onslow]] offered {{cvt|6|acre|ha}} of land at the summit of Stag Hill as the site.<ref name=Chamberlin_1982_pp115-116/>{{refn|Before the construction of the cathedral, Stag Hill was part of Guildford Park Farm and was used for growing [[cereal|cereal crops]].<ref>{{harvnb|Rose|Parke|2007|p=122}}</ref> Although [[Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow|The Earl of Onslow]] had given the six acres at the summit to the Diocese of Guildford, the rest of the hill was auctioned. The remaining land was bought by [[R. B. Bennett|Viscount Bennett of Calgary]], a former [[Prime Minister of Canada]], who lived at [[Mickleham, Surrey|Mickleham]]. Bennett donated his purchase to the people of Guildford.<ref>{{harvnb|Rose|Parke|2007|p=127}}</ref>|group=note}}

The design of the cathedral, by [[Edward Maufe]], was chosen following an open competition. The building is constructed of bricks made from the clay excavated for the foundations and [[crypt]].<ref>{{harvnb|Chamberlin|1982|pp=119–120}}</ref> The foundation stone was laid in 1936,<ref name=Times_Cath_1947>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title= Guildford Cathedral |date= 8 December 1947 |page= 7 |issue= 50938}}</ref><ref name=NHLE_Cath>{{NHLE|num=1377883|desc=Guildford Cathedral|grade=II*|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> but by the outbreak of the Second World War, only the [[choir (architecture)|choir]] had been completed.<ref name=Chamberlin_1982_p121>{{harvnb|Chamberlin|1982|p=121}}</ref>{{refn|Special permission was granted at the start of the war to finish the roof of the choir and to provide a temporary covering for the [[transept]]s.<ref name=Chamberlin_1982_p121/>|group=note}} The crypt was finished following the end of the war and was dedicated in 1947.<ref name=Times_Cath_1947/> Building work on the rest of the structure was also resumed and the consecration service took place on 17 May 1961.<ref name=Times_Cath_1961>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title= Consecration of Guildford Cathedral |date= 18 May 1961 |page= 7 |issue= 55087 }}</ref> Construction work finally ceased in 1965.<ref name=NHLE_Cath/>{{refn|The Grade II*-listed building is the only cathedral in the south of England to be built on a new site since the Middle Ages and is only the third Anglican cathedral to be built in England since the 17th century.<ref name=NHLE_Cath/><ref name=Times_Cath_1961/>|group=note}}

The campaign to found a university in Guildford began as an initiative of the local [[Rotary International|Rotary Club]] in 1962, to explore an approach to the University Grants Commission. At around the same time, the governors of the Battersea College of Advanced Technology were looking for a new campus, as their institution had outgrown its own south London site.<ref name=Chamberlin_1981_131-133>{{harvnb|Chamberlin|1982|pp=131–133}}</ref> A year later, the [[Robbins Report]] recommended that all [[college of advanced technology (United Kingdom)|colleges of advanced technology]] should be given the status of universities.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title= Sweeping Proposals for Higher Education in Robbins Report |date= 24 October 1963 |page= 8 |issue= 55840 }}</ref> In May 1963, [[Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth|Edward Boyle]], the [[Secretary of State for Education]], announced that the Battersea College would relocate to Guildford as the University of Surrey.<ref name=Chamberlin_1981_131-133/> The northern part of Stag Hill was chosen as the campus and the construction of the first buildings began in January 1966. The Royal Charter was granted in September of the same year and the first students were officially admitted in the autumn of 1968.<ref>{{harvnb|Chamberlin|1982|pp=137–138}}</ref>