Guildford, the county town of Surrey, was secured for Parliament from the outbreak of the Civil War. The town on the Wey and commanding the main road from London to Portsmouth was an essential Parliamentary communication and logistical centre, used to forward troops and supplies toward Hampshire and as an administrative base for the Surrey county committee.
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