SHALFORD, a parish in the first division of the
hundred of BLACKHEATH, county of SURREY, 1 mile
(S. S. E.) from Guildford, containing 744 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
of Surrey, and diocese of Winchester, rated in the king's
books at £ 8. 4. 7., and in the patronage of the
Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The Wey
and Arun Junction canal passes through the parish;
and in the neighbourhood the two rivers meet and
form one stream.