 Guildford's previous official historian claims that Guildford was granted the ""ancient county court in Guildford by a grant of Henry III in 1257, marking Guildford's status as county town of Surrey"", but it has been argued that this status is an inaccurate interpretation by said historian.His position is not backed up by the original documentation.Whilst there are sources that claim Guildford as the county town, there are many others, such as Whitaker's Almanac, that assign this definition to Kingston upon Thames with others stating that it is not clear.