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Shire Hall is a former municipal building in Castle Hill in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. It was the headquarters of Cambridgeshire County Council from 1932 until 2021, when the council moved to New Shire Hall at Alconbury Weald , some 23 miles from Cambridge.
Cambridgeshire County Council was created in 1889 [1] and was previously based at various premises in the county town of Cambridge, notably including County Hall, Cambridge from 1914 to 1932 [2] and Shire Hall, Cambridge from 1932 to 2021. [3]
By the late 1920s the county council had also found the Hobson Street building too small and chose to move to the shire hall at Castle Hill in 1933. [2] The building in Hobson Street continued to be used by the county council, inter alia, as the County Planning Office [ 2 ] and as the County Record Office, [ 10 ] until it was acquired by Christ ...
The New Shire Hall may refer to: The New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald, which replaced the Old Shire Hall, Cambridge; The New Shire Hall, Bury St Edmunds, which replaced the Old Shire Hall, Bury St Edmunds; The new Shire Hall, Shinfield Park, which replaced the Old Shire Hall, Reading
In the 19th century the Shire Hall in Market Square became well established as the venue for judicial meetings and civic functions in the county. [2] Following the implementation of the Local Government Act 1888, which established county councils in every county, there was a need to find offices and a meeting place for Staffordshire County Council. [3]
The settlement of Cambridge dates back to October 15, 1847, when the farmer Joseph Keyes filed plans with the Register of Deeds of Dane County. The first structure in the area was a dam on the northern part of Koshkonong Creek. By the late 1880s, Cambridge had grown into a community of about 700 people with shops, hotels, and a post office.
Cambridge Guildhall is a civic building in the centre of the historic city of Cambridge, England. It includes two halls, The Large Hall and The Small Hall , and is used for many disparate events such as comedy acts, conferences, craft fairs, live music, talks, and weddings.
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