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The Guild Hall was commissioned to replace the town's Public Hall. [1] The new building, which was designed by Robert Matthew, Johnson Marshall , was due to be ready for the Preston Guild of 1972, but after construction was delayed, it only officially opened in 1973.
The Preston Tithebarn project was to cover an area of approximately 32 acres (13 ha) in Preston city centre and include a John Lewis department store, a new Marks & Spencer department store, revitalised markets, restaurants, cafes, new cinemas, around 100 new shops, offices, homes, refurbished Guild Hall, a new bus station and extensive new public spaces and pedestrianised streets.
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Park Hotel, Preston; Penwortham Old Bridge; Preston bus station; Preston Castle, Lancashire; Preston Cenotaph; Preston College; Preston Crown Court; Preston Greyfriars; Preston Greyhound Stadium; Preston Guild Hall; Preston Royal Infirmary; Preston Town Hall
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It includes guilds of merchants and other trades, both those relating to specific trades, and the general guilds merchant in Glasgow and Preston. No religious guilds survive, and the guilds of freemen in some towns and cities are not listed.
In the 19th century, it became legal to raise money for libraries by local taxation, and the town of Preston wanted a grand museum and library for its inhabitants. From 1850, local people held fund-raising events; and in 1877 Edmund Robert Harris, a Preston lawyer, left in his will £300,000 to establish a trust and support a public library, museum and art gallery with Preston Corporation.
Broughton is a civil parish in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England.It contains 15 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England.Of these, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.