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Since the town became a municipal borough, under the name of Chepping Wycombe, on 1 January 1836, [1] the borough council had always held its meetings in the 18th century guildhall in the High Street, [2] whilst the council's staff were accommodated in various rented offices around the town. [3] [4] [5]
Instead, it built a separate building, called Municipal Offices, on the opposite side of Queen Victoria Road, facing the town hall. The surplus land north of the town hall was used instead to build a public library and museum, which opened on 25 June 1932, four days after the opening of the municipal offices. [7]
title: Former town hall, High Wycombe (English) author name string: Jim Osley. inception. 22 November 2012. coordinates of the point of view. 51°37'40.030"N, 0°44 ...
The oldest town hall, which was built as a chapel for pilgrims, is Dover Town Hall, thought to have been completed in around 1203, [2] while the oldest purpose-built town hall is Bury St Edmunds Guildhall, which dates back to around 1220. [3] The tallest town hall is Manchester Town Hall with a clock tower which rises to 280 feet (85 m). [4]
Located in the North Riding of Yorkshire, a division of the historic county of Yorkshire, Osmotherley has been administered as part of the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire since 1972. North Yorkshire Police, created by the same Local Government Act 1972 as the non-metropolitan county, are responsible for Osmotherley. An electoral ward ...
Weston is a village and civil parish in the former Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is 1.2 miles (2 km) north–west of Otley and near the River Wharfe which forms the boundary between North and West Yorkshire. [2] The name is from Old English and means western enclosure, farmstead or village. [3]
English: Town Hall, built 1903-1904. Used as public hall and entertainment venue rather than council administration. Used as public hall and entertainment venue rather than council administration. Building incorporated into Wycombe Swan theatre complex to rear in 1992.
During the Second World War a bomb fell close to the town hall killing five residents [2] and blowing out one of the stained glass windows in the building. [3] In January 1981, Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", was held in the cells in the town hall following his arrest and he then appeared in the magistrates' court there. [8]