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In the United Kingdom, a guildhall is usually a town hall: in the vast majority of cases, the guildhalls have never served as the meeting place of any specific guild. A suggested etymology is from the Anglo Saxon "gild ", or "payment"; the guildhall being where citizens came to pay their rates. The London Guildhall was established around 1120. [1]
Late medieval gothic plate armour with list of elements. The slot in the helmet is called an occularium. The slot in the helmet is called an occularium. This list identifies various pieces of body armour worn from the medieval to early modern period in the Western world , mostly plate but some mail armour , arranged by the part of body that is ...
The Merchant Taylors' Hall in York, England, is a medieval guildhall near the city wall in the Aldwark area of the city. History. Interior of the main hall.
The Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York holds photocopies of many of the medieval deeds, account rolls, rentals, and of Guild minutes for the period 1677–1985. [7] From 1918, the Company appointed Maud Sellers as an honorary archivist of its historical material - Sellers was a historian with an interest in the site and ...
In Old English, mail armour was referred to as byrne or hlenca. [98] It is frequently referred to in late Anglo-Saxon literature, but few examples have been found archaeologically. [99] The only known complete Anglo-Saxon mailcoat was discovered in the cemetery at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, but it is severely damaged by corrosion. [100]
St George’s Guildhall in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, last year identified floorboards believed to have formed part of a stage once trodden by the Bard. Theatre finds doorway that may once have led ...
St Anthony's Hall in York, England, is a former medieval guildhall and Grade I listed building.It currently houses Trinity Church York and the Quilt Museum and Gallery.The Hall, located on Peasholme Green, was built between 1446 and 1453 [2] on the site of a chapel of St Anthony for either the Guild of St Martin [3] or the Guild of St Anthony (which was founded in 1446). [2]
The Great Guildhall, Tallinn. The Great Guild (Estonian: Suurgild, German: Große Gilde) was a guild for merchants and artisans, operating in Tallinn from at least the 14th century [1] until 1920. [2] It was based in the Great Guild hall, a Gothic building in the historical centre of Tallinn, today housing the Estonian History Museum.