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A guildhall, also known as a "guild hall" or "guild house", is a historical building originally used for tax collecting by municipalities or merchants in Europe, with many surviving today in Great Britain and the Low Countries. These buildings commonly become town halls and in some cases museums while retaining their original names.
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor in Europe. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals with manorial tenants and great banquets.
Name [5] Other name(s) [5] Meeting place / Hall [5] Date established [5] Date of cessation Common Council seats [8] Notes [5] 1: Merchants: Holy Trinity Guild: Merchants' Hall, Wellington Quay: 1192 (reputedly, first explicit charters mentioned re. 1451 and 1438) 31
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 ...
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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.
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St George's Guildhall in King's Lynn is a Grade I listed building, currently in the ownership of the National Trust. At 32.6 x 8.8 m (107 x 29 feet), it is the oldest and largest complete medieval Guildhall in England with an unrivalled history as a venue for theatrical production.