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Guildhall crypt. During the Roman period, the Guildhall was the site of the London Roman Amphitheatre, rediscovered as recently as 1988.It was the largest in Roman Britain, partial remains of which are on public display in the basement of the Guildhall Art Gallery, and the outline of whose arena is marked with a black circle on the paving of the courtyard in front of the hall.
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]
In the 11th century the area was reoccupied and by the 12th century the first London Guildhall was built next to it, which survives despite the Great Fire of London and The Blitz. [1] Various other buildings were constructed around the site of the amphitheatre, which eventually became the public plaza of Guildhall Yard seen today.
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 ...
Members paid fees to join and a range of services were provided, including a hospital and a school, the provision of a priest to pray for the dead, as well as support for the poor. Within the town, the guild constructed its guildhall on Church Street [3] and the adjacent chapel was built circa 1260. [4]
Four years' worth of research and writing by one history group has now been published.
The Guildhall of St George is the largest surviving medieval guildhall in the country. It is a Grade I listed building. [21] Built of brick, and of two storeys with a gable roof, its dimensions are 32.6 x 8.8 m (107 x 29 feet). [22] The building occupies a long, narrow site which was once a burgage plot between King Street and the river.
The Guild buildings continue along Church Street with the former Guildhall, now a grammar school and the school Shakespeare is believed to have attended. Built in the 1420s, it was originally used as the Guild's business headquarters. Next door are the Almshouses which are also thought to have been built in the 1420s. Sited on the corner of ...