Guildhall

A guildhall is either a town hall, or a building historically used by guilds for meetings and other purposes, in which sense it can also be spelled as "guild hall" and may also be called a "guild house". It is also the official or colloquial name for many of these specific buildings, many of which are now museums.

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, outwith Scotland, 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. For the Scottish municipal equivalent see Tolbooth.

List of guildhalls in the United Kingdom

  • Bath Guildhall
  • Blakeney Guildhall
  • Boston Guildhall
  • Cambridge Guildhall
  • Chester Guildhall
  • Chichester Guildhall
  • Devonport Guildhall
  • Derry Guildhall
  • Exeter Guildhall
  • Gloucester Guildhall
  • Guildford Guildhall
  • High Wycombe Guildhall
  • Hull Guildhall
  • Kingston upon Thames Guildhall
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