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Guildhall, Walsall bronze plaque

Walsall, Walsall, England, United Kingdom

The Guildhall On this historic site were two previous Guildhalls. The first was the timbered medieval hall of the Guild of St. John the Baptist, whose Guildsmen controlled the trade and ultimately the Government of the Town. On the suppression of the Guild by Henry VIII in 1546 the Corporation assum

ed it's municipal functions and took over it's buildings. The hall survived until the mid 18th century when it was rebuilt or extensively remodelled in brick and stone. The only surviving feature of t

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