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Victoria, Edward VII, and Guildhall, Lichfield stone plaque

Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Victoria, Edward VII, and Guildhall, Lichfield stone plaque

This Guildhall stands on the site used for the Guild, or Fraternity, of Citizens established in 1387 by Richard II, which Guild continued for 161 years under 9 Monarchs, and was finally dissolved under Edward VI, in 1548. The present building was erected in 1846, by the Trustees of the Lichfield Con

duit Lands, to whom the ancient Guild, in the year 1545, gave valuable properties out of their possessions to supply the citizens with water, and for their common weal. Her late Most Gracious Majesty,

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