
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: The GuildHall. A Guildhall has stood here from 1100. The Guilds became the Commonalty who still use the building. This building is sevententh century. Magistrates would sit upstairs. In 1854 a lock-up was built downstairs.
The GuildHall in Milborne Port has been a continuous site of local governance and community activity since 1100, serving as a meeting place for the Commonalty and housing magistrates and a lock-up, reflecting its enduring role in local administration and justice.
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