The Guildhall

The Guildhall complex in c.1805. The buildings on the left and right have not survived.

The Guildhall is a building in the City of London, off Cheapside near Bank. It has been used as the town hall for several hundred years. Picture of the Guildhall in the City of London. ... Picture of the Guildhall in the City of London. ... Image File history File links Guildhall. ... Image File history File links Guildhall. ... The eastern side of the City of London viewed from St. ... Cheapside is a common English street name, meaning market-place. There are Cheapsides in Birmingham, Bristol, Derby, Halifax, Lancaster, Leicester, Luton, and Manchester. ... Bank and Monument are interlinked London Underground stations, spanning the length of King William Street in the City of London. ...

The current building is believed to be on the site of an earlier Guildhall, and has large mediaeval crypts underneath. During the Roman period it was the site of an amphitheatre, the largest in Britannia, partial remains of which are on public display in the basement of the Guildhall Art Gallery. Principal sites in Roman Britain Roman Britain is the term applied to that part of Britain lying within the Roman Empire (which never extended to the whole island). ... Britannia, the British national personification. ... The Guildhall Art Gallery houses the art collection of the City of London. ...

Parts of the current building date from 1411 and it is the only stone building not belonging to the Church to have survived the Great Fire of London in 1666 and the ages. Events Births September 21 - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (died 1460) Juan de Mena, Spanish poet (died 1456) Deaths June 3 - Leopold IV, Regent of Tyrol and Further Austria (born 1371) November 4 - Khalil Sultan, Timurid ruler in Transoxiana (born 1384) Hasdai Crescas, Jewish philosopher and halakhist (born c. ... London, as it appeared from Bankside, Southwark, During the Great Fire — Derived from a Print of the Period by Visscher The Great Fire of London was a major fire that swept through the City of London from September 2 to September 5, 1666, and resulted more or less in the... Events September 2 - Great Fire of London: A large fire breaks out in London in the house of Charles IIs baker on Pudding Lane near London Bridge. ...

The Great Hall did not completely escape damage in 1666, and was partially restored - with a flat roof - in 1670. A more thorough restoration was completed in 1866 by City of London architect Sir Horace Jones who added a new timber roof in close keeping with the original. Sadly, this replacement was destroyed during The Second Great Fire of London on the night of 29th/30th December 1940, result of a Luftwaffe fire-raid. It was replaced in 1954 during works designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. 1670 was a common year beginning on a Saturday in countries using the Julian calendar and a Wednesday in countries using the Gregorian calendar. ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect, also known as a building designer, is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction, whose role is to guide decisions affecting those building aspects that are of aesthetic, cultural or social concern. ... Sir Horace Jones (1819 - 1887) was a notable English architect of the 19th century, knighted in 1885. ... The night of 29th/30th December 1940 was one of the most destructive air raids of the London Blitz, gutting or destroying many City churches (including several by Sir Christopher Wren), destroying many Livery Halls and gutting the medieval Great Hall of the Citys Guildhall. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (November 9, 1880—February 8, 1960) was an English architect known for his work on such buildings as Liverpool Cathedral and Battersea Power Station. ...

The day-to-day administration of the Corporation of London is now conducted from modern buildings immediately to the north of the Guildhall, but the Guildhall itself, and the adjacent historic interiors, are still used for official functions, and it is open to the public during the annual London Open House weekend. The Guildhall Art Gallery was added to the complex in the 1990s. The Clockmakers' Museum is also housed in the complex. Arms of the City of London as shown on Blackfriars station. ... London Open House is an annual event where buildings are opened to the public (most are usually not). ... The Guildhall Art Gallery houses the art collection of the City of London. ... The Clockmakers Museum in London, England is a collection of clocks, watches and other horological items which belongs to the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, which is one of the City of London Livery Companies. ...

Gog and Magog

Two giants, Gog and Magog, are associated with the Guildhall. Legend has it that the two giants were chained to the gates of a palace on the site of Guildhall. Carvings of Gog and Magog are kept in the Guildhall and taken out and paraded in the annual Lord Mayor's Show. An early version of Gog and Magog were destroyed in the Guildhall during the Great Fire of London. They were replaced in 1708 by a large pair of wooden statues carved by Captain Richard Saunders. These giants, on whom the current versions are based, lasted for over two hundred years before they were destroyed in the Blitz. They in turn were replaced by a new pair carved by David Evans in 1953 and given to the City of London by Alderman Sir George Wilkinson, who had been Lord Mayor in 1940 at the time of the destruction of the previous versions. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... // Events March 23 - James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth July 1 - Tewoflos becomes Emperor of Ethiopia September 28 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya Kandahar conquered by Mir Wais In Masuria one third of the population die during the plague J... German bomber over the Surrey Docks, London The Blitz (also called the London Blitz), a popular English contraction of the German word Blitzkrieg, meaning Lightning War, was the sustained and intensive bombing of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany during 1940-1941. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... An alderman is a member of a municipal legislative body in a town or city with many jurisdictions. ... Councillor Patrick (Pat) John Stannard, Lord Mayor of Oxford (2004). ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

External links

• Corporation of London homepage on Guildhall