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Blakeney Guildhall

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290: 302: 31: 278: 135: 218:. It is divided into two aisles by a row of stone piers which support the ribbed vaults of brickwork. The doorway and the windows are all original. The bricks, no doubt, were locally made and are typical of their period, being of variable shape, quality and appearance. For this reason brickwork of this period was often plastered over. The main building was entered from higher ground on the southern land side of the building. A projection at the south-east corner contains the shute that served a 142: 242:
to the next. Each deed provides for the Guildhall to be used for the benefit of the villagers of Blakeney. The first surviving deed dates from 1627. There are other similar deeds dated 1687, 1750 and 1808. Subsequent deeds do not appear to have survived. Over the years the
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Friary that stood nearby. It has been in the ownership of the village for over 400 years. There is a series of deeds recording the transfer of ownership from one group of
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but nothing is known of its early history. It is likely to have originally been built for a prosperous medieval Blakeney fish merchant, the
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merchants. The Guildhall was once a two-storey building but now all that remains is the 14th-century brick-vaulted
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being used for storage of his merchandise. The building later became the guildhall of Blakeney's guild of
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and also a worm and bait store for local fishermen. During the war years the basement was used as a
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but is managed by the local parish council. Blakeney is just off the
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It is believed that the Guildhall was once owned by the
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The building has always traditionally been called the
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Blakeney
Norfolk
52°57′21″N 1°01′04″E / 52.9557°N 1.0179°E / 52.9557; 1.0179
Scheduled monument
Blakeney Guildhall is located in Norfolk
Blakeney
Norfolk
English Heritage
A149
Sheringham
alley
quay
scheduled monument
Guildhall
undercroft
fish
undercroft
garderobe
privy
Carmelite
trustees
basement
grain
coal
mushrooms
mortuary
The entrance to Blakeney Guildhall
Remains of the outside of the Guildhall (2007)
Guildhall (2010)

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