The guildhall was located on the W side of Broad Street near St John's Gate.
Performance payment records survive in the Bristol Mayors' Audits from 1531.
The guildhall was the probable venue for most of the performances before the mayor and council before 1600 and possibly others in the early 17th c.
Demolished.
1348 Earliest definite record of the existence of a guildhall (Leech, Topography 33).
15th c. Guildhall rebuilt in Perpendicular style.
1704 Many of the Guildhall's functions transferred to the new Council House.
ca. 1813 Guildhall facade refronted. A large perpendicular window replaced the smaller original windows.
1843--6 Original guildhall demolished and replaced by a more lavish Victorian Gothic building, smaller by a third than the older hall (Gomme et al, Bristol 300).
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