Town Hall

Venue Type & Location

Town Hall

Site Name: Town Hall
Location: Bridgnorth
County: Shropshire
Location Type: Town - in town at determined location

Overview

Nothing has been discovered about the original town hall.

Performance History

A probable venue for touring troupes performing for the mayor. In 1601--2 the town forbade performances in the council house or town hall.

Current Status

Destroyed.

History of the Venue

mid-17th c. Many civic buildings destroyed by fire when the central part of town was burnt during the Civil War.

1652 The present guildhall was built on a new site in the middle of the High Street

Record Source

REED Shropshire 1.19, 21

Bibliographic Sources

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus. Shropshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth, Midd: Penguin Books, 1958.