Town Hall

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Town Hall

Site Name: Town Hall
Location: Bridport
County: Dorset
Location Type: Town - in town at determined location

Overview

History of the Venue

Nothing is known about the earlier Town Hall

The present Town Hall was built in 1785-86.

Bibliographic Sources

  • Hutchins, John. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 1773. 4 vols. Westminster: J.B. Nichols & Sons, 1861–73.
  • Perkins, Thomas. Memorials of Old Dorset. London: Bemrose & Sons, 1907.
  • Tittler, Robert. Architecture and Power: The Town Hall and the English Urban Community c. 1500–1640. Oxford: Clarendon P, 1991.