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Boston Guildhall
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South Street
Boston
PE21 6HT
Lincolnshire
England
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Collection details
Architecture, Archives, Coins and Medals, Law and Order, Personalities, Religion, Social History, Weapons and War
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Contact details
Reception (Tel)
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01205 365954
Haven Reception (Tel)
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01205 356656
Haven Reception (Fax)
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01205 356656
Tourist Information
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ticboston@boston.gov.uk
Haven Reception
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enquiries@thehavengallery.org.uk
The Boston Guildhall's website
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www.bostonguildhall.co.uk
Haven Gallery website
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www.thehavengallery.org.uk
Boston Borough Council
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www.boston.gov.uk
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Open
Open 6 days a week during term time and open 7 days a week during school holidays.
10:00 - 16.00, last admissions 15:30
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Closed
Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day and Every Tuesday during term time.
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Admission charges
Adults: £3.25
Children: £2.00
Concessions: £2.50
Families & groups over 4 people, 4th person free.
Annual passes available - cost of 6 admissions
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Description
Boston's Guildhall of St. Mary is one of the oldest and most significant religious guildhalls in the country. First thought to have been built in the 15th Century, it was recently discovered during the restoration, that it was actually built during the 1390's.
The Building has had a long and varied history from it's beginnings as a Religious Guildhall, then as a Town Hall, a Museum and also as a British Restaurant during World War 2.
In 1515, St Mary's Guild spent a princely £20 on a single feast that they celebrated in the banqueting hall. In today's money this is more than £9,500. Quite a contrast to the 1 shilling that it cost to have a meal at the British Restaurant in the Guildhall in 1943 - the modern equivalent of this is only £1.30!
Come and discover 600 years of history at the Boston Guildhall!
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Collections description
Includes items relating to the history of Boston Guildhall.
Items include: Original inventory of the Guildhall mid-sixteenth Century (which is 9 feet long), portrait of Sir Joseph Banks, Corporation Regalia, Charter signed by King Henry 8th, original printing of Foxe's Book of Martyrs.
Sounds of a busy kitchen of the 18th Century and audio re-enactment of banqueting through the ages. Autobiographical account by William Bradford of the Pilgrim Fathers arrest whilst trying to escape to Holland. Audio-visual accounts of real cases and crimes that were tried in the Guildhall.
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Key artists and exhibits
Sir Joseph Banks
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Pilgrim Fathers
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William Bradford
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John Foxe
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Guild of St. Mary
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History of Boston
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Gold Noble
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Guildhall Inventory
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British Restaurant
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Articles
News In Brief - Week Ending December 17 2006
Craft Makers & Museums Brought Together In East Midlands
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Trails
Monks, Knights, Peasants, Merchants - A Medieval Trail
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Available resources
Discovering the Guildhall
Guided tour (Resource); Handling collection or artefacts; Resource or activity pack; Teachers' pack or notes; Worksheets or templates
Handling Loans boxes
Handling collection or artefacts
Rampaging Romans
Guided tour (Resource); Handling collection or artefacts; Online game or interactive; Resource or activity pack; Teachers' pack or notes
Shhh, Mums the Word (Don't mention the War) - World War II
Guided tour (Resource); Handling collection or artefacts; Online game or interactive; Teachers' pack or notes
Uncovering the truth of the Guildhall
Resource or activity pack; Teachers' pack or notes; Worksheets or templates
Veronica Littleworth - A Victorian Maid
Guided tour (Resource); Handling collection or artefacts; Resource or activity pack; Teachers' pack or notes
Who would want to be a Tudor?
Guided tour (Resource); Handling collection or artefacts; Resource or activity pack; Teachers' pack or notes; Workshop or activity session (Resource)
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General Information
Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
Pre-booking service for groups
Guided tours
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Collections
Object identification and/or written enquiry service
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Disability Access
Toilets for disabled
Touch exhibits and/or handling sessions
Wheelchair access to all public areas
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General Education
Education facilities available
Member of staff available with responsibility for education
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Schools Education
Primary school education service available
Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
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Facilities
Facilities for private functions and events
Shop
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Information published here was believed to be correct at the time it was prepared. Welsh language pages developed with CYMAL: Museums Archives and Libraries Wales, funded by the Welsh Assembly Government.
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