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Lydd Guildhall, also known as Lydd Town Hall and the Lydd Common House, is a municipal building in the High Street, Lydd, Kent, England.[1]

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  1. 19 relations: Bailiff, Calligraphy, Cornice, English Channel, Folkestone and Hythe District, Full-rigged ship, Irene Wellington, Kent, Listed building, Lydd, Neoclassical architecture, Northfleet (ship), Pilaster, Salute the Soldier Week, Sash window, Unreformed boroughs in England and Wales 1835–1886, Village lock-up, Voussoir, World War II.

  2. City and town halls in Kent
  3. Government buildings completed in 1792
  4. Lydd

Bailiff

A bailiff is a manager, overseer or custodian – a legal officer to whom some degree of authority or jurisdiction is given.

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Calligraphy

Calligraphy is a visual art related to writing.

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Cornice

In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian cornice meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a pedestal, or along the top of an interior wall.

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English Channel

The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.

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Folkestone and Hythe District

Folkestone and Hythe is a local government district in Kent, England.

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Full-rigged ship

A full-rigged ship or fully rigged ship is a sailing vessel with a sail plan of three or more masts, all of them square-rigged.

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Irene Wellington

Irene Bass Sutton Wellington (1904–1984) was an influential British calligrapher and teacher of calligraphy.

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Kent

Kent is a county in the South East England region, the closest county to continental Europe.

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Listed building

In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection.

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Lydd

Lydd is a town and electoral ward in Kent, England, lying on Romney Marsh.

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Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture, sometimes referred to as Classical Revival architecture, is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy, France and Germany.

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Northfleet (ship)

The Northfleet was a British full-rigged ship that is best remembered for her disastrous sinking in the English Channel in January 1873.

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Pilaster

In architecture, a pilaster is both a load-bearing section of thickened wall or column integrated into a wall, and a purely decorative element in classical architecture which gives the appearance of a supporting column and articulates an extent of wall.

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Salute the Soldier Week

Salute the Soldier Weeks were British national savings campaigns during the Second World War, with the aim of British Army equipment being sponsored by a civil community.

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Sash window

A sash window or hung sash window is made of one or more movable panels, or "sashes".

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Unreformed boroughs in England and Wales 1835–1886

Unreformed boroughs were those corporate towns in England and Wales which had not been reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835.

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Village lock-up

A village lock-up is a historic building once used for the temporary detention of people in England and Wales, mostly where official prisons or criminal courts were beyond easy walking distance.

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Voussoir

A voussoir is a wedge-shaped element, typically a stone, which is used in building an arch or vault.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

City and town halls in Kent

Government buildings completed in 1792

Lydd

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydd_Guildhall