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Old Town Hall, Stroud, the Glossary

The Old Town Hall is a municipal building in The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England.^[1]

18 relations: Gloucestershire, Gothic architecture, Grade II* listed buildings in Stroud (district), John Canton, John Throckmorton (of Lypiatt), Listed building, Local board of health, Lord of the manor, Lypiatt Park, Mullion, Neoclassical architecture, Oriel window, Stroud, Stroud District, Tailor, Urban district (England and Wales), Vestry, Village lock-up.
Buildings and structures in Stroud
City and town halls in Gloucestershire
Government buildings completed in 1596
Grade II* listed buildings in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire (abbreviated Glos.) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas.

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Grade II* listed buildings in Stroud (district)

There are over 20,000 Grade II* listed buildings in England. Old Town Hall, Stroud and Grade II* listed buildings in Stroud (district) are Grade II* listed buildings in Gloucestershire.

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John Canton

John Canton (31 July 1718 – 22 March 1772) was a British physicist.

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John Throckmorton (of Lypiatt)

John Throckmorton (1572–1623) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1611.

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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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Local board of health

A local board of health (or simply a local board) was a local authority in urban areas of England and Wales from 1848 to 1894.

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Lord of the manor

Lord of the manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England and Norman England, referred to the landholder of a rural estate.

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Lypiatt Park

Lypiatt Park is a medieval and Tudor manor house with notable nineteenth-century additions in the parish of Bisley, near Stroud, in Gloucestershire, England.

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Mullion

A mullion is a vertical element that forms a division between units of a window or screen, or is used decoratively.

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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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Oriel window

An oriel window is a form of bay window which protrudes from the main wall of a building but does not reach to the ground.

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Stroud

Stroud is a market town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England.

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Stroud District

Stroud District is a local government district in Gloucestershire, England.

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Tailor

A tailor is a person who makes or alters clothing, particularly in men's clothing.

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Urban district (England and Wales)

In England and Wales, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area.

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Vestry

A vestry was a committee for the local secular and ecclesiastical government of a parish in England, Wales and some English colonies, which originally met in the vestry or sacristy of the parish church, and consequently became known colloquially as the "vestry".

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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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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Town_Hall,_Stroud