Moot Hall |
Hob Uid: 41834 | |
Location : Wigan Non Civil Parish
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Grid Ref : SD5821005650 |
Summary : Wigan's Moot Hall stood on the site of the present Moot Hall Chambers. The arched ground floor, occupied by shops by 1600, supported the Hall which was the seat of local government. It housed the Borough Treasury; the courts of 'Porte Mote' for trade matters, Court Leet for minor offences and Courts of Kings Pleas for financial cases. The hall practically fell down in 1719 and the New Town Hall was built elsewhere in Market Place. A later Moot Hall of 1829 was demolished in 1869. |
More information : "A corporation seal gives a representation of the Moothall of Wigan - a hip roofed building standing on rows of four pillars, with a door in the middle opening on to a balcony. On the ridge of the roof is a belfry containing the market bell." "The Moothall, first mentioned early in the fifteenth century, survived until 1719 when it practically fell down. A "penthouse" had been added to it about 1600, and shops gradually came to occupy the ground level."(a) Plan showing site of Moothall. [N.G. SD58210567] (1) Site of Moot Hall (TI) (2) The earliest mention of the Moot Hall is in a document dated 1422(1a). It was finally demolished in 1868. (3) Site of Moot Hall now occ.d. by modern road. Scale of plan quoted in T.C.1 approx. 1/1860 (4)
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