Moot hall
A moot hall is a meeting or assembly building, traditionally to decide local issues.[1]
In Anglo-Saxon England, a low ring-shaped earthwork served as a moot hill or moot mound, where the elders of the hundred would meet to take decisions. Some of these acquired permanent buildings, known as moot halls.[2]
Surviving moot halls include:
- Moot Hall, Aldeburgh
- Moot Hall, Appleby
- Moot Hall, Brampton
- Moot Hall, Daventry
- Moot Hall, Keswick
- Moot Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Moot Hall, Maldon
There are also moot halls in:
References
- Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. G. & C. Merriam. 1913.
- The Columbian Cyclopedia. Vol. 20. 1897.
- "Moot Hall | Bedford Borough Council". www.bedford.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
- "Moothall – Holton le Moor, Lincolnshire | Moot Hall, the village hall in Holton le Moor". Retrieved 2023-01-11.
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