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Following local government re-organisation in 1974, the town hall became the home of
Aylsham Town Council. A refurbishment of some of the facilities in the town hall was completed in March 2018. Items of interest in the town hall include a collection of material relating to the locally-born pioneer
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The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with nine bays facing onto the Market Place; it involved two distinct sections: a main section of five bays and a right-hand section of four bays which was set back from the main section. The main section contained a central bay, which was slightly
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In the mid-19th century, a group of local businessmen decided to form a company to raise funds for the erection of a corn exchange. The site they selected was on the north side of the Market Place and the foundation stone for the building was laid by the
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supporting a segmental pediment; the central bay was surmounted by a
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