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Grimsby Town Hall

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316: 31: 172: 224: 235:, was completed in the 13th century; this was replaced by the second town hall, which was built in a similar area, in 1391 and by the third, also in a similar area, in 1780. After the third town hall became inadequate, civic leaders decided to procure a fourth town hall; the site they selected had previously been an area of open land known as Six Acres Field. 179: 311:
The local girls' school, which was completed in 1863 and later became the Doughty Learning Centre, and the corporation grammar school, which was completed in 1867 and later became the registrar's office, formed single-storey flanking pavilions to the town hall. The town hall was extended to the rear
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Stained glass windows, designed by G. King and Son, were installed in the council chamber in the town hall in 1955 and the police moved out of the building to a new police station in Victoria Street in September 1957. The police cells, located in the basement, were subsequently converted to create a
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The town hall continued to serve as the meeting place of Great Grimsby County Borough Council for much of the 20th century and remained the local seat of government when Great Grimsby District Council was formed, with the same boundaries, in 1974. The town hall also continued to act as a judicial
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As the council's responsibilities grew it needed more office space than was available in the town hall. A new building called Municipal Buildings was built opposite the town hall, being completed in 1941.
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balcony; there was a round headed French door flanked by round headed windows on the first floor. Above the first floor windows were six roundels depicting key people in the town's history:
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to a design by E. W. Farebrother and John Buchan to create a courthouse, a council chamber, a banqueting room, a police station and some police cells in 1887.
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in 1996, the town hall and municipal buildings opposite became the home of the new
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To-morrow will see the official opening of Grimsby's new municipal buildings...
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opened on a site opposite the town hall in 1988. Following the abolition of
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Works of art in the town hall include a portrait by George Jennison of
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series of local history exhibits entitled the "Time Trap Museum".
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The first town hall in Grimsby, which was located near
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Municipal building in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
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Grimsby
53°33′53″N 0°04′56″W / 53.5648°N 0.0822°W / 53.5648; -0.0822
Bellamy and Hardy
John Giles
Italianate style
Listed Building
Grimsby Town Hall is located in Lincolnshire
Grimsby
Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire Council
listed building

Grimsby Minster
Bellamy and Hardy
John Giles
Italianate style
James Fowler
Corinthian order
pilasters
tetrastyle
portico
Ionic order
entablature
balustraded
King Edward III
John Whitgift
Gervase Holles
English Civil War
Charles Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough

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