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Old Guildhall Museum & Gaol
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Frances
April 23, 2018
Small local history museum in a building dating back hundreds of years. Really good for family history research, including pirates and smugglers.
Eleanor
June 28, 2021
The Old Guildhall Museum and Gaol is contained in a 15th Century listed building with a fascinating display of Looe’s past. This includes Fishing & Boat Building Smuggling Looe Island The Looe Valley Railway Line Tourism World War II Court room regalia The building itself is a marvellous exhibit on its own, as it retains many of its Medieval features, with ancient cells and the original raised magistrates bench, complete with the Royal Coat of Arms, from when the local court was held there. With exhibits from the Bronze Age to the modern day, there’s no shortage of things to look at, domestic equipment, 17th century porcelain, regalia, model boats, the remains of a WWII US bomber and much more besides, including a large archive of old photographs. The museum is spread over two floors and you enter into the upper floor of the building, which from 1587 to 1878, was the East Looe Town Hall and Magistrates Court. Beneath the magnificent timber-framed roof, laws were made and enforced, and the town was administered by the Mayor and Corporation, known as Burgesses. Downstairs, you will find more exhibits, plus the two cells used to hold the criminals of Looe in the past. This really was a case of 'send them down' from the court above.
The Old Guildhall Museum and Gaol is contained in a 15th Century listed building with a fascinating display of Looe’s past. This includes Fishing & Boat Building Smuggling Looe Island The Looe Valley Railway Line Tourism World War II Court room regalia The building itself is a marvellous exhibit…
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Higher Market Street
The Quay, England