Berwick’s Guild of Freemen and the Administration of the town prior to 1835

Picture credit: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Samuel Bough 1863. Paxton House, National Galleries of Scotland.

This is the third in a series of 4 lectures (weekly on Tuesdays) by Linda Bankier, based on the town’s historic archives. You can buy a ticket for the full series by clicking here.

Week 3:Berwick’s Guild of Freemen and the Administration of the town prior to 1835. Berwick’s Guild of Freemen was established in the medieval period and is still in existence today. Their records are kept at the Berwick Archives. This talk will explore the role of the Guild, how it was run and how it administered the town prior to the 1835 Municipal Corporations Act.

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