Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Town Hall 1788 GrimsCB

• coī Aula 1389 GrimsCt 1433 MiscDon

• aula com' 1393 GrimsCt 1490 GrimsCBi

• coēm aulam 1518 ib

• coem Howlem Burgi (sic) 1578 GrimsFC

• Guyhalda 1469 GrimsCBi

• comen hall 1482 ib

• ye comon' hall 1507 ib

• the Comone Hawlle 1524 ib

• the townes hall 1637 GrimsCBviii

• the Townes Hall 1683 ib

• the Towns Hall 1694 GrimsChamb 1831 GrimsCBxvi

• the Towne Hall 1664 ib

• the Towns Hall 1695 1719 Td'E

Etymology

Town Hall, Town Hall 1788GrimsCB et passim , coī Aula 1389GrimsCt , 1433MiscDon 302 , aula com '1393GrimsCt , 1490GrimsCB i , coēm aulam 1518ib , coem Howlem Burgi (sic)1578GrimsFC , Guyhalda 1469GrimsCB i , comen hall 1482ib , y e comon ' hall 1507ib , the Comone Hawlle 1524ib , the townes hall 1637GrimsCB viii , the Townes Hall 1683ib ix , the Towns Hall 1694GrimsChamb et passim to 1831GrimsCB xvi , the Towne Hall 1664ib ix , the Towns Hall 1695ib , 1719Td 'E and cf. le Moytehall ' burgh '1539GrimsBCB (v. mōt 'a meeting', hall ); Gillett 2 notes that the Town Hall stood in the Market Place, that a new hall was completed by 1395 and that “On rare occasions the town hall was called the Guildhall”, v. gild-hall.