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List of guilds in the United Kingdom
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This is a list of guilds in the United Kingdom. It includes guilds of merchants and other trades, both those relating to specific trades, and the general guilds merchant in Glasgow and Preston. No religious guilds survive, and the guilds of freemen in some towns and cities are not listed. Almost all guilds were founded by the end of the 17th century, although some went out of existence and were refounded in the 20th century.
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England
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Alnwick
Bristol
- Society of Merchant Venturers (1552), meets Merchant Hall[2]
Carlisle
Chester
Source:[5]
- Bakers (1462)[1]
- Barber Surgeons
- Brewers
- Bricklayers
- Butchers
- Cappers and Pinners
- Coopers
- Cordwainers
- Goldsmiths (1573)[1]
- Innholders
- Joiners (1578)[1]
- Masons
- Mercers
- Merchant Drapers
- Merchant Taylors
- Painters (1534)[1]
- Saddlers & Curriers
- Skinners
- Smiths
- Tanners (1361)[1]
- Weavers
- Wet and Dry Glovers (1380)[1]
- Wrights and Slaters
Cirencester
- Weavers' Company (1550s), meets Weavers' Hall[2]
Coventry
- Broad Weavers and Clothiers (1665)[1][2]
- Company and Fellowship of Cappers and Feltmakers (1494); meets in Cappers' Room of old cathedral[1][2]
- Drapers (1534); meets in Drapers' Hall[1][2]
- Fellowship of Mercers[2]
- Fullers' Guild (1438)[1][2]
- Tanners' Guild[2]
- Worshipful Company of Worsted Weavers (1449; refounded 1703)[2]
Durham
Exeter
- Incorporation of Weavers, Fullers and Shearmen (1495), meets Tuckers Hall[1]
Kingston-upon-Hull
Lichfield
- Worshipful Company of Smiths (by 1601)[2]
London
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Bakers and Brewers (1342)[1]
- Barber-Surgeons (1442)[1]
- Bricklayers, Wallers and Plasterers (1454)[1]
- Butchers (1621)[1]
- Colliers, Paviors and Carriagemen (1656)[1]
- Coopers (1426)[1]
- Cordwainers (1566)[1]
- Curriers, Felt-makers and Armourers (1546)[1]
- Glovers (1436)[1]
- Goldsmiths (1536)[1]
- Society of Hostmen (1600)[1]
- House Carpenters, Millwrights and Trunkmakers (1579)[1]
- Joiners and Cabinet-makers (1589)[1]
- Society of Master Mariners (1492)[1]
- Masons (1581)[1]
- Merchant Adventurers (1215)[1]
- Milners (1578)[1]
- Plumbers and Glaziers (1536)[1]
- Ropemakers (1648)[1]
- Saddlers (1459)[1]
- Sail-makers (1663)[1]
- Scriveners (1675, refounded 1974)[1]
- Shipwrights (1636)[1]
- Skinners (1437)[1]
- Slaters and Tylers (1451)[1]
- Smiths (1436)[1]
- Tanners (1532)[1]
- Taylors (1536)[1]
- Upholsterers, Tin-plate workers and Stationers (1675)[1]
- Weavers (1527)[1]
Norwich
Preston
- Preston Guild (1179)[2]
Richmond, North Yorkshire
Sheffield
- Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire (1624), meets Cutlers' Hall[2]
Shrewsbury
Southwark
- Guildable Manor (880AD, 1327), meets St George the Martyr, Southwark
- King's Manor, Southwark (1103, 1550), meets Inner London Crown Court
- Great Liberty of Southwark (1550), meets The Boot and Flogger
- Tanners of Bermondsey (1703), meets St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey and The Leather Exchange
Worcester
York
- Quilters Guild (1979) with the Quilt Collection in St Anthony's Hall, York
- Gild of Freemen of the City of York (1953) meets Bedern Hall[7]
- Guild of Building (1954), meets Bedern Hall[2][7]
- Butchers Gild (1272),[2] meets Jacob's Well[8]
- Company of Cordwainers (1395, refounded 1970s), meets Bedern Hall[1][7]
- Merchant Adventurers (1357), meets Merchant Adventurers' Hall[2]
- Company of Merchant Taylors (1386), meets Merchant Taylors' Hall[2][7]
- Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers (1960)[2]
- Guild of Scriveners (1478, refounded 1981)[9]
- Guild of Media Arts (2015)[9]
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Scotland
Aberdeen
- Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen (1587)[1]
Arbroath
- Arbroath Guildry Incorporation (1725)[10]
Ayr
- Ayr Guildry (1325)[11]
Brechin
- Guildry Incorporation of Brechin (1629), meets Guildry Room of Brechin Mechanics' Institute[12]
Dundee
- Nine Incorporated Trades of Dundee[1]
Edinburgh
- Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh (1505), meets Merchants' Hall[2]
- Incorporated Trades of Edinburgh (1578)[2]
Elgin
Glasgow
Irvine
- The Incorporated Trades of Irvine (1646)[1]
Lanark
- Guildry of Lanark (1658)[13]
Perth
- The Guildry Incorporation of Perth
Rutherglen
- The Incorporation of Tailors of Rutherglen (1657)[1]
Stirling
- Merchant Guildry of Stirling (1226)[1]
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