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Moot hall

British meeting or assembly building for local issues From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Moot hall
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A moot hall is a meeting or assembly building, traditionally to decide local issues.[1]

In Anglo-Saxon England, a low ring-shaped earthwork served as a moot hill or moot mound, where the elders of the hundred would meet to take decisions. Some of these acquired permanent buildings, known as moot halls.[2]

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Moot Hall, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
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Moot Hall, Maldon, Essex

Surviving moot halls include:

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