Exeter Guildhall on the High Street of Exeter, Devon, England has been the centre of civic government for the city for at least 600 years. Much of the fabric of the building is medieval, though the elaborate frontage was added in the 1590s and the interior was extensively restored in the 19th century. It is a Grade I listed building.
Exeter Guildhall
The interior
The guildhall on election night in 1880. Painting by Alfred George Palmer in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum's collection (333/1997).
View of the Guildhall and High Street. Painting by Alfred Leyman in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum's collection (218/1970).
The Bloody Assizes were a series of trials started at Winchester on 25 August 1685 in the aftermath of the Battle of Sedgemoor, which ended the Monmouth Rebellion in England.
Judge Jeffreys
A 19th-century artist's impression of Judge Jeffreys presiding over the "Bloody Assizes".