[2] A soldier from Lancashire, Henry Boose, was found guilty of mutiny and executed outside the guildhall on the orders of the Royalist commander, Lord Goring, in July 1645 during the English Civil War.

[3] After a foundation stone had been laid by the town recorder and local land-owner, John Rolle Walter, the aging guildhall was substantially rebuilt in 1761.

[1] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto the High Street; the ground floor was rusticated with large round headed openings with keystones.

The central section of three bays, which was projected forward, featured sash windows with architraves and pediments on the first floor.

[7] A portrait by Pompeo Batoni of John Rolle Walter was sold to raise funds for building repairs in November 2008.