This is a list of guilds in the United Kingdom. It includes

guild A guild ( ) is an association of artisans and merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular area. The earliest types of guild formed as organizations of tradesmen belonging to a professional association. They sometimes ...

s of merchants and other trades, both those relating to specific trades, and the general guilds merchant in

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

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.

England

Alnwick

:Black and White Smiths Tom Hoffman,
Guilds and Related Organisations in Great Britain and Ireland: a bibliography (Part II)
:Butchers :Cordwainers :Joiners and Shoemakers :Merchants :Skinners and Glovers :Tanners :Weavers

Bristol

Society of Merchant Venturers The Society of Merchant Venturers is a charitable organisation in the English city of Bristol. The society can be traced back to a 13th-century guild which funded the voyage of John Cabot to Canada. In 1552, it gained a monopoly on sea trading ...

(1552), meets

Merchant Hall The Merchant Hall () is a historic building on The Promenade, Clifton Down, Bristol, England. It was built in 1868 by Richard Shackleton Pope, Thomas Pope and John Bindon and converted after World War II for the Society of Merchant Venturers, ...

John Kennedy Melling, ''London's Guilds and Liveries'', pp.6-12

Carlisle

:Butchers :Cordwainers :Merchants :Skinners and Glovers

Chester

:Bakers (1462) :Barber Surgeons :Brewers :Bricklayers :Butchers :Cappers and Pinners :Coopers :Cordwainers :Goldsmiths (1573) :Innholders :Joiners (1578) :Masons :Mercers :Merchant Drapers :Merchant Taylors :Painters (1534) :Saddlers & Curriers :Skinners :Smiths :Tanners (1361) :Weavers :Wet and Dry Glovers (1380) :Wrights and Slaters

Cirencester

:Weavers' Company (1550s), meets Weavers' Hall

Coventry

:Broad Weavers and Clothiers (1665) :Company and Fellowship of Cappers and Feltmakers (1494); meets in Cappers' Room of old cathedral :Drapers (1534); meets in

Drapers' Hall The Worshipful Company of Drapers is one of the 110 livery companies of the City of London. It has the formal name The Master and Wardens and Brethren and Sisters of the Guild or Fraternity of the Blessed Mary the Virgin of the Mystery of Dr ...

:Fellowship of Mercers :Fullers' Guild (1438) :Tanners' Guild :Worshipful Company of Worsted Weavers (1449; refounded 1703)

Durham

:Barbers and Surgeons :Butchers :Cordwainers :Curriers :Drapers :Joiners :Masons and Plumbers :Tailors

Exeter

:Incorporation of Weavers, Fullers and Shearmen (1495), meets Tuckers Hall

Kingston-upon-Hull

: Guild of Masters, Pilots and Seamen of Trinity House (1369)

Lichfield

:Worshipful Company of Smiths (by 1601)

London

Guild of Freemen of the City of London The Guild of Freemen of the City of London is an association of those who hold the Freedom of the City of London. Membership of the Guild is open to all freemen, regardless of whether they are also members of a City livery company.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

:Bakers and Brewers (1342) :Barber-Surgeons (1442) :Bricklayers, Wallers and Plasterers (1454) :Butchers (1621) :Colliers, Paviors and Carriagemen (1656) :Coopers (1426) :Cordwainers (1566) :Curriers, Felt-makers and Armourers (1546) :Glovers (1436) :Goldsmiths (1536) : Society of Hostmen (1600) :House Carpenters, Millwrights and Trunkmakers (1579) :Joiners and Cabinet-makers (1589) :Society of Master Mariners (1492) :Masons (1581) :Merchant Adventurers (1215) :Milners (1578) :Plumbers and Glaziers (1536) :Ropemakers (1648) :Saddlers (1459) :Sail-makers (1663) :Scriveners (1675, refounded 1974) :Shipwrights (1636) :Skinners (1437) :Slaters and Tylers (1451) :Smiths (1436) :Tanners (1532) :Taylors (1536) :Upholsterers, Tin-plate workers and Stationers (1675) :Weavers (1527)

Norwich

:Barber-surgeons (1439) :Guild of St George (1389; refounded)

Preston

Preston Guild Preston () is a city on the north bank of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England. The city is the administrative centre of the county of Lancashire and the wider City of Preston local government district. Preston and its surrounding distri ...

(1179)

Richmond, North Yorkshire

:Company of Fellmongers (refounded 1980) :Company of Mercers, Grocers and Haberdashers

Sheffield

Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire The Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire is a trade guild of metalworkers based in Sheffield, England. It was incorporated in 1624 by an Act of Parliament. The head is called the Master Cutler. Its motto is french: 1=Pour Y Parvenir a Bonne Foi, ...

(1624), meets

Cutlers' Hall Cutlers' Hall is a Grade II* listed building in Sheffield, England, that is the headquarters of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire. It is located on Church Street, opposite Sheffield Cathedral, in Sheffield City Centre. History and architect ...

Shrewsbury

:Drapers (1462); meets Drapers' Hall

Southwark

Guildable Manor Guildable Manor is a Court Leet in Southwark under the authority of the City of London, along with the King's Manor, Southwark, and the Great Liberty. The name of 'Guildable' first recorded in 1377 refers to the collection of taxes there and ...

(880AD, 1327), meets St George the Martyr, Southwark : King's Manor, Southwark (1103, 1550), meets

Inner London Crown Court The Inner London Sessions House Crown Court, more commonly known as the Inner London Crown Court and distinct from the Inner London Magistrates' Court, is a Crown Court building in Newington, London, United Kingdom. It is located in the Sessions ...

Great Liberty of Southwark Great may refer to: Descriptions or measurements * Great, a relative measurement in physical space, see Size * Greatness, being divine, majestic, superior, majestic, or transcendent People * List of people known as "the Great" *Artel Great (born ...

(1550), meets

The Boot and Flogger ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

: Tanners of Bermondsey (1703), meets

St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey is an Anglican church dedicated to St Mary Magdalen in Bermondsey in the London Borough of Southwark. The majority of the present building is late 17th century and is Grade II* listed. Its parish extends as far a ...

and The Leather Exchange

Worcester

:Clothier's Guild (1590)

York

:Gild of Freemen of the City of York (1953) meets

Bedern Hall Bedern is a street in the city centre of York, in England, which originated as a college for the vicars choral of York Minster. History The Bedern College was founded in 1252, to house 36 vicars choral associated with York Minster. The name "Be ...

:Guild of Building (1954), meets

York's ancient guilds
, ''

York Press ''The Press'' is a local, daily, paid for, newspaper, for North and East Yorkshire. It is published in the City of York by Newsquest Media Group Ltd, a subsidiary of Gannett Company Inc. The ''Yorkshire Evening Press'' was established in 188 ...

'', 5 July 2011 :Butchers Gild (1272), meets

Jacob's Well Jacob's Well ( ar, بِئْر يَعْقُوب, Biʾr Yaʿqūb; gr, Φρέαρ του Ιακώβ, Fréar tou Iakóv; he, באר יעקב, Beʾer Yaʿaqov), also known as Jacob's fountain and Well of Sychar, is a deep well constructed into ...

:Company of Cordwainers (1395, refounded 1970s), meets

:Merchant Adventurers (1357), meets

Merchant Adventurers' Hall The Merchant Adventurers' Hall is a medieval guildhall in the city of York, England. It is a Grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument. History The majority of the Hall was built in 1357 by a group of influential men and women wh ...

:Company of Merchant Taylors (1386), meets Merchant Taylors' Hall :Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers (1960) : Guild of Scriveners (1478, refounded 1981)York's first modern guild reaches 100 member milestone
, ''

'', 20 January 2016, Retrieved 3 July 2016 :Guild of Media Arts (2015)

Scotland

Aberdeen

:Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen (1587)

Arbroath

:Arbroath Guildry Incorporation (1725)

Ayr

:Ayr Guildry (1325)

Brechin

:Guildry Incorporation of Brechin (1629), meets Guildry Room of Brechin Mechanics' Institute

Dundee

:Nine Incorporated Trades of Dundee

Edinburgh

: Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh (1505), meets Merchants' Hall :

Incorporated Trades of Edinburgh The Incorporated Trades of Edinburgh are the trade and craft bodies of the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, in much the same way as the Livery companies are in The City of London, but on a much smaller scale. The Incorporations are not "guilds", t ...

(1578)

Elgin

:Glovers :Hammermen :Shoemakers :Squaremen :Tailors :Weavers

Glasgow

:Merchants House of Glasgow (1605) :Trades House of Glasgow (1605)

Irvine

:The Incorporated Trades of Irvine (1646)

Lanark

:Guildry of Lanark (1658)The Guildry of Lanark
, The Court of Deans of Guild of Scotland

Perth

:The Guildry Incorporation of Perth

Rutherglen

:The Incorporation of Tailors of Rutherglen (1657)

Stirling

:Merchant Guildry of Stirling (1226)

References

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