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• N Andy Thomas on Fri 3 Jan 2003, 10:27am. Flag this

  Abridged history of Westminster Hall is at:

  http://www.parliament.uk/works/palace.cfm#paweshal

• N Sara Lorimer on Fri 3 Jan 2003, 03:13pm. Flag this

  A few photos of Westminster Hall
  http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Westminster_Hall.html

• N Phil on Sat 11 Jan 2003, 02:15pm. Flag this

  A footnote to 20 Jan 1660 says “These stationers and booksellers, whose shops disfigured Westminster Hall down to a late period, were a privileged class. In the statutes for appointing licensers and regulating the press, there is a clause exempting them from the pains and penalties of these obnoxious laws.”

• N Arbor on Tue 15 Jul 2003, 11:12am. Flag this

  If in London. Westminster Hall is very much worth a visit. It is the oldest building for miles… with a typically wonderful medieval and unsupported roof. Worth the visit just to look at it. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was recently ‘laid in state’ there… remember the pictures?

• N Glyn on Mon 19 Apr 2004, 06:30pm. Flag this

  Westminster Hall is now open every year to visitors in summer as part of the guided tour of the Houses of Parliament. All the details can be found on this official website:

  http://www.parliament.uk/visiting/summer_opening.cfm

• N Terry F on Thu 5 Apr 2007, 07:29pm. Flag this

  J[ohn].T[homas]. “Antiquity” Smith’s ‘Foundation Plan of the Ancient Palace of Westminster’, Antiquities of Westminster (1807). Parliamentary Archives
  http://www.show.me.uk/gunpowderplot/adults_parliament_pwwh.htm

• N Michael Robinson on Fri 31 Oct 2008, 06:06am. Flag this

  Wenceslaus Hollar (Czech/British 1607-1677)

  Westminster Hall; view of square to the N of Westminster Hall, with groups of people and coaches on the left and fountain on the right; Abbey seen over the roofs in the background.
  Etching, 1647
  http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=1504192&partid=1&searchText=Hollar+London&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx¤tPage=8

References in the diary

1660

Jan: 2, 9, 10, 14, 17, 20, 23, 27, 28, 31
Feb: 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23
Mar: 2, 3, 6, 8, 15, 16
May: 15
Jul: 4, 6, 14, 19
Aug: 4, 12, 15, 21, 22, 23, 25, 30
Oct: 21, 23, 26, 31
Nov: 3, 6, 12, 15, 16, 19, 24, 27
Dec: 8, 10

1661

Jan: 2, 5, 16
Feb: 5, 7, 21
Mar: 5
Apr: 23
May: 18
Jun: 19
Jul: 2, 23, 27, 30
Sep: 2, 9
Nov: 8, 20, 25, 29
Dec: 6, 16, 21

1662

Jan: 4, 8, 10
Feb: 4, 14
Mar: 8, 21, 24
May: 17
Jul: 7, 21
Aug: 20, 22
Oct: 7, 17, 27
Nov: 10, 17
Dec: 29, 31

1663

Jan: 26
Feb: 16, 23, 26
Mar: 5, 7
Apr: 2, 25, 27
May: 7, 15, 27
Jun: 2, 4, 22, 29
Jul: 1, 3, 10, 15, 18, 24, 27
Aug: 4, 5
Sep: 4, 9, 12, 23, 24
Oct: 14, 26
Nov: 2, 7, 9
Dec: 22

1664

Jan: 4, 9, 16
Feb: 1, 29
Mar: 28
Apr: 4, 5, 18, 19, 20, 21
May: 2, 3, 16
Jun: 20
Jul: 20, 23
Aug: 15, 18, 22
Nov: 25
Dec: 6, 9

1665

Jan: 2, 16, 20, 24
Apr: 7
Jun: 1, 2, 12, 28
Jul: 18
Aug: 8
Dec: 16

1666

Jan: 5
Feb: 9, 20, 28
Mar: 18, 23
Apr: 2, 13, 15, 23
May: 3, 21
Jun: 9, 20, 29