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High West Street, WEYMOUTH, DT4 8JH

This is one of the oldest Inns in Weymouth and is of seventeenth century origin. The Boot inn is said to be the haunted by several ghosts.

Weymouth's Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall.

Weymouth's Tudor Town Hall which was restored in 1896.

The clock on Weymouth's Town Hall belltower was presented to the town by Sir Henry Edwards in 1896 at the time of the Hall's restoration.

The drill tower of Weymouth's fire station.

The rear of Weymouth's fire station.

Fire station showing the drill tower.

Weymouths fire station showing the stop lights.

The town hall was one of two in the area. Originally the two sides of the River Wey were occupied by two separate towns, Melcombe Regis and Weymouth, which caused many arguments and rivalry - and both had a hall. Queen Elizabeth I decreed that the two should be combined as one under an Act of Parliament in 1591. This is the 'Old Town Hall' and was originally Tudor cottages knocked into one to create a hall. In 1774 it was substantially rebuilt using Portland Stone and carried on as a functioning civic building, along with its counterpart in Melcombe. However, council business tended to be done in Melcombe and so the hall drifted into obscurity. More repairs were needed in 1896. By the twentieth century it was downgraded and used by Girl Guides. Into the twenty-first the Grade II listed hall was left unoccupied and fell into disrepair. With a charity-based group given the chance to keep it in order and run it as a community centre and arts venue. See Image] for a look at the tower and clock.

Wedged along High West Street is the old Weymouth Town Hall. Originally a Tudor rival to Melcombe Regis's hall it was slowly overtaken by the latter. With the chance to make major repairs and alterations in 1896, the hall was rebuilt with a clock on the tower, a present from Sir Henry Edwards. See Image] for a side aspect.