List of guilds in the United Kingdom

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This is a list of guilds in the United Kingdom. It includes guilds of merchants and other trades, both those relating to specific trades, and the general guilds merchant in Glasgow 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 SmithsTom Hoffman, "[http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/elib/databases/tom-hoffman/GUILDS%20Vol%202%20-%20BBK%20Revised%207%20Oct%202011.pdf 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 (1552), meets Merchant HallJohn Kennedy Melling, London's Guilds and Liveries, pp.6-12

=Carlisle=

:Butchers{{cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F200299|title=Carlisle Butcher's Guild: 1664-2004: minutes and guild books|website=The National Archives (United Kingdom)|accessdate=15 May 2020}}

:Cordwainers{{cite news|title=A Carlisle Craft Guild|newspaper=The Manchester Guardian|date=9 February 1937|page=3}} “The silver plate of the Cordwainers' Guild and a figure of St. Crispin, the

patron saint of the Shoemakers' Guild were on exhibition at a Freemen's Court held at the Town Hall, Carlisle, yesterday.”

:Merchants

:Skinners and Glovers

=Chester=

Source:Freemen of Chester, "[http://www.freemenofchester.co.uk/companies/ Companies]"

: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

: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=

=Kingston-upon-Hull=

=Lichfield=

:Worshipful Company of Smiths (by 1601)

=London=

=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=

=Richmond, North Yorkshire=

:Company of Fellmongers (refounded 1980)Fellmongers Company, "[http://www.fellmongers.org.uk/history_heritage.html Fellmongers Company of Richmond - History and Heritage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304000513/http://www.fellmongers.org.uk/history_heritage.html |date=2012-03-04 }}"

:Company of Mercers, Grocers and Haberdashers

=Sheffield=

=Shrewsbury=

:Drapers (1462); meets Drapers' Hall

=Southwark=

=Worcester=

:Clothier's Guild (1590)

=York=

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

:Guild of Building (1954), meets Bedern Hall"[http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/business/news/9122202.York_s_ancient_guilds/ York's ancient guilds]", York Press, 5 July 2011

:Butchers Gild (1272), meets Jacob's Well{{Cite web|url=http://www.yorkbutchersgild.co.uk/jacobs-well.html|title=Jacob's Well|website=The York Butchers Gild|language=en|access-date=2018-08-08}}

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

:Merchant Adventurers (1357), meets Merchant Adventurers' Hall

:Company of Merchant Taylors (1386), meets Merchant Taylors' Hall

:Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers (1960)

: Guild of Scriveners (1478, refounded 1981)"[http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/business/news/14216515.York_s_first_modern_guild_reaches_100_member_milestone/ York's first modern guild reaches 100 member milestone]", York Press, 20 January 2016, Retrieved 3 July 2016

:Guild of Media Arts (2015)

Scotland

=Aberdeen=

:Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen (1587)

=Arbroath=

:Arbroath Guildry Incorporation (1725)"[http://www.deansofguildscotland.co.uk/guildries/arbroath/ Arbroath Guildry]", The Court of Deans of Guild of Scotland

=Ayr=

:Ayr Guildry (1325)"[http://www.deansofguildscotland.co.uk/guildries/ayr/ Ayr Guildry]", The Court of Deans of Guild of Scotland

=Brechin=

:Guildry Incorporation of Brechin (1629), meets Guildry Room of Brechin Mechanics' Institute"[http://www.deansofguildscotland.co.uk/guildries/brechin/ The Guildry of Brechin]", The Court of Deans of Guild of Scotland

=Dundee=

:Nine Incorporated Trades of Dundee

=Edinburgh=

=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)"[http://www.deansofguildscotland.co.uk/guildries/lanark/ 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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