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.
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Alnwick
Black and White Smiths Butchers Cordwainers Joiners and Shoemakers Merchants Skinners and Glovers Tanners WeaversBristol
Society of Merchant Venturers (1552), meets Merchant HallCarlisle
Butchers Cordwainers Merchants Skinners and GloversChester
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 SlatersCirencester
Weavers' Company (1550s), meets Weavers' HallCoventry
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 TailorsExeter
Incorporation of Weavers, Fullers and Shearmen (1495), meets Tuckers HallKingston-upon-Hull
Guild of Masters, Pilots and Seamen of Trinity House (1369)Lichfield
Worshipful Company of Smiths (by 1601)London
See livery companyNewcastle-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 (1179)Richmond, North Yorkshire
Company of Fellmongers (refounded 1980) Company of Mercers, Grocers and HaberdashersSheffield
Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire (1624), meets Cutlers' HallShrewsbury
Drapers (1462); meets Drapers' HallWorcester
Clothier's Guild (1590)York
Guild of Building (1954), meets Bedern Hall Butchers Gild (1272) 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) Guild of Media Arts (2015)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' InstituteDundee
Nine Incorporated Trades of DundeeEdinburgh
Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh (1505), meets Merchants' Hall Incorporated Trades of Edinburgh (1578)Elgin
Glovers Hammermen Shoemakers Squaremen Tailors WeaversGlasgow
Merchants House of Glasgow (1605) Trades House of Glasgow (1605)Irvine
The Incorporated Trades of Irvine (1646)Lanark
Guildry of Lanark (1658)Perth
The Guildry Incorporation of PerthRutherglen
The Incorporation of Tailors of Rutherglen (1657)Stirling
Merchant Guildry of Stirling (1226)References
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