Theatres · Central Scotland
Tolbooth
Tolbooth is a theatre in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Stirling · 0.5 km
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Tolbooth is a working theatre in the United Kingdom, listed in OpenStreetMap as a public performance venue. Address: Jail Wynd, FK8 1DE. Coordinates: 56.1206°, -3.9429°.
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From the Wikipedia article
A tolbooth or town house was the main municipal building of a Scottish burgh, from medieval times until the 19th century. The tolbooth usually provided a council meeting chamber, a court house and a jail. The tolbooth was one of three essential features in a Scottish burgh, along with the mercat cross and the kirk (church).
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Background
History
Burghs were created in Scotland from the 12th century. They had the right to hold markets and levy customs and tolls, and tolbooths were originally established for collection of these. Royal burghs were governed by an elected council, led by a provost and baillies, who also acted as magistrates with jurisdiction over local crime. The tolbooth developed into a central building providing for all these functions. Most tolbooths had a bell, often mounted on a steeple, and later clocks were added. As well as housing accused criminals awaiting trial, and debtors, tolbooths were also places of public punishment, equipped with a whipping post, stocks or jougs. The tolbooth was occasionally a place…
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- Coordinates
- 56.1206, -3.9429
- District
- Stirling
- Postcode
- FK8 1DE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Stirling and Strathallan
- Phone
- +44 1786 27 4000
- Nearest railway station
- Stirling — 0.5 km
- Official site
- culturestirling.org
Sources
- osm: w136841155 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Tolbooth (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Tolbooth?
- Tolbooth is in Central Scotland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.1206°, -3.9429°. The nearest railway station is Stirling, around 0.5 km away.
- Is Tolbooth wheelchair accessible?
- Yes — Tolbooth is tagged in OpenStreetMap as wheelchair-accessible.