Bedern Hall Guilds
Bedern Hall is managed by The Bedern Hall Company Ltd. which is comprised of representatives from the three Guilds which use Bedern Hall as their home. Founded in 1982, Bedern Hall Company exists to ensure that the Hall is preserved for the benefit of generations to come.
Gild of Freemen of the City of York
To understand the significance of Freemen and how they came into being, one must look back to the earliest developments of trade and community life. More >
The Company of Cordwainers
Cordwainers were originally workers in 'cordwan', a type of shoe leather which takes its name from the Spanish town of Cordoba, the main source of such leathers in medieval times. More >
York Guild of Building
The builders of medieval York included masons, glaziers, plumbers, plasterers and tilers, and, largest of all, the group who worked in wood, variously described as carpenters, sawyers, joiners and carvers. More >