The Tolsey, or Town Hall, at the corner of Southgate and Westgate Streets, is built on the site of the old Roman Forum; the upper portion being used for council meetings and other city business; the ground floor fronting Westgate Street is occupied by the Post Office, and the remaining portion in Southgate Street by the Corporation. The Council Chamber contains portraits of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, a former Duke of Norfolk, and several others of local eminence.
Morris & Co.’s Commercial Directory & Gazetteer of Gloucestershire with Bristol and Monmouth. Second Edition. Hounds Gate, Nottingham. 1876.
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