Editing Llantwit Major (section)

==== Town Hall====
{{main|Llantwit Major Town Hall}}
[[File:The Town Hall, Llantwit Major - geograph.org.uk - 1147207.jpg|thumb|left|[[Llantwit Major Town Hall]]]]
Manorial records indicate that the Town Hall ({{Coord|51.4076|-3.4848|type:landmark}}) dates to the 15th century but it is often attributed to [[Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester|Gilbert de Clare]], Lord of Glamorgan, who died much earlier in 1295.<ref name="LMLHS-Buildings"/> It then functioned as a manor and a meeting venue for the court to organise duties and collect rents and at weekends held fairs.<ref name="LMLHS-Buildings"/> It was renovated in the late 16th century and over the years the lower floor functioned as a school, a slaughterhouse and a jail and the top floor a venue for church meetings, leased to Oddfellows in the 1830s.<ref name="LMLHS-Buildings"/> Aside from fairs it also held plays, concerts and dances. It became a Grade: II* listed building on 22 February 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-13248-the-town-hall-llantwit-major/photos|title=The Town Hall, Llantwit Major|publisher=British Listed Buildings|access-date=25 January 2012}}</ref> It features a bell with the inscription, ''Sancte Iltute, ora pro nobis'' ("Saint Illtyd, pray for us").<ref>Newell, p. 116</ref> It is reached by a flight of steps.<ref name="Murray1860">{{cite book|last=Murray|first=John|title=A handbook for travellers in South Wales and its borders, including the river Wye: With a travelling map|url=https://archive.org/details/ahandbookfortra07firgoog|access-date=26 January 2012|edition=Public domain|year=1860|publisher=J. Murray|pages=[https://archive.org/details/ahandbookfortra07firgoog/page/n55 15]–}}</ref>