# List of guilds in the United Kingdom

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.

## England
### Alnwick

    Black and White Smiths
    Butchers
    Cordwainers
    Joiners and Shoemakers
    Merchants
    Skinners and Glovers
    Tanners
    Weavers

### Bristol

    Society of Merchant Venturers (1552), meets Merchant Hall

### Carlisle

    Butchers
    Cordwainers
    Merchants
    Skinners and Glovers

### Chester

Source:
    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 Slaters

### Cirencester

    Weavers' Company (1550s), meets Weavers' Hall

### Coventry

    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
    Tailors

### Exeter

    Incorporation of Weavers, Fullers and Shearmen (1495), meets Tuckers Hall

### Kingston-upon-Hull

    Guild of Masters, Pilots and Seamen of Trinity House (1369)

### Lichfield

    Worshipful Company of Smiths (by 1601)

### London

    Guild of Freemen of the City of London

### Newcastle-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 Haberdashers

### Sheffield

    Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire (1624), meets Cutlers' Hall

### Shrewsbury

    Drapers (1462); meets Drapers' Hall

### Southwark

    Guildable Manor (880AD, 1327), meets St George the Martyr, Southwark
    King's Manor, Southwark (1103, 1550), meets Inner London Crown Court
    Great Liberty of Southwark (1550), meets The Boot and Flogger
    Tanners of Bermondsey (1703), meets St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey and The Leather Exchange

### Worcester

    Clothier's Guild (1590)

### York

    Gild of Freemen of the City of York (1953) meets Bedern Hall
    Guild of Building (1954), meets Bedern Hall
    Butchers Gild (1272), meets Jacob's Well
    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)

## Scotland
### 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' Institute

### Dundee

    Nine Incorporated Trades of Dundee

### Edinburgh

    Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh (1505), meets Merchants' Hall
    Incorporated Trades of Edinburgh (1578)

### Elgin

    Glovers
    Hammermen
    Shoemakers
    Squaremen
    Tailors
    Weavers

### Glasgow

    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 Perth

### Rutherglen

    The Incorporation of Tailors of Rutherglen (1657)

### Stirling

    Merchant Guildry of Stirling (1226)