Westminster Hall Almost one thousand years of the Nation’s history are contained within the ancient walls of Westminster Hall at the Palace of Westminster. The tall grey walls of the hall give little away today of the pomp and ceremony of the past. There is no trace of the glittering coronation banquets which once filled the hall with colour and pageant. Gone also are the Law Courts which functioned for centuries as separate removable buildings within the hall, determining the fate of men, whilst adjacent to them were rows of narrow stalls selling books and inexpensive trinkets.The hall was built...
