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The Tolsey & City Post Office, c19th century

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In 1751, the Tolsey was rebuilt as a classical building in brick with stone dressings and a large pediment with a carving of the city arms and insignia.  From 1843 it was home to the city post office but within 40 years, the city council had outgrown the building – at this time the town clerk and other officers were working in the nearby corn exchange, and traffic noise from the streets was disturbing the councillors' meetings.  In 1890 work began on a new building for the council and in 1893, the Tolsey was sold whereupon it was promptly demolished and new premises for the Wiltshire & Dorset Banking Co. were erected on the site.