Guildhall School of Music, an institution established by the Corporation of London to provide advanced and thorough instruction in music at a moderate rate, a fine building in connection with which was erected in 1887; started with 62, and has now 3600 pupils. The Corporation have expended £50,000 on it, besides an annual contribution of £2300.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Guildhall * Guilds