Moot Hall Elstow

Moot Hall (or "The Green House") stands in isolation on Elstow village green. This Tudor timber-framed building was built in the 15th century, possibly by the Abbey's carpenter William Arnold, to provide both a courtroom and a market house.

Elstow Village Green
Once part of the property of Elstow Abbey, this picturesque open space was the centre for the nunnery’s annual commercial fairs, which were so large that they also occupied several surrounding fields. These rowdy markets were the inspiration for John Bunyan’s “Vanity Fair”, in his book “The Pilgrims Progress”. The stone stump, at the western end of the green, is all that remains of the Market Cross - which denoted that the fairs were Royal Chartered markets