It is now thought that the Guildhall was a built as a Royal palace of Henry II and completed by 1157, although there is no absolutely certain evidence that it was in Royal ownership before 1228 [REF].
Excavations in 1982 and 1983 found evidence of the Roman road known as Fosse Way under the frontage of the Guildhall and it appears to have been converging at this point with the Ermine Street.