Date:1870 - 1872 (c.)
Description:William Albert Marson held public magic lantern shows featuring his 'dissolving views'. The money raised was donated to various charities. Marson was also a lay reader and ran a grocery shop from the Ancient High House on Greengate Street, and the 'Old Curiosity Shop' on Albion Place, selling furniture, china and fancy goods.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
The High House was built on Greengate Street by Richard Dorrington in 1595. The ...
Watercolour painting by Great Haywood born sculptor and artist Samuel Peploe Wood ...
View of the Ancient High House on Greengate Street, built by Richard Dorrington ...
Advertisement for Marson's grocers shop, celebrating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Marson's ...
Sir Walter Essex was the Liberal M.P. for Stafford 1910 - 1918. He is accompanied ...
Mr Philip Dale was the proprietor of Dale's, the ironmongers shop on Greengate Street. ...
The Earl of Shrewsbury's State Chariot passing the Swan Hotel in Greengate Street, ...
The seventeenth century Bear Inn on Greengate Street was built on the site of the ...
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Donor ref:William Salt Library No., Stafford 25B, img: 964 (18/1439)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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