Date:1906
Description:Interior of the library on Market Square, prior to its move to Eastgate Street. William Salt was a banker and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, born in 1808. His home was in Weeping Cross. His widow, Helen, donated his collection of books, pamphlets, deeds, maps, and drawings to the county in 1868. The library was originally housed in Old Bank House on Market Square, donated by William's nephew, Thomas Salt, for this purpose. The library expanded through donations and larger premises were required. The collection moved to its current home on Eastgate Street in 1918.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
There has been a shire building in Stafford since the 1280s, used as a meeting place ...
Design for a new Shire Hall on Market Square. In 1790 a decision was made to ...
Stafford possessed a market as early as 1206, when Edward the Elder passed a law ...
The Elizabethan House was built on Gaolgate Street in the late Tudor period. The ...
William Booth (1829 - 1912), known as 'General Booth', founded the Christian Mission ...
These buildings in Market Street were demolished in the 1960s. The building on ...
'Steps to Prosperity' float, encouraging recycling during the post-war period, entered ...
View looking north-west from over South Walls and Eastgate Street. The River ...
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Image courtesy of: William Salt Library
Donor ref:William Salt Library No., Stafford 49B, img: 981 (18/1455)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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