Date:1859
Description:Stafford possessed a market as early as 1206, when Edward the Elder passed a law stating that all buying and selling had to take place in a market town. On the left can be seen the Shire Hall, built in 1798. On the right is the Guildhall, demolished in 1935 and rebuilt further back from the square. The Russian gun was captured at Sabastopol during the Crimean War. It was later moved to Pitcher Bank and finally to Chester where it can still be seen in Grosvenor Park. The lady purchasing from the stall is believed to be Sarah Johnson, who lived in one of the almshouses on Mill Street.
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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 ...
Alderman John Marson was Mayor of Stafford in 1848. John Marson also established ...
Miniature studio portrait of Susy Macnaghten. She is wearing a ruched velvet ...
Royal Mail van believed to be the first motor driven mail van in Stafford. The ...
The Guildhall on Market Square was designed by Charles Trubshaw and built in 1853. ...
Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, who retain copyright ...
View looking north-west from over South Walls and Eastgate Street. The River ...
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Donor ref:G95.100.0001 (18/2020)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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