Demolition of the Old Guildhall, Stafford

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Date:31st of May 1934

Description:The original Guildhall was built in 1853. It housed the Borough Council, the courts and on the ground floor was a police station. By the 1930s a new police station was needed and one was constructed on the corner of Bath Street and Albion Place.

The Guildhall was demolished in 1934 as part of the Borough Council's plans to improve Market Square. The new Guildhall was rebuilt further back from the square and the market was replaced by a shopping arcade.

The timber framed building belonged to Woolworth's.

Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, who retain copyright ownership.


Timeline

The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.

1830s
Noah's Ark Inn, Stafford,
Noah's Ark Inn, Stafford,

The Noah's Ark on Crabbery Street was originally built as a town house in the sixteenth ...

1880s
Brookfield and Window's Drapers, Stafford,
Brookfield and Window's Drapers, Stafford,

View of Brookfield and Window's on the corner of Market Square, looking down Greengate ...

1900s
Installing Electric Cables in Market Square Stafford
Installing Electric Cables in Market Square Stafford

This photograph showing a large trench the high street was taken during the period ...

1920s
Albert Hall Theatre, Stafford,
Albert Hall Theatre, Stafford,

The Albert Cinema opened in May 1912 in a former rag and bone warehouse on Crabbery ...

1930s
Aerial View of Stafford,
Aerial View of Stafford,

View looking west over Eastgate Street, South Walls and North Walls.

1950s
Albert Hall Cinema, Interior, Stafford,
Albert Hall Cinema, Interior, Stafford,

The Albert Cinema opened in May 1912 in a former rag and bone warehouse on Crabbery ...

1990s
Demolition of St John's Market
Demolition of St John's Market

Demolition of St John's Market before the construction of the Guildhall Shopping ...

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Image courtesy of: Staffordshire County Records Office

Donor ref:County Record Office No., D4080/1/1, img: 1844 (18/2291)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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