Date:December 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. In the background can be seen the tower of the Wesleyan Church on Chapel Street, and the Chell Road gasometer. Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, who retain copyright ownership.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
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The Elizabethan House was built on Gaolgate Street in the late Tudor period. The ...
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Mayor William Thomas Richardson and Mayoress Emily Richardson of Stafford christening ...
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View looking north-west from over South Walls and Eastgate Street. The River ...
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Image courtesy of: Staffordshire County Records Office
Donor ref:County Record Office No., D4080/1/7, img: 1848 (18/2295)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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