View of Stafford from Newport Road,

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Date:1902 - 1903 (c.)

Description:The area in the foreground, between Izaak Walton Walk and the railway station, was marshy and liable to flooding. In 1903 the Corporation bought the land and raised its level by three feet. The area was then laid out as Victoria Park, opening on 15 June 1908.

The church on the horizon is St. Mary's. On the far right is the town mill, demolished in 1957; the land became part of Victoria Park and the mill wheels are still preserved where they stood.

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


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1880s
View of Stafford from Newport Road,
View of Stafford from Newport Road,

View from Newport Road, possibly from the Grammar School sports field, towards ...

1920s
Group outside the Horse and Jockey Public House, Stafford
Group outside the Horse and Jockey Public House, Stafford

British legion group at the rear of the Horse and Jockey public house in Tenterbanks, ...

1970s
Glasshouse, Victoria Park, Stafford,
Glasshouse, Victoria Park, Stafford,

Interior of the Glasshouse which stands in Victoria Park, by Mill Bank.

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Image courtesy of: Staffordshire County Records Office

Donor ref:County Record Office No., D4080/12/78, img: 1937 (18/2382)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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