Stafford Gaol Tower

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Date:1926

Description:One of the three towers at Stafford Gaol. The towers were added in the mid- nineteenth century to provide accommodation for the warders and their families. The prison did not house offenders between 1920 to 1939 and, due to the housing shortage of the 1920s, the Borough Council rented out the towers as private housing.

The towers were demolished in 1953 when they were found to be unsafe, probably due to brine pumping works underneath.


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1900s
Duke of Wellington Public House, Stafford,
Duke of Wellington Public House, Stafford,

The Duke of Wellington Public House on Gaol Road. The landlord, Mr Scarrott, ...

1920s
Roof view from Stafford Gaol Tower
Roof view from Stafford Gaol Tower

Family living in one of Stafford Gaol's three towers. The towers were built in ...

1950s
Stafford Prison and Gaol Road
Stafford Prison and Gaol Road

The outer wall and twin towers of Stafford Gaol, which were demolished in 1952 in ...

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Donor ref:P80.001.0009 (18/609)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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