Roof view from Stafford Gaol Tower

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Date:1926

Description:Family living in one of Stafford Gaol's three towers. The towers were built in the mid-nineteenth century as accommodation for prison warders and their families. During the housing shortage of the 1920s the Borough Council took over the towers for council housing. The prison was not occupied by offenders at this time.

The towers were demolished in 1953 when they were found to be unsafe.


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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
Stafford Gaol Tower
Stafford Gaol Tower

One of the three towers at Stafford Gaol. The towers were added in the mid- nineteenth ...

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:P80.001.0010 (18/610)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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