The Towers, Stafford Gaol,

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Date:1951

Description:A tower was built at each corner of the gaol in the mid-nineteenth century to provide living accommodation for prison warders, and would have afforded some supervision over the site. When the Crescent Block was enlarged in 1865, one of the towers was demolished and rebuilt next to the one on Crooked Bridge Road.

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
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:SAMS Acc. No., P87.111.149, img: 126 (18/688)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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