Date:1906
Description:Interior of the library on Market Square, prior to its move to Eastgate Street. William Salt was a banker and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, born in 1808. His home was in Weeping Cross. His widow, Helen, donated his collection of books, pamphlets, deeds, maps, and drawings to the county in 1868. The library was originally housed in Old Bank House on Market Square, donated by William's nephew, Thomas Salt, for this purpose. The library expanded through donations and larger premises were required. The collection moved to its current home on Eastgate Street in 1918.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
There has been a shire building in Stafford since the 1280s, used as a meeting place ...
Design for a new Shire Hall on Market Square. In 1790 a decision was made to ...
Stafford possessed a market as early as 1206, when Edward the Elder passed a law ...
Miniature studio portrait of Susy Macnaghten. She is wearing a ruched velvet ...
Rowland's were a well-known family firm in Stafford, owning a bakery and grocer's ...
At the end of the First World War, when the New Zealand Rifle Brigade left the military ...
View looking west over Eastgate Street, South Walls and North Walls.
These oriental figures date from the eighteenth century and topped the front a tea ...
Some commodities such as petrol, coal, food and drink are sold by weight, measure ...
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Image courtesy of: William Salt Library
Donor ref:William Salt Library No., Stafford 49B, img: 981 (18/1455)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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