Date:31st of May 1934
Description:The original Guildhall was built in 1853. It housed the Borough Council, the courts and on the ground floor was a police station. By the 1930s a new police station was needed and one was constructed on the corner of Bath Street and Albion Place. The Guildhall was demolished in 1934 as part of the Borough Council's plans to improve Market Square. The new Guildhall was rebuilt further back from the square and the market was replaced by a shopping arcade. The timber framed building belonged to Woolworth's. Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, who retain copyright ownership.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
The Noah's Ark on Crabbery Street was originally built as a town house in the sixteenth ...
View of Brookfield and Window's on the corner of Market Square, looking down Greengate ...
Philip Shaw's milliners shop on Crabbery Street.
Fowke and Sons' chemists shop front on Market Square. This building is currently ...
This building on Market Square housed Elliot and Co. Gents Outfitters until c.1900, ...
Demolition of St John's Market before the construction of the Guildhall Shopping ...
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Image courtesy of: Staffordshire County Records Office
Donor ref:County Record Office No., D4080/1/1, img: 1844 (18/2291)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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