Date:1859
Description:Stafford possessed a market as early as 1206, when Edward the Elder passed a law stating that all buying and selling had to take place in a market town. On the left can be seen the Shire Hall, built in 1798. On the right is the Guildhall, demolished in 1935 and rebuilt further back from the square. The Russian gun was captured at Sabastopol during the Crimean War. It was later moved to Pitcher Bank and finally to Chester where it can still be seen in Grosvenor Park. The lady purchasing from the stall is believed to be Sarah Johnson, who lived in one of the almshouses on Mill Street.
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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 ...
The Elizabethan House was built on Gaolgate Street in the late Tudor period. The ...
William Booth (1829 - 1912), known as 'General Booth', founded the Christian Mission ...
Mayor William Thomas Richardson and Mayoress Emily Richardson of Stafford christening ...
One of the first banks to open outside London was Stevenson, Salt and Co. in 1737. ...
View looking north-west from over South Walls and Eastgate Street. The River ...
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Donor ref:G95.100.0001 (18/2020)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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