Date:1685 - 1686 (c.)
Description:There has been a shire building in Stafford since the 1280s, used as a meeting place for the County Court and later for other civic meetings. The Old Town Hall building was built in 1586. In 1795 the present Shire Hall was built behind the Town Hall, so that once the old building was demolished the new one would face onto a large square. Stones taken from the Old Town Hall were used in the building of the Broad Eye windmill, erected in 1796.
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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 ...
Alderman John Marson was Mayor of Stafford in 1848. John Marson also established ...
Miniature studio portrait of Susy Macnaghten. She is wearing a ruched velvet ...
On the right can be seen the Jubilee Fountain, erected on the Market Square in 1887 ...
At the end of the First World War, when the New Zealand Rifle Brigade left the military ...
Stafford had held a weekly market since the Middle Ages. In 1853 a covered market ...
The Market Square was laid out with flower beds, trees and seating in 1953 to celebrate ...
Some commodities such as petrol, coal, food and drink are sold by weight, measure ...
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There has been a shire building in Stafford since the 1280s, used as a meeting place for the County ...
West view of Shire Hall, showing a late Elizabethan building with stocks and a whipping post in front ...
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Creators: M. Burghers (engraver) - Creator
Donor ref:G95.099.0001 (18/2026)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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