Date:1948 - 1949 (c.)
Description:One of the first banks to open outside London was Stevenson, Salt and Co. in 1737. The bank was situated on Market Square in what became known as the Old Bank building. In 1866 the bank became part of Lloyds Bank; Lloyds TSB still use the Old Bank building to this day. The original sign is still visible.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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Donor ref:P98.011.0013 (18/2170)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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