Ruins after a Fire on Gaolgate Street, Stafford

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Date:1887

Description:The Elizabethan House was built on Gaolgate Street in the late Tudor period. At the time of the fire it was occupied by Mr. Cound, a draper.

The building was destroyed by fire in the early hours of 1st October 1887. The alarm was raised by a shoemaker, but it was too late to save the buildings. The shoemaker received 5s as a reward.

Mummery's jewellery shop (on the corner of Market Square) , Mr dawson's hairdressers, Miss Johnson's book shop and Boots the Chemist were also destroyed.

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Donor ref:P98.002.0011 (18/2176)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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