Laura Ashley's, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

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Date:1990 - 1991 (c.)

Description:Watercolour by Alston Emery in 1991 showing the frontage of the Laura Ashley shop, formerly Mellard's the Ironmongers, on the High Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme.


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1280s
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Trinity Fair Charter, Granted by King Edward I
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Trinity Fair Charter, Granted by King Edward I

This is Newcastle-under-Lyme’s oldest surviving charter. A charter is a formal ...

1340s
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Medieval Confirmation of the Gild Merchant Charters
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Medieval Confirmation of the Gild Merchant Charters

Newcastle was granted a ‘Gild Merchant Charter’ by King Henry III in 1235. A charter ...

1590s
Queen Elizabeth I Charter of Incorporation, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Queen Elizabeth I Charter of Incorporation, Newcastle-under-Lyme

During the Medieval and Tudor periods many towns received a Charter of Incorporation. A ...

1660s
King Charles II Charter of Extended Rights, Newcastle-under-Lyme
King Charles II Charter of Extended Rights, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Parliamentarians executed King Charles I in 1649. England had no king and became ...

1680s
King James II Charter of Extended Rights, Newcastle-under-Lyme
King James II Charter of Extended Rights, Newcastle-under-Lyme

In 1684 King Charles II forced Newcastle to surrender all its charters. Charters ...

1800s
One Guinea Bank Note, Newcastle-under-Lyme
One Guinea Bank Note, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A Newcastle-under-Lyme bank note for one guinea (£1 and 1 shilling). Banks used ...

1830s
Borough Charter of Queen Victoria, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Borough Charter of Queen Victoria, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Municipal Corporations Act, 1835 regulated local authorities. Before the act ...

1860s
William Cartwright, Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme
William Cartwright, Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme

William Cartwright was Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme 1860-1861. A studio head ...

1870s
John Gallimore, Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme
John Gallimore, Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme

John Gallimore, wearing robes and chains of office. Gallimore was Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme ...

1890s
Mayor Choosing Ceremony for Francis Stanier, Market Cross, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Mayor Choosing Ceremony for Francis Stanier, Market Cross, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Mayor Choosing Ceremony of 1896 saw Francis Stanier elected as Mayor Newcastle-under-Lyme ...

1910s
The High Street,  Newcastle-under-Lyme, during a Zeppelin air raid
The High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, during a Zeppelin air raid

Sunset sky, lamps creating diffused light on a dim High Street through which the ...

1930s
Police station, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Police station, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Police station opened in 1834, for Newcastle's first police constable, and was ...

1950s
Mayor Choosing Ceremony for Edward Bond, Market Cross, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Mayor Choosing Ceremony for Edward Bond, Market Cross, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Mayor Choosing ceremony is a tradition in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The newly ...

1960s
Sunday Morning, The Castle Hotel, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Sunday Morning, The Castle Hotel, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This view of The Castle Hotel that stood on the High Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme ...

1990s
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A nostalgic wintery watercolour by artist Alf Fallows painted c2001 depicting the ...

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Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme

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