Date:1970
Description:Mercer's shop on the corner of Bridge Street and Mill Bank, established in 1910. In 1928 the council purchased Mercer's, along with various other buildings between the shop and the Coach and Horses public house, in order to widen Mill Bank (only part of Mercer's shop was demolished). During the demolition the lower courses of the old town walls were revealed; they are now under the road surface of the present Mill Bank. The business closed and the shop was demolished in about 1960, when the road was widened for the second time. To the right is Chetwynd House, which was Stafford's General Post Office between 1914 and 2007. The initials of William Chetwynd (1683?-1770), who had the house built in 1712-1715, can still be seen in the wrought-iron gateway. On the left is the Bath Hotel, more recently Seamus O' Donnell's Irish Bar and The Tavern.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
View from Green Bridge towards Chetwynd House. Mr Jenkinson, a baker and confectioner, ...
In the 1880s a thick bed of salt was discovered on Stafford Common, during the search ...
Lining the new pool with sheets of bitumen. In the 1880s a thick bed of salt ...
Chetwynd House was built around 1712-1715 by William Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd ...
On the left is Chetwynd House, built around 1712-1715 by William Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount ...
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Donor ref:P2000.022.0015 (18/3047)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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