Date:1907
Description:Stafford had held a weekly market since the Middle Ages. In 1853 a covered market opened behind the new Guildhall, but some stalls continued to trade from the Market Square. On the right is the Shire Hall. 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 present building, designed by John Harvey and erected between 1795 - 98, is the third of its kind on approximately the same site. Building began behind the old Shire Hall so that once the old building was demolished the new one would face onto a large square. The Shire Hall was vacated by the Crown Court in 1991 and the hall was restored for use as an art gallery. The rear of the building is now the public library, which moved from The Green in 1999. To the left is the Jubilee Fountain, erected in 1887 to mark Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. It was demolished in 1934. To the right of the Jubilee Fountain is the National Provincial Bank, now Pizza Express. Behind the street lamp is Lloyd's Bank, formerly Stafford Old Bank.
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 ...
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 ...
View looking west over Eastgate Street, South Walls and North Walls.
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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Image courtesy of: Brampton Museum & Art Gallery, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Donor ref:Borough Museum No., Ref/Sta/5/P27/310, img: 2810 (18/3184)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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