Date:1940 - 1950 (c.)
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. In 1927 the Borough Council removed the remaining stalls and turned the square into a car park. The Jubilee Fountain was removed in 1934 to provide extra space for cars. The car park remained until 1953 when it was replaced by flower beds to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation. On the left is Mummery's jewellers shop, on the corner of Market Square and Goalgate Street. The building was demolished in the late 1950s or early 1960s and replaced by a modern building, currently occupied by the Alliance and Leicester Building Society. In the centre, built in lighter stone, is the National Provincial Bank, now Pizza Express. On the right is Lloyd's Bank, formerly Stafford Old Bank. Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, who retain copyright ownership.
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 ...
Royal Mail van believed to be the first motor driven mail van in Stafford. The ...
The Guildhall on Market Square was designed by Charles Trubshaw and built in 1853. ...
Mummery's was located on the corner of Market Square and Gaolgate Street. The building ...
View looking north-west from over South Walls and Eastgate Street. The River ...
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Image courtesy of: Staffordshire County Records Office
Donor ref:County Record Office No., D4080/16/30, img: 155 (18/716)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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