Date:1685 - 1686 (c.)
Description: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 Old Town Hall building was built in 1586. In 1795 the present Shire Hall was built behind the Town Hall, so that once the old building was demolished the new one would face onto a large square. Stones taken from the Old Town Hall were used in the building of the Broad Eye windmill, erected in 1796.
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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. ...
Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, who retain copyright ...
View looking north-west from over South Walls and Eastgate Street. The River ...
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There has been a shire building in Stafford since the 1280s, used as a meeting place for the County ...
West view of Shire Hall, showing a late Elizabethan building with stocks and a whipping post in front ...
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Creators: M. Burghers (engraver) - Creator
Donor ref:G95.099.0001 (18/2026)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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