Stafford - Shire Hall: copper-plate engraving

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Date:1686

Description:West view of Shire Hall, showing a late Elizabethan building with stocks and a whipping post in front of a colonnade of six arches with Ionic details. Above, are six nine-paned windows, and a balustraded roof. There is a sundial on the front. 'To the Worsp'fl SAMUEL SANDERS of CALDWELL in DERBYSHIRE Esq., but native of STAFFORDSHIRE This 31 table shewing the front of the TOWNE HALL of STAFFORD with all imaginable respect is humbly dedicated R.P.L.L.D.'

Engraved by Micchael Burghers for Robert Plot's 'Natural History of Staffordshire', first published in 1686.


Timeline

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1790s
Proposed Design for Stafford's Shire Hall,
Proposed Design for Stafford's Shire Hall,

Design for a new Shire Hall on Market Square. In 1790 a decision was made to ...

1840s
Market Square from the South, Stafford,
Market Square from the South, Stafford,

Stafford possessed a market as early as 1206, when Edward the Elder passed a law ...

1860s
Harry Bostock, Stafford,
Harry Bostock, Stafford,

1880s
Elizabethan House, Stafford,
Elizabethan House, Stafford,

The Elizabethan House was built on Gaolgate Street in the late Tudor period. The ...

1900s
Studio Portrait of a Boy and Girl, Stafford,
Studio Portrait of a Boy and Girl, Stafford,

Studio portrait of Ernest Haywood and his sister.

1920s
Doll Pageant Entry, Stafford,
Doll Pageant Entry, Stafford,

Gladys Holt with her pageant entry 'Dolls' Mannequin Parade'. The annual procession ...

1940s
Scout Group, Stafford,
Scout Group, Stafford,

1970s
Morris Dancers, Market Square, Stafford,
Morris Dancers, Market Square, Stafford,

Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, who retain copyright ...

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Donor ref:SV-IX.98a (45/8616)

Source: William Salt Library

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