Date:1926
Description:One of the three towers at Stafford Gaol. The towers were added in the mid- nineteenth century to provide accommodation for the warders and their families. The prison did not house offenders between 1920 to 1939 and, due to the housing shortage of the 1920s, the Borough Council rented out the towers as private housing. The towers were demolished in 1953 when they were found to be unsafe, probably due to brine pumping works underneath.
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A postcard view showing two of the towers at Stafford Gaol, on the corner of Gaol Road and Crooked Bridge ...
Head turnkey, Mr J. Chidley, and his family outside their home in the North Tower, Stafford Prison. ...
One of the three towers at Stafford Gaol. The towers were added in the mid- nineteenth century to provide ...
A tower was built at each corner of the gaol in the mid-nineteenth century to provide living accommodation ...
A view of the towers which stood on the corner of Crooked Bridge Road and Gaol Road. They were demolished ...
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Donor ref:P80.001.0009 (18/609)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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