Date:1951
Description:A tower was built at each corner of the gaol in the mid-nineteenth century to provide living accommodation for prison warders, and would have afforded some supervision over the site. When the Crescent Block was enlarged in 1865, one of the towers was demolished and rebuilt next to the one on Crooked Bridge Road. The towers were demolished in 1953 when they were found to be unsafe.
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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:SAMS Acc. No., P87.111.149, img: 126 (18/688)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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