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Construction Site for Stafford Borough Council Offices, Riverside, Stafford

This view of the site of the former Royal Brine Baths shows the ground is being prepared for the construction of the new Stafford Borough Council Offices. Just below the building site the road is South ...

German Gypsies at Leek Horse Fair, Smithfield Market, Leek

The annual Leek horse and hiring fair used to take place in October every year, and usually just attracted locals from the Moorlands and North Staffordshire area. The German Gypsies attracted a lot of ...

Greengate Street, Stafford,

Note the cattle tethered by the Swan Hotel, whose sign can be seen clearly in the centre of the photograph. This could possibly be a weekly Saturday market. Shaw's House and the High House can be ...

Guildhall, Stafford,

The Guildhall on Market Square was designed by Charles Trubshaw and built in 1853. It housed the Borough Council, the courts and on the ground floor was a police station. The entrance to the market ...

Horse fair, Eastgate Street, Stafford

Lantern slide view of a horse fair taking place on Eastgate Street, Stafford. The horse fair took place twice a year. On the right is the White Hart Hotel, licencee W.J. Wright. On the left is the extension ...

Horse Fair, Pitcher Bank, Stafford,

A general market, crockery market and horse and cattle fairs were held in Pitcher Bank, at the junction of Eastgate and Tipping Streets, on statuary days.

Horse Sale at the Crown Hotel, Stone

The Crown Hotel on High Street was damaged by fire in 1778. The new building was designed by Henry Holland in 1780. The inn was a stop for stage coaches from London, Manchester and Birmingham; there ...

Hulme End Sheep Sale

Hulme End sheep sale was held in the autumn of each year. The last one was held in 1997.

Hulme End Sheep Sale

Hulme End sheep sale was held in the autumn of each year. The last one was held in 1997.

Judging Friesian cows, Uttoxeter

Judging Friesian cows at the British Friesian Show and Sale held at W.S. Bagshaw & Sons auctioneers, Uttoxeter, as potential buyers study the livestock for sale. On the right can be seen the White Hart ...

Livestock Market, Uttoxeter

Farmers, auctioneers and sheep at Uttoxeter livestock market. The livestock market closed in 2001 at the time of the Foot and Mouth outbreak, and the buildings were demolished in 2006 and the site ...

Market Square from the South, Stafford,

Stafford possessed a market as early as 1206, when Edward the Elder passed a law stating that all buying and selling had to take place in a market town. On the right can be seen the Shire Hall, built ...

Market Stall, Uttoxeter

A stall at Uttoxeter market with giant ox cabbages. On the left is Mr R. Webster, farmer and horticulturalist of Creighton, near Stramshall, who grew them. Photograph by Gerald McCann of High Street, ...

May Fair and Cattle Market, Stafford,

Annual fairs had two sides - trade and pleasure. People would travel from a wide area to visit the fairs, which often filled the town's main streets. Henry III granted Stafford's first annual fair in ...

Penkridge Livestock auction

Prize winning cattle, Uttoxeter

Four prize winning cows belonging to Mr Isaac Cartwright pictured with stockmen in yard, onlookers behind. At the Uttoxeter Fatstock Show. Photographer: Gerald McCann of Uttoxeter

Rugeley Cattle Market and Sale Yard

The Cattle Market and Sale Yard pictured after it closed, but before the site was cleared for the supermarket and car park which now occupis the site. The area is at the rear of the Shrewsbury Arms on ...

Sheep sale, Smithfields Market, Uttoxeter

The livestock market closed in 2001 at the time of the Foot and Mouth outbreak, and the buildings were demolished in 2006 and the site redeveloped.