Post Office & former Egg Market, Alstonefield
The building on the right was formerly used as an egg market. It was held every Wednesday. In the first half of the 20th century, eggs would be sold to Herbert Austin, the egg factor, who would take ...
Proposed design for Town Hall, Stafford
A watercolour painting of a design for a new Town Hall for Stafford by John Nash, with figures by Thomas Rowlandson.
In 1790 a decision was made to replace the old Elizabethan Shire Hall, which was ...
Queen's Theatre, Wedgwood Place, Burslem.
The open space was the site of the former meat market in Burslem. Situated next to the town hall the meat market was built around 1850 for the sale of fresh meat. Behind the market was the Police station, ...
Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A pencil and coloured wash by John Whessell. This drawing captures Red Lion Square in about the early 1840s. The coaching inn, The Three Tuns, can be seen on the left hand side, which had occupied this ...
Resolutions of a meeting of the inhabitants of Lane End - from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
In 1795 the people of Lane End had reached the end of their tether over suspicions that they were being ripped off.
Disputes arose at market as some dishonest traders knowingly used false weights and ...
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 ...
Rugeley Indoor Market
A postcard view of Rugeley indoor market in the now demolished Town Hall. Only the clock tower remains. It shows John Moorcroft at his fruit and vegetable stall. Previously the family had a fruit and ...
Rugeley Market
A Rugeley Times photograph (courtesy of the Birmingham Post).
Rugeley Town Hall and Market Hall
Built on the site of the Shoulder of Mutton Inn, the Town Hall and Market Hall were built in 1878-79 and the architect was W. Tadman Foulkes. The tower remains, the rest having being demolished in 1978.
The ...
Rugeley Town: pen and ink drawing
Showing a street scene with a half-timbered barber's shop on the right, an 18th century public house on the left, and a Hall on arches with a lantern, at the far end of the street. Artist: 'J. Allport, ...
Salute the Soldier Parade, Uttoxeter
British and U.S. Army personnel standing at ease in the Market Place, Uttoxeter. This parade was part of the Salute the Soldier week, which was to raise money for the war effort. In all around £336,979 ...
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.
Smithfield Cattle Market, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Mr Tom Henderson selling sheep at the Smithfield Cattle Market, which was off Friars Street. The market was opened in 1871. Prior to that, livestock sales took place in the town centre. The market closed ...
Smithfield Cattle Market, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Mr Bert Heywood, auctioneer, selling pigs at the Smithfield Cattle Market, which was off Friars Street. The market was opened in 1871. Prior to that, livestock sales took place in the town centre. The ...
Smithfield Cattle Market, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Mr Edwin Heywood selling cattle at the Smithfield Cattle Market, which was off Friars Street. The market was opened in 1871. Prior to that, livestock sales took place in the town centre. The market closed ...
Smithfield cattle market, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Located off Friars' Street the market was built in 1871 to replace the medieval animal market that had been held actually in the town centre. The market was closed in the early 1990's and Safeway supermarket ...
Smithfield Market, Eccleshall,
The auction yard is now the site of Market Fields housing estate.
St John's Market, Stafford,
Entrance to St. John's Market on Crabbery Street.