Market Square, Stafford
The flower gardens and bus stop in the Market Square, Stafford.
Market Square, Stafford
This view was taken looking north across the Market Square towards Gaolgate Street in Stafford. In the centre the single-decker bus belongs to Ipswich Borough Transport and it is an East Lancashire bodied ...
Market Square, Stafford
Pictured is one of several Midland Red mini-buses that provided a bus service around the Stafford area for some years. The destination for this mini-bus is Highfields Farm Estate in Stafford. Later in ...
Market Square, Stafford
There has been a Shire building in Stafford since the 1280s, used as a meeting place for the County Court and later for other civic meetings.
The present building, designed by John Harvey and erected ...
Market Square, Stafford
This view was taken looking north across the Market Square bus shelter towards Gaolgate Street in Stafford.
The Market Square was laid out with flower beds, trees and seating in 1953 to celebrate ...
Market Square, Stafford
View from the Market Square across towards Martin Street.
In 1743 George Boulton, a draper, opened a shop on Market Square. By the 1860s the shop was known as Brookfield and Windows.
In the 1880s ...
Market Square, Stafford
Postcard published by Wyndham & Co., Acton, Middlesex. Postmarked 22 July 1904.
Market Square, Stafford
A colour-tinted postcard view of Market Square taken from the end of Gaolgate Street. The Shire Hall, built in 1795-1798 by John Harvey dominates the square. On the immediate left can be seen the spectacles ...
Market Square, Stafford
This view was taken in 1990 looking north from the Market Square towards Gaolgate Street in Stafford. Later in 1992, as part of the pedestrianisation of the town centre the A34 was re-routed around the ...
Market Square, Stafford
A postcard view of Market Square looking towards Gaolgate Street. On the corner of the Square is Mummery's jewellers and opticians shop, since demolished and the site now (2018) occupied by Santander ...
Market Square, 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 left can be seen the Shire Hall, built ...
Market Square, Stafford,
The building with the balcony is the Guildhall, 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 ...
Market Square, Stafford,
Stafford had held a weekly market since the Middle Ages. In 1853 a covered market opened behind the new Guildhall, but some stalls continued to trade from the Market Square.
In 1927 the Borough Council ...
Market Square, Stafford,
The Market Square was laid out with flower beds, trees and seating in 1953 to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. In 1992, as part of the pedestrianisation of the town centre, the bus shelter ...
Market Street, Hednesford
Postcard view taken from the bottom of Church Hill. The shop in the right foreground was George Blagg and Son, Ironmongers since the 1870s, which finally closed its doors in 2003. It had a yard and warehouse ...
Market Street, Hednesford
Looking south-east along Market street, Hednesford. This Valentine's Series postcard photograph has been coloured by the 'Crystoleum' process with an added picture frame effect. Note the wrought iron ...
Market Street, Hednesford
A postcard view of Market Street, Hednesford with the Co-operative store on the immediate left with an upright electrical washing machine on display in the window. Next door is Andrew's shop which usually ...
Market Street, Hednesford
View of the top of Market Street, looking down the hill. Shoppers are standing outside the butcher's shop, and on the near left, the iron monger's canopy with drainpipe and wrought iron decoration can ...