Fire and Rescue Service, Stafford
Photograph shows a fire and rescue drill outside the Shire Hall in Stafford. Ambulance staff are lowering a patient onto a stretcher. A fire engine is in the background.
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Forebridge Lock-up, Stafford
The lock-up on Lichfield Road dates from the early eighteenth century. It was built from stone taken from the medieval St. John's Hospital and Chapel which once stood on this site.
Lock-ups were used ...
Forebridge Lock-up, Stafford,
The lock-up on Lichfield Road dates from the early eighteenth century. It was built from stone taken from the medieval St. John's Hospital and Chapel which once stood on this site.
Lock-ups were used ...
Gaol Road, Stafford
Looking north along Gaol Road from Gaol Square. The Gaol walls and gatehouse can be sen to the right. On the left is Boon's tobacconists
Postcard published by William Shaw of Burslem. Postmarked ...
Gaol Road, Stafford
View looking along Gaol Road towards Stafford town centre. HMP Stafford can be seen stretching along the road on the left. The original Victorian gatehouse - once a distinctive feature of this view and ...
Gate-house, Stafford Gaol
The gate-house stood on Gaol Road and contained the reception ward and a room for the warders. The roof of the gate-house was used as the place of execution until 1817, when new gallows were built on ...
Gate-house, Stafford Gaol,
The gate-house stood on Gaol Road and contained the reception ward and a room for the warders. The roof of the gate-house was used as the place of execution until 1817, when new gallows were built on ...
George V's Coronation Celebrations, Stafford
Photograph taken on Market Square.
The building is the Shire Hall. The letters on the building read 'Our Noble King'.
Gnosall Lock-up,
Gnosall village lock-up, Station Road, built in 1830. Lock-ups, often found in rural communities, were a convenient place to detain vagrants and local drunks.
Only three lock-ups survive in the county, ...
Gnosall Village and Lock-up,
Gnosall village lock-up, Station Road, built in 1830. Lock-ups, often found in rural communities, were a convenient place to detain vagrants and local drunks.
Only three lock-ups survive in the county, ...
Governor of Stafford Gaol
Major William Fulford R.A. was appointed governor of Stafford Gaol on 15 October 1849. He served at the prison until his death in 1886, making him the longest serving governor.
The governor at this ...
Governor's House and Gardens, Stafford Gaol
Major William Fulford and his family in the gardens of their living quarters. Major Fulford was governor of Stafford Gaol from 1849 until his death in 1886.
This is now (2024) the entrance to the prison ...
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 ...
High Street and Lock-up, Gnosall
A postcard view of a winter scene in Gnosall, with the village lock-up on the left on Station Road. The lock-up was built in 1830. Lock-ups, often found in rural communities, were a convenient place ...
Horticultural Show, Shire Hall, Stafford
Displays at a horticultural show held in the Great Hall at the Shire Hall, Market Square, Stafford.
Featured is James A. Heap's display of chrysanthemums. He was tenant at Shugborough Walled Garden ...
Insolvent Debtors' Yard, Stafford Gaol,
Imprisonment for debt was abolished in 1870.
Debtors were allowed privileges such as being allowed to read or talk and were segregated from the other prisoners.
Keeper's Court, Stafford Gaol,
Keepers court was situated in the centre of the prison buildings.
Knight’s Solicitors, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Knight’s Solicitors were founded in 1759 and were based on the Ironmarket until mid-1990s. The solicitors moved to bigger premises in the Brampton area of Newcastle-under-Lyme. At the time of writing ...