Market Square, Stafford
The flower gardens and bus stop in the Market Square, Stafford.
Market Square, Stafford
A view of the Market Square taken from the end of Greengate Street. On the right is the building built as Brookfield's department store in the 1880s. Brookfield's closed in 1909 and the building was ...
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
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
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.
On the right is the Shire ...
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 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 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,
View of Market Square looking towards Bank Passage. Mummery's jewellers shop is on the left, the National Provincial Bank (now Pizza Express) in the centre.
Market Square, Stafford,
An unknown event in Market Square and Greengate Street. To the right can be seen Boots the Chemist, Aston and Son furniture shop and the Guildhall.
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,
On the right can be seen the Jubilee Fountain, erected on the Market Square in 1887 to mark Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
In 1927 the Borough Council turned the square into a car park; the Jubilee ...
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 Stall, Market Square, Tamworth
A market stall located behind the Town Hall, at the bottom end of George Street where it joins with Market Street. Mr J.H. Johnson, the proprietor of the market stall, selling buttons, ribbons, and laces, ...
Market Street and Market Place, Rugeley,
Market Street and Market Place with the original Town Hall in the centre of the view.
Market Street, Hednesford
Looking towards the railway bridge with Anglesey Street to the left and Victoria Street to the right. Note the L.R.W.R. motor-bus, one of three purchased in 1913 but requisitioned for Army use during ...
Market Street, Hednesford
A fine view of Market Street, Hednesford, looking towards the bridge over the railway with its booking hall on its right side. The covered stairway leading down to the platforms can be seen.
The postcard ...