Market Square, Rugeley
On the right is the shop built in the mid-19th century for Harris & Sons Ironmongers.
Market Square, Rugeley
View of the Market Hall on the right and shops in the background.
Market Square, Stafford
A wintry scene of the Market Square with Boots Chemist shop and the bus stop in the background.
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
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
Buildings on the corner of Market Square and Gaolgate Street. The building to the left was built in 1960-61 and replaced Mummery's jewellers shop. At the time of this photograph it was occupied by the ...
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
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
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 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
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 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 ...