Penkridge Police Station
The police station in the photograph stands on Bellbrook, at its junction with Cannock Road which was built in 1858, originally as a savings bank. By the 1880s it was in use as a police station, which ...
Police Barracks, Park Street, Stafford
The original police barracks were at the back of the Guildhall on Market Square. These were demolished in 1867 to make way for the covered market.
The military barracks on Friar's Terrace became vacant ...
Police Station, Cheadle
The Police Station at no. 51, High Street , Cheadle was built as Lulworth House in 1867 as the residence of Dr Henry Langley Webb. The Police took over the property in 1915.
Police Station, Eastgate Street, Stafford
A plaque commemorating Izaak Walton's reputed birthplace is mounted on the wall to the left of the entrance to the Police Station on Eastgate Street, Stafford. This building dates from around 1977, the ...
Police Station, Stone
This postcard view, postmarked, 3 September 1912, possibly shows the Police Station in Stone when it was sited on Newcastle Street. The Police Station moved to its current site on Radford Street in 1912. ...
Police Station, Sutherland Road, Longton
Glover's brewery was on this Sutherland Road site originally, until Joules of Stone bought them out in 1903. The police purchased the brewery from Joules, demolished it, and built this building. Longton ...
Policeman and family, Newborough
Police Constable Joseph Eastbury with his family and pet dog outside the village Police House in Newborough.
Born around 1879, Joseph Eastbury married Beatrice Davies at Leigh, Staffrdshire in 1905. ...
Postcard view of West End, Pattingham
The house in the distance is the original Police House which had a small cell on the left hand side.
The pair of semi-detached houses on the right are typical of the Dartmouth style.
Prison Warden and Family, Stafford Gaol
Head turnkey, Mr J. Chidley, and his family outside their home in the North Tower, Stafford Prison. The railings on the left separates the garden from the exercise yard.
The towers were built in ...
Prisoners Returning from Labour, Stafford Gaol
Labour in Victorian prisons could consist of stone-breaking, pin-heading, oakum picking (untwisting lengths of old tarred rope) and working on the treadwheels.
Here prisoners are returning from labour ...
Proposed Design for Stafford's Shire Hall,
Design for a new Shire Hall on Market Square.
In 1790 a decision was made to replace the old Elizabethan Shire Hall, which was in a poor state of repair. Several plans were submitted including ones ...
Proposed refurbishment of Shire Hall, Stafford
Watercolour print of the proposed interior refurbishment of Shire Hall, Stafford. An architect's colour watercolour with figures. Titled below centre and right: "Shire Hall, Stafford/ Proposed interior ...
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, Stafford,
The Diamond Jubilee celebrations lasted three days. Jubilee Day was a public holiday and two oxen, donated by the Meakins of Creswell Hall, were roasted on Market Square. Children sang the National ...
Rear View of the Municipal Hall, Merrial Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is taken from Merrial Street.
In the foreground is the site of the Police Station (which closed in 2012) just prior to building work.
Reception Ward, Stafford Gaol
The reception ward was located in the gate-house (now demolished). This was where new prisoners arrived and were examined. The reception ward contained a warm and cold bath and an oven to fumigate clothing.
Here ...
Roof view from Stafford Gaol Tower
Family living in one of Stafford Gaol's three towers. The towers were built in the mid-nineteenth century as accommodation for prison warders and their families. During the housing shortage of the 1920s ...
Shire Hall and 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 ...
Shire Hall, Stafford
Watercolour painting by Catherine Brennand.
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 ...