Date:1973
Description:A group of people in period costume handing out newspapers advertising Octocentenary events on the High Street. In 1973 Newcastle celebrated its octocentenary, to mark the 800th anniversary of the granting of the charter, which gave Newcastle Borough status.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
Newcastle was granted a ‘Gild Merchant Charter’ by King Henry III in 1235. A charter ...
During the Medieval and Tudor periods many towns received a Charter of Incorporation. A ...
Parliamentarians executed King Charles I in 1649. England had no king and became ...
In 1684 King Charles II forced Newcastle to surrender all its charters. Charters ...
Oil on board depicting cartoon detail of images that were considered by the artist ...
These maps were surveyed in 1851 by the Ordnance Survey Department in accordance ...
John Williams wearing ceremonial robes and chains of office, carrying a ceremonial ...
This photograph was taken before 1900, when the trams were introduced to Newcastle, ...
The Police station opened in 1834, for Newcastle's first police constable, and was ...
Tarmac being used in the town for the first time.
The Mayor Choosing ceremony is a tradition in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The newly ...
A view of the High Street in the 1970s. Traffic is still going through the town ...
Watercolour signed by Alf Fallows and dated 1995 depicting the Guildhall clock and ...
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Donor ref:PA 1523 (22/26528)
Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme
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