Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme

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Date:1876 - 1900 (c.)

Description:The stone building in the centre of this photograph was used at one time as the office of the Weights and Measures Inspector, and was demolished in 1926. Previously it had stood in the High Street, to the south of the Guildhall. St. Giles' church can be seen in the background, as it appears today.

An old coaching inn, the Three Tuns can be seen on the left here, and has long since been demolished. Wain's the Chemist is pictured in its familiar position at the top of Red Lion Square, after it had moved in the 1890s from the row of shops seen here on the left.


Timeline

The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.

1280s
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Trinity Fair Charter, Granted by King Edward I
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Trinity Fair Charter, Granted by King Edward I

This is Newcastle-under-Lyme’s oldest surviving charter. A charter is a formal ...

1800s
View from Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme looking south
View from Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme looking south

Watercolour by James Hulse of a view looking from Red Lion Square towards the High ...

1840s
Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A pencil and coloured wash by John Whessell. This drawing captures Red Lion Square ...

1870s
Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Advert for Rimmel's grocers, the building later became Wain's Chemist. St Giles' ...

1890s
The junction of Red Lion Square and  Merrial Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The junction of Red Lion Square and Merrial Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Taken in 1895 this photograph shows the shops that lined the junction between Red ...

1910s
The High Street,  Newcastle-under-Lyme, during a Zeppelin air raid
The High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, during a Zeppelin air raid

Sunset sky, lamps creating diffused light on a dim High Street through which the ...

1940s
Wedding Dress, worn by Lillian May Kettle, WW2
Wedding Dress, worn by Lillian May Kettle, WW2

This was worn by Lillian May Kettle when she married Ernest Kettle at St Giles' ...

1960s
Syd Perkin and Edna Duffield, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Syd Perkin and Edna Duffield, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Syd Perkin and Edna Duffield were dance partners who won both British and European ...

1980s
Sunshine and Showers, Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Sunshine and Showers, Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Painted by artist Alf Fallows in 1981 this watercolour depicts Red Lion Square in ...

2000s
Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Red Lion Square was once the centre of Newcastle-under-Lyme's trade, always distinguished ...

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Donor ref:PA 225 (22/4382)

Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme

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