Market Place, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

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Date:1890 - 1900 (c.)

Description:This photograph was taken before 1900, when the trams were introduced to Newcastle, and tram lines ran down High Street. Traders are shown here selling their wares from carts on the ancient market.

The tall building pictured on the left is the covered market hall, which was built in 1854, in order to supplement the portable street markets that took place outside, and was demolished in 1961. This site was the entrance to the Warner Brothers cinema in 2002. The building to the right of the Market Hall was once the Market Inn and was taken over by Woolworths, who were still trading in the new building they built on the site in 2002.

The origin of the name of the Market, the 'Stones', is due to the cobbled nature of the surface of the road, clearly seen here.


Timeline

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

1770s
Miniature of Dr Blest Hadderton, Mayor of Newcastle, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Miniature of Dr Blest Hadderton, Mayor of Newcastle, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Blest Hadderton began his practice as a doctor in the 1700s on the High Street and ...

1840s
The Mock Mayor, of Newcastle-under-Lyme by Robert William Buss
The Mock Mayor, of Newcastle-under-Lyme by Robert William Buss

The Mock Mayor by Robert William Buss (1804-1875), oil on canvas,1844. Scene ...

1860s
Ralph Mosley, Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme
Ralph Mosley, Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme

Ralph Mosley was Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1866 to 1887. He owned a draper’s ...

1880s
Fanny Deakin, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Fanny Deakin, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Fanny Deakin was a Labour then Communist councillor for Newcastle-under-Lyme. She ...

1900s
Wakes, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Wakes, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The busy market merges with the fair ground rides in this scene of a Wakes in Newcastle. ...

1920s
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The tram lines visible in the centre of this photograph give the date of pre 1928, ...

1950s
Castle Hotel, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Castle Hotel, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Castle Hotel opened in around 1820 and was a popular coaching stop for traffic ...

1970s
Bank House, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Bank House, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This photograph shows the site of Old Bank House in Newcastle town centre. The house ...

2000s
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This is the Newcastle-under-Lyme High Street in 2001. The Woolworths Group collapsed ...

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Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme

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