Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme

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Date:1840 - 1843 (c.)

Description:A pencil and coloured wash by John Whessell. This drawing captures Red Lion Square in about the early 1840s. The coaching inn, The Three Tuns, can be seen on the left hand side, which had occupied this building since the early 1790s. Unfortunately the building was demolished in the 1950s.

St. Giles' church can be seen in the background. At this time the church would have been that built in the Georgian style by William Smith, that was completed in 1721. In 1876 St. Giles was to be rebuilt in the Gothic revival style by Sir George Gilbert Scott, giving us the church which still stands today.


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
The Rutland, Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Rutland, Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A pen ink and coloured wash by John Whessell of the Rutland public house, Red Lion ...

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 ...

1920s
Cyril Bayley, 42 High street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Cyril Bayley, 42 High street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Cyril Bayley at work in the print shop of Bayley Brothers. Bayley's had been in ...

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' ...

1950s
Church Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Church Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Demolition of building formerly Moody's Saddler opposite St. Giles' Church.

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:PAC 44-88 (22/4576)

Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme

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