Date:1895 - 1905 (c.)
Description:Taken at the rear of Major-General Thomas Harrison's Birthplace. Thomas Harrison was born in 1606 and became one of the countries leading army officers. He had a close relationship with Oliver Cromwell and was closely involved in bringing about the execution of King Charles I, being one of the signatories on his death warrant. Harrison was an important figure in the Fifth Monarchy movement, which was a radical group that believed after the fall of the fourth monarchy there would be a final golden age and that it was their duty to try and speed up its arrival. The Fifth Monarchists believed that when the golden age arrived taxes, tithes and rents would be abandoned and there would be health and prosperity for all. After the restoration of the Monarchy, King Charles II came to the throne, and Harrison was one of the regicides who were tried, found guilty and then hung, drawn and quartered. One story relates that Thomas Harrison's remains were eventually brought back to Newcastle-under-Lyme and secretly buried in the churchyard of the Parish Church of St. Giles.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
Watercolour by James Hulse of a view looking from Red Lion Square towards the High ...
A pen ink and coloured wash by John Whessell of the Rutland public house, Red Lion ...
This very early photograph captures the scene as a horse and cart waits on the cobbles ...
Photogragh of the Newcastle Cycling Club with penny-farthing bicycles.
General view from Penkhull Street. At the time of this photograph these buildings ...
Taken looking North along the High Street this photgraph takes in a 1930s street ...
Photograph of the Old Bull's Head Inn in Lad Lane. The core of the pub is believed ...
Watercolour streetscene depicting the road sign for Lad Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme. ...
Watercolour by Alston Emery in 1991 showing the frontage of the Laura Ashley shop, ...
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Donor ref:PA1297 (22/4586)
Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme
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