High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

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Date:1860

Description:Taken in 1860 this photograph shows the west side of the High Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The County Tea Warehouse is in the centre of the picture with its well stocked window. There are two Roberts' shops in the picture one to the far left and another second in from the right. Stanway's is to the far right of the picture where a man stands outside leaning on a handcart. The picture also shows the alleyways that led to the yards behind the shops where the loading and unloading of goods would have taken place.


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 ...

1340s
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Medieval Confirmation of the Gild Merchant Charters
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Medieval Confirmation of the Gild Merchant Charters

Newcastle was granted a ‘Gild Merchant Charter’ by King Henry III in 1235. A charter ...

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 ...

1830s
View of the High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
View of the High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This oil painting by James Hulse c. 1839 shows the High Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme. ...

1870s
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This very early photograph captures the scene as a horse and cart waits on the cobbles ...

1890s
Newcastle Cycling Club, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle Cycling Club, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Photogragh of the Newcastle Cycling Club with penny-farthing bicycles.

1910s
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This view of Newcastle-under-Lyme town centre from the bottom of the High Street ...

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

Alderman Robert Beresford is pictured here during his Mayoral year, standing outside ...

1950s
Old Bull's Head Inn, Lad Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Old Bull's Head Inn, Lad Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Photograph of the Old Bull's Head Inn in Lad Lane. The core of the pub is believed ...

1960s
Lad Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Lad Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Watercolour streetscene depicting the road sign for Lad Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme. ...

1990s
Laura Ashley's, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Laura Ashley's, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Watercolour by Alston Emery in 1991 showing the frontage of the Laura Ashley shop, ...

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Donor ref:PA 449 (22/23373)

Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme

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