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The Borough of Stafford is a local government district with borough status in Staffordshire, England. It is named after Stafford , its largest town, which is where the council is based. The borough also includes the towns of Stone and Eccleshall , as well as numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.
The borough hall continued to serve as the main offices of the borough council for much of the 20th century and became the main offices of the enlarged Stafford Borough Council when it was formed in 1972, which also used the offices of the former Stafford Rural District council in Newport Road and held its meetings at the Guildhall.
The listed buildings in this area include churches with memorials in the churchyards and other related structures, houses and associated structures, buildings forming part of HM Prison Stafford, a former windmill, a road bridge, a former public house, the remains of Stafford Castle, a former hospital, schools, a former library, a boundary post ...
Stafford CC versus the MCC in their Centenary Year 1964. The town has two rugby union clubs, [70] though again they do not play at a high level. There is a local hockey club [71] with eight adult teams. Stafford Post Office Rifle and Pistol Club is a Home Office approved rifle club founded in 1956. [72]
Shugborough Park, Colwich, Stafford: Courtyard: 1803-1806: 12 December 1977: 1273324: Upload Photo: Temple of the Winds at Shugborough Hall to North East of the House Colwich, Stafford: Garden Temple: 18th century
In the 19th century the Shire Hall in Market Square became well established as the venue for judicial meetings and civic functions in the county. [2] Following the implementation of the Local Government Act 1888, which established county councils in every county, there was a need to find offices and a meeting place for Staffordshire County Council. [3]
The council has its main offices at Staffordshire Place, a modern office building on Tipping Street in Stafford. [27] The building was purpose-built for the council in 2011. [28] [29] When the county council was first created in 1889 it met at the Shire Hall in the Market Place in Stafford, which had been completed in 1798. [30]
The Shire Hall is a public building in Stafford, England, completed in 1798 to a design by John Harvey. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Formerly a courthouse , it housed an art gallery which closed to the public in July 2017.