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The main part of the Stafford urban area, roughly corresponding to the pre-1974 borough, is an unparished area. Nearly half the modern borough's population lives in this area. [39] The rest of the borough is divided into civil parishes. The parish council for Stone has declared that parish to be a town, allowing it to take the style "town council".
The town had a population of 71,673 in 2021, [1] and is the main settlement within the larger Borough of Stafford, which had a population of 136,837 in 2021. [2] Stafford has Anglo-Saxon roots, being founded in 913, when Æthelflæd, Lady of Mercia founded a defensive burh, it became the county town of Staffordshire soon after. Stafford became ...
Hay Barn and Cottages to the West of White Barn Farm Shugborough Estate, Colwich, Stafford: House: Early 19th century: 21 October 1988: 1258843: Upload Photo
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 Mayor of Stafford, C. W. Miller, laid the foundation stone on 19 February 1913, and the library opened in 1914. There was a lending and reference library, and a reading room. It also housed the zoological and geological collection of Clement Lindley Wragge , transferred from Borough Hall in Stafford, which had since 1882 been the location ...
Three galleries feature changing art, photography and history exhibitions. The museum is operated by the Stafford Borough Council and entry is free of charge. The Staffordshire Yeomanry Museum is housed in the attic floor, and features uniforms and artefacts of the Staffordshire Yeomanry.
The building, built in the 1870s, is vacant after previously being used as a licensed club, dance studio and gym, Stafford Borough Council's planning committee heard.
The town of Stafford, Staffordshire, England gained its mayoral charter from King James I. The first mayor was Matthew Cradock, jnr in 1614. [1] The following have been mayors of Stafford: Source: Stafford Borough Council unless otherwise stated 1614–15 Matthew Cradock, First Mayor of Stafford, MP for Stafford 5 times between 1621 and 1628 [2]