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Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Fountain Square, Hanley
'an archipelago of island sites'


Fountain Square


 

Fountain Square was home to a bronze statue of a Greek maiden which was presented to Hanley in 1859 by Mayor William Brownfield. In 1920 the statue was moved to the nearby Northwood Park, it was returned to the square in the mid-1970's 

Fountain Square is an area which is in the centre of a number of open spaces - Market Square (to the left), Tontine Square (to the right), Crown Bank and Miles Bank.

Fountain Square was used to sell trees and plants.


Fountain Square, Hanley 
Fountain Square, Hanley 

The imposing building behind the fountain was Hanley's second Town Hall - built in 1845 (on the site of an old Butter Market) at a cost of £5,500 - in 1886 it became Lloyds bank. The town hall also housed the police station. This building was demolished during the mid-1930's, when the present Lloyds Bank was built in its place.

To the left of the town hall is BEE & Co advertising carpets and linoleums.

The town hall, built in classical style, was attacked during the Chartist Riots in 1842 as the Riot Act was read from the steps to the protesters who were gathering in the square outside.

 


Piccadilly from Fountain Square 
Piccadilly from Fountain Square 

This view looks down from Fountain Square towards the top of Piccadilly. 

Between Fountain Square and Piccadilly 
is an area called "Crown Bank" 

Batchelor's building with its placards of ladies fashions and the 
after season sale posters has now been demolished.
On the left, the tall building now houses the Midland Bank.

 


Rebuilding of Moxon's Island:

Demolishing the shops in block below Fountain Square (top of Piccadilly). 
Demolishing the shops in block below Fountain Square (top of Piccadilly). 

 

Moxon's Island
View of same demolition of the block (known as Moxon's Island)  the other side which was on Miles Bank - this picture taken from the top of Piccadilly - looking up into Fountain Square.

 


Looking from Fountain Square, through Crown Bank onto Piccadilly
view of Moxon's Island after the rebuilding of the shops on the right
 

c. late 1960's
- photos Ken Cubley -

 

 


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