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Gnosall Lock-up

Sat 20 Sep 25
Sat 20 Sep:10am - 12.30pm; Free Entry. sellman street, Gnosall ST20 0EP Heritage Open Day: Built in the 1830s, the Gnosall Lock-Up is one of three surviving lock-ups in the County, the other two are in Stafford and Alton. The Gnosall Lock-Up was built in the early 1830’s in response to civil unrest caused by rising unemployment, low wages and the threat of the Swing Riots, as well as the influx of over two thousand 'Navvies' to build the Birmingham to Liverpool canal. Situated at the junction of High Street, Brookhouse Road and Stafford Street, the building was paid for by the Parish Fund and built by James Trubshaw, a well-known builder and architect from Great Haywood, with stone from the local quarry. In 1964 Staffordshire Country Council wanted to widen the Newport Road and proposed to move the Lock-Up to the County Museum at Shugborough... READ MORE>

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