WEB DESIGN STAFFORD
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We're Red Box Web Design Stafford, your local website design and search engine specialist.
From our studio based just outside Stafford town centre we provide a host of
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website design ] and related services to all types of companies in and around the Stafford area, from small [ start-up websites ] to full blown [ eCommerce systems ]. We're also specialists in [ search engine optimisation (SEO) ].
Our experience of the internet, website design and its surrounding technologies, combined with our passion for design and an unparalleled dedication to our customers (both whilst creating their website and after its launch) makes Red Box Web Design Stafford the perfect partner your website.
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A brief history of Stafford - courtesy of [ www.staffordtown.co.uk ]
Stafford, the county town of Staffordshire
The origins of the town Stafford are linked to a story of St. Bertelin, a Saxon saint who established his abode here at the beginning of the 8th century. The area that is today the town centre was a mere island surrounded by river and marsh, with a landing-place (called a "staith") and a crossing place (called a "ford"), Hence the name "Staithford" or "Stafford".
Later suburbs grew in the Foregate or North End, Forebridge in the south and Castletown by the railway station. Stafford had some fine buildings but in the 19th century there were shocking slums in the older parts of town. There was no proper drainage and cesspits polluted the drinking water. Improvements came only slowly. Irish families could be found in most parts of Stafford, but conditions were worst for those living in mean localities like Snow's Yard, Cherry Street, Red Lion Street and the Back Walls.
Stafford's population grew from 8000 in 1831 to 25,000 in 1911. In Victorian times it was the market town for central Staffordshire. It had a militia barracks, a large gaol, two asylums, a workhouse and a hospital. Shoemaking was Stafford's main industry and in 1881 the trade employed 15 per cent of the entire population of the town. In the late 19th century the shoe trade started to decline and by the 1900s the engineering industry was an important employer.
Throughout the 19th century lots of people came to work in Stafford, including Irish immigrants. Many also left the town and emigrated, however, particularly when the shoe trade was depressed. Stafford continued to grow in the 20th century and it is now a prosperous and diverse community.
Timeline
circa 8th century - Stafford founded
1070 - William the Conqueror built a wooden castle at Stafford
1086 - Domesday Book: Stafford has population of around 900
circa 1100 - St.Chad's Church built
1190 - St.Mary's Church built
1622 - Stafford has a population of about 1,550
1795 - Shire Hall built
1801 - Stafford population is almost 4,000
1837 - Railway network crosses Stafford
1881 - Stafford population is almost 20,000
1882 - Bear Inn built
1895 - Stafford has an electricity supply
1908 - Victoria Park opened
1914 - Picture House opened
1934 - Stafford Guildhall built
1951 - Stafford population is over 40,000
1991 - New Crown Court built
2007 - Population estimated to be over 120,000
To find out more about Stafford visit [ www.staffordtown.co.uk ].
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