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Queen Street, MANSFIELD, NG18 1JL

On Market House Place.

A statement of the prestige of co-operative societies in the first half of the 20th century. Although appearing to be a single build, only the section up to the clock tower featured when the building was opened in 1939, the further section not being added until 1963. An impressive piece of Art Deco architecture. At this end the now closed Co-operative Bank branch, the further end occupied by Beale's department store.

See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6251669 for location and details.

This building on Queen Street currently houses the Cooperative Bank and Beales Department Store. The main entrances to Beales are on the neighbouring Stockwell Gate. A brief history of the Mansfield Co-operative Society follows below. 1864: The Mansfield Co-operative Society is formed. 1914: By this date the Co-op was operated by the Mansfield & Sutton Co-operative, according to the war memorial plaque now sited in the Queen Street premises. 1918: The store on Stockwell Gate was destroyed in a fire. 1922: The new and enlarged Mansfield & Sutton Co-operative store, Stockwell Gate, opens on the site of that destroyed by fire in 1918. 1938: The Queen Street building was officially opened. 1970: The Co-operative Societies of Mansfield & Sutton, Pleasley, Pleasley Hill, and Clowne, were merged. 1983: The Greater Nottingham and the Mansfield and Worksop Co-operative Societies agreed to merge. 1984: A Co-op Superstore was opened on the site of the old Portland Wharf, Station Street. 2006: The Greater Nottingham Coop transferred its department store businesses (including the one in Mansfield) to the Anglia Co-operative Society and the stores were rebranded as "Westgate" (not to be confused with the nearby street name in Mansfield). 2011: The Anglia Society sold the business of its 19 Westgate Department Stores, including the one in Mansfield, to Beales. Most of the above information is provided at http://www.ourmansfieldandarea.org.uk/page_id__501_path__0p2p19p.aspx , but other information has been provided by http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/27083 , http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NCCW001831&pos=9&action=zoom&id=50810 , http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NCCW002413&pos=4&action=zoom&id=51387 , and http://www.chad.co.uk/news/local/co-op-sale-boost-for-historic-outlet-1-3264920 .

Late 18th century public house, remodelled in the mid 19th century, Listed Grade II. Later the Charter Arms, converted to a dental surgery c.2015.

A view of Market Square with the Bentinck Memorial as seen from the passageway between the old Town Hall (on the right) and the Old Courthouse. The picture was taken from Market Square Place. The monument was built in 1849 in memory of Lord George Bentinck, younger son of the fourth Duke of Portland who was the local MP for many years. Unfortunately the memorial was never been completed because the money raised by public subscription ran out before a statue of Bentinck could be added.