IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Market Place, BUXTON, SK17 6EJ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Market Place, SK17 6EJ by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (689 Images Found)
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Buxton Town Hall and "The King's Head"
Image: © Neil Theasby
Taken: 31 Jul 2018
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The King's Head
Pub on Market Place, originally built in 1725 as the Manse for the first non-conformist chapel in Buxton.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 12 Mar 2024
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Foundation stone, Buxton Town Hall
One of a pair of foundation stones alongside the entrance to Buxton Town Hall (see Image). The writing on this one is very indistinct but would appear to refer to the Marquess (although spelt Marquis on the stone) of Hartington, who conducted the opening of the hall in 1889.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 12 Mar 2024
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Bleak officialdom
Unlike the flamboyant exterior, Buxton town hall is very utilitarian inside, with that faintly sinister air that makes it look like a set for an episode of Doctor Who
Image: © Bob Harvey
Taken: 22 Jun 2018
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Buxton Town Hall
Town Hall, designed by William Pollard and built 1887-9. The 1879 1:500 plan shows a Market Hall on the site - this burnt down in 1885. Grade II listed - see https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1259171?section=official-list-entry.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 12 Mar 2024
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Foundation stone, Buxton Town Hall
One of a pair of foundation stones alongside the entrance to Buxton Town Hall (see Image). The writing is not entirely clear but would appear to read: "Laid June 21st 1897 ??? Jubilee of Queen Victoria ??? Edwd C Milligan ??? the Buxton ???"
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 12 Mar 2024
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Buxton Market Cross
Grade II listed cross in Higher Buxton. The cross was moved from Cockerd off Palace Road to the centre of the market place when the market charter was granted in 1813, and was more recently relocated to its current position in front of the Victorian Town Hall.
Image: © Jonathan Clitheroe
Taken: 27 Mar 2011
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Sideways view of the Town Hall, Buxton
The Market square was full of funfair stalls.
Image: © Eirian Evans
Taken: 12 Jul 2014
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