Over the years it has been the location of a furniture store, several building societies, estate agent and pop up calendar shop. The latest to move in is restaurant and bar Barhaha which opened in 2019.

Royce womens clothes shop opened in the 1960’s in Market Street.

Founded by Barry and Hilary Woolston the shop first opened as the Cookmate kitchen shop in 1982. The shop under went a refurbishment in 2009.

Susans Baby Wear on Market Street in the 1960’s. Later to become the lefthand side of the Britannia Building Society.

There was no shortage of shoe shops in Lichfield but Frisby’s had the longest trading history first opening in the city in 1909.

A small collection of photographs of the old Lichfield branch on Market Street, used with the permission of Barclays Group Archives.

The Wimbush Bakery was here on Market Street for several decades. The Three Cooks was formed when three small bakeries Clarks Bakery, Stephen’s Bakery and Wimbush the Bakers combined. The Three Cooks Bakery on Market Street was loved...

Elias was born on 23 May 1617 in Breadmarket Street only a few metres away from the birthplace of Samuel Johnson. His mother, Anne, was the daughter of a wealthy Coventry draper, Anthony Bowyer. His father, Simon Ashmole...

The Castle Inn was on Market Street for over one-hundred and fifty years before closing in 1963. The location has become home to the local Oxfam shop. The Tudor make over on the front of the building occurred sometime after 1900. Postcards...

Oxfam is based in the mock tudor building on Market Street. The charity shop has been selling donated items in the city since opening in the former Castle Inn in the 1970’s.