[1] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with six bays facing onto the Market Square; the central section of four bays, which slightly projected forward, featured pointed arched openings allowing access to the markets on the ground floor, flanked by full-height buttresses, and cross-windows on the first floor with trefoils and steep gables above.

[1] The borough council, which met in the town hall, was reformed under the Municipal Corporations Act 1883.

[1] Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, visited the town hall and met civic officials on 26 June 1962.

[8] The building also contained the local fire station until it moved to Denton Road in July 1990.

[15] The area outside the town hall was a venue in the 1970 film, See No Evil starring Mia Farrow.