Dukinfield Town Hall

To celebrate the reopening of the fully refurbished Dukinfield Town Hall completed in February 2005

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Dukinfield Civic Silver

The following Items of civic silver are held as part of a collection by Tameside Council, and can be seen on display in Ashton Town Hall:

• The Mayoral Chain: Made of 18 carat gold and consisting of crowned shields held together by links of the letter "D". A large pendant bears the borough coat of arms.
  
  The chain was paid for by public subscription, and the pendant was the gift of the wife of the M.P. for the Stalybridge and Dukinfield Parliamentary constituency, the Hon. Matthew White Ridley. Ridley, a Conservative, who was elected in 1900, the chain was presented on June 15, 1901.
  
  
• The Mayoress' chain and the Deputy Mayor's medal.
  
  
• Silver Trowel : Presented to Miss Charlotte Gertrude Astley for the laying of the foundation stone of the Jubilee Hall, in 1936.
  
  
• Inkstand : Presented to Dukinfield Corporation by the Refuge Assurance Company, on their centenary, to commemorate their origins at 59 Astley Street, Dukinfield.
  
  
• Pestles and Set Square : Presented to Mrs. A. W. Nicholson of Arisaig, Lady of the Manor, who laid the foundation stone of the Town Hall in September 1899. The inscription on the trowel reads: "Dukinfield Urban District Council. To Mrs. A. W. Nicholson of Arisaig, Inverness, Lady of the Manor of Dukinfield, on the occasion of the laying of the cornerstone of the municipal buildings, Dukinfield, September 23rd 1899."
  
  
• Key : Commemorating the opening of the Clarendon Fields Housing Estate. It is an exact replica of that presented to Princess Mary when she opened the Heaton Park Estate. It bears the inscription: "Clarendon Fields Housing Scheme, Dukinfield. Opened January 28, 1928. Presented to Miss Carlotta G. Nicholson."