Prison buttons
A button for Stafford prison almost certainly exists somewhere but I have not seen one. All the named local prison buttons were issued before 1878 when their management was transferred from the local magistrates in each county to the Home Office. It is likely that the title would have been "STAFFORD COUNTY GAOL", as with other counties and the design would probably have been either a crown and / or the Staffordshire knot, so they would have broadly resembled the early Staffordshire Constabulary buttons.
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