Victoria, Edward VII, and Guildhall, Lichfield stone plaque

This stone commemorative plaque records: This Guildhall stands on the site used for the Guild, or Fraternity, of Citizens established in 1387 by Richard II, which Guild continued for 161 years under 9 Monarchs, and was finally dissolved under Edward VI, in 1548. The present building was erected in 1846, by the Trustees of the Lichfield Conduit Lands, to whom the ancient Guild, in the year 1545, gave valuable properties out of their possessions to supply the citizens with water, and for their common weal. Her late Most Gracious Majesty, Queen Victoria, visited this City in 1832, and again in 1843. In 1894, His Majesty, King Edward VII, (as Prince of Wales), was received here on the Occasion of the Centenary of the Queen's Own Royal Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry.

Queen Victoria, who reigned from 1837 to 1901, was a symbol of an era marked by industrial expansion and imperial growth; King Edward VII, her son, ruled from 1901 to 1910 and is remembered for modernizing the British monarchy and improving diplomatic relations.