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Caption For Manchester, Brooks Bank C1873

These are the premises of the bank run as Cunliffe Brooks & Co, one of Manchester's private banks.

Caption For Daventry, Sheaf Street C1950

We now turn left from the High Street into Sheaf Street and look back down the hill to Brook Street.

Caption For Blaenavon, Broad Street C1955

This street was once called Heol-y-Nant (Brook Street) from the brook which ran through Blaenavon.

Caption For Benson, Brook Street C1965

The old coaching inn, half way down Brook Street on the left, had the unusual name of the Farmer's Man.

Caption For Blaenavon, Broad Street C1955

This street was once called Heol-y-Nant (Brook Street) from the brook which ran through Blaenavon.

Caption For Ilkley, Moor C1965

One of the many streams that cascade off the moor - this is the beginning of Mill Ghyll, which flows down Wells Road and then underneath Brook Street.

Caption For Manchester, Market Street 1889

We are looking from the Cross Street / Corporation Street corner.

Caption For Wethersfield, The Green 1903

The fountain in Brook Street (left) was installed in 1861 by Henry Smith of Bardfield Hall.

Caption For Benson, High Street C1965

Brook Street c1955 Bensington is Benson's proper name; it was once an ancient British city.

Caption For Slaidburn, Church Street 1921

'Slaid' means 'flat marshy ground', 'burn' is the Old English word for brook, so the name means 'flat marshy ground by the brook', which describes the area well.

Caption For Ilkley, The Grove 1921

We can see the horse carriage gently manoeuvring out of Brook Street, only pausing for a few solitary cars.

Caption For Ulverston, King Street 1950

This view along the main street towards the Market Square displays an air of rural pragmatism, with several of the shops displaying their wares for inspection outside.

Caption For Raunds, Brook Street C1960

Further south, the High Street becomes Brook Street as it heads towards the unromantically named Hog Dyke.

Caption For Daventry, Sheaf Street C1965

The Daventry Civic Society was formed to preserve this historic street from demolition.

Caption For Great Bardfield, Brook Street 1903

The fountain in Brook Street (left) was installed in 1861 by Henry Smith of Bardfield Hall.

Caption For St Neots, River Terrace C1955

Even Brierley`s boatyard on the corner of the Hen Brook (right) is back in business.

Caption For Slaidburn, Church Street 1921

Slaid means 'flat marshy ground', burn is the Old English word for brook, so the name means 'flat marshy ground by the brook', which describes the area well.

Caption For Stamford, Brooke's Court 1922

This view looks up Olde Barn Passage past Brookes Court.

Caption For Ramsey, High Street C1955

The Horse and Gate pub (left) has been redeveloped into shops, the Lion Hotel (right) is now flats, and parking is only allowed on the left-hand side of the street.

Caption For East Budleigh, The Waterfall 1928

A feature of several East Devon villages is a brook running alongside a main street.