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136 captions found. Showing results 21 to 40.

Caption For Croydon, Church Street C1950

A view north up Church Street with Surrey Street Market to the right.

Caption For Green Hammerton, Main Street C1960

Whitewashed houses and pantiled roofs characterise this photograph of the deserted Main Street of Green Hammerton, a small village in the Vale of York and on Roman Dere Street, just off the main A59 Harrogate

Caption For Guisborough, Bow Street C1965

Mr Pallister's butcher's shop flanks the entry to Bow Street.

Caption For Maesteg, Commercial Street C1955

However, working people today pursue their jobs in modern industrial estates, or commute to adjoining towns.

Caption For Angmering, The Village C1955

Angmering-on-Sea is one of those suburbs that blossomed along the south coast between the wars, partly as holiday homes, and partly as homes for London commuters.

Caption For Gravesend, New Road C1955

New Road is one of the main shopping streets of the town.

Caption For Fareham, The Quay C1950

At No 72 High Street, which was owned by the family building firm of Croad, there is a small hole in the quarter-inch-thick pane of the bay window facing north.

Caption For Berkhamsted, High Street C1955

A beautifully proportioned view of the High Street, looking southwards towards St.

Caption For Diss, Mere Street 1925

Mere Street funnels its way, tight as a shirt collar, to the market place.

Caption For Camberley, High Street 1936

The wall on the right would be that of the Police Station, near the junction of the High Street with Portesbery Road.

Caption For Bridge, High Street 1903

This village stands on Watling Street close by the Little Stour.

Caption For Rochester, College Gate And Cathedral 1908

This last name was a legacy of Charles Dickens, who made the 18th-century weatherboarded house over the gate the home of church organist John Jasper in The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street C1955

Historic association abound in this section of the main street. Ye

Caption For Chepstow, The Museum 2004

Originally, 18th-century Gwy House in Bridge Street was a privately owned family home.

Caption For Lindfield, High Street C1960

Dating from the 1500s (and possibly earlier), the half- timbered building on the left fronting both the High Street and Hickmans Lane has had a chequered history.

Caption For Puttenham, The Street, West End C1955

School Lane joins The Street on the left; beyond the lorry is the Good Intent pub.

Caption For Warrington, Bridge Street C1950

Bridge Street is bustling with Saturday afternoon shoppers.

Caption For Plymouth, The Barbican 1890

Built around Sutton Pool, site of one of the original settlements in the area, the Barbican is home to Plymouth's fishing fleet.

Caption For Bluntisham, High Street C1955

We are standing almost at the corner of the High Street, with the old rectory (home of the famous authoress Dorothy Sayers) hidden behind the wall on the right.

Caption For Pulborough, St Mary's Church 1939

A Roman settlement on Stane Street and the navigable River Arun.