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Caption For Wellington, High Street C1955

The street is here a little busier, with cars, a bus and several delivery vans parked by the kerb.

Caption For London, Park Lane 1890

Park Lane, once the desolate by-road known as Tiburn Lane, was a refined street of palatial mansions enjoying expansive vistas of the Park by 1890.

Caption For Haworth, Main Street 1958

The Bronte industry, founded in this pretty, cobble-streeted West Yorkshire town after the famous literary family made the Parsonage their home in 1820, was already well under way, if this 1950s photograph

Caption For Luton, Whipperley Ring Estate On Farley Hill 2002

Castle Street was earmarked for major change, encouraging Neville's to give up their rented yard and purchase a new site out at Common Farm, Leagrave, for £3,397.

Caption For Staithes, High Street 1950

In the summer months, this street is congested with cars.

Caption For Glastonbury, The Cross C1955

View from just into North Load Street.

Caption For London, Fleet Street 1890

This bustling street was once the home of the British press.The working day here ran for a full twenty-four hours, with printers and reporters crowding the bars day and night.

Caption For Cowes, View From The Pier 1927

At the end of the Parade, behind the trees on the right, stands the Castle, the home of the Royal Yacht Squadron.

Caption For Harlow, Old Harlow, Churchgate Street 1903

Churchgate Street lay on the main route from London to Newmarket, Cambridge, Norwich and the North.

Caption For Haverfordwest, High Street C1950

The Castle Hotel is to the right of this picture.

Caption For Arundel, High Street 1902

The Norfolk Arms can be seen half way up the High Street.

Caption For Burford, High Street C1960

The High Street runs down from the A40 to Burford Bridge and the River Windrush.

Caption For Norton, Georgian Houses, The High Street C1965

Norton High Street is one of the surprise features in Teesside, with several elegant period houses nestling behind the trees which line the road verges.

Caption For Chipping, Wolfen House C1955

This was once the home of John de Knoll.

Caption For Warton, Washington House (1612) C1955

Washington House, on the main street, was the home of the forebears of American President George Washington.

Caption For London, Clerkenwell, St John's Gate C1870

‘The newest fashion newspaper and the oldest-style tavern still jostle each other now as they did a century or more ago.’This bustling street was once the home of the British press.The working day

Caption For Manchester, Piccadilly 1889

The area from the Duke of Wellington statue to Market Street was once a large ornamental pond complete with fountains, which had delighted Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on their visit in 1840.

Caption For Odiham, The War Memorial C1955

The wide, gently curving High Street is perhaps best admired from its lowest point and looking west.

Caption For Sudbury, Friars Street 1895

The street takes its name from the priory of Dominican friars, founded in the 13th century.