Search Results

Some attractive red brick houses lining the High Street are a reminder that Nettlebed was a major brick-making centre - the industry dates back to the 14th century.

Hill on Rivington Moor, Adlington developed as a textile town before the advent of the railway because of its proximity to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, which runs behind the main street

A flower bed has been added, and the ornate street lamp has been replaced by a very ordinary one.

Queen Street on the right, built in 1838, leads to the churchyard. The tall building (centre) with carved bargeboards, dormer windows, ridge tiles and 'Tudor' chimneys was Boots.

The Carlton Hotel with its cupola (right) dominated the High Street. It was demolished in 1977 and replaced by Boots.

At the end of the street is Gardener's, the gents' outfitter's. On the right is the Oddfellows Office, here since 1933, and Barker's, fishmongers since 1946.

The viaduct which carries the main Sheffield-Leeds railway line dominates this view of the High Street of the South Yorkshire town of Denby Dale.

This picture was taken only a couple of years after the introduction of electric street trams. The tramway had a relatively short life-span - it was closed in 1926.

Just east of the village the peace is disrupted by Watling Street's successor, the busy M1 motorway.

Manor Road joins the High Street by the pyramid roofed mid-19th century house, The Forge, in the distance. To the right, is a small wing with the date 1852 over a Gothic-style stone window.

Just beyond the hotel a cyclist can be seen passing a casual conversation between a pedestrian and the driver of the car coming into the street.

Every conceivable example of architecture is visible here in the gently rising street—including the stone and brick Norton Arms in the foreground, the half-timbered building beyond it, and the Gothic-style

Stramongate is the main approach road into Kendal from the north-east, and means 'the street of the straw men'. St George's Church is in the background.

Kington was also once described as having a 'maze of narrow streets … where too many of the old houses have been refronted, but still have the attraction of a wildly irregular skyline'.

The Market House was built of granite in 1839-40 for the sale of meat, poultry and butter, and the four carved ox heads above the pillars (left) are a notable feature of the street frontage.

The photographer was positioned on Moor Street looking down towards the Town Gate.

Few streets still follow their original medieval plans, though not all have been lost since 1945. Butcher Row went long ago.

Beyond, at the corner of Silver Street, is the old Constitutional Club of 1895, lots of blood red terra cotta, with the Usher Gallery beyond.

Although many of the buildings are today little changed from those shown here, the lack of pavements and tarmac on the street gives it a vastly different appearance.

Many of the cottages lining Quay Street, which leads below North Hill to the harbour, belonged to fishermen who once sailed after herring.

Just distinguishable by its tall chimneys at the top of the street is Harvey's Hospital. Rebuilt in 1841, it was bequeathed to the town's poor by a 17th-century merchant.

From this elevated view point we get the impression of what must have appeared a somewhat green street.

The Royal Oak, now a private house, can be seen at the top of the street.

The Street at Lancing was originally part of the main route through North Lancing, but it became an access road after the creation of the manor ground and a by-pass route in the early 19th century.