Burton Lazars: Church (BZ0101)
Then photo (c.1847): A pen and wash drawing of Burton Lazars church found on a map of Melton Mowbray dated 1874.
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Then photo (c.1910): Buxton’s main shopping street, Spring Gardens, looking towards the town centre.
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Buxton: The Crescent (BU0103)
Then photo (c.1910): The Crescent in Buxton. The Duke of Devonshire built The Crescent in 17?? to rival the great buildings of Bristol.
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Buxton: The Opera House (BU0102)
Then photo (c.1910): The Opera House in Buxton has seen many famous acts over the years. It was completely renovated in the 1990s after a long period of neglect, and is now home to the two-week long Buxton Festival, which attracts thousands of visitors every year.
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Buxton: St Anne’s Well (BU0101)
Then photo (c.1930): St Anne’s Well in The Crescent. Buxton’s famous spa water has been attracting visitors for hundreds of years. The Romans are said to have come here to take the waters. And Henry VIII passed a law closing the well because it was attracting too many old and infirm people.
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Melton Mowbray: Sherrard Street (MM0205)
Then photo (c.1910): A view along Sherrard Street with the Post Office on the right. The next-door premises of Sharman and Ladbury had expanded their agricultural engineering business by knocking down down The Wheatsheaf Inn in 1887. At the time of the photograph this building was a garage. It later became a Ford showroom.
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Melton Mowbray: Sherrard Street (MM0204)
Then photo (c.1925): Market Day on Sherrard Street, looking away from the town centre. The building on the left was demolished in the 1930s, when Windsor Street was created. The red-brick building in the centre of the photograph was the offices of Barkers; Solicitors and Clerks to the Urban District Council from its inception in 1894 to its demise in 1974.
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Melton Mowbray: Sherrard Street (MM0203)
Then photo (c.1885): A wintry view along Sherrard Street looking towards Market Place. The building on the left will become the Post Office, but is still a private house. Next is CS SMith grocers, and then Lamberts Lane, which ran down to Burton Street. The building on the other side of the lane was later demolished, creating today’s Burton Street junction.
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Melton Mowbray: Sherrard Street (MM0202)
Then photo (c.1910): A view along Sherrard Street taken beside boundary wall of The Limes (now the site of Woolworths). On the far right is CS Smith grocers, and then the Post Office looking very imposing in what had once been a private house. The taller building next to it is Sharman and Ladbury ironmongers.
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Melton Mowbray: Sherrard Street (MM0201)
Then photo (c.1885): A view along Sherrard Street taken from its junction with Market Place. The trees on the left border one of Melton’s most famous buildings – The Limes – demolished in 1932, and now the site of Woolworths. Just in front is a sign for ‘A Coleman, tobacconist’, a well-know shop which only closed in 2007.
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