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Bank Chambers in 1900 looking down Church Street. The brass plate
proclaims ' Berwick Lechmere Worcester Old Bank'. The Chambers were known as
Holland House, as Samuel Holland built them in the late eighteenth century. He
was so influential that Church Street was known as All Holland Street during
the nineteenth century. |
An early photograph of the parish church from Church Street. During
1864 restoration part of a Saxon preaching cross from round AD 880 was
discovered, and it is now preserved as one of the church's numerous
ecclesiastical and historical treasures. A waist-high flood-mark plaque
by the chance arch is a stark reminder of the depth of water which invaded
the church on 14th May 1886. The little building seen here on the left
of the churchyard entrance has been a varied existence, first as a mortuary,
then as a fire station and meeting room. |
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A view of the parish church St Mary seen across the river Teme
in 1892. Although the origins of the church can be traced back to Norman
times, much of the present building is Victorian. A large part of the
church was destroyed in the great flood of 1770, and although it was repaired
in 1777, a major rebuilding took place in 1864. Part of the original Norman
tower survived not only the 170 flood but both the subsequent restoration,
and still stands today as evidence of the church's deep roots in history. |
This row of timbered cottages once graced Church Street until
they were demolished to make room for modern bungalows. Church Street
was the main thoroughfare through the town, until Teme Street became the
principal trading street when the medieval bridge was built. |
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A view of Cross Street looking towards the town centre. The sight
of a photographer in Victorian Tenbury was obviously one not be missed,
certainly not by these school children who were probably pupils at Goff's
Free School which is tucked away between the buildings on the right. The
original building, school was founded in 1816 but the present which was
used as a Baptist chapel, bears the date 1863 on its porch and now serves
as Tenbury Museum. |
The seventeenth - century half -timbered King's Head, another
notable survivor of the many inns which Tenbury could once boast. Outside
the Kings's Head in 1932. The Thornycroft wagon (GC 9039) belonged to
the LMR/GWR railway company and replaced the horse-drown dray on 1 February
1930. The first driver of this lorry was Ruben Martin. It is standing
outside the Kings Arms in cross street, with the Round Market at the bottom
of the street
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