2012

TQ4666 : High Street

taken 12 years ago, near to Orpington, Bromley, England

This is 1 of 21 images, with title High Street in this square
High Street
High Street
Various ages of buildings in Orpington High Street.

The mock Tudor building on the left was originally the coach house of Mayfield Place, a large house dating from 1750 and set back from the High Street, which was controversially demolished in 1935, after various proposals for municipal use, either as council offices or a library were decided against. When the Mayfield estate was sold in 1927, the coach house was bought by a Mr Percy Wiles and converted for use as a furniture shop, part of the work for which was to make a new front, as seen here.

Boots beyond was built in 1976, replacing a row of three smaller shops previously on the site.

Beyond this is the post office, dating from 1929, and beyond this is the former Woolworths, dating from the 1950s.

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Geographical Context: Business, Retail, Services City, Town centre Place: Orpington other tags: High Street Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · High Street Orpington [92] · High Street Shops [45] · Part of Orpington [45] · Original Houses [26] · Woolworths [23] Title Clusters: · High Street [21] ·
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TQ4666, 634 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Ian Capper   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 24 February, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 26 February, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 462 662 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:22.5914N 0:5.9759E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 462 662
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