Main Street c1900. looking east with The Bay Horse Public House and Wellington House on the right. Cottages on the left near the sycamore tree were demolished to be replaced by the present Primary School (in 1907) | Main Street c1903Looking west towards High Street with The White Bear Public House first left. |
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High Street c1920.Looking east. No railings. The bay window to the right is Summersgill's dairy, now West House. | High Street c1920.Looking west. Extreme left Tenniswood's grocery shop and further up the same side Summersgill's dairy. |
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1907 Main Street.Looking west. Wheelbarrow advertising the B.A.T.A. stores in the road. Blacksmith Eustace Burnett just visible on the left. | Main Street 1904.Looking east. To the left standing outside a thatched cottage is Jane North, Stillington's first postmistress. Next to her is Mrs Robinson, the rest remain unidentified. These cottages, which ran down from The White Dog, were removed to supply land for the new Primary School. |
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High Street c1949.Looking west before the removal of two cottages and a wall to be replaced by Carr View as seen in picture opposite. | High Street c1950.Carr View, a double terrace of six houses,was built by the local council as part of a series of regeneration schemes after WW2. They were occupied by village families. |
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Main Street 1904Looking east.The sycamore tree, a dominant feature in Main Street scenes, can just be seen as it is bare of leaves. Cottages from The White Dog are still standing. 39 people have been counted in this photograph. | Main Street c1912Looking west towards High Street. A young copper beech tree can be seen in the churchyard. An oil lamp hangs over the entrance to Souter's shop (first left). |
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High Street c1935.Looking east. Note that the paths on the right hand side are still unpaved. The fifth house on the left, belonging to Watson Manson, was demolished and replaced. | High Street c1985An aerial view of the top of High Street. The houses from right to left are: Cottage Farm, Rivendell and Erimus Cottage. |
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Main Street c1929Looking west from The Hall gates. The boy leading a goat is Cecil Wood, the others are unknown. | Main Street c1935.A good view of the north side of Main Street as the viewer looks east. The roofline of the old Methodist chapel is just visible mid left of the photograph. |
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High Street.Looking west from the churchyard. The house with a sign over the door near the church gates is the premises of Hope Coal Merchants. On the opposite side of the road is the Primitive Methodist chapel with the tall house, called 'The Lighthouse', next to it | High Street c1944A hand coloured post card. The roadsign pointing to York has been removed - to confuse the Germans in case of invasion. The parked car belongs to the district nurse. |
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Wilmar Cottage c1920Located on the North Side of Main Street. People left to right - Alwynne Atkinson, Unknown, Lilian Atkinson. | Southside Main Street 1963.Jim Green tends his garden at Glebe Cottage. The next two houses down are Ashfield Cottage and Ashfield House, which are just before South Back Lane/Main Street junction. |
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Carr Lane Junction c1910Looking from Main Street. Primitive Methodist Chapel on the left with the wall and railings in front. Sign post in place: this doesn't appear in very early photographs. | Carr Lane Junction c1935An almost identical view to the postcard opposite, but in intervening 25 years railings and telephone poles have been put up and the roads tarmacked. |
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