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Barnard's shops after the re-fronting c1900 — 144-market place 1902
Barnard's shops after the re-fronting c1900

Barnard's shops after the re-fronting c1900

Bridge Street c1910 showing Freeman Bros on the left — bridge_st_24
Bridge Street c1910 showing Freeman Bros on the left

Bridge Street c1910 showing Freeman Bros on the left

bridge st 8-9 freeman

Samuel Hawkes tobacconist shop on right c1895 — 062-high_st_lwr_60
Samuel Hawkes tobacconist shop on right c1895

Samuel Hawkes tobacconist shop on right c1895

4 Bridge Street (2007) the site of William Softley Parry's business 1877-c1903. — p3271097
4 Bridge Street (2007) the site of William Softley Parry's business 1877-c1903.

4 Bridge Street (2007) the site of William Softley Parry's business 1877-c1903.

One of a series of eight Cartes de Visites c1877 by William Softley Parry — 057-high_st_upr_97 c1876
One of a series of eight Cartes de Visites c1877 by William Softley Parry

One of a series of eight Cartes de Visites c1877 by William Softley Parry

A Cartes de Visites c1877 by Thomas B Howe, 42 Northbrook Street, Newbury and Hungerford — howe cdv-01
A Cartes de Visites c1877 by Thomas B Howe, 42 Northbrook Street, Newbury and Hungerford

A Cartes de Visites c1877 by Thomas B Howe, 42 Northbrook Street, Newbury and Hungerford

Group photo, undated. [Mapson &amp; Son, Hungerford and Pewsey] — group_30
Group photo, undated. [Mapson & Son, Hungerford and Pewsey]

Group photo, undated. [Mapson & Son, Hungerford and Pewsey]

"1st Hungerford B.B.F.C. 1906-07" [Mapson &amp; Son, Hungerford and Pewsey] — football 16 1907
"1st Hungerford B.B.F.C. 1906-07" [Mapson & Son, Hungerford and Pewsey]

"1st Hungerford B.B.F.C. 1906-07" [Mapson & Son, Hungerford and Pewsey]

Constable, Bellman and Tutti-men, Hocktide 1908 Dr Thomas Major, Constable. [Mapson &amp; Son, Hungerford and Pewsey] — hocktide-078
Constable, Bellman and Tutti-men, Hocktide 1908 Dr Thomas Major, Constable. [Mapson & Son, Hungerford and Pewsey]

Constable, Bellman and Tutti-men, Hocktide 1908 Dr Thomas Major, Constable. [Mapson & Son, Hungerford and Pewsey]

Margaret Little, 1904, by William Mapson (Stewart Hofgartner Collection) — Mapson 1904 Margaret Little 1904a
Margaret Little, 1904, by William Mapson (Stewart Hofgartner Collection)

Margaret Little, 1904, by William Mapson (Stewart Hofgartner Collection)

Margaret Little, 1904, by William Mapson (Stewart Hofgartner Collection) — Mapson 1904 Margaret Little 1904b
Margaret Little, 1904, by William Mapson (Stewart Hofgartner Collection)

Margaret Little, 1904, by William Mapson (Stewart Hofgartner Collection)

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