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Rectory Lane, and St Wilfrid's hidden behind 'Spite Row', 1920s
Rectory Lane, and St Wilfrid's hidden behind 'Spite Row', 1920s
Photo: Rev David Long
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Item #: 29885
Another image loaned by Irene Stone.
Different elements of this shot appear in other pics on the site - but not this wide view showing most of the houses, the shops on the other side of Market Place, and the top of Rectory Lane and the School.

Comment by: Barrie on 17th November 2017 at 10:09

David,there is a book called "About Standish" by M.D.Smith. publ.2003. I bought it about 10 years ago so it may still be obtainable. One of the photographs show the well and adjacent within the railings are the stocks. There is a gas lamp by the side of it as shown in your photo.It also appears that the stocks were repositioned by the cross after the demolition of Spite Row around 1931.

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