Old Market Square
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Old Market Square
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 8 Mar 2009
A reminder of the former market that operated on this site between 1890-1974. Originally the market had been held in the High Street but the problems caused by livestock on the main street and the opening of the railway in 1861 eventually secured a move. The building in view is a former warehouse originally built as part of the station's good yard and now the only remaining structure left to remind you that a railway station once existed on this site.
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Image Location
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50.889473
Longitude
-0.321581