East Street, Newton Abbot
Introduction
The photograph on this page of East Street, Newton Abbot by Derek Harper as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
East Street, Newton Abbot
Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 16 Apr 2010
Looking up the street from a few metres below where Image was taken, with the almshouses on the immediate left. Next door is the entrance to Samuel & Ephraim Yeo's ropewalk http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-464295-numbers-117-123-including-ropewalk-to-th . The story of their business is detailed at http://www.yeosociety.com/biographies/samuelyeoropemaker.htm . Note the "East Street Room adjacent to ... rope walk property for the use of the Exclusive Brethren", a faction that split from the Plymouth Brethren.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
50.528931
Longitude
-3.607356