Duke Street, looking southeast, Cheltenham
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Duke Street, looking southeast, Cheltenham
Image: © P L Chadwick Taken: 6 Mar 2011
Duke Street has gone up in the world in recent years. Much of it was built in the 1820's, as homes for manual labourers. It wouldn't have looked as pretty as it does now. There used to be three pubs in the street. The Marlborough Arms was a mid-Victorian beerhouse, on the corner of Duke Street and Prince's Street, and closed around the 1930's, to become a private house. Another beerhouse was the Duke's Head at No. 77 (formerly numbered 66), which dates from the 1830's and closed around the beginning of the Second World War. It is now a private house. Finally there was the Talbot Inn at no. 14 (probably 28 under the previous numbering). This was in business by mid-Victorian times, and managed to hang on until closure in 1984. It is now three dwellings (14, 14a & 14b). Fortunately there is still a pub around the corner in Hewlett Road (The Fiery Angel). Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.898508
Longitude
-2.064917