Looking up Staithe Street
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Looking up Staithe Street
Image: © Keith Edkins Taken: 26 May 2012
There are several listed building in this street dating from 17th or 18th centuries. "Staithe" here probably means "A landing-stage, wharf", having extended its original meaning of "The land bordering on water", Old English "stæþ".
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Image Location
Latitude
52.956324
Longitude
0.852103