18th century back yards, Northallerton
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The photograph on this page of 18th century back yards, Northallerton by Bob Embleton as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Bob Embleton Taken: 5 Jul 2012
The back yards ran from the back of the shops on the High Street to East Road. Nearly all of this has gone - much cleared away in the 1960s including thousands of beautiful thin hand made bricks. One of the doorways on this picture bears the date 1751. Image]