1-11 High Street
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1-11 High Street
Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 11 Aug 2017
Building at the junction of High Street and North Street. Behind was the King's Head pub with the former pub yard, accessed through the arch on the right of the photo, now a small group of shops. From 1845 to 1902, this building housed Dorking's first post office, as can be seen from the Francis Frith photo from 1900 - www.francisfrith.com/dorking/dorking-post-office-1900_46018. Following the move of the post office to a new building in South Street, the building received some Edwardian embellishment - see Francis Frith photos from 1907 (in the background) www.francisfrith.com/dorking/dorking-south-street-1907_57635 and 1922 www.francisfrith.com/dorking/dorking-high-street-1922_71736. Some of this has since been toned down - note the absence of the ball finials on the roof parapet in this photo.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.231618
Longitude
-0.332882