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Old Town, Poole: Blenheim House, 31 Church Street (detail)
Dolphin door-knocker. Particularly appropriate for Poole, as a dolphin features in the town coat-of-arms. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=412451&mode=adv
Image: © Mike Searle
Taken: 30 Mar 2014
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Old Town, Poole: in search of the boot-scraper (1)
A reminder of the time before the motor car when transportation was by horse or on foot, and a wet day would soon turn the unpaved streets into a quagmire. It was on such occasions that these cunning little devices (at one time outside many town house entrances) were used to remove the accumulated muck from householders' shoes and boots before entering their front doors.
Up to comparatively recent times a survey of Poole's Old Town revealed the existence of at least nine examples of boot-scraper, but sadly only four of them appear to have survived, presumably lost during past decades of development. This C18 wrought iron example is outside Blenheim House, 31, Church Street. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=412451&mode=adv
Image: © Mike Searle
Taken: 30 Mar 2014
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Almshouses on Church Street
Image: © Steve Daniels
Taken: 17 Jul 2017
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Almshouses Sign
The view of the sign in Church Street, Poole.
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Image: © Gordon Griffiths
Taken: 30 Sep 2016
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Poole, almshouses
English Heritage-listed almshouses in Church Street. Almshouses since 1586, previously priest houses. For more information, see http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=412457&mode=adv
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 13 Feb 2009
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Market Street, Poole
Market Street in Poole's old town. Bollards prevent cars and larger vehicles using the street as a through route.
The building at the end of the street is Poole's guildhall, now used as a registry office. The building dates from 1761.
Image: © Malc McDonald
Taken: 6 Feb 2022
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Old Town, Poole: Market Street (1)
Market Street contains the majority of the surviving houses of the Old Town. The view is approximately southwest towards Church Street.
Image: © Mike Searle
Taken: 29 Mar 2014
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Old Town, Poole: 1, Market Street
Late C18, Grade II Listed. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=412529&mode=adv
Image: © Mike Searle
Taken: 29 Mar 2014
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Almshouse View
The view in Church Street, Poole.
Image: © Gordon Griffiths
Taken: 30 Sep 2016
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Old Town, Poole: The Hovel, 4, Market Street
Early to mid-C18, Grade II Listed. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=412532&mode=adv
Image: © Mike Searle
Taken: 29 Mar 2014
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