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PLYMOUTH ROADS AND STREETS

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Location

Basket Street was the unnamed street running parralel with Bedford Street between Catherine Street and Westwell Street.   It was very narrow but despite that the tramway system used to pass through it.   It does not exist today.

Principal buildings

The principal buildings on the south side of Basket Street in 1890 were:

  • the Municipal Offices.

and on the north side:

  • the Bedford Hotel.

Bateman's the opticians, seen in the photograph below, is on the site of Plymouth's other and less famous "Island House".

Bedford Street, Plymouth, and the Municipal Offices, looking west towards the Prudential Building.

Looking from Old Town Street westwards towards the
Guildhall (left), Municipal Office, Basket Street, and
on the extreme right, Bedford Street.

Principal businesses

Therew were no businesses in Basket Street in 1890.

 

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