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Location Bedford Street no longer exists in Plymouth. It ran from the southern end of Old Town Street, outside St Andrew's Church, to the junction of Frankfort Street, Russell Street and Cornwall Street. Bedford Street was destroyed in the Second World War and is now remembered only in Bedford Way, which runs from Royal Parade to New George Street, roughly on the line of the old Market Alley, which later became the Bedford Arcade.
Bedford Street,
looking west to the Prudential Building. Principal buildings The principal buildings on the south side of Bedford Street in 1890 were:
and on the north side:
In 1903 the Globe Hotel was replaced by the Prudential Building, which is seen in the photographs on this page. Bateman's, the opticians, seen in the photgraph below, is on the site of Plymouth's other and less famous "Island House".
Looking from
Old Town Street westwards towards the Principal businesses Bedford Street was also a main shopping thoroughfare. The principal businesses on the south side in 1890 were:
and on the north side (returning from the Globe Hotel):
Bedford Street
looking west into Frankfort Street. The
A ground level
view of Bedford Street, looking east
Bedford Street
looking eastwards from the Prudential
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