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Sepia-toned postcard view of a narrow village street with thatched cottages lining both sides and a dirt path in the centre.

Read’s Street, Stretham c.1906

Read’s Street, Stretham

History of Read's Street

An 1886 Ordnance Survey map fragment showing houses, gardens, and a street junction in Stretham with the label Read's Street.

South end of Read’s Streeet, Stretham, OS 1886

This is a possible location of the photo considering the layout of the buildings on the map.

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