Hereford Then and Now
Broad Street, Hereford, Herefordshire
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Many towns and some cities around Britain have a marketplace or broader street that at one time was used for both street markets and
for the trading of animals. Hereford used Broad Street at one time to hold
cattle sales, the old photograph below shows one of these. I don't know the date
of this photograph but I suspect it's soon after 1900.
The later photograph below was taken by me
around 12 years ago as a part of a 'then and now' commission for a magazine.
Taken with film, the prints have been scanned. It is a section of a photo
taken from a little too far back, which brings the background too close compared
to the original. Today I could and will at some point get a more comparative
photo with a wider angle lens, this will both put the church back and the current street will appear wider as in the older image.
 
Google Streetview link to the
same view today:-
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Broad+Street,+Hereford&sll=52.048202,-2.721096&sspn=0.011679,0.032938&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Broad+St,+Hereford,+United+Kingdom&ll=52.05479,-2.717282&spn=0,0.004117&z=19&layer=c&cbll=52.054896,-2.717307&panoid=BWdRugeknKhY_5-jj7o7vg&cbp=12,347.56,,0,-5.26
This Google provided link is too
large to put in a hyperlink within our editor.
Hereford cattle are a specific
breed, and it may be that these are the Hereford cattle of the time as they look
very similar to Hereford cattle today.
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Location: Broad Street, Hereford,
Herefordshire |
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Grid Reference:
SO402516 |
Ceremonial County:
Herefordshire
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Map Link:
Google
Multimap
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Aerial photo:
Multimap
Google
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Getting there: Centre of Hereford, photos
taken from just outside the west entrance to the cathedral in Broad Street
looking north. Now on a one way system, traffic going south, its not a main
through road for traffic through the city anymore, the A49 is three streets
to the west. |
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Wikipedia -
Hereford
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Opening Times: Open street |
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Charges: none |
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Nearby Locations: Hereford cathedral within
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Other Location Pages:
Then and
Now Locations
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Other Relevant Pages:
Then
and Now Photography
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