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Bridge House, 131-132 High Street, Feb 2007
"Bridge Villa", c1880, with George Batt's bakery delivery cart (from 50 High Street).
"Bridge Villa", decorated for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, 1897
"Bridge Villa", c1900 [William Softley Parry]
Dugdale and Barbara Astley (later Mrs Hope), c1900
The canal bridge and "Bridge Villa", c1905
The canal bridge and "Bridge Villa", with festive decorations, possibly for the Visit of King George V, October 1912. [S Hawkes, High Street, Hungerford]
Ground floor plan, by John Brooks, 1984
Ground floor plan, by John Brooks, 1984
Ground floor plan, by John Brooks, 1984
View of Bridge House, 1976.
Henry d'Oyley Wolvey Astley, c1938.
Bridge House, Mar 2021.
Bridge House, c1990.
Lower High Street, c.1980 (with thanks to Sarah Wright).
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