James Gray: 2 and 3 Chapel Street, photographed on 20 June 1954, shortly before they were demolished. The street took its name from St James’s Chapel, later Church, which adjoined these old houses to the south. The ecclesiastical parish was amalgamated with that of St Marys, and the church was removed in 1950. jgc_22_057
2019: West side, the cottages were just north of the church, all now demolished. This site on the corner of St James’s Street and Chapel Street was redeveloped c2010 and is now a Co-op store with flats above. (Photographer: Jayne Paulin)
James Gray: These two photographs [see also jgc_22_075] were taken quite recently on 18 September 1983. All the buildings seen in the previous photograph have gone, replaced by a car park, but those in the this photograph remain (1993). jgc_22_076
2018: Difficult to precisely identify this location in Chapel Street as none of the buildings appear to have survived without, at best, being considerably altered. Best guess is the east side opposite the St James’s House car park; possibly the now-redeveloped row of small houses on the right of the 2018 picture. (Photographer: Jayne Paulin)
James Gray: These two photographs [see also jgc_22_076] were taken quite recently on 18 September 1983. All the buildings seen in this photograph have gone, replaced by a car park, but those in the next photograph remain (1993). As can be seen, the dominant central building was much newer than the rest of this ancient street, which took its name from nearby St James’s Chapel. jgc_22_075
James Gray: Looking north and showing the houses 10-15. Period, probably the mid 1950s. Those higher up had been removed a few years earlier. This street was so named from the nearby St James’s Chapel, which has now been completely demolished. jgc_22_074
2018: West side looking north, demolished and replaced by the current Kebbell Lodge housing development. (Photographer: Jayne Paulin)