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"Fore Street" is a name often used for the main street of a town or village in Great Britain . Usage is prevalent in the south-west of England , with over seventy "Fore Streets" in Cornwall and about seventy-five in Devon , but it does also occur in some other parts of England and Scotland.
Some Cornish towns and villages with a "Fore Street" [ ]
Albaston
Ashton, Helston
Barripper, Camborne
Beacon, Camborne
Bodmin
Boscastle
Bugle, St Austell
Callington
Calstock
Camborne
Camelford
Cargreen
Carharrack, Redruth
Chacewater, Truro
Constantine, Falmouth
Copperhouse , Hayle
East Looe
Fowey
Golant , Fowey
Goldsithney, Penzance
Grampound Road, Truro
Grampound, Truro
Gunnislake
Herodsfoot
Kingsand
Lelant, St Ives
Lerryn
Liskeard
Lostwithiel
Madron, Penzance
Marazion
Mevagissey, St Austell
Millbrook
Mount Hawke
Mousehole, Penzance
Nanpean
Newlyn, Penzance
Newquay
Penponds, Camborne
Pensilva
Polgooth
Polperro
Polruan
Pool, Redruth
Port Isaac
Porthleven, Helston
Praze-an-Beeble , Camborne
Probus
Redruth
Roche, St Austell
Saltash
St Austell
St Blazey, Par
St Cleer
St Columb
St Day, Redruth
St Dennis, St Austell
St Erth, Hayle
St Germans
St Ives
St Just, Penzance
St Mabyn , Bodmin
St Stephen
St Teath, Bodmin
Sticker
Stratton, Bude
Tintagel
Torpoint
Tregony , Truro
Troon, Camborne
Tywardreath, Par
West Looe
Some towns and villages in Devon with a "Fore Street" [ ]
Aveton Gifford
Bampton
Beer
Bere Alston
Bere Ferrers
Bishopsteighton
Bovey Tracey
Bradninch
Bridestowe
Brixham
Buckfastleigh
Budleigh Salterton
Chudleigh
Chulmleigh
Cornwood
Cullompton
Culmstock
Dartmouth
Devonport
Dolton
Exbourne
Exeter
Exmouth
Great Torrington
Gunnislake
Harberton
Hartland
Heavitree
Hemyock
Holberton
Holcombe Rogus
Holemoor
Holsworthy
Ide
Ideford
Ilfracombe
Ipplepen
Ivybridge
Kentisbeare
Kenton
Kingsbridge
Kingskerswell
Kingsteignton
Langtree
Lifton
Loddiswell
Luton
Milton Abbot
Moretonhampstead
Northam
North Molton
North Tawton
Okehampton
Otterton
Plympton
Salcombe
Seaton
Shaldon
Sidbury
Sidmouth
Silverton
South Brent
South Tawton
St Marychurch
Tamerton Foliot
Teignmouth
Tiverton
Topsham
Torquay - Barton
Totnes
Uffculme
Ugborough
Winkleigh
Witheridge
Yealmpton
Some other UK places with streets called "Fore Street" [ ]
Somerset :
Chard
Taunton
Dulverton
North Petherton
Bridgwater
Wellington
Winsham
Castle Cary
Dorset
Hertfordshire :
Hertford
Hitchin
Old Hatfield
Suffolk
Wiltshire
Ashton Keynes
Trowbridge
Warminster
Wylye
Other places
Basildon, Essex
Birmingham, B2
Eastcote, London
Edmonton, London
Limehouse, London
City of London, EC2
Glasgow, G 14
Hexham , Northumberland
Johnshaven, Montrose
Lower Darwen, Lancashire
Gallery [ ]
The statue of a Cornish miner on Fore Street, Redruth , Cornwall
The Red Lion Inn on Fore Street, St Columb , Cornwall
Pedestrianised shopping on Fore Street, Brixham , Devon
Fore Street in Taunton , Somerset, 1910
Arlington House, a listed building on Fore Street, Trowbridge , Wiltshire
Fore Street, City of London in 1884 - the street now forms part of the Barbican Estate
The modern street sign near the Barbican
Police station (demolished 1916) on Fore Street, Edmonton , north London, which approximately follows the Romans' Ermine Street
See also [ ]
Cornwall portal
Devon portal
Sources [ ]
Categories :
Geography of Cornwall Streets by type Types of streets Streets in England Geography of Devon English toponymy Street names Hidden categories:
Use dmy dates from April 2017 Use British English from April 2017