For hundreds of years High Row has stood in Darlington’s town centre.
Now a busy shopping street at the heart of Darlington, it used to be one of the country’s main thoroughfares from North to South.
Until 1965 it was part of the Great North Road from London to Edinburgh, and has seen a host of traffic from cattle to trams and horse-drawn cars to trolley busses.
Now less traffic travels through High Row since a 2007 pedestrianisation, but the buildings on either side have remained the same for decades.
The indoor market lying off High Row has stood there since the 1850s with the clock tower, the town’s most iconic landmark, towering over the street.
We’ve taken a look back through The Northern Echo’s archives to take you on a journey along High Row through the years…
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