This week we take a look from the opposite end of Silver Street in Warminster.

Our archive picture taken around 1930 shows the Obelisk Post Office on the right hand side, now Maxfield House Antiques.

The post office has since crossed the street to the newsagent, Silver Street News.

The name Silver Street is probably derived from the Latin word Silva, meaning wood.

The street would have lead to the ancient forest of Selwood Norridge, which would have included Longleat.

To the left of our archive picture is Butchers Bakery, also known as the Obelisk Steam Bakery. Originally a brewery, it became a bakery in 1901.

It offered temporary shelter during the First World War to Australian troops before reverting to a bakery. All the bread was made by hand and baked in steam ovens.

Today it is the site of another antiques shop, Collectable Antiques, but still displays its Golden Brown Bread advertising on the outside wall.

Further down on the left is an imposing Georgian stone house called The Cedars.

This used to belong to the Longleat estate but was sold in 1919 when it became the home of the Harraway family, well known nurserymen since 1969. It has also been a solicitors office but records tell us that in the late 1800s it was an orphanage home for girls.

The cottages which make up the rest of this side of the street are probably much older than their Georgian fronts suggest - many are thought to date from the 16th century.

Opposite is the old chapel, which for many years was the premises of the Dale family bicycle and motorcycle specialists, just one of many businesses that used to thrive in this historic street.