As we cross the road at the traffic lights and turn right into Winner Street, the start of which is marked by a bronze sculpture of a mermaid. I arrive at the historic Winner Street, Winner Street is recorded in the Pembroke Survey of 1566 and was formerly known as Wynerde Street, meaning 'Vineyard Street' because during the middle ages, the Bishops vineyards lined the slopes on the left, above. As we continue to walk up Winner Street, you will notice a number of wide arched openings, these are old coaching inn archways that allowed horse-drawn carriages to pass through and park up their horses whilst the driver had a drink and a meal at the inn or stayed overnight. I never knew there was so much history in Paignton, looking around at all the people that live here, I am sure they have no idea that Paignton is full of history.

It is very foggy in Paignton today, yet the sun is trying to come out as we continue our guided walk through Paignton. Whilst retracing the steps back to the footpath opposite the brewery building. I can’t help think how all of this beautiful sandstone, being in its original form, has stayed in great condition over the years. I look up to the steps towards Church Street and see a wonderful image of the Parish of St John the Baptist Church, which is circa 1600s. Walking through the graveyard gives you an eerie feeling of what it must have been like back in the 1600s. The ages of some of these tombstones is phenomenal and I try and imagine who these people were and whether they played a part as the medieval archers that used to sharpen their arrows on these very walls ready for battle.
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