Holywell Street, London

Holywell Street was a street in central London that once ran parallel with the Strand. The street was eliminated when the Strand was widened in 1900. The street was the centre for the sale of pornography in Victorian London[1] and was known as 'Booksellers' Row'.[2]

Holywell Street, Strand. by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1793-1864)

Holywell Street on an 1888 map of London

References

1. http://www.britannica.com/place/Holywell-Street
2. "Booksellers' Row n.". Green’s Dictionary of Slang. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

External links

• http://partleton.co.uk/James1837in1861c.html
• http://www.unofficialbritain.com/lost-london-a-victorian-street-for-friggers-and-radicals/
• http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/WychStreet.htm

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