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Holywell Street was a brief, secondary, northern carriageway of part of the Strand, London. It was accordingly subsumed in name when the Strand was widened in 1900. Aside from housing above it was the centre for the sale of romance books and pornography in Victorian London during which time it was known as 'Booksellers' Row'.
James Partleton (1837-1876)Lost London: a Victorian Street for Friggers and Radicals
Streets in the City of Westminster Former streets and roads of London {{Coord, 51, 30, 46.65, N, 0, 6, 55.24, W, scale:3125_region:GB, display=title
Holywell Street was a brief, secondary, northern carriageway of part of the Strand, London. It was accordingly subsumed in name when the Strand was widened in 1900. Aside from housing above it was the centre for the sale of romance books and pornography in Victorian London during which time it was known as 'Booksellers' Row'.
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James Partleton (1837-1876)
Streets in the City of Westminster Former streets and roads of London {{Coord, 51, 30, 46.65, N, 0, 6, 55.24, W, scale:3125_region:GB, display=title