Holywell Street, London Explained

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^[1] during which time it was known as 'Booksellers' Row'.^[2]

External links

• James Partleton (1837-1876)
• Lost London: a Victorian Street for Friggers and Radicals
• Holywell Street and Wych Street, London in 1901

Notes and References

1. Web site: Holywell Street | street, London, United Kingdom. Encyclopedia Britannica.
2. Web site: Green’s Dictionary of Slang. Booksellers' Row n.. 16 July 2019.