New Street (Now New Row) Covent Garden

[Jackal9]

Hi All

I believe one of my ancestors James Julian Browne had the newsagents at 5 New Street (now New Row) in Covent Garden, Westminster, from around 1905 - 1915.

Does anyone know if any pictures exist of New Street around that time, or where further information could be found on his newsagents please?

Thank you.

[Ruskie]

Sorry I can't offer you a picture, but there is a nice map here:
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=19&lat=51.5112&lon=-0.1261&layers=163&right=BingHyb

If you can locate them on the 1911 census you may be able to narrow down the exact location through looking at the neighbouring residences and trying to estimate where No 5 was (perhaps by working your way down from the pub on the corner - currently 'The Round House').

[stanmapstone]

You can see 5 New Row marked on this 1952  map https://maps.nls.uk/view/102903895#zoom=4&lat=5063&lon=1928&layers=BT
Google Street View https://goo.gl/maps/iGekfdtDKik
Stan

[Bookbox]

Plenty of old photos of New Row here (various dates) ...
https://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/search-results?key=WnsiUCI6eyJrZXl3b3JkcyI6Ik5ldyByb3ciLCJrZXl3b3Jkc01vZGUiOjN9fQ&WINID=1538466928749

[[Ray]]

Hi,     


This is the newsagents shop from the link Bookbox provided.     
(in case you hadn't spotted it)     

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01msq/

[solidrock]

The name of the newsagents is T.Reading.

[ShaunJ]

That photo ( of Readings newsagents) was taken in 1938. 

[ShaunJ]

1912 Directory listing:

[Bookbox]

You could also try contacting Westminster Archives. They have a huge bank of old photographs, many of which are not online.
https://www.westminster.gov.uk/digital-copies-of-archive-images-printing-and-photography