Wokingham corn mill - 1889

[baytree1970]

Reading Observer 19 October 1889

- there is an article about Wokingham Cycle club cyclists parade - starting from Drill Hall in Denmark Street, through Market Place down QUEEN STREET up Peach Street, Broad Street, Station Road, Wellington Rd ......

So maybe Queen St was the name for a stretch of road between Market Place and Peach St? I'm looking at a contemporary map and can't see any reference to Queen St but this is what the cycle race report seems to suggest

[tonepad]

Reading Observer 19 October 1889

- there is an article about Wokingham Cycle club cyclists parade - starting from Drill Hall in Denmark Street, through Market Place down QUEEN STREET up Peach Street, Broad Street, Station Road, Wellington Rd ......

Something to do with Queen Alexandra?
Denmark Street was named after the Princess of Denmark (Queen Alexandra):

https://www.wokinghamsociety.org.uk/history.html#:~:text=Denmark%20Street%20was%20known%20as,Street%20stood%20an%20iron%20marker.


Tony

[jc26red]

As far as I can tell, it looks like the stretch between the north end of Market place turn right towards Peach street. This stretch appears to be part of Broad street.  If you look for a photo of the town hall, it’s facing this stretch of road

[jc26red]

To be honest, following the route written in the newspaper article, to get back to peach street from market place, you would have to drive/walk down Rose Street but I don’t think that has ever been renamed. It’s full of very old buildings.

[Watson]

A little more about Queen's Terrace.  It was originally named Chubbs Row, and was demolished in the mid-1950s.

[baytree1970]

Thanks everyone, Queen St seems more or less resolved

Anyone know anything about the corn mill? There seems to be an "Emm Brook Mill" North West of the town which was a corn mill but also a paper mill it seems.