Queen Street
This postcard shows Queen Street in the early twentieth century, looking east towards Carfax. The numbering of the street has not changed since the mid-nineteenth century, although many of the shops have been rebuilt.
The shoe-shop at the front left is clearly marked with the number 27, and has “Freeman, Hardy & Willis” on the front. On the original postcard, the name of the Home & Colonial stores can be read next-door at No. 28, and the Empress Tea Stores at 29. On the right, the building nearest the camera is the Sherborn Arms pub. This combination of businesses dates the photograph at some point between 1904 and 1912.
Above: east end of Queen Street; Below: west end of Queen Street
Some more information on Queen Street
Historic England images
Historic England has about 70 photographs of Queen Street. If you hover over the image you would like and choose “Share” followed by </> you can get the code to embed them on your website.
Here as an example is a view of Queen Street looking west in 1897, showing it decked with bunting to mark a visit by Queen Victoria (CC72/00520) You can view it full-screen by hovering over the image and then clicking on the symbol at the top right-hand corner: