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Old Images of Wolverhampton, England

 Enjoy a glimpse of history through old images of Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands, England, UK.


Old Picture of Wolverhampton

This illustration for a travel book published in 1800 shows Wolverhampton's busy market square.

The sign above the doorway on the building to the right says "Bevan Toy Shop", with the words "London Oyster W" underneath.

Unfortunately the two signs on the building to the left show just vague squiggles so we can't identify the businesses operating there.

As was explained in the extract further up this page, Henry III granted Wolverhampton a charter in 1258 to hold a market on Wednesday each week.

Old picture of Wolverhampton 1797
Old book illustration of Wolverhampton. From a book called "Remarks on a Tour to North and South Wales, in the year 1797...with plates from Rowlandson, Pugh, Howett etc, Aquatint by T. Hill". The book was published in 1800 and is now in the archives of the British Library.

Old Postcards of Wolverhampton

In this first vintage postcard, we see Wolverhampton's Queen Square at a time when the traffic was made up of horses and trams.

In the foreground is the entrance to the ladies' underground toilets.

Old postcard of Queen Square Wolverhampton
Old postcard of Queen Square, Wolverhampton, England. Thanks to Mark Crombie, who uploaded a large collection of vintage postcards to Flikr.

I've added a closeup of the same image, so you can see a bit more detail.

closeup of Old postcard of Queen Square Wolverhampton
Closeup of an old postcard of Queen Square, Wolverhampton, England. Thanks to Mark Crombie, who uploaded a large collection of vintage postcards to Flikr.

In the second vintage photo postcard, we see trams and horse drawn carts travelling down Darlington Street, Wolverhampton.

Old postcard of Darlington Street Wolverhampton
Old postcard of Darlington Street, Wolverhampton, England. Thanks to Mark Crombie, who uploaded thousands of vintage postacrds to Flikr.

I've added a closeup so you can see a bit more of the detail in the image.

closeup of Old postcard of Darlington Street Wolverhampton
Closeup of an old postcard of Darlington Street, Wolverhampton, England. Thanks to Mark Crombie, who uploaded thousands of vintage postacrds to Flikr.

Queen Square, Wolverhampton

In the images above we saw an old postcard of Queen Square. Now you can enjoy a video showing how Queen Square changed over the centuries.

James Fox creates brilliant videos taking us back in time using old photos and pictures. He adds location titles and dates, so you know when and when you are.



Wolverhampton Queen's Square: A Journey Through Time (2017 to 1899): The Time Trav

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