Shops

During the 1830s and 1840s shop fronts were fitted to the 18th-century houses, especially at the eastern end of Church Street

Church Street began to be transformed during the late 19th century, with terraces and shops replacing the large houses

Between 1872-1880 36 houses and shops replaced larger houses along Church St. Houses with extensive gardens were replaced by terraced houses

Whincop & Son timber merchants had a shop where Whole Food is today for many years. Wilmer Place houses next to it used to be a timber yard.

@Rosa_Lingerie @lickedspoon I haven't come across old photos of the bottom of Church St south side yet. Shop fronts added 1830-40 btw.

Shops in 1813 included those of 3 butchers, 3 carpenters, a baker, a smith, a plumber, and a stone mason

There were some 140 shops and workshops in Stoke Newington in 1826. 33 were in Church Street.

In 1834 the number of shops and workshops in Stoke Newington was 211. Among them were 3 hairdressers, 2 tobacconists and 4 pastrycooks.

@aishimas4 seems like the Cazenove Club closed down years ago. Nice to see the space used. The John Brown shop sign is covered yet again.

1979 - Aroma shop at 152 Stoke Newington Church Street flickr.com/photos/dhedwar…

@globemakers By the way, the shop fronts on Albion Road replaced front gardens. There's a nice photo in a book with the gardens.

@Delightful_Dem Yes. I kept an eye on the work that was going on there as it uncovered an old shop sign, which has now been covered again.

There was a house called 'Manor House' on the site of the shops on Church St opposite Barn Street, though it had no claim to the title

In 1976 a fire at Whincop & Son's timber yard prompted the decision to pull down houses and shops in Aldam Place (later Wilmer Place)

In the 1870s William Osment replaced the 18th-century houses of Palatine Estate (exc Palatine House) with houses, shops and a new pub

@ZODAAR_VINTAGE @popupspaceUK worth checking 197-199 Stoke Newington High Street. Was used as pop up shop this year.

@ZODAAR_VINTAGE I'm afraid I have no contact details but suspect the next door bookshop 020 7241 5411 will know since I think it's same one

RT @outlineartists: Find prints by our wonderful artists at the @OutlineEditions pop-up shop in The Gallery in Stoke Newington :) http://t.…

@charliechar yes, plus the two next to it towards the Lion as well as the garage between the shops

Frank Godfrey's shop at 220 Stoke Newington High St c.1930(?) flickr.com/photos/3220012…

The faded sign of the firebombed Barclays Bank turned Stoke Newington Bookshop is still visible flickr.com/photos/6776560…

Handmade kite shop at 150 Stoke Newington Church Street (1985) flickr.com/photos/alanden…

RT @VivaceViolin: Behind the scenes at Bridgewood & Neitzert violin shop in Stoke Newington by EastCast via #soundcloud https://t.co/oFjsnn…

An antiques shop set to open at 5 Stoke Newington Church Street scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1011… (via @ghostsigns)

@GE0RGYGIRL Do you know roughly when Newington Estates next to the bookshop on Church Street closed down?

@ZaweAshton is that the newsagent near Fat Cat Cafe on Church St?

@realnickperry nice touch keeping the old shop sign that was revealed during the renovation

Simpson's flagship shop on Piccadilly (the factory was at 92-100 Stoke Newington Road) is now the Waterstone's bookshop (via @GE0RGYGIRL)

Wilmer Place used to be called Aldam Place. It included houses and shops, which were pulled down in 1976 after a fire in nearby timber yard

Dirty Blonde shop at 121 Church St is no more: “@estateoffice: 121 Stoke Newington Church Street, London, N16 0UH estateoffice.com/available-prop…”

Fish and Chip shop set to open next to Foxtons on the site of Mercado Bar on Stoke Newington Church Street

In 1900 there were 35 milk shops in Stoke Newington

@askeweyewear Would you happen to know anything about the Kingsway shop which was located at your present location?

RT @shopfront: Former Marks & Spencers Store Stoke Newington flickr.com/photos/traxcitement/1258777674…

2009 - Stoke Newington Church Street shop fronts flickr.com/photos/danivas…

@danhughes1508 @domsutton They bombed Barclays Bank a 159 SN High St, now the Stoke Newington Bookshop. Traces of the sign still visible.

@dbiddulph @michaelhogan Yep. I pasted a typical Foxtons on the shop front and did a bit of photoshop building work on the side of building

@ghostsigns in this area? Could be :) I'll ask Rob from Gino's. He would know if there was another barber shop, at least since 1965.

The shop in the photo is on Northwold Rd close to the High St. Name appears above door and address on the other side, but can't make it out

"In past centuries Church Street combined the mansions of the wealthy with inns and local shops." (Mander & Watson, 2008)

btw @ghostsigns, any idea what’s happening with the retail units next to the bookshop on Church St? Any update?

1982 - Old Shops, 47-7 Windus Road, Stoke Newington. All these shops have gone. picturesofengland.com/England/Greate…

@clissoldpeople The Clissold Park history book looks brilliant. When was it written and published? available from local book shops?

@Huriye the houses behind the shops towards the roundabout are part of the row as far as I remember, though not as well restored.

In 1937 No. 5 Stoke Newington Church St retail premises was S. Cohen - Newsagent, bookseller, tobacconist and motor coach booking agent.

Between 1872 and 1880 36 houses and shops replaced larger houses on Church Street, Stoke Newington.

149-151 Stoke Newington High St (currently art, craft and fabrics shop) used to be a clothing shop and Lyons teashop before that.

Campions Sweet and Toy Shop was at 176 Stoke Newington Church St before The Fox Reformed opened in the early 1980’s.

@janeholgate also, I read the Vortex building was a hat shop/factory in the 1960’s if I remember correctly

@Huriye also, any other memories from that period of shops in that part of Church St?

@Huriye Do you know if the shop was used by anyone between Whincop & Son and Fresh&Wild? Thanks.

@Huriye a shame that 146-152 Church St neglected and empty. Council has plans to rebuild houses n shops but can't get a response on Twitter.

RT @WeezeLDN: 162 Stoke Newington road. Used to be my owned by my great grandparents and run as a newsagent. instagram.com/p/sJ1Jz9nCnk/

1979 - photo showing 173 SN Church St used to have a shop front, which was added to the original house (built 1714) collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/collage/app?se…

@Huriye With the many shops on Church St changing owners every 6 months it’s easy to forget some of them have been around for decades :)

"Many shops [on Stoke Newington High Street] were ruined when the one way system was put in place [in the early 70’s].” (@LynRennick)

@Huriye it's now a coffee shop called Simply Coffee.

RT @benpmoody: Amazing pic of Allen rd shops inc Shakespeare pub and offy @HistoryOfStokey at a&b frames on stokey high st http://t.co/SbhB…

@VictorianLondon Not quite. Been asked not to disclose details yet but can say it’s not a chain or generic-boutique-shop-selling-nothing.

By 1765 the Hackney side of the High St had shops for a carpenter, blacksmith, a wheelwright, 15 tenements in Webb's Yard opposite Church St

1974 - Surprisingly, an added shop front was actually removed from one of Church Street’s 18th c. houses (No. 173) collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/collage/app?se…

The story of the now-gone old Harringey Electrics shop at 31 Stoke Newington Church Street (published March 5, 2012) allgoingon.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/far…

@LynRennick any idea? RT @ruthatkins: might you have any images on file of an Italian ice cream shop at 11 Neville Road from early 1900s?

@LynRennick isn’t there a relative of the shop owner in the Facebook group? or am I confusing it with something else?

@ruthatkins If it helps, relatives of the shop owner are members of this Facebook group, moderated by @LynRennick facebook.com/groups/ILivedI…

Found out that The Vaccum Shop at 60 SN Church St was owned by Ben Selig and his wife in the 1950s (cc: @ghostsigns) instagram.com/p/yPYlP4n64E/

@HelenORahilly I doubt it and can find out as I got the info about The Vacuum Shop from the owners' daughter.

@HelenORahilly when asking people about Church St in the 50s-70s the response it typically Hoover and sewing machine shops..

.@HelenORahilly Turns out Ben Selig owned The Vacuum Shop at 60 Church St as well as another Hoover shop at no.35 according to his daughter

@ellyob The Vacuum Shop was owned by Ben Selig and his wife 50s-mid 60s. Their daughter really hopes she can get hold of the sign.

...the Vacuum Shop owner's daughter, who unfortunately has no room to store it. Would be great if it's covered again but no guarantee...

@realnickperry @ghostsigns a real shame if true since the Vacuum Shop owner's daughter is planning to visit over the weekend to see it.

@realnickperry @ghostsigns she was surprised and emotional to see photos of it since the shop closed down in the early 1960s.

@ianrnb @TheFoxReformed I was told by the proprietor's daughter the shop was there in the 50s along with another one at 35 Church St.

1978 - Race horse at Stoke Newington brought to participate in presentation of a prize to owner of a betting shop gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-ph…

@honor_rhodes @ghostsigns 50s-early 60s. Shop owner was Ben Selig and he also owned a shop at no. 35 at the same time.

60 Church St, till recently Anglo-Asian, was Ben Selig's Vacuum Shop (1955-61). In 1966 it became La Paloma Cafe (via @ghostsigns)

@prepcookshop FYI: 106 Church St was a shoe shop in the mid 1970’s.