King Street, E14

Road in/near Poplar, existed between the 1820s and 1938

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Road · * · E14 ·
JUNE
28
2024
King Street was renamed Ming Street in 1938 in reference to the local Chinese community.

King Street West was called King Street after 1885.


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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Museum of London Docklands The Museum of London Docklands, based in an 1802 warehouse, tells the history of London’s River Thames and the growth of the Docklands.
Railway Tavern The Railway Tavern was generally known as Charlie Brown’s.
St Matthias Old Church St Matthias Old Church is the modern name given to the Poplar Chapel built by the East India Company in 1654.
Tower Hamlets College Tower Hamlets College is a large further education and a constituent college of New City College.
West India Quay West India Quay is a leisure complex on the Isle of Dogs.

NEARBY STREETS
1 Cabot Square, E14 1 Cabot Square (also known as the Credit Suisse building) is a 21 floor office building occupied by Credit Suisse in the Canary Wharf development (Canary Wharf)
1 West India Quay, E14 1 West India Quay is a skyscraper designed by HOK in the Docklands area which was completed in 2004 (Canary Wharf)
Adams Place, E14 Adams Place is a road in the E14 postcode area (Canary Wharf)
Amoy Place, E14 Amoy Place is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Annabel Close, E14 Annabel Close is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Arborfield House, E14 Arborfield House is a building on East India Dock Road (Poplar)
Arno Place, E14 Arno Place was redeveloped post-war (Westferry)
Astoria Way, E14 Astoria Way is a location in London (Poplar)
Balsam House, E14 Balsam House is sited on East India Dock Road (Poplar)
Bate Street, E14 Batson Street (Bate Street) was situated off Three Colt Street (Limehouse)
Beccles Street, E14 Beccles Street was previously called Jamaica Place (Limehouse)
Belgrave Court, E14 Belgrave Court is a block on Limehouse Link (Westferry)
Berber Place, E14 Berber Place is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Berkeley Tower, E14 Berkeley Tower is a building on Westferry Circus (Canary Wharf)
Bethlehem House, E14 Bethlehem House is a block on Limehouse Causeway (Westferry)
Birchfield House, E14 Birchfield House can be found on Pinefield Close (Poplar)
Birchfield Street, E14 Birchfield Street was once called Drill Place (Poplar)
Blomfield House, E14 Blomfield House is a block on Hale Street (Poplar)
Boardwalk, E14 Sophia Street was built in 1823 and demolished in 1939 (Poplar)
Bogart Court, E14 Bogart Court is a block on Limehouse Link (Westferry)
Boston Lodge, E14 Boston Lodge is a residential block, part of a line of blocks facing New Festival Avenue (Poplar)
Bygrove Street, E14 Bygrove Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Cabot Place East, E14 Cabot Place East is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Canary Wharf)
Cabot Place West, E14 Cabot Place West is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Canary Wharf)
Cabot Place, E14 Cabot Place is a retail area (Canary Wharf)
Canary Riverside, E14 Canary Riverside is a road in the E14 postcode area (Canary Wharf)
Canary Wharf, E14 Canary Wharf is a location rather than a road but one which has addresses assigned to it (Canary Wharf)
Cannon Drive, E14 Cannon Drive connects Hertsmere Road with the Cannon Workshops (Westferry)
Cannon House, E14 Cannon House is sited on Hertsmere Road West (Westferry)
Cannon Workshops, E14 Cannon Workshops is a block dating to the beginning of the 19th century (Westferry)
Canton Street, E14 Canton Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Carnell Apartments, E14 Carnell Apartments is a block on St Anne Street (Poplar)
Casson Apartments, E14 Casson Apartments is a block on Upper North Street (Poplar)
Castor Lane, E14 Castor Lane is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Castor Street, E14 Castor Street existed between the 1810s and 1960s (Poplar)
Chancellor Passage, E14 Chancellor Passage is in the Canary Wharf area behind West India Quay (Canary Wharf)
Charles Street, EC1Y Charles Street - one of many streets of this name in London - was renamed Viscount Street in 1939 (Poplar)
Chilcot Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Chusan Place, E14 Chusan Place was described by Charles Booth as "one of the blackest spots in London" (Poplar)
Colborne House, E14 Colborne House is a block on Nankin Street (Poplar)
Columbus Courtyard, E14 Columbus Courtyard is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Canary Wharf)
Commercial Pier Wharf, E14 Commercial Pier Wharf is a road in the E14 postcode area (Canary Wharf)
Corry House, E14 Corry House is a block on Shirbutt Street (Poplar)
Creek House, E14 Creek House can be found on Narrow Street (Westferry)
Cross Street, E14 Cross Street was given the name Bungay Street in 1912 (Westferry)
Crossrail Place, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Canary Wharf)
Crossrail Walk, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Canary Wharf)
Cruse House, E14 Cruse House is located on Poplar High Street (Poplar)
Devitt House, E14 Devitt House is a block on Wade’s Place (Poplar)
Dingle Gardens, E14 Dingle Gardens is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Dockmasters House, E14 Dockmasters House is a block on Hertsmere Road (Westferry)
Dolphin Lane, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Duff Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Duke Of York House, E14 Duke Of York House is a block on East India Dock Road (Poplar)
Dundee Court, E14 Dundee Court is a block on Milligan Street (Westferry)
Dundee Wharf, E14 Dundee Wharf is a road in the E14 postcode area (Westferry)
East Quay, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Eaton House, E14 Eaton House can be found on Westferry Circus (Westferry)
Edgemere House, E14 Edgemere House is a block on St Anne Street (Poplar)
Edward Mills Way, E14 Edward Mills Way leads north from Canton Street (Poplar)
Eldersfield House, E14 Eldersfield House is sited on Pennyfields (Poplar)
Elite House, E14 Elite House is located on St Anne Street (Limehouse)
Elizabeth Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Emmett Street, E14 Emmett Street originated in the early 19th century (Westferry)
Epstein Square, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Evans Street, E14 Brothers Oliver and George Evan Evans laid out a street called Evans Street - construction continued until the mid-1850s (Poplar)
Finchs Court Mews, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Fishermans Place, E14 Fishermans Place is a road in the W4 postcode area (Canary Wharf)
Fishermans Walk, E14 Fishermans Walk is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Canary Wharf)
Fitzgerald House, E14 Fitzgerald House is a block on East India Dock Road (All Saints)
Flynn Court, E14 Flynn Court is a block on Garford Street (Westferry)
Fonda Court, E14 Fonda Court is a building on Premiere Place (Westferry)
Fore Street, E14 Fore Street was a previous name for the eastern end of Narrow Street. (Westferry)
Garford Street, E14 Garford Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Westferry)
Garland Court, E14 Garland Court is located on Limehouse Link (Westferry)
Gates Street, E14 Gates Street (later Canton Street) was laid out in 1846 by James Gates on his land north of the Evans brothers’ property (Poplar)
Gill Place, E14 Gill Place was located off Jamaica Place (Limehouse)
Gill Street, E14 Gill Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Limehouse)
Gladstone House, E14 Gladstone House is a residential block (Poplar)
Gloster Ridley Court, E14 Gloster Ridley Court is a block on St Anne’s Row (Poplar)
Good Hope House, E14 Good Hope House is a block on Poplar High Street (Poplar)
Goodfaith House, E14 Goodfaith House is a block on Simpson’s Road (Poplar)
Goodspeed House, E14 Goodspeed House is a block on Simpson’s Road (Poplar)
Goodwill House, E14 Goodwill House is a block on Simpson’s Road (Poplar)
Gorsefield House, E14 Gorsefield House is sited on East India Dock Road (Poplar)
Gough Street, E14 Gough Street was originally laid out as Thomas Street (Poplar)
Gough Walk, E14 Gough Walk is a walkway which follows the former route of a street called Gough Street (Poplar)
Granville House, E14 Granville House is a residential block (Poplar)
Grenada House, E14 Grenada House is a block on Limehouse Causeway (Westferry)
Grenade Street, E14 Grenade Street is a road in the E14 postcode area (Westferry)
Grundy Street, E14 Grundy Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Hale Street, E14 Hale Street is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Harbour Way, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Heckford House, E14 Heckford House is a block on Grundy Street (Poplar)
Hertsmere Road, E14 Hertsmere Road - a 1980s-era road - curves around the back of the Museum of London Docklands (Westferry)
Hopkins House, E14 Hopkins House is located on Canton Street (Poplar)
Horizon Building, E14 The Horizon Building (Canary Wharf)
Inigo Jones House, E14 Inigo Jones House is a block on Gill Street (Limehouse)
Jamaica Street, E14 Jamaica Street was also known as Jamaica Place (Limehouse)
Jeremiah House, E14 Jeremiah House is sited on Jeremiah Street (Poplar)
Jeremiah Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Joseph Irwin House, E14 Joseph Irwin House is a block on Gill Street (Limehouse)
Kelly Court, E14 Kelly Court is located on Garford Street (Westferry)
Kemps Drive, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Kerbey Street, E14 Kerbey Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Keymer Place, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Kildare Walk, E14 Kildare Walk is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
King Street, E14 King Street was renamed Ming Street in 1938 in reference to the local Chinese community (Poplar)
Ledger Building, E14 Ledger Building is a block on Hertsmere Road (Westferry)
Leyland House, E14 Leyland House is a block on Hale Street (Poplar)
Limehouse Causeway, E14 Limehouse Causeway was home to the original Chinatown of London. (Westferry)
Limekiln Hill, E14 Limekiln Hill was the former name for a section of Three Colt Street (Westferry)
Mackrow Walk, E14 Mackrow Walk is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Malam Gardens, E14 Malam Gardens is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Market Square, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Mary Jones Court, E14 Mary Jones Court is a block on Garford Street (Westferry)
Meridian House, E14 Meridian House is a block on Poplar High Street (Poplar)
Milligan Street, E14 Milligan Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Westferry)
Ming Street, E14 Ming Street - the former King Street - was renamed in recognition of the then local Chinese community (Poplar)
Morant Street, E14 Morant Street is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Moro Apartments, E14 Moro Apartments is a block on Edward Mills Way (Poplar)
Nankin Street, E14 Around 1858, Nankin Street (and nearby Pekin Street) was developed by Stephen Redman and other owners of adjacent land (Poplar)
New Festival Avenue, E14 New Festival Avenue is a walkway serving a number of new builds (Poplar)
North Colonnade, E14 North Colonnade is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Canary Wharf)
North Quay, E14 The North Quay development - approximately 3.28 hectares - was previously used as a construction laydown area for the Canary Wharf Elizabeth line station (Canary Wharf)
North Quay-Blood Alley, E14 This part of North Quay was known as Blood Alley when this was a docklands area (Canary Wharf)
Northcote House, E14 Northcote House is a building on Saracen Street (Poplar)
Oast Court, E14 Oast Court is a block on Newell Street (Limehouse)
Ontario Way, E14 Ontario Way is a road in the E14 postcode area (Canary Wharf)
Overstone House, E14 Overstone House is a block on East India Dock Road (Poplar)
Padstow House, E14 Padstow House is a block on Three Colt Street (Westferry)
Park Place, E14 Park Place ran south from Limehouse Causeway (Westferry)
Park Row, E14 Park Row is a road in the E14 postcode area (Canary Wharf)
Pasmore Court, E14 Pasmore Court is a block on Canton Street (Poplar)
Pekin Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Pekin Street, E14 Pekin Street, along with other Chinese-themed streetnames locally, began life in 1858 (Poplar)
Pennyfields, E14 Pennyfields is the western extension of Poplar High Street (Poplar)
Pigott Street, E14 When the Lansbury Estate was built, Pigott Street was the final part of the plan, hosting a block of flats from 1982 (Poplar)
Pinefield Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Playfair House, E14 Playfair House is a block on Nankin Street (Poplar)
Plimsoll Close, E14 Plimsoll Close is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Poplar High Street, E14 Until the late nineteenth century Poplar High Street was the district’s principal street. (Poplar)
Premiere Place, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Westferry)
Providence Cottages, E14 Providence Cottages were situated off Emmett Street (Westferry)
Providence House, E14 Providence House is a block on Three Colt Street (Limehouse)
Pusey House, E14 Pusey House is located on Saracen Street (Poplar)
Railway Arches, E14 Railway Arches is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Westferry)
Ricardo Street, E14 Ricardo Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Rich Street, E14 Rich Street is a road in the E14 postcode area (Westferry)
Rigden Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Roche House, E14 Roche House was built by Stepney Borough Council in 1939, containing 100 flats (Westferry)
Rogers Court, E14 Rogers Court is a block on Limehouse Link (Westferry)
Rook Street, E14 Rook Street - at first called Mary Street - ran between Poplar High Street and East India Road (Poplar)
Rosefield Gardens, E14 Rosefield Gardens is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Russell House, E14 Russell House is a block on Saracen Street (Poplar)
Salter Street, E14 Salter Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Westferry)
Saltwell Street, E14 Saltwell Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Saracen Street, E14 Saracen Street was a new street formed when the Lansbury Estate was built (Poplar)
Saunders Close, E14 Saunders Close is a road in the E14 postcode area (Westferry)
Scott Russell Place, E14 Scott Russell Place is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Shepherd Court, E14 Shepherd Court can be found on Annabel Close (Poplar)
Shirbutt Street, E14 Shirbutt Street is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Simpson’s Road, E14 Simpson’s Road is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Spearman House, E14 Spearman House is a block on Nankin Street (Poplar)
St Annes Row, E14 St Annes Row is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
St Anne’s Street, E14 St Anne Street is a street of Poplar (Poplar)
Stocks Place, E14 Stocks Place is a road in the E14 postcode area (Westferry)
Stoneyard Lane, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Storehouse Mews, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Westferry)
Sturry Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Swale Street, E14 Swale Street was redeveloped in 1954 and became part of Nankin Street (Poplar)
Taylor House, E14 Taylor House is a block on Stonehouse Mews (Westferry)
Tenbury Place, E14 Tenbury Place was situated off Jamaica Place (Westferry)
The Port East Building, E14 The Port East Building is a block on Hertsmere Road (Canary Wharf)
The Warehouse, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Canary Wharf)
Thompson House, E14 Thompson House is a block on Pekin Street (Poplar)
Thornfield House, E14 Thornfield House is a block on Rosefield Gardens (Poplar)
Three Colt Street, E14 Three Colt Street was first recorded in 1362 making it one of Limehouse’s oldest streets (Limehouse)
Trinidad Street, E14 Trinidad Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Westferry)
Turner’s Buildings, E14 Turner’s Buildings was a small close off Pennyfields (Poplar)
Ulmar Place, E14 Ulmar Place was a small turning off King Street (Poplar)
Vale House, E14 Vale House is a building on St Anne Street (Poplar)
Wades Place, E14 Wades Place is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Welles Court, E14 Welles Court is a block on Limehouse Link (Westferry)
Wessex House, E14 Wessex House is a block on St Anne’s Row (Poplar)
West India Avenue, E14 West India Avenue is a road in the E14 postcode area (Canary Wharf)
West India Dock Road, E14 West India Dock Road is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
West India House, E14 West India House is sited on West India Dock Road (Poplar)
Westcott House, E14 Westcott House is sited on East India Dock Road (Poplar)
Westferry Circus, E14 Westferry Circus is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Canary Wharf)
Westferry Studios, E14 Westferry Studios is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Westferry)
Wigram House, E14 Wigram House is located on Wade’s Place (Poplar)
William Lax House, E14 William Lax House is a block on East India Dock Road (Poplar)
Willis House, E14 Willis House is a block on Poplar High Street (Poplar)
Winant House, E14 Winant House is a block on Simpson’s Road (Poplar)
Woodstock Terrace, E14 Woodstock Terrace is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Wren Landing, E14 Wren Landing is an open area between Cabot Square and the footbridge over to the Museum of London Docklands (Canary Wharf)


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