Foster Street, E1

Road in/near Whitechapel, existed from the 1830s but redeveloped after the Second World War

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November
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2024
Foster Street may date from the 1830s.

It was part of the Albion Brewery site and now replaced by a large supermarket.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Pavilion Theatre The Pavilion Theatre at 191–193 Whitechapel Road was the first major theatre to open in the East End.
St Mary’s (Whitechapel Road) St Mary’s was a station on the Metropolitan Railway and the District Railway lines, located between Whitechapel and Aldgate East stations.
Vine Tavern The Vine Tavern was situated on a site in the middle of Mile End Road, theoretically at number 31.
Weaver’s Fields Weavers Fields is an open space in Bethnal Green.
Wickhams Wickhams was a department store on the north side of the Mile End Road in London.

NEARBY STREETS
Abingdon Street, E1 Abingdon Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Ada Lewis Court, E1 Ada Lewis Court is located on Underwood Road
Adelina Grove, E1 Adelina Grove became an estate for people displaced by the London Wool Exchange building in 1929 (Stepney)
Adelina Place, E1 Adelina Place was a very narrow side street of Adelina Grove (Stepney)
Allenbury Street, E2 Allenbury Street no longer exists (Bethnal Green)
Amiel Street, E1 Amiel Street is one of ten streets commemorating Stepney residents killed in the air raids of the Second World War (Stepney Green)
Anchor House, E1 Anchor House is a block on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Andover Court, E2 Andover Court is a building on Mint Street (Bethnal Green)
Ansell House, E1 Ansell House was the first block built on the Sidney Estate (Stepney)
Armsby House, E1 Armsby House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)
Arundel Street, Arundel Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Ashington House, E1 Ashington House is a block on Barnsley Street (Bethnal Green)
Assembly Passage, E1 Assembly Passage is a long, cobbled walkway that leads from Mile End Road to Redmans Road (Stepney Green)
Bahram Court, E2 Bahram Court is a block on Mint Street (Bethnal Green)
Baker’s Row, E1 Baker’s Row became Vallance Road in 1896
Bancroft House, E1 Bancroft House is a block on Malcolm Road (Stepney Green)
Barbanel House, E1 Barbanel House is sited on Colebert Avenue (Stepney Green)
Barnsley Street, E1 Barnsley Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Bethnal Green)
Barwell House, E2 Barwell House is a block on Menotti Street (Bethnal Green)
Bath Street, In Poplar E14, Ann’s Place became Bath Street in 1891 (Whitechapel)
Bearstead Court, E1 Bearstead Court is a block on Underwood Road
Beckett House, E1 Beckett House is part of a three block complex facing Jubilee Street (Stepney)
Bedford Street, E1 Bedford Square, Shadwell was called Bedford Street after 1894 (Whitechapel)
Benjamin Truman Close, E1 Benjamin Truman Close is a location in London (Spitalfields)
Berry House, E1 Berry House is located on Headlam Street (Whitechapel)
Blackwood House, E1 Blackwood House is a block on Collingwood Street (Whitechapel)
Booth House, E1 Booth House is a block on Whitechapel Road (Whitechapel)
Brady Street, E1 Brady Street is a road running north-south from Three Colts Lane to Whitechapel Road (Whitechapel)
Braintree House, E1 Braintree House is named for the road it would have previously faced - Braintree Street (Stepney Green)
Buckhurst Street, E1 Buckhurst Street runs alongside St Bartholomew Gardens (Stepney Green)
Bullen House, E1 Bullen House is a building on Collingwood Street (Whitechapel)
Cambridge Heath Road, E1 Cambridge Heath Road was originally Cambridge Road (Stepney Green)
Cannon Place, E1 Cannon Place is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Carlisle Street, Carlisle Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Caroline Adams House, E1 Caroline Adams House is a block on Pedley Street (Spitalfields)
Castlemain Street, E1 Castlemain Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Cavell Street, E1 Cavell Street is a road in the E1W postcode area (Whitechapel)
Cephas House, E1 Cephas House is a block on Wickford Street (Stepney Green)
Cephas Street, E1 One of two Silver Streets in the area along with Park Street and Peter Street became Cephas Street in 1865 (Stepney Green)
Chapter House, E2 Chapter House is a block on Dunbridge Street (Bethnal Green)
Chronos Building, E1 Chronos Building is a building on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Clarence Street, Clarence Street is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Cleveland Grove, E1 Cleveland Grove, a cul-de-sac, leads west from Cleveland Street (Stepney Green)
Cleveland Street, E1 Cleveland Street replaced the delightfully-named Red Cow Lane (Stepney Green)
Cleveland Way, E1 Cleveland Way commemorates the Wentworth family, lords of the manor of Stepney from 1550 and earls of Cleveland from 1626-67. (Stepney Green)
Coburg Dwellings, E1 Coburg Dwellings is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Stepney)
Codrington Court, E1 Codrington Court is sited on Scott Street (Whitechapel)
Colebert Avenue, E1 Colebert Avenue was named in 1948 (Stepney Green)
Colebert House, E1 Colebert House can be found on Colebert Avenue (Stepney Green)
Colin Winter House, E1 Colin Winter House is a block on Nicholas Road (Stepney Green)
Collingwood House, E1 Collingwood House is a block on Cambridge Heath Road (Whitechapel)
Collingwood Street, E1 Collingwood Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Colverson House, E1 Colverson House is a block on the Sidney Estate (Stepney)
Coopers Close, E1 Coopers Close is a road built over the site of the Anchor Brewery (Stepney Green)
Cornerstone Court, E1 Cornerstone Court is a building on Hemming Street (Whitechapel)
Cotherstone Court, E2 Cotherstone Court is a block on Mint Street (Bethnal Green)
Court Street, E1 Court Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Coventry Road, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Bethnal Green)
Coverley Close, E1 Coverley Close is a road in the E1 postcode area
Cudworth Street, E1 Cudworth Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Cutters Court, E2 Cutters Court is sited on Three Colts Lane (Bethnal Green)
Dagobert House, E1 Dagobert House is a block on Smithy Street (Stepney)
Darling Place, E1 Darling Place was merged into Darling Row (Whitechapel)
Darling Row, E1 Darling Row is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Davenant House, E1 Davenant House is a block on Old Montague Street
Davenant Street, E1 Davenant Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Devonshire Street, E1 Devonshire Street East (and West) became Devonshire Street in 1865 (Stepney Green)
Donegal House, E1 Donegal House was built in 1970 as part of the Collingwood Estate (Bethnal Green)
Doveton House, E1 Doveton House is a block on Doveton Street (Stepney Green)
Doveton Street, E1 Doveton Street was formerly Queen Street (until 1883), Queen’s Court and Peacock Place (earlier) (Stepney Green)
Dressage Court, E2 Dressage Court is a block on Three Colts Lane (Bethnal Green)
Dron House, E1 Dron House is a block on Adelina Grove (Stepney)
Ducie Street, Ducie Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Dunbridge Street, E2 Dunbridge Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Durward Street, E1 Durward Street is a narrow thoroughfare running east-west from Brady Street to Baker’s Row (today’s Vallance Road) (Whitechapel)
Eagle House, E1 Eagle House can be found on Headlam Street (Whitechapel)
East Mount Street, E1 East Mount Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Eastman, Eastman is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Edwards Passage, E1 Edwards Passage leads north off Mile End Road beside the Trinity Almshouses (Stepney Green)
Elizabeth Bates Court, E1 Elizabeth Bates Court is a block on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Embassy Court, E1 Embassy Court is a block on Brady Street (Bethnal Green)
Entick Street, E2 Entick Street was near to Malcolm Place - the course of the road still visible as a path parallel to Braintree Street (Bethnal Green)
Epping Place, E1 Epping Place was an old name for the northernmost end of Sidney Street (Whitechapel)
Fakruddin Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Whitechapel)
Fellbrigg Street, E1 Norfolk Street, E1 was renamed as Fellbrigg Street, E1 in 1883 (Whitechapel)
Finnis Street, Finnis Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Foster Street, E1 Foster Street may date from the 1830s (Whitechapel)
Fremantle House, E1 Fremantle House is located on Brady Street (Whitechapel)
Friesian House, E2 Friesian House can be found on Buckhurst Street (Bethnal Green)
Fulbourne Street, E1 Fulbourne Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Furness Street , Furness Street is an old East End street
Garrod Building, E1 Garrod Building is a block on Turner Street (Whitechapel)
Glass Street, E2 Glass Street is a road in the E2 postcode area (Bethnal Green)
Granary Road, E1 Granary Road is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Greenheath Business Centre, E2 Greenheath Business Centre is a Bethnal Green commercial area (Bethnal Green)
Grindall House, E1 Grindall House is a building on Collingwood Street (Whitechapel)
Grove Dwellings, E1 Grove Dwellings - in separate blocks - were built in 1910 on land leased from the Mercers company (Stepney)
Hadleigh Close, E1 Hadleigh Close is a right-angled road, part of the Rogers Estate (Stepney Green)
Hadleigh House, E1 Hadleigh House is located on Lang Street (Stepney Green)
Hadleigh Walk, E1 Hadleigh Walk connects Hadleigh Street to the west (Stepney Green)
Harvey House, E1 Harvey House is a block on Brady Street (Whitechapel)
Hawkins Street, E1 Hawkins Street is an old East End street, appearing on maps during the 1840s (Stepney)
Headlam Street, E1 Headlam Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Heathpool Court, E1 Heathpool Court is a block on Brady Street (Whitechapel)
Hemming Street, E1 Hemming Street commemorates Edward Hemming, who represented Bethnal Green on the first select vestry of the parish of Stepney in 1589. (Whitechapel)
Herald Street, E2 Herald Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Hereford Street, Hereford Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Hereford Street, E2 Hereford Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Hughes Mansions, E1 Hughes Mansions originally consisted of three roughly similar blocks containing 93 flats spread over the three buildings (Whitechapel)
Jarman House, E1 Jarman House, Beckett House and Wingrand House were built as a single block on the Sidney Estate (Stepney)
John Pritchard House, E1 John Pritchard House is sited on Buxton Street
Kelsey Street, E2 Kelsey Street was called Cross Street until 1869 (Bethnal Green)
Kempton Court, E1 Kempton Court is a block on Durward Street, built in 1995 (Whitechapel)
Kenton House, E1 Kenton House is a building on Mantus Road (Stepney Green)
Key Close, E1 Key Close lies off Cambridge Heath Road (Stepney Green)
King Street, E1 King Street was renamed Wickford Street in 1912 (Stepney Green)
Kinsham House, E2 Kinsham House is a block on Ramsey Street (Bethnal Green)
Lang Street, E1 Lang Street is a post-war road (Stepney Green)
Le Moal House, E1 Le Moal House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)
Lindley House, E1 Lindley House is a block on Lindley Street (Stepney)
Lindley Street, E1 Lindley Street first appeared on a Stepney map during the 1840s (Stepney)
Lisbon Street, Lisbon Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Lister House, E1 Lister House is located on Lomas Street (Whitechapel)
Little Collingwood Street, E1 Little Collingwood Street once ran parallel with Collingwood Street (Whitechapel)
Lomas Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Whitechapel)
London Street, The Opening, E14 was renamed as London Street, E14 in 1888 (Bethnal Green)
Louise De Marillac House, E1 Louise De Marillac House is a block on Jubilee Street (Stepney)
Malcolm Place, E1 Malcolm Place runs along the railway and the south edge of Bethnal Green Gardens (Stepney Green)
Malcolm Road, E1 Malcolm Road was a new name for the southern section of Braintree Street after 1949 (Stepney Green)
Mantus Close, E1 Mantus Close was named after one of the Stepney victims of the Blitz (Stepney Green)
Mantus Road, E1 Mantus Road runs south of the railway line into Bethnal Green, (Stepney Green)
Mape Street, E2 While much altered, Mape Street began life in 1826 (Bethnal Green)
Maples Place, E1 Cannon Place became Maples Place in 1938 (Whitechapel)
Mariana Court, E1 Mariana Court is a block on Assembly Passage (Stepney)
Mayo House, E1 Mayo House is a block on Lindley Street (Stepney)
McCalla House, E1 McCalla House is located on Pedley Street (Bethnal Green)
Mccoy House, E2 Mccoy House is a building on Three Colts Lane (Bethnal Green)
Menotti Street, E2 Menotti Street, a shadow of its former length, was called Manchester Street until 1864 (Bethnal Green)
Merceron Street, E1 Merceron Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Middlesea Street , Middlesea Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Milward Street, E1 Milward Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Mocatta House, E1 Mocatta House is a block on Brady Street (Whitechapel)
Moss Close, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Whitechapel)
Mount Terrace, E1 Mount Terrace is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Neath Terrace , Neath Terrace is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Nicholas Street, E1 The former Green Street was given the name Nicholas Street in 1882 (Stepney Green)
Northampton Street, Northampton Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Northesk House, E1 Northesk House is a block on Tent Street (Bethnal Green)
O’Leary Square, E1 O’Leary Square is a development of the Sidney Estate (Stepney)
Oasis Court, E1 Oasis Court is a block on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Octagon Street, E1 Octagon Street appears on maps between 1900 and 1950 (Whitechapel)
Odette Duval House, E1 Odette Duval House is a 9-storey block containing 52 dwellings (Stepney)
Orion House, E1 Orion House is an 11-storey block on the Collingwood Estate (Whitechapel)
Oxford Street, Green Street was renamed to Oxford Street, E1 in 1867 (Whitechapel)
Pacific Court, E1 Pacific Court is a building on Assembly Passage (Stepney)
Park House, E1 Park House is a block on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Pauline House, E1 Pauline House is a block on Old Montague Street
Pelican House, E1 Pelican House is a block on Cambridge Heath Road (Stepney Green)
Pellew House, E1 Pellew House is a block on Somerford Street (Whitechapel)
Pereira Street, E1 Pereira Street ran north/south in Bethnal Green (Whitechapel)
Peretra Street, Peretra Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Phoenix Court, E1 Phoenix Court is a block on Cudworth Street (Bethnal Green)
Princes Street, E1 Princes Street was a former name for the northern section of Dempsey Street (Stepney)
Queen Street, E1 In 1883, King Street, E1 became Queen Street, E1
Ramsey Street, E2 A road with a long history, Ramsey Street has been realigned since the Second World War (Bethnal Green)
Raven Row, E1 Raven Row appears in 1832, probably named for the builder. (Whitechapel)
Red Cow Lane, E1 Red Cow Lane was an ancient Stepney thoroughfare linking Dog Row with Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Redclyf House, E1 Redclyf House is a block on Stothard Street (Stepney Green)
Redmill House, E1 Redmill House is a block on Headlam Street (Whitechapel)
Regal Close, E1 Regal Close is a road in the E1 postcode area
Richardson Street, E1 Richardson Street ran from Lindley Street to Wolsey Street (Stepney)
Rochester Court, E2 Rochester Court is a block on Wilmot Street (Bethnal Green)
Russell Street, E1 Little Russell Street became Russell Street in 1864 (7996) (Whitechapel)
Rutherford House, E1 Rutherford House is a block on Brady Street (Whitechapel)
Ryder House, E1 Ryder House is a block on Colebert Avenue (Stepney Green)
Sale Street, E2 Sale Street once ran much further east (Bethnal Green)
Sambrook House, E1 Sambrook House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)
Sandhurst House, E1 Sandhurst House can be found on Wolsey Street (Stepney)
Sceptre House, E1 Sceptre House is a block on Malcolm Road (Stepney Green)
Sceptre Street, E1 The southernmost section of Sceptre Road was called Sceptre Street (Stepney Green)
Scott Street, E1 Scott Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Selby Street, E1 Selby Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Smith Street, E1 Because of the number of Smith Streets in London, the road became Smithy Street during the 1930s (Stepney)
Smithy Street, E1 Smithy Street was called Smith Street until 1938 (Stepney)
Somerford Street, E1 Somerford Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Southampton Terrace, Southampton Terrace is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Sovereign House, E1 Sovereign House dates from 1970 (Stepney Green)
Soyeux Apartments, E1 Soyeux Apartments is a block on Scott Street (Whitechapel)
Spring Walk, E1 Spring Walk is a road in the E1 postcode area
St Andrew Street, St Andrew Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
St Mary Street, St Mary Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
St Philip’s House, E1 St Philip’s House is located on Stepney Way (Whitechapel)
Steeple Court, E1 Steeple Court is a block on Coventry Road (Bethnal Green)
Stepney Green Court, E1 Stepney Green Court is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Stothard House, E1 Stothard House is located on Colebert Avenue (Stepney Green)
Stothard Street, E1 Stothard Street was named after a victim of Second World War bombing (Stepney Green)
Summerford Street, Summerford Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Surma Close, E1 Surma Close is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Swan Place, E1 Swan Place was an old road absorbed during the nineteenth century into Sidney Street (Stepney)
Tap Street, Tap Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Tapp Street, E2 Tapp Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Tassaduq Ahmed House, E1 Tassaduq Ahmed House is a block on Pedley Street (Spitalfields)
Teal Street, Teal Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Tent Street, E1 Tent Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Three Colt Lane, Three Colt Lane is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Three Colts Lane, E1 Three Colts Lane is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Trahorn Close, E1 Trahorn Close is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Tree House, E1 Tree House is located on Jubilee Street (Stepney)
Treves House, E1 Treves House is a block on Vallance Road (Whitechapel)
Trinity Green, E1 Trinity Green is the nominal address of the Trinity Green Almshouses (Stepney Green)
Trinity Mews, E1 Trinity Mews is a modern development (Stepney)
Underwood Road, E1 Underwood Road is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
Underwood Street, In Stepney E1, Albert Place became Underwood Street in 1883
Vallance Road, E1 Vallance Road is a significant road running north-south from Bethnal Green Road to Whitechapel Road. (Whitechapel)
Vallance Road, E2 The Bethnal Green end of Vallance Road was originally called White Street (Bethnal Green)
Vawdrey Close, E1 Vawdrey Close replaced an older street called Whitehead Street (Stepney Green)
Vine Court, E1 Vine Court is a small turning south from Whitechapel Road (Whitechapel)
Violet Street, Violet Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Wexford House, E1 Wexford House is a 6-storey block containing 44 dwellings (Stepney)
White Street, E2 White Street was the former name for part of Vallance Road (Bethnal Green)
Whitechapel Road, E1 Whitechapel Road is a major arterial road in East London (Whitechapel)
Whitehead Street, E1 Union Street was renamed Whitehead Street in 1882 (Stepney Green)
Wickford House, E1 Wickford House is part of the 1948-built Cleveland estate (Stepney Green)
Wickford Street, E1 Wickford Street was a new name for King Street (Stepney Green)
Winchester Street, Winchester Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Wingrad House, E1 Wingrad House is a block on the northern section of Jubilee Street (Stepney)
Winthrop Street, E1 Winthrop Street was formerly a narrow street running east-west from Brady Street to Durward Street (Whitechapel)
Witan Street, E2 Witan Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Wodeham Gardens, E1 Wodeham Gardens is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Wolsey Street, E1 Wolsey Street is an old East End street of which a tiny remnant remains (Stepney)
Wood’s Buildings, E1 Wood’s Buildings, a narrow passageway, extended north from Whitechapel Road and led to Winthrop Street. (Whitechapel)
Workhouse Apartments, E1 Workhouse Apartments is a block on Feather Mews (Whitechapel)
Wyllen Close, E1 Wyllen Close is the name of both a road and blocks to which the road leads (Stepney Green)


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