Glasshouse Street, E1W

Road in/near Shadwell, existed between the 1750s or before and 1862

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MARCH
12
2024
Glasshouse Street was renamed Glasshouse Fields in 1862.






NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Limehouse Limehouse is a National Rail station, also connected to the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) network.

NEARBY STREETS
Adam Meere House, E1 Adam Meere House is located on Tarling Street (Shadwell)
Albert Gardens, E1 Albert Gardens, an almost intact late-Georgian residential square (Shadwell)
All Saints Court, E1 All Saints Court (together with St Mary’s Clergy House) is a symmetrical group with gabled wings and cut-away corner balconies (Shadwell)
Ann Street, E1 Ann Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)
Arbour House, E1 Arbour House was designed by B.J. Belsher, the Stepney Borough Surveyor (Stepney Green)
Arbour Square, E1 Arbour Square is a late Georgian square in Stepney (Stepney Green)
Arta House, E1 Arta House is a block on Devonport Street (Shadwell)
Avis Square, E1 Avis Square was created in 1961 (Stepney Green)
Barnardo Gardens, E1W Barnardo Gardens was created as local streets were swept away post-war (Shadwell)
Barnardo Street, E1 Dr Thomas John Barnardo founded a boy’s orphanage in Stepney Causeway (Shadwell)
Barnes Street, E14 Barnes Street was built on land belonging to W.H. Pemberton Barnes (Stepney Green)
Bath Court, E1W Bath Court is a block on Glamis Place (Shadwell)
Bekesbourne Street, E14 Bekesbourne Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Limehouse)
Belgrave Street, E1 Belgrave Street connects Stepney High Street with Commercial Road (Stepney Green)
Benson Quay, E1W Benson Quay is a road in the E1W postcode area
Bere Street, Bere Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)
Bermuda Street, E1 Bermuda Street was an old East End street (Stepney Green)
Billing House, E1 Billing House is a block on Commercial Road (Shadwell)
Blenheim Court, SE16 Blenheim Court can be found on Rotherhithe Street (Rotherhithe)
Boulcott Street, E1W Boulcott Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Ratcliff)
Bower Street, E1 Bower Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Shadwell)
Branch Road, E14 Branch Road is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Limehouse)
Brayford Square, E1 Brayford Square is a small shopping area from 1978 (Stepney Green)
Brigantine Court, E14 Brigantine Court is a block on Spert Street (Limehouse)
Brodlove Lane, E1W Brodlove Lane is a road in the E1W postcode area (Shadwell)
Bromley Street, E1 Bromley Street was built between 1829 and 1843 by Daniel Goody (Stepney Green)
Brook Street, E1 Brook Street was an old name for this section of Cable Street (Ratcliff)
Bull’s Buildings, E1W Bull’s Buildings was a close off White Horse Street (Ratcliff)
Butcher Row, E1W Butcher Row is a road in the E1W postcode area (Limehouse)
Campania Building, E1W Campania Building is a block on The Highway (Ratcliff)
Capstan Court, E1W Capstan Court can be found on Wapping Wall
Caroline Street, E1 Caroline Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Ratcliff)
Chalkwell House, E1 Chalkwell House can be found on Commercial Road (Shadwell)
Chamberlain House, E1 Chamberlain House probably dates from the 1960s (Shadwell)
Commercial Road East, Commercial Road East is an old East End street (Shadwell)
Corrigham House, E1 Corrigham House is a block on Pitsea Street (Ratcliff)
Cosmo Apartments, E1 Cosmo Apartments is sited on Westport Street (Shadwell)
Cowley Street, Cowley Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)
Cranford Street, E1W Cranford Street is a road in the E1W postcode area (Ratcliff)
Dean House, E1 Dean House is a block on Tarling Street (Shadwell)
Devonport Street, E1 Devonport Street connects Commercial Road and Cable Street (Shadwell)
Donovan House, E1 Donovan House probably dates from the 1960s (Shadwell)
Dowson House, E1 Dowson House is located on Commercial Road (Shadwell)
Drewton Street, E1 Drewton Street was previously James Street (Shadwell)
Dunstan Place, E1W Dunstan Place first appeared on the 1830 map, replacing an area called Globe Yard (Ratcliff)
Edward Mann Close East, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Ratcliff)
Elf Row, E1W A street within the E1W postcode (Shadwell)
Elizabeth Square, SE16 Elizabeth Square is one of the streets of London in the SE16 postal area (Rotherhithe)
Exmouth Court, E1 Exmouth Court appears on the 1900 map (Stepney Green)
Exmouth Place, E1 Exmouth Place is on the 1860 map (Stepney Green)
Fisher House, E1 Fisher House probably dates from the 1960s (Shadwell)
Flamborough Street, E14 Flamborough Street is a Yorkshire place name, chosen by association with neighbouring York Square (Limehouse)
Foley House, E1 Foley House is a block on Tarling Street (Shadwell)
Frederick Square, SE16 Frederick Square is a location in London (Rotherhithe)
Garth Street, Dean Street was renamed Garth Street, E1 in 1876 (Shadwell)
Ginger Line Building, E1W Ginger Line Building is a block on The Highway (Shadwell)
Glamis Place, E1W Glamis Place is a road in the E1W postcode area (Shadwell)
Glamis Road, E1W Glamis Road is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area (Shadwell)
Glasshouse Fields, E1W Glasshouse Fields was Glasshouse Street until 1862 (Shadwell)
Glasshouse Street, E1W Glasshouse Street was renamed Glasshouse Fields in 1862 (Shadwell)
Gordon House, E1W Gordon House is a block on Glamis Road (Shadwell)
Gosling House, E1 Gosling House is a block near to the Martineau Estate (Shadwell)
Hampton Court, SE16 Hampton Court is a block on Rotherhithe Street (Rotherhithe)
Hardinge Lane, E1W Hardinge Lane is a road in the E1 postcode area (Shadwell)
Hardinge Street, E1W Hardinge Street existed in the 1750s or before as St George’s Path (Shadwell)
Havering Street, E1 Havering Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Shadwell)
Head Street, E1 Head Street replaced Heath Street in 1938 (Shadwell)
Heckford Street Business Centre, E1W A street within the E1W postcode (Ratcliff)
Heckford Street, E1W Heckford Street is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area (Ratcliff)
Helena Square, SE16 Helena Square is a location in London (Rotherhithe)
High Street Shadwell, E1W High Street Shadwell eventually became part of The Highway (Shadwell)
Horseferry Road, E14 Horseferry Road is a road in the E14 postcode area (Limehouse)
Ikøn House, E1W Ikøn House is sited on Cable Street (Shadwell)
Ionian Building, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Limehouse)
James Place, James Place is an old East End street (Shadwell)
Jardine Road, E1W Jardine Road is a road in the E1W postcode area (Ratcliff)
John Bowles Court, E1W John Bowles Court is a block on Schoolhouse Lane (Shadwell)
John Scurr House, E14 John Scurr House is located on Ratcliffe Lane (Limehouse)
Johnny Andrews House, E1 Johnny Andrews House is a block on Boulcott Street (Ratcliff)
Johnson Street, E1 Johnson Street first appears as John Street on 1820s mapping, but not on 1810s maps (Shadwell)
Juniper Street, E1 Juniper Street is now simply a cul-de-sac (Shadwell)
Kensington Court, SE16 Kensington Court is a block on Rotherhithe Street (Rotherhithe)
King & Queen Wharf, SE16 A street within the SE16 postcode (Rotherhithe)
King David Lane, E1 King David Lane connects Cable Street with The Highway (Shadwell)
La Figa Restaurant, E14 La Figa Restaurant is a block on Narrow Street (Limehouse)
Labour in Vain Street, E1W Labour in Vain Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)
Lake Street, E1 Lake Street was at first called Thomas Street (Shadwell)
Lavender House, E1 Lavender House is a block on Commercial Road (Ratcliff)
Leading Street, Leading Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)
Len Bishop Court, E1W Len Bishop Court is a block on Schoolhouse Lane (Ratcliff)
Lion Court, E1W Lion Court is a block on The Highway (Shadwell)
Love Lane, Love Lane is an old East End street (Shadwell)
Lower Shadwell Street, Lower Shadwell Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)
Lucas Street, Lucas Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)
Lukin Street, E1 Lukin Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Shadwell)
Malthouse Apartments, E1 Malthouse Apartments is a block on Caroline Street (Shadwell)
Market Hill, Market Hill is an old East End street (Shadwell)
Marshgate House, E1 Marshgate House is a building on Bromehead Street (Stepney)
Mauretania Building, E1W Mauretania Building is a block on Jardine Road (Ratcliff)
Mercers Street, Mercers Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)
Merchant Court, E1W Merchant Court can be found on Wapping Wall
Milk Yard, E1W Milk Yard is a road in the E1W postcode area
Montpelier Place, E1 Montpelier Place is a road in the E1 postcode area (Shadwell)
Monza Building, E1W Monza Building is located on Monza Street
Monza Street, E1W Monza Street lies south of the Shadwell Basin
Moore House, E1 Moore House is a block on the Martineau Estate (Shadwell)
Morton Close, E1 This is a street in the E1 postcode area (Shadwell)
Mountmorres Road, E1 Grosvenor Street was called Mountmorres Road after 1939 (Stepney Green)
New Belvedere House, E1 New Belvedere House is a block on White Horse Road (Stepney Green)
Newlands Quay, E1W A street within the E1W postcode (Shadwell)
Ogilvie House, E1 Ogilvie House is a block on Stepney Causeway (Ratcliff)
Old Church Road, E1 Old Church Road originally extended north from Commercial Road to Stepney Way, opposite St Dunstan’s Church. (Shadwell)
Peartree Lane, E1W Peartree Lane is a road in the E1W postcode area (Shadwell)
Pelican Stairs, E1W Pelican Stairs is a road in the E1W postcode area
Pinchin Johnsons Yard, E1W Pinchin Johnsons Yard is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Shadwell)
Pique Mews, E1W A street within the E1W postcode (Shadwell)
Pitsea Street, E1 Pitsea Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Ratcliff)
Poonah Street, E1 Poonah Street first appears as a name in 1891 (Shadwell)
Portland Street, E1 Portland Street was replaced by Westport Street in 1939 (Stepney Green)
Powlesland Court, E1 Powlesland Court is a block on White Horse Road (Stepney Green)
Quantum Court, E1 Quantum Court is a block on King David Lane (Shadwell)
Railton House, E1 Railton House is a block on Arbour Square (Shadwell)
Ratcliffe Cross Street, E1W Ratcliffe Cross Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Ratcliff)
Ratcliffe House, E14 Ratcliffe House is a block on Barnes Street (Stepney Green)
Ratcliffe Lane, E14 Ratcliffe Lane runs south of Limehouse station (Limehouse)
Recurrence Apartments, E1 Recurrence Apartments is located on Commercial Road (Stepney)
Redcastle Close, E1 Redcastle Close arrived with the construction of the Glamis Estate (Shadwell)
Regents Gate House, E14 Regents Gate House is a block on Horseferry Road (Limehouse)
Riverside Mansions, E1W Riverside Mansions is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area
Robert Sutton House, E1 Robert Sutton House is a block on Tarling Street (Shadwell)
Rochelle Court, E1 Rochelle Court are flats with shops underneath from 1938 (Shadwell)
Ronald Street, E1 Ronald Street appeared in a series of parallel streets first emerging in the 1830s (Shadwell)
Rosea House, E1 Rosea House is sited on Boulcott Street (Ratcliff)
Roslin House, E1W Roslin House can be found on Brodlove Lane (Shadwell)
Rotherhithe Tunnel, E14 Rotherhithe Tunnel is a road in the E14 postcode area (Limehouse)
Sandringham Court, SE16 Sandringham Court is a block on Rotherhithe Street (Rotherhithe)
School House Lane, School House Lane is an old East End street (Ratcliff)
Schoolhouse Lane, E1W Schoolhouse Lane connects Cable Street and The Highway (Ratcliff)
Scotia Building, E1W Scotia Building is a block on Jardine Road (Ratcliff)
Shadwell Pierhead, E1W Shadwell Pierhead is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area (Shadwell)
Shipwright House, E1 Shipwright House is a block on Boulcott Street (Ratcliff)
Sims House, E1 Sims House is a block on Havering Street (Shadwell)
Sirius Building, E1W Sirius Building is a block on Jardine Road (Limehouse)
Sovereign Crescent, SE16 Sovereign Crescent is a road in the SE16 postcode area (Rotherhithe)
Spert Street, E14 Sir Thomas Spert, first Master of Trinity House after its incorporation in 1514, was a Stepney seaman. (Limehouse)
St. Georges Square, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Limehouse)
Stepney Causeway, E1 Stepney Causeway is associated with Thomas John Barnardo, who opened his first shelter for homeless children at number 18. (Shadwell)
Summercourt Road, E1 Summercourt Road is parallel with Commercial Road, one block north (Stepney Green)
Sun Tavern Place, E1 Sun Tavern Place was not named directly after an inn but after Sun Tavern Fields, a ropewalk which it was built over (Shadwell)
Sutton Street East, In Stepney E1, Church Road became Sutton Street East in 1862 (Shadwell)
Sutton Street, E1 Sutton Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Shadwell)
Tarbert Walk, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Shadwell)
The Listed Building, E1W The Listed Building can be found on The Highway (Ratcliff)
The Ship Apartments, E1 The Ship Apartments is a block on Hardinge Street (Shadwell)
Thirza House, E1 Thirza House is a block on Devonport Street (Shadwell)
Thirza Street, E1W Thirza Street was situated off Hardinge Street, immediately south of the railway (Shadwell)
Thomas Street, Thomas Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)
Thornwill House, E1 Thornwill House is a building on Martineau Street (Shadwell)
Topaz Court, E1W Topaz Court is a block on Elf Row (Shadwell)
Trafalgar Court, E1W Trafalgar Court is a building on Wapping Wall
Troon House, E1 Troon House is a block of flats situated west of White Horse Road (Stepney Green)
Twine Court, E1 Twine Court is an ancient turning leading off Cable Street (Shadwell)
Unicorn Building, E1W Unicorn Building is a building on The Highway (Limehouse)
Vogler House, E1 Vogler House is a 6-storey block containing 24 dwellings (Shadwell)
Wakeling Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Limehouse)
Wapping Wall, E1W Wapping Wall runs parallel to the northern bank of the Thames with many converted warehouses facing the river
Warren Place, E1W A street within the E1 postcode (Ratcliff)
Warton Court, E1W Warton Court is sited on Cable Street (Shadwell)
Warton Place, E1W Warton Place, at the turn of the twentieth century, led to a glass factory (Shadwell)
Westminster Court, SE16 Westminster Court is sited on Rotherhithe Street (Rotherhithe)
Westport Street, E1 Westport Street runs north from Commercial Road (Stepney Green)
White Horse Street, E14 Until the early 20th century, White Horse Street stretched uninterrupted from Stepney Churchyard to Butcher Row, leading down to the riverside (Limehouse)
Windsor Court, SE16 Windsor Court is a block on Rotherhithe Street (Rotherhithe)
Yule Court, E1 Yule Court was replaced by the Shadwell Gardens Estate during the 1970s (Shadwell)


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