Kingward Street, E1

King Edward Street is an old East End street.

The development of the area began in the 1680s.

In a six-acre region immediately east of Brick Lane known as Bradshaw’s Close, several streets were constructed. Pelham Street, now Woodseer Street between Brick Lane and Spital Street , Montague Street (referred to as the eastern section of Brown’s Lane on Rocque’s map), now Hanbury Street between Brick Lane and Spital Street , and Booth Street , now Princelet Street between Brick Lane and Spelman Street , were all laid out.

Further east, Montague Street continued as Well Street, now Hanbury Street between Spital Street and Greatorex Street , and Church Street, now Hanbury Street from Greatorex Street to Vallance Road. Pelham Street was intended to extend even further east, as indicated by Gascoine’s map of 1703, which shows its expansion across the northern part of the open meadow called Coverley’s Fields.

Three short streets ran north to south: the southern portion of Spital Street , Silver Street (also known as White Cross Street , now the northern end of Spelman Street), and Lombard Street (now Daplyn Street). To the south of Church Street was the High Street, now part of Greatorex Street , which served as the main thoroughfare leading to Whitechapel. At its lower end, the High Street was closed off by a barrier, which was later authorized for removal by an Act in 1780.

Further east, King Edward Street (now Kingward Street) existed, and Duke Street (now Dunk Street) was planned as a third north-south road between the High Street and King Edward Street. South of Booth Street (now part of Princelet Street) and west of the High Street, there was an area of garden grounds occupied by Martin Girle.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

The Underground Map Pepys Street, EC3N Added: 20 Sep 2020 13:01 GMT	Pepys starts diary On 1 January 1659, Samuel Pepys started his famous daily diary and maintained it for ten years. The diary has become perhaps the most extensive source of information on this critical period of English history. Pepys never considered that his diary would be read by others. The original diary consisted of six volumes written in Shelton shorthand, which he had learned as an undergraduate on scholarship at Magdalene College, Cambridge. This shorthand was introduced in 1626, and was the same system Isaac Newton used when writing. Reply
Tricia Shadwell Added: 27 Apr 2021 12:05 GMT	St George in the East Church This Church was opened in 1729, designed by Hawksmore. Inside destroyed by incendrie bomb 16th April 1941. Rebuilt inside and finished in 1964. The building remained open most of the time in a temporary prefab. Reply
Christine D Elliott Spitalfields Added: 11 Jun 2023 14:50 GMT	Spitalfields Charles Blutte came to Spitalfields from Walincourt, Picardie, France for reason of religious persecution. His brother Pierre Phillippe Blutte followed the following year. Between the two brothers they had eventually 20 children, they worked as silk weavers around the Brick Lane area. Member’s of Pierre’s family resided at 40 Thomas Street for over 100 years. Another residence associated with the Blutte family is Vine Court, Lamb Street, Spitalfields, number 16,17 & 18 Vine Court was owned by John Kindon, the father in law of Charles Blutte’s son Jean (John) who married Ann Kindon. This residence appears several times in the census records. Source: Quarto_52_Vol_LII_La_Providence Reply
Katharina Logan Ely Place, N1 Added: 9 Aug 2022 19:01 GMT	Ely place existed in name in 1857 On 7th July 1857 John James Chase and Mary Ann Weekes were married at St John the Baptist Hoxton, he of full age and she a minor. Both parties list their place of residence as Ely Place, yet according to other information, this street was not named until 1861. He was a bricklayer, she had no occupation listed, but both were literate and able to sign their names on their marriage certificate. Source: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF7-Q9Y7?cc=3734475 Reply
Graham O’Connell Lloyds Wharf, SE1 Added: 10 Apr 2021 10:24 GMT	Lloyd & Sons, Tin Box Manufacturers (1859 - 1982) A Lloyd & Sons occupied the wharf (now known as Lloyds Wharf, Mill Street) from the mid 19th Century to the late 20th Century. Best known for making tin boxes they also produced a range of things from petrol canisters to collecting tins. They won a notorious libel case in 1915 when a local councillor criticised the working conditions which, in fairness, weren’t great. There was a major fire here in 1929 but the company survived at least until 1982 and probably a year or two after that. Reply
Marion James Edith Street, E2 Added: 12 Mar 2021 17:43 GMT	26 Edith Street Haggerston On Monday 11th October 1880 Charlotte Alice Haynes was born at 26 Edith Street Haggerston the home address of her parents her father Francis Haynes a Gilder by trade and her mother Charlotte Alice Haynes and her two older siblings Francis & George who all welcomed the new born baby girl into the world as they lived in part of the small Victorian terraced house which was shared by another family had an outlook view onto the world of the Imperial Gas Works site - a very grey drab reality of the life they were living as an East End working class family - 26 Edith Street no longer stands in 2021 - the small rundown polluted terrace houses of Edith Street are long since gone along with the Gas Companies buildings to be replaced with green open parkland that is popular in 21st century by the trendy residents of today - Charlotte Alice Haynes (1880-1973) is the wife of my Great Grand Uncle Henry Pickett (1878-1930) As I research my family history I slowly begin to understand the life my descendants had to live and the hardships that they went through to survive - London is my home and there are many areas of this great city I find many of my descendants living working and dying in - I am yet to find the golden chalice! But in all truthfulness my family history is so much more than hobby its an understanding of who I am as I gather their stories. Did Charlotte Alice Pickett nee Haynes go on to live a wonderful life - no I do not think so as she became a widow in 1930 worked in a canteen and never remarried living her life in and around Haggerston & Hackney until her death in 1973 with her final resting place at Manor Park Cemetery - I think Charlotte most likely excepted her lot in life like many women from her day, having been born in the Victorian era where the woman had less choice and standing in society, which is a sad state of affairs - So I will endeavour to write about Charlotte and the many other women in my family history to give them the voice of a life they so richly deserve to be recorded ! Edith Street was well situated for the new public transport of two railway stations in 1880 :- Haggerston Railway Station opened in 1867 & Cambridge Heath Railway Station opened in 1872 Reply
Beverly Sand Havering Street, E1 Added: 3 Apr 2021 17:19 GMT	Havering Street, E1 My mother was born at 48 Havering Street. That house no longer exists. It disappeared from the map by 1950. Family name Schneider, mother Ray and father Joe. Joe’s parents lived just up the road at 311 Cable Street Reply
jack stevens Whites Row, E1 Added: 26 Sep 2021 13:38 GMT	Mothers birth place Number 5 Whites Row which was built in around 1736 and still standing was the premises my now 93 year old mother was born in, her name at birth was Hilda Evelyne Shaw, Reply
margaret clark Thrawl Street, E1 Added: 15 Oct 2021 22:23 GMT	Margaret’s address when she married in 1938 ^, Josepine House, Stepney is the address of my mother on her marriage certificate 1938. Her name was Margaret Irene Clark. Her father Basil Clark was a warehouse grocer. Reply
Boo Horton Stepney Green, E1 Added: 31 May 2021 13:39 GMT	Angel & Trumpet, Stepney Green The Angel & Trumpet Public House in Stepney Green was run by my ancestors in the 1930’s. Unfortunately, it was a victim on WWII and was badly damaged and subsequently demolished. I have one photograph that I believe to bethe pub, but it doesn’t show much more that my Great Aunt cleaning the steps. Reply
Mike Levy Arbour Square, E1 Added: 19 Sep 2023 18:10 GMT	Bombing of Arbour Square in the Blitz On the night of September 7, 1940. Hyman Lubosky (age 35), his wife Fay (or Fanny)(age 32) and their son Martin (age 17 months) died at 11 Arbour Square. They are buried together in Rainham Jewish Cemetery. Their grave stones read: "Killed by enemy action" Reply
Old Nichol Street, E2 Added: 6 Nov 2021 15:03 GMT	Old Nichol Street, E2 Information about my grandfather’s tobacconist shop Reply
Nant Street, E2 Added: 15 Jan 2023 09:49 GMT	The Bombing of Nant Street WW2 My uncle with his young son and baby daughter were killed in the bombing of Nant Street in WW2. His wife had gone to be with her mother whilst the bombing of the area was taking place, and so survived. Cannot imagine how she felt when she returned to see her home flattened and to be told of the death of her husband and children. Reply
Admin Tower Bridge, SE1 Added: 26 Aug 2022 15:19 GMT	Bus makes a leap A number 78 double-decker bus driven by Albert Gunter was forced to jump an accidentally opening Tower Bridge. He was awarded a £10 bonus. Reply
Steven Shepherd Pitfield Street, N1 Added: 4 Feb 2021 14:20 GMT	Our House I and my three brothers were born at 178 Pitfield Street. All of my Mothers Family (ADAMS) Lived in the area. There was an area behind the house where the Hoxton Stall holders would keep the barrows. The house was classed as a slum but was a large house with a basement. The basement had 2 rooms that must have been unchanged for many years it contained a ’copper’ used to boil and clean clothes and bedlinen and a large ’range’ a cast iron coal/log fired oven. Coal was delivered through a ’coal hole’ in the street which dropped through to the basement. The front of the house used to be a shop but unused while we lived there. I have many more happy memories of the house too many to put here. Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Jean Deane Mill Lane, looking east (1900s) Added: 2 Oct 2023 16:43 GMT	Advertisement for a laundry in Mill Lane, Brixton Hill, SW2 from early 1900’s The New Imperial Laundry Source: From a Ladies glance guide for Mistress and Maid Reply
Sue Meyrick Road, SW11 Added: 24 Sep 2023 19:09 GMT	Meyrick Rd My family - Roe - lived in poverty at 158 Meyrick Rd in the 1920s, moving to 18 Lavender Terrace in 1935. They also lived in York Rd at one point. Alf, Nell (Ellen), plus children John, Ellen (Did), Gladys, Joyce & various lodgers. Alf worked for the railway (LMS). Reply
Michael Tyrrell Avenue, DA16 Added: 20 Sep 2023 21:10 GMT	Momentous Birth! I was born in the upstairs front room of 28 Tyrrell Avenue in August 1938. I was a breach birth and quite heavy ( poor Mum!). My parents moved to that end of terrace house from another rental in St Mary Cray where my three year older brother had been born in 1935. The estate was quite new in 1938 and all the properties were rented. My Father was a Postman. I grew up at no 28 all through WWII and later went to Little Dansington School Reply
Mike Levy Arbour Square, E1 Added: 19 Sep 2023 18:10 GMT	Bombing of Arbour Square in the Blitz On the night of September 7, 1940. Hyman Lubosky (age 35), his wife Fay (or Fanny)(age 32) and their son Martin (age 17 months) died at 11 Arbour Square. They are buried together in Rainham Jewish Cemetery. Their grave stones read: "Killed by enemy action" Reply
Lady Townshend Bridge House Added: 8 Sep 2023 16:02 GMT	Tenant at Westbourne (1807 - 1811) I think that the 3rd Marquess Townshend - at that time Lord Chartley - was a tenant living either at Westbourne Manor or at Bridge House. He undertook considerable building work there as well as creating gardens. I am trying to trace which house it was. Any ideas gratefully received Reply
Alex Britton Roding Valley Added: 30 Aug 2023 10:43 GMT	Late opening The tracks through Roding Valley were opened on 1 May 1903 by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on its Woodford to Ilford line (the Fairlop Loop). But the station was not opened until 3 February 1936 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER, successor to the GER). Source: Roding Valley tube station - Wikipedia Reply
Kevin Pont Roding Valley Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:52 GMT	Shhh.... Roding Valley is the quietest tube station, each year transporting the same number of passengers as Waterloo does in one day. Reply
Kevin Pont Dollis Hill Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:47 GMT	The connection with Bletchley Park The code-breaking computer used at Bletchley Park was built in Dollis Hill. Reply

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Altab Ali Park

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Pavilion Theatre

St Mary Matfelon St Mary Matfelon church was popularly known as St Mary’s, Whitechapel.

St Mary Matfelon

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Toynbee Hall

Wentworth Street Turn-of-the-century fashion in east London.

Wentworth Street

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Ada Lewis Court, E1

Adler Street, E1 Adler Street runs between the Whitechapel Road and the Commercial Road.

Adler Street, E1

Albany Court, E1 Albany Court is a block on Plumbers Row.

Albany Court, E1

Albert Place, E1 Albert Place is an old East End street.

Albert Place, E1

Albert Street, E1 Albert Street is an old East End street.

Albert Street, E1

Angel Alley, E1 Angel Alley was a narrow passage which ran north-south from Wentworth Street to Whitechapel High Street..

Angel Alley, E1

Arcadia Court, E1 Arcadia Court is a block on Old Castle Street.

Arcadia Court, E1

Arthur Deakin House, E1 Arthur Deakin House is a block on Woodseer Street.

Arthur Deakin House, E1

Arundel Street, Arundel Street is an old East End street.

Arundel Street,

Ashington House, E1 Ashington House is a block on Barnsley Street.

Ashington House, E1

Assam Street, E1 Assam Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Assam Street, E1

Baker’s Row, E1 Baker’s Row became Vallance Road in 1896.

Baker’s Row, E1

Bartlett House, E1 Bartlett House is sited on Wentworth Street.

Bartlett House, E1

Bearstead Court, E1 Bearstead Court is a block on Underwood Road.

Bearstead Court, E1

Benjamin Truman Close, E1 Benjamin Truman Close is a location in London.

Benjamin Truman Close, E1

Black Eagle Street, Black Eagle Street is an old East End street.

Black Eagle Street,

Black Lion Yard, E1 Black Lion Yard, a narrow passage, extended from Old Montague Street, where it could be accessed via a set of steps, to Whitechapel Road

Black Lion Yard, E1

Bloomfield House, E1 Bloomfield House is a block on Old Montague Street.

Bloomfield House, E1

BLSA Building, E1 BLSA Building is a block on Newark Street.

BLSA Building, E1

Boden House, E1 Boden House is located on Woodseer Street.

Boden House, E1

Boltersley Street, Boltersley Street is an old East End street.

Boltersley Street,

Booth House, E1 Booth House is a block on Whitechapel Road.

Booth House, E1

Booth Street, E1 Booth Street is an old East End street.

Booth Street, E1

Bradbury Court, E1 Bradbury Court is a block on Old Castle Street.

Bradbury Court, E1

Brady Street, E1 Brady Street is a road running north-south from Three Colts Lane to Whitechapel Road.

Brady Street, E1

Brick Lane, E1 Brick Lane runs north from the junction of Osborn Street, Old Montague Street and Wentworth Street, through Spitalfields to Bethnal Green Road.

Brick Lane, E1

Britannia House, E1 Britannia House is a block on Hanbury Street.

Britannia House, E1

Browns Lane, E1 Browns Lane is marked on the 1862 Stanford map.

Browns Lane, E1

Buxton Street, E1 Buxton Street developed in the early and mid-nineteenth century.

Buxton Street, E1

Calcutta House, E1 Calcutta House is a block on Old Castle Street.

Calcutta House, E1

Calvin Street, E1 Calvin Street was part of the Wheler Estate.

Calvin Street, E1

Carillon Court, E1 Carillon Court can be found on Greatorex Street.

Carillon Court, E1

Carlisle Street, Carlisle Street is an old East End street.

Carlisle Street,

Caroline Adams House, E1 Caroline Adams House is a block on Pedley Street.

Caroline Adams House, E1

Carter Street, E1 Carter Street is an old East End street.

Carter Street, E1

Casson House, E1 Casson House is sited on Hanbury Street.

Casson House, E1

Casson Street, E1 Casson Street is a road in the E1 postcode area

Casson Street, E1

Castle Alley, Castle Alley is an old East End street.

Castle Alley,

Castlemain Street, E1 Castlemain Street is a road in the E1 postcode area

Castlemain Street, E1

Central House, E1 Central House is a block on Whitechapel High Street.

Central House, E1

Central Tower, E1 Central Tower is a block on Commercial Road.

Central Tower, E1

Charlotte Court, Charlotte Court is an old East End street.

Charlotte Court,

Chicksand House, E1 Chicksand House is sited on Chicksand Street.

Chicksand House, E1

Chicksand Street, E1 Chicksand Street runs east from Brick Lane.

Chicksand Street, E1

Cityscape Apartments, E1 Cityscape Apartments is sited on Heneage Street.

Cityscape Apartments, E1

Clare Alexander House, E1 Clare Alexander House can be found on Turner Street.

Clare Alexander House, E1

Clarence Street, Clarence Street is an old East End street.

Clarence Street,

Code Street, In E1, George Street was renamed Code Street after 1886.

Code Street,

Code Street, E2 Code Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Code Street, E2

Codrington Court, E1 Codrington Court is sited on Scott Street.

Codrington Court, E1

Coke Street, Charles Street was renamed to Coke Street, E1 in 1882.

Coke Street,

Colefax Building, E1 Colefax Building is a block on Plumbers Row.

Colefax Building, E1

Colford Street, Colford Street is an old East End street.

Colford Street,

College East, E1 College East is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

College East, E1

Commercial House, E1 Commercial House is a block on Commercial Street.

Commercial House, E1

Coney Way, E1 Coney Way is a road in the SW8 postcode area

Coney Way, E1

Corbet Place, E1 Corbet Place - an L-shaped street, onto which back several large industrial buildings of the early/mid-twentieth century.

Corbet Place, E1

Cornell Building, E1 Cornell Building is a block on Coke Street.

Cornell Building, E1

Cornerstone Court, E1 Cornerstone Court is a building on Hemming Street.

Cornerstone Court, E1

Court Street, E1 Court Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Court Street, E1

Coverley Close, E1 Coverley Close is a road in the E1 postcode area

Coverley Close, E1

Daniel Gilbert House, E1 Daniel Gilbert House is a block on Code Street.

Daniel Gilbert House, E1

Davenant House, E1 Davenant House is a block on Old Montague Street.

Davenant House, E1

Davenant Street, E1 Davenant Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Davenant Street, E1

Dawson House, E1 Dawson House is a block on Walden Street.

Dawson House, E1

Deal Street, E1 Deal Street dates from the mid 1840s.

Deal Street, E1

Denning Point 33 Commercial Street, E1 A block within the E1 postcode

Denning Point 33 Commercial Street, E1

Dickson House, E1 Dickson House is a building on Philpot Street.

Dickson House, E1

Dowson Place, E1 Dowson Place appears on the 1862 Stanford map.

Dowson Place, E1

Dray Walk, E1 Dray Walk is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Dray Walk, E1

Ducie Street, Ducie Street is an old East End street.

Ducie Street,

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Dunk Street

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Durward Street, E1

East Mount Street, E1 East Mount Street is a road in the E1 postcode area

East Mount Street, E1

Eastman, Eastman is an old East End street.

Eastman,

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Elan Court, E1

Ely Place, E1 Ely Place appears on the 1862 Stanford map.

Ely Place, E1

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Empire House, E1

Evelyn House, E1 Evelyn House is a block on Greatorex Street.

Evelyn House, E1

Fakruddin Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Fakruddin Street, E1

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Fashion Street, E1

Field House, E1 Field House can be found on Buxton Street.

Field House, E1

Fieldgate Mansions, E1 Fieldgate Mansions is a significant complex of tenement dwellings that was constructed between 1903 and 1907.

Fieldgate Mansions, E1

Fieldgate Street, E1 Fieldgate Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Fieldgate Street, E1

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Flower and Dean Street, E1

Flower and Dean Walk, E1 Flower and Dean Walk is a street of social housing created in the 1980s.

Flower and Dean Walk, E1

Floyer House, E1 Floyer House is a block on Philpot Street.

Floyer House, E1

Fordham Street, E1 Fordham Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Fordham Street, E1

Foundry Court, E1 Foundry Court is a block on Plumbers Row.

Foundry Court, E1

Fournier Street, E1 Fournier Street is a street running east-west from Brick Lane to Commercial Street alongside Christ Church.

Fournier Street, E1

Fremantle House, E1 Fremantle House is located on Brady Street.

Fremantle House, E1

Frostic Walk, E1 Frostic Walk leads from Chicksand Street to Old Montague Street.

Frostic Walk, E1

Fulbourne Street, E1 Fulbourne Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Fulbourne Street, E1

Furness Street , Furness Street is an old East End street.

Furness Street ,

Garrod Building, E1 Garrod Building is a block on Turner Street.

Garrod Building, E1

George Street, E1 George Street was a street running north-south from Flower and Dean Street to Wentworth Street, crossing Thrawl Street approx. half way along its length..

George Street, E1

Goulston Street, E1 Goulston Street is a thoroughfare running north-south from Wentworth Street to Whitechapel High Street.

Goulston Street, E1

Granary Road, E1 Granary Road is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Granary Road, E1

Greatorex House, E1 Greatorex House is sited on Greatorex Street.

Greatorex House, E1

Greatorex Street, E1 Greatorex Street was formerly called High Street.

Greatorex Street, E1

Green Dragon Yard, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Green Dragon Yard, E1

Greenfield Road, E1 Greenfield Road is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Greenfield Road, E1

Greenfield Street, Greenfield Street is an old East End street.

Greenfield Street,

Grey Eagle Street, E1 Grey Eagle Street was part of the Wilkes Estate with building leases granted in 1761.

Grey Eagle Street, E1

Grimsby Street, E2 Grimsby Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Grimsby Street, E2

Gunthorpe Street, E1 Gunthorpe Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Gunthorpe Street, E1

Gwynne House, E1 Gwynne House is located on Turner Street.

Gwynne House, E1

Hanbury Hall, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Hanbury Hall, E1

Hanbury House, E1 Hanbury House is located on Hanbury Street.

Hanbury House, E1

Hanbury Street, E1 Hanbury Street is a long road running west-east from Commercial Street to Vallance Road.

Hanbury Street, E1

Hannan Court, E1 Hannan Court can be found on Pedley Street.

Hannan Court, E1

Harvey House, E1 Harvey House is a block on Brady Street.

Harvey House, E1

Heathpool Court, E1 Heathpool Court is a block on Brady Street.

Heathpool Court, E1

Hemming Street, E1 Hemming Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Hemming Street, E1

Heneage Street, E1 Heneage Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Heneage Street, E1

Henry Brierley House, E1 Henry Brierley House is a block on Varden Street.

Henry Brierley House, E1

Herbert House, E1 Herbert House is sited on Old Castle Street.

Herbert House, E1

Hobson’s Cottages, E1 Hobson’s Cottages was situated off Pelham Street.

Hobson’s Cottages, E1

Hobsons Place, E1 Hobsons Place was short cul-de-sac.

Hobsons Place, E1

Holloway, Holloway is an old East End street.

Holloway,

Hopetown Street, E1 This is a street in the E1 postcode area

Hopetown Street, E1

Horace Evans House, E1 Horace Evans House is a block on Ashfield Street.

Horace Evans House, E1

Horse Hill, Horse Hill is an old East End street.

Horse Hill,

Hubert Ashton House, E1 Hubert Ashton House is a block on Varden Street.

Hubert Ashton House, E1

Hudson Building, E1 Hudson Building is a block on Chicksand Street.

Hudson Building, E1

Hughes Mansions, E1 Hughes Mansions originally consisted of three roughly similar blocks containing 93 flats spread over the three buildings.

Hughes Mansions, E1

Hunton Street, E1 Hunton Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Hunton Street, E1

Jackson & Joseph Building, E1 Jackson & Joseph Building is a building on Princelet Street.

Jackson & Joseph Building, E1

Jacobs Court, E1 Jacobs Court is a block on Plumbers Row.

Jacobs Court, E1

Jacobson House, E1 Jacobson House is a block on Old Castle Street.

Jacobson House, E1

John Garnett House, E1 John Garnett House is located on Newark Street.

John Garnett House, E1

John Harrison House, E1 John Harrison House is a block on Varden Street.

John Harrison House, E1

John Pritchard House, E1 John Pritchard House is sited on Buxton Street.

John Pritchard House, E1

John Sinclair Court, E1 John Sinclair Court is a block on Thrawl Street.

John Sinclair Court, E1

Joscoyne House, E1 Joscoyne House is a block on Philpot Street.

Joscoyne House, E1

Kempton Court, E1 Kempton Court is a block on Durward Street.

Kempton Court, E1

Kensington Apartments, E1 Kensington Apartments is a block on Pomell Way.

Kensington Apartments, E1

Kent and Essex Yard, E1 Kent and Essex Yard ran north of Whitechapel High Street, close to the west side of Commercial Street.

Kent and Essex Yard, E1

Kent House, E1 Kent House is a block on Varden Street.

Kent House, E1

Kings Arms Court, E1 Kings Arms Court lies off Old Montague Street.

Kings Arms Court, E1

Kingward House, E1 Kingward House is a block on Greatorex Street.

Kingward House, E1

Kiran Apartments, E1 Kiran Apartments is located on Chicksand Street.

Kiran Apartments, E1

Kushiyara House, E1 Kushiyara House is a block on Pedley Street.

Kushiyara House, E1

Ladbroke House, E1 Ladbroke House is a block on Commercial Street.

Ladbroke House, E1

Lister House, E1 Lister House is located on Lomas Street.

Lister House, E1

Little Pearl Street , Little Pearl Street is an old East End street.

Little Pearl Street ,

Lolesworth Close, E1 Lolesworth Close is a short cul-de-sac on the east side of Commercial Street which was originally the western extremity of Flower and Dean Street.

Lolesworth Close, E1

Lomas Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Lomas Street, E1

Luntley Place, E1 Luntley Place appears on the 1862 Stanford map.

Luntley Place, E1

Mcauley House, E1 Mcauley House is a building on Wentworth Street.

Mcauley House, E1

McCalla House, E1 McCalla House is located on Pedley Street.

McCalla House, E1

McGlashon House, E1 McGlashon House is a block on Hunton Street.

McGlashon House, E1

Mellish House, E1 Mellish House is a block on Varden Street.

Mellish House, E1

Merceron Street, E1 Merceron Street is a road in the E1 postcode area

Merceron Street, E1

Middlesea Street , Middlesea Street is an old East End street.

Middlesea Street ,

Mocatta House, E1 Mocatta House is a block on Brady Street.

Mocatta House, E1

Monthope Road, E1 This is a street in the E1 postcode area

Monthope Road, E1

Moss Close, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Moss Close, E1

Mount Terrace, E1 Mount Terrace is a road in the E1 postcode area

Mount Terrace, E1

Mulberry Street, E1 Mulberry Street is a road in the E1 postcode area

Mulberry Street, E1

Myrdle Court, E1 Myrdle Court is a block on Myrdle Street.

Myrdle Court, E1

Myrdle Street, E1 Myrdle Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Myrdle Street, E1

Nathaniel Close, E1 Nathaniel Close consists of houses and flats built in the early 1980s.

Nathaniel Close, E1

Neath Terrace , Neath Terrace is an old East End street.

Neath Terrace ,

Nelson Street, E1 Nelson Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Nelson Street, E1

New Castle Street, New Castle Street is an old East End street.

New Castle Street,

New Evershed House, E1 New Evershed House is located on Old Castle Street.

New Evershed House, E1

New Road, E1 New Road is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

New Road, E1

Newark Street, E1 Newark Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Newark Street, E1

Northesk House, E1 Northesk House is a block on Tent Street.

Northesk House, E1

Norvin House, E1 Norvin House can be found on Commercial Street.

Norvin House, E1

Nottingham Place, E1 Nottingham Place is an old East End street.

Nottingham Place, E1

Novem House, E1 Novem House is a block on Chicksand Street.

Novem House, E1

Odeon Court, E1 Odeon Court is a block on Chicksand Street.

Odeon Court, E1

Old Castle Street, E1 Old Castle Street runs north-south from Wentworth Street to Whitechapel High Street, the southern section of which incorporates the former Castle Alley, murder site of Ripper victim Alice McKenzie.

Old Castle Street, E1

Old Montague Street, E1 Old Montague Street is a thoroughfare running east-west from Baker’s Row (now Vallance Road) to Brick Lane.

Old Montague Street, E1

Osborn Place, E1 Osborn Place appears on maps between 1800 and 1900.

Osborn Place, E1

Osborn Street, E1 Osborn Street is a short road leading from Whitechapel Road to the crossroads with Brick Lane, Wentworth Street and Old Montague Street.

Osborn Street, E1

Osborne House, E1 Osborne House is a block on Osborn Street.

Osborne House, E1

Oxford Street, Green Street was renamed to Oxford Street, E1 in 1867.

Oxford Street,

Palmer Street, Palmer Street is an old East End street.

Palmer Street,

Parfett Street, E1 Parfett Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Parfett Street, E1

Pauline House, E1 Pauline House is a block on Old Montague Street.

Pauline House, E1

Pavilion House, E1 Pavilion House is a block on Greatorex Street.

Pavilion House, E1

Pearl Street, Pearl Street is an old East End street.

Pearl Street,

Pecks Yard, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Pecks Yard, E1

Pedley Street, E1 Pedley Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Pedley Street, E1

Pellew House, E1 Pellew House is a block on Somerford Street.

Pellew House, E1

Pereira Street, E1 Pereira Street ran north/south in Bethnal Green.

Pereira Street, E1

Peretra Street, Peretra Street is an old East End street.

Peretra Street,

Philpot Street, E1 Philpot Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Philpot Street, E1

Plumbers Row, E1 Plumbers Row is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Plumbers Row, E1

Pomell Way, E1 Pomell Way is a road in the E1 postcode area

Pomell Way, E1

Porchester House, E1 Porchester House is sited on Varden Street.

Porchester House, E1

Princelet Street, E1 Princelet Street started its life as Princes Street.

Princelet Street, E1

Puma Court, E1 Puma Court was formerly known as Red Lion Court.

Puma Court, E1

Quaker Street, E1 Quaker Street was at first called Westbury Street.

Quaker Street, E1

Queen Street, E1 In 1883, King Street, E1 became Queen Street, E1.

Queen Street, E1

Ramar House, E1 Ramar House is a building on Hanbury Street.

Ramar House, E1

Regal Close, E1 Regal Close is a road in the E1 postcode area

Regal Close, E1

Resolution Plaza, E1 Resolution Plaza is a location in London.

Resolution Plaza, E1

River Thames at 51.501, High Street, E1 was renamed as Great Garden Street, E1 in 1874.

River Thames at 51.501,

Romford Street, E1 Romford Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Romford Street, E1

Rutherford House, E1 Rutherford House is a block on Brady Street.

Rutherford House, E1

Scott Street, E1 Scott Street is a road in the E1 postcode area

Scott Street, E1

Selby Street, E1 Selby Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Selby Street, E1

Settles Street, E1 Settles Street links Fieldgate Street with Commercial Road.

Settles Street, E1

Seven Stars Yard, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Seven Stars Yard, E1

Shah Paran House, E1 Shah Paran House is a block on Pedley Street.

Shah Paran House, E1

Sheba Place, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Sheba Place, E1

Sheba Street, After 1893, the new name for Queen Street was Sheba Street, E1

Sheba Street,

Shepherd Street, Shepherd Street is an old East End street.

Shepherd Street,

Silwex House, E1 Residential block

Silwex House, E1

Sloane Apartments, E1 Sloane Apartments is sited on Old Castle Street.

Sloane Apartments, E1

Sol Frankel House, E1 Sol Frankel House is a block on Pedley Street.

Sol Frankel House, E1

Somerford Street, E1 Somerford Street is a road in the E1 postcode area

Somerford Street, E1

Somerset House, E1 Somerset House is a block on New Road.

Somerset House, E1

Southampton Terrace, Southampton Terrace is an old East End street.

Southampton Terrace,

Soyeux Apartments, E1 Soyeux Apartments is a block on Scott Street.

Soyeux Apartments, E1

Spelman House, E1 Spelman House is a block on Spelman Street.

Spelman House, E1

Spelman Street, E1 Spelman Street was formerly John Street and built up in the 19th century.

Spelman Street, E1

Spital Street, E1 Spital Street is a road in the E1 postcode area

Spital Street, E1

Spring Walk, E1 Spring Walk is a road in the E1 postcode area

Spring Walk, E1

St Mary Street, St Mary Street is an old East End street.

St Mary Street,

St Philip’s House, E1 St Philip’s House is located on Stepney Way.

St Philip’s House, E1

St. John’s Drive, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

St. John’s Drive, E1

Station House, E1 Station House can be found on Code Street.

Station House, E1

Stepney Green Court, E1 Stepney Green Court is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Stepney Green Court, E1

Stuttle House, E1 Stuttle House is a block on Buxton Street.

Stuttle House, E1

Summerford Street, Summerford Street is an old East End street.

Summerford Street,

Surma Close, E1 Surma Close is a road in the E1 postcode area

Surma Close, E1

Tannery House, E1 Tannery House is a block on Deal Street.

Tannery House, E1

Tassaduq Ahmed House, E1 Tassaduq Ahmed House is a block on Pedley Street.

Tassaduq Ahmed House, E1

Tent Street, E1 Tent Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Tent Street, E1

The Community Centre, E1 The Community Centre is a location in London.

The Community Centre, E1

The Old Montague Apartments, E1 The Old Montague Apartments is a block on Old Montague Street.

The Old Montague Apartments, E1

The Relay Building, E1 The Relay Building is a block on Commercial Street.

The Relay Building, E1

Thrawl Street, E1 Originally built by Henry Thrall around 1656, Thrawl Street ran east-west from Brick Lane across a former tenter field owned by the Fossan brothers, Thomas and Lewis.

Thrawl Street, E1

Tower House, E1 Tower House is a block on Fieldgate Street.

Tower House, E1

Toynbee Street, E1 Toynbee Street, formerly Shepherd Street, was laid out in 1810-24 and redeveloped in 1927-36 as part of the London County Council’s Holland estate.

Toynbee Street, E1

Trahorn Close, E1 Trahorn Close is a road in the E1 postcode area

Trahorn Close, E1

Treves House, E1 Treves House is a block on Vallance Road.

Treves House, E1

Turner Street, E1 Turner Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Turner Street, E1

Tyne Street, E1 Tyne Street is a location in London.

Tyne Street, E1

Underwood Road, E1 Underwood Road is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Underwood Road, E1

Underwood Street, In Stepney E1, Albert Place became Underwood Street in 1883.

Underwood Street,

Universal House, E1 Universal House is a block on Wentworth Street.

Universal House, E1

Vallance Road, E1 Vallance Road is a significant road running north-south from Bethnal Green Road to Whitechapel Road.

Vallance Road, E1

Varden Street, E1 Varden Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Varden Street, E1

Vibeca Apartments, E1 Vibeca Apartments is a block on Chicksand Street.

Vibeca Apartments, E1

Vine Court, E1 Vine Court is a small turning south from Whitechapel Road.

Vine Court, E1

Vollasky House, E1 Vollasky House is a block on Daplyn Street.

Vollasky House, E1

Walden Street, E1 Walden Street is a road in the E1 postcode area

Walden Street, E1

Weaver Street, E1 Weaver Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Weaver Street, E1

Wheler House, E1 Wheler House is a block on Quaker Street.

Wheler House, E1

White Church Lane, E1 White Church Lane is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

White Church Lane, E1

White Church Passage, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

White Church Passage, E1

Whitechapel High Street, E1 Whitechapel High Street runs approximately west-east from Aldgate High Street to Whitechapel Road and is designated as part of the A11.

Whitechapel High Street, E1

Whitechapel Market, E1 Whitechapel Market is a road in the E1 postcode area

Whitechapel Market, E1

Whitechapel Road, E1 Whitechapel Road is a major arterial road in East London.

Whitechapel Road, E1

Whitechapel Technology Centre, E1 Whitechapel Technology Centre is based in the East London Works.

Whitechapel Technology Centre, E1

Wilkes Street, E1 Wilkes Street is a street of early eighteenth century houses, some of which were refronted in the early nineteenth century.

Wilkes Street, E1

Winthrop Street, E1 Winthrop Street was formerly a narrow street running east-west from Brady Street to Durward Street.

Winthrop Street, E1

Wodeham Gardens, E1 Wodeham Gardens is a road in the E1 postcode area

Wodeham Gardens, E1

Wood’s Buildings, E1 Wood’s Buildings, a narrow passageway, extended north from Whitechapel Road and led to Winthrop Street.

Wood’s Buildings, E1

Woodseer Street, E1 Woodseer Street was formerly known as Pelham Street and part of the Halifax Estate.

Woodseer Street, E1

Workhouse Apartments, E1 Workhouse Apartments is a block on Feather Mews.

Workhouse Apartments, E1

Wynfrid House, E1 Wynfrid House is a block on Mulberry Street.

Wynfrid House, E1

NEARBY PUBS

Pride of Spitalfields Pride of Spitalfields stands on Heneage Street.

Pride of Spitalfields

Ten Bells The Ten Bells has existed in various guises since the middle of the 18th century.

Ten Bells

The Culpeper The Culpeper used to be called the Princess Alice.

The Culpeper

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Whitechapel

Whitechapel is a neighbourhood whose heart is Whitechapel Road itself, named for a small chapel of ease dedicated to St Mary.

By the late 1500s Whitechapel and the surrounding area had started becoming 'other half' of London. Located downwind of the genteel sections of west London which were to see the expansion of Westminster Abbey and construction of Buckingham Palace, it naturally attracted the more fragrant activities of the city, particularly tanneries, breweries, foundries (including the Whitechapel Bell Foundry which later cast Philadelphia's Liberty Bell and also Big Ben), slaughterhouses and, close by to the south, the gigantic Billingsgate fish market, famous in its day for the ornately foul language of the extremely Cockney fishwomen who worked there.

Population shifts from rural areas to London from the 1600s to the mid 1800s resulted in great numbers of more or less destitute people taking up residence amidst the industries and mercantile interests that had attracted them. By the 1840s Whitechapel, along with the enclaves of Wapping, Aldgate, Bethnal Green, Mile End, Limehouse and Stepney (collectively known today as the East End), had evolved, or devolved, into classic 'dickensian' London. Whitechapel Road itself was not particularly squalid through most of this period - it was the warren of small dark streets branching from it that contained the greatest suffering, filth and danger, especially Dorset St., Thrawl St., Berners St. (renamed Henriques St.), Wentworth St. and others.

In the Victorian era the base population of poor English country stock was swelled by immigrants from all over, particularly Irish and Jewish. 1888 saw the depredations of the Whitechapel Murderer, later known as 'Jack the Ripper'. In 1902, American author Jack London, looking to write a counterpart to Jacob Riis's seminal book How the Other Half Lives, donned ragged clothes and boarded in Whitechapel, detailing his experiences in The People of the Abyss. Riis had recently documented the astoundingly bad conditions in the leading city of the United States. Jack London, a socialist, thought it worthwhile to explore conditions in the leading city of the nation that had created modern capitalism. He concluded that English poverty was far rougher than the American variety. The juxtaposition of the poverty, homelessness, exploitive work conditions, prostitution, and infant mortality of Whitechapel and other East End locales with some of the greatest personal wealth the world has ever seen made it a focal point for leftist reformers of all kinds, from George Bernard Shaw, whose Fabian Society met regularly in Whitechapel, to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, who boarded and led rallies in Whitechapel during his exile from Russia.

Whitechapel remained poor (and colourful) through the first half of the 20th Century, though somewhat less desperately so. It suffered great damage in the V2 German rocket attacks and the Blitz of World War II. Since then, Whitechapel has lost its notoriety, though it is still thoroughly working class. The Bangladeshis are the most visible migrant group there today and it is home to many aspiring artists and shoestring entrepreneurs.

Since the 1970s, Whitechapel and other nearby parts of East London have figured prominently in London's art scene. Probably the most prominent art venue is the Whitechapel Art Gallery, founded in 1901 and long an outpost of high culture in a poor neighbourhood. As the neighbourhood has gentrified, it has gained citywide, and even international, visibility and support.

Whitechapel, is a London Underground and London Overground station, on Whitechapel Road was opened in 1876 by the East London Railway on a line connecting Liverpool Street station in the City of London with destinations south of the River Thames. The station site was expanded in 1884, and again in 1902, to accommodate the services of the Metropolitan District Railway, a predecessor of the London Underground. The London Overground section of the station was closed between 2007 and 27 April 2010 for rebuilding, initially reopening for a preview service on 27 April 2010 with the full service starting on 23 May 2010.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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Bethnal Green railway station entrance, some distance away from its namesake Central line tube station. The photo was taken on 25 October 2008 Credit: Wiki Commons/Sunil060902 TUM image id: 1606480779 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Boar’s Head was located on the north side of Whitechapel High Street. The Boar’s Head was originally an inn, which was built in the 1530s; it underwent two renovations for use as a playhouse: first, in 1598, when a simple stage was erected, and a second, more elaborate renovation in 1599. Credit: Unknown TUM image id: 1518792376 Licence:	The Third Goodmans Fields Theatre, Great Alie Street (1801) Credit: W. W. Hutchings TUM image id: 1520855916 Licence:	Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) addressing a "smoking debate" at Toynbee Hall (1902) TUM image id: 1660651336 Licence: CC BY 2.0	A drawing published in 1907 of the west front of the Church of Holy Trinity, Minories Credit: Uncredited TUM image id: 1523993568 Licence:
Whitechapel Gallery Credit: LeHaye/Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1556738899 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Byward Tower, 1893 TUM image id: 1556882285 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Battle of Cable Street mural The Battle of Cable Street took place on the corner of Cable Street and Dock Street, and other places Credit: Wiki CommonsAlan Denney TUM image id: 1642775177 Licence:	The Gibraltar Tavern in Gibraltar Walk, Bethnal Green. This pub was present before 1750. The post-war Avebury Estate was extended in 1963. The pub disappeared under the site for the block called Cadogan House. Credit: (Sourced by) Charlie Goodwin TUM image id: 1622121392 Licence:	Middlesex Street (Petticoat Lane) on the site of Sandy’s Row (1912) Credit: CA Mathew/Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1641574406 Licence: CC BY 2.0
The Ten Bells pub, Spitalfields (2012) The Jamie Oliver series Jamie’s Great Britain featured his great-great-grandfather was a landlord of the pub during the 1880s. Oliver was shown visiting the Ten Bells to discuss his East London roots, and to see how Londoners lived, drank and ate at the end of the 19th century. Credit: Wiki Commons/Wordspotandsmith TUM image id: 1641510553 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Old Spitalfields Market (2017) This is a covered market which has been on the site for over 350 years. In 2005, a regeneration programme resulted in the new public spaces: Bishops Square and Crispin Place, which are now part of the modern Spitalfields Market. A range of public markets runs daily, with independent local stores and restaurants - as well as new office developments. Credit: Pete Gloria TUM image id: 1641485607 Licence: CC BY 2.0	A view east along Whitechapel Road including the Pavilion Theatre. The Pavilion was the first major theatre to open in the East End. It opened in 1827 and closed in 1935. TUM image id: 1622205635 Licence:	46 Aldgate High Street TUM image id: 1490910153 Licence: CC BY 2.0	St Mary’s (Whitechapel) station (1916) This existed between 1884 and 1938 between Aldgate East and Whitechapel. TUM image id: 1667998252 Licence:

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Bethnal Green railway station entrance, some distance away from its namesake Central line tube station. The photo was taken on 25 October 2008
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The Third Goodmans Fields Theatre, Great Alie Street (1801)
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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) addressing a "smoking debate" at Toynbee Hall (1902)
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Whitechapel Gallery
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Middlesex Street (Petticoat Lane) on the site of Sandy’s Row (1912)
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A view east along Whitechapel Road including the Pavilion Theatre. The Pavilion was the first major theatre to open in the East End. It opened in 1827 and closed in 1935.
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St Mary’s (Whitechapel) station (1916) This existed between 1884 and 1938 between Aldgate East and Whitechapel.
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Brick Lane streetsign.
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Boy digging up an asphalt pavement in the East End (1899)
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Buxton Street art, Spitalfields
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