Red Cow Lane, E1

Road in/near Stepney Green, existed between the 1750s or before and the 1830s

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Red Cow Lane was an ancient Stepney thoroughfare linking Dog Row with Mile End Road.

It was renamed Cleveland Street after 1830.


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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Black Boy The Black Boy public house stood on the Mile End Road.
Stepney Green Stepney Green tube station lies on the corner of Mile End Road and Globe Road in the Stepney neighbourhood of east London.
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
, Foster Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Abingdon Street, E1 Abingdon Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Adams House, E1 Adams House is a Grade II listed block of offices (Stepney Green)
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)
Allport Mews, E1 Allport Mews lies off Stepney Green itself (Stepney 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)
Anchor Terrace, E1 Anchor Terrace is a named section of Cephas Avenue (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)
Argyle Road, E1 Argyle Road followed Carlton Square as an 1850s development by William Pemberton Barnes (Stepney Green)
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)
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)
Bath Street, In Poplar E14, Ann’s Place became Bath Street in 1891 (Whitechapel)
Beatrice House, E1 Beatrice House was built after 1996 (Stepney Green)
Beaumont Grove, E1 Beaumont Grove runs south from Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Beaumont Square, E1 Beaumont Square is a garden square that was laid out in 1840 as the centerpiece of the Beaumont Estate, a housing development by Captain J T Barber Beaumont. (Stepney Green)
Beaumont Street, E1 Beaumont Street was the predecessor name to Beaumont Grove (Stepney Green)
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)
Berry House, E1 Berry House is located on Headlam Street (Whitechapel)
Blackwood House, E1 Blackwood House is a block on Collingwood Street (Whitechapel)
Blitheale Court, E2 Blitheale Court is a block on Witan Street (Bethnal Green)
Boyton Close, E1 Boyton Close covered half of the former Nicholas Street (Stepney Green)
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)
Braintree Street, E1 Braintree Street, like Hadleigh Street, was named after a town in Essex (Bethnal 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)
Carlton Square, E1 The houses in the Carlton Square area were developed in the 1850s by William Pemberton Barnes on open land known as Globe Fields. (Stepney Green)
Carmelo Mews, E1 Carmelo Mews is a mews behind the houses on the east side of Stepney Green (Stepney Green)
Cavell Street, E1 Cavell Street is a road in the E1W postcode area (Whitechapel)
Cephas Avenue, E1 Cephas Avenue was called St Peter’s Road until 1939 (Stepney Green)
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)
Chesworth Court, E1 Chesworth Court is sited on Hannibal Road (Stepney Green)
Chronos Building, E1 Chronos Building is a building on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
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)
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)
Colmar Close, E1 Colmar Close was redeveloped out of the southern part of the former Carlton Road (now Portelet Road) (Stepney Green)
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)
Corfield Street, E2 Corfield Street runs along the route of the former Camden Gardens (Bethnal Green)
Cotherstone Court, E2 Cotherstone Court is a block on Mint Street (Bethnal Green)
Cottage Court, E1 Cottage Court was situated off Hayfield Passage, first visible on the 1860s mapping (Stepney Green)
Coventry Road, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Bethnal Green)
Coventry Street, E1 Suffolk Street was renamed to Coventry Street, E2 in 1881 (Bethnal Green)
Cressy Court, E1 Cressy Court was called Little Union Place until 1937 (Stepney Green)
Cressy House, E1 Cressy House was built at the corner of Cressy Place and Hannibal Road in 1894 (Stepney Green)
Cressy Place, E1 Cressy Place is one of the older streets in Stepney Green (Stepney Green)
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 Row, E1 Darling Row is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Darting Road, Darting Road is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Devonshire Court, E1 Devonshire Court is a block on Bancroft Road (Stepney Green)
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)
Downey House, E1 Downey House is a block on Globe Road (Stepney Green)
Downy House, E1 Downy House is a residential block near to the Horn of Plenty (Stepney Green)
Dressage Court, E2 Dressage Court is a block on Three Colts Lane (Bethnal Green)
Driver’s Buildings, E1 Driver’s Buildings was a courtyard off Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Dron House, E1 Dron House is a block on Adelina Grove (Stepney)
Ducie Street, Ducie Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Dunstan Houses, E1 Dunstan Houses on Stepney Green were built in 1899 by the East End Dwellings Company to provide housing for the poor (Stepney Green)
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)
Eastbury Terrace, E1 Eastbury Terrace has a complicated history as a street name (Stepney Green)
Eastman, Eastman is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Edward Street, E1 Edward Street connected Cephas Street with Nicholas Street (Stepney Green)
Edwards Passage, E1 Edwards Passage leads north off Mile End Road beside the Trinity Almshouses (Stepney Green)
Edwin Street, E1 Edwin Street runs south from Cephas Street (Stepney Green)
Elizabeth Bates Court, E1 Elizabeth Bates Court is a block on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Elysium Apartments, E1 Elysium Apartments can be found on Theven Street (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)
Essex Street, E1 Essex Street, at first called Isaac Street, was largely redeveloped after the Second World War (Bethnal Green)
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)
Fox Close, E1 Most local street names - Fox Close included - commemorated local victims of the Blitz (Stepney Green)
Fremantle House, E1 Fremantle House is located on Brady Street (Whitechapel)
Friesian House, E2 Friesian House can be found on Buckhurst Street (Bethnal Green)
Frimley Street, E1 The remaining evidence of Frimley Street is a short, unnamed alleyway off the Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Frimley Way, E1 Frimley Way was built after 1966 by the London County Council (Stepney Green)
Fulneck Place, E1 Fulneck Place is a short cul-de-sac which runs under a modern arch (Stepney Green)
Gibson Close, E1 Gibson Close originated in 1948 (Stepney Green)
Glass Street, E2 Glass Street is a road in the E2 postcode area (Bethnal Green)
Globe Apartments, E1 The Globe Apartments are located on Globe Road on the corner of Portman Place (Bethnal Green)
Globe Road, E1 Globe Road is an older road of Stepney, mentioned as ’the lane from Bethnal Green to Mile End’ in 1581 (Stepney Green)
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)
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 Street, E1 Hadleigh Street is one of a number of local streets with an Essex connection (Bethnal Green)
Hadleigh Walk, E1 Hadleigh Walk connects Hadleigh Street to the west (Stepney Green)
Hannibal Road, E1 Hannibal Road leads south from the junction of Mile End Road and Stepney Green (Stepney Green)
Harpley Square, E1 Harpley Square lies to the east of Globe Road (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)
Hayfield Court, E1 Hayfield Court is a block on Hayfield Passage (Stepney Green)
Hayfield House, E1 Hayfield House is a block on Hayfield Passage (Stepney Green)
Hayfield Passage, E1 Hayfield Passage leads down to Stepney Green from Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Hayfield Place, E1 Hayfield Place was an old courtyard leading south off Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Hayfield Yard, E1 Hayfield Yard appears to date from the turn of the nineteenth century and possibly before (Stepney Green)
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)
Herald Street, E2 Herald Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Ibbott Street, E1 The name Ibbott Street was approved in 1948 (Stepney Green)
Jarman House, E1 Jarman House, Beckett House and Wingrand House were built as a single block on the Sidney Estate (Stepney)
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)
King Street, E1 King Street was one of two King Streets in Stepney, the other being nearer to Bethnal Green (Stepney)
Lang Street, E1 Lang Street is a post-war road (Stepney Green)
Leatherdale Street, E2 After 1882, the new name for York Street was Leatherdale Street, E2 (Stepney Green)
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)
Little Collingwood Street, E1 Little Collingwood Street once ran parallel with Collingwood Street (Whitechapel)
Louisa Street, E1 Louisa Street leads off Beaumont Grove (Stepney 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)
Malplaquet House, E1 Malplaquet House is a Grade II listed Georgian building at 137-139 Mile End Road in Stepney (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)
Maples Place, E1 Cannon Place became Maples Place in 1938 (Whitechapel)
Maria Terrace, E1 Maria Terrace lies off Beaumont Square (Stepney Green)
Mariana Court, E1 Mariana Court is a block on Assembly Passage (Stepney)
Massingham Street, E1 Massingham Street was called Norfolk Street until 1938 (Stepney Green)
Matcham Court, E1 Matcham Court is a block on Hannibal Road (Stepney Green)
Mayo House, E1 Mayo House is a block on Lindley Street (Stepney)
Mccoy House, E2 Mccoy House is a building on Three Colts Lane (Bethnal Green)
Merceron Street, E1 Merceron Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Mile End Road, E1 Mile End Road is an ancient route from London to the East, moved to its present alignment after the foundation of Bow Bridge in 1110. (Stepney Green)
Milrood House, E1 Milrood House is a block on Stepney Green (Stepney Green)
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)
Morecambe Close, E1 Morecambe Close is a modern road leading off Beaumont Square (Stepney Green)
Neath Terrace , Neath Terrace is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Nicholas Road, E1 Nicholas Road replaced the pre-war Nicholas Street (Stepney Green)
Nicholas Street, E1 The former Green Street was given the name Nicholas Street in 1882 (Stepney Green)
Norfolk Street, E1 Norfolk Street ran east from Globe Road (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)
Oley Place, E1 Oley Place - originally Wellington Street - was part of an estate belonging to Clare College, Cambridge (Stepney Green)
Orion House, E1 Orion House is an 11-storey block on the Collingwood Estate (Whitechapel)
Osier Court, E1 Osier Court is a block on Osier Street (Stepney Green)
Osier Street, E1 Osier Street inherited part of the former Willow Street (Stepney Green)
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)
Pegasus House, E1 Pegasus House is one of the post-war blocks surrounding Beaumont Square (Stepney Green)
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)
Pemell Close, E1 Pemell Close marks one of the names - chosen by lot - of Stepney residents killed in Second World War air raids (Stepney Green)
Pemell House, E1 Pemell House is a block on Pemell Close (Stepney Green)
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)
Platinium Court, E1 Platinium Court is a block on Cephas Avenue (Stepney Green)
Portelet Road, E1 Portelet Road runs north from Carlton Square (Stepney Green)
Raven Row, E1 Raven Row appears in 1832, probably named for the builder. (Whitechapel)
Raynham House, E1 Raynham House is a building on Harpley Square (Stepney Green)
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)
Redmans Road, E1 Redmans Road is a long east-west road of Stepney (Stepney Green)
Redmill House, E1 Redmill House is a block on Headlam Street (Whitechapel)
Richardson Street, E1 Richardson Street ran from Lindley Street to Wolsey Street (Stepney)
Rickman House, E1 Rickman House is a block on Rickman Street (Stepney Green)
Rickman Street, E1 Rickman Street was a street from the immediate post-war period (Stepney Green)
Rochester Court, E2 Rochester Court is a block on Wilmot Street (Bethnal Green)
Roland Mews, E1 Roland Mews emerges through an archway under Roland House (Stepney 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)
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)
Sherren House, E1 Sherren House can be found on Nicholas Road (Stepney Green)
Silver Street, E1 Silver Street ran parallel with Gold Street, though it was narrower (Stepney Green)
Sligo House, E1 Sligo House is a block on Beaumont Grove (Stepney Green)
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)
Sovereign House, E1 Sovereign House dates from 1970 (Stepney Green)
Soyeux Apartments, E1 Soyeux Apartments is a block on Scott Street (Whitechapel)
St Peters Court, E1 St Peters Court is sited on Cephas Street (Stepney Green)
St Peters Road, E1 St Peters Road ran along the line of modern Cephas Avenue (Stepney Green)
Stayners Road, E1 Stayners Road connects the Mile End Road with Boyton Close (Stepney Green)
Steeple Court, E1 Steeple Court is a block on Coventry Road (Bethnal Green)
Stepney Green Court, E1 Stepney Green Court was built in 1895 (Stepney Green)
Stocks Court, E1 Stocks Court is a building on Globe Road (Stepney Green)
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)
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)
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)
Tollet Street, E1 Tollet Street was the home of George Lusk, leader of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee (Stepney Green)
Tree House, E1 Tree House is located on Jubilee Street (Stepney)
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)
Vawdrey Close, E1 Vawdrey Close replaced an older street called Whitehead Street (Stepney Green)
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)
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)
Wickham Close, E1 Wickham Close is a road in the E1 postcode area (Stepney)
Willow Street, E1 Willow Street, once redeveloped, became Osier Street (Stepney Green)
Wilmot Street, E2 Wilmot Street is one of the older Bethnal Green streets (Bethnal Green)
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)
Wood’s Buildings, E1 Wood’s Buildings, a narrow passageway, extended north from Whitechapel Road and led to Winthrop Street. (Whitechapel)
Wyllen Close, E1 Wyllen Close is the name of both a road and blocks to which the road leads (Stepney Green)
XX Place, E1 XX Place is one of the oddest street names that ever existed in London (Stepney Green)


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