Commercial Street, E1

Road in/near Spitalfields, existing between 1844 and now

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Commercial Street is a major thoroughfare running north-south from Shoreditch High Street to Whitechapel High Street.

The first plans for a new street in Spitalfields and Whitechapel was made by a Select Committee on Metropolitan Improvements in August 1836. This Committee recommended the construction of a street ’from Finsbury Square to Whitechapel Church and the Commercial Road’, to run in a straight line from the Bishopsgate end of Middlesex Street to near the southern end of Osborn Street. An alternative scheme put to the Committee by the chairman of the Tower Hamlets Commissioners of Sewers was, however, closer to the line finally chosen.

By 1838, the proposed path of the new road was beginning to take shape after taking into consideration the opinions of various organisations and it was considered fortuitous that the road would cut through and remove numerous slums such as those in Rose Lane and Vine Street. Therefore, not only would it link northern routes to Commercial Road and thus the docks, but also achieve ’the destruction of a neighbourhood inhabited by persons addicted to vices and immorality of the worst description’ (the linking of Thrawl Street to the new street via Keate Court in 1859 was considered a highly desirable development).

The work of clearing these densely packed and often dangerous slums was no mean task. Men worked at night to empty and fill in the ’privy-pits’ in the congested courts on the line of the street. In November of 1844, the gas-pipes were laid and by December the street line from Whitechapel High Street to Christ Church had been completely marked out. The termination of the street at the church was ridiculed ’as if the only object of the line was to enable the sailors of our merchantmen to attend divine service on Sunday’

The laying of the new road effectively wiped out a number of streets. They were Essex Street, Rose Lane, Red Lion Street, Vine Street and much of Wheler Street.
The original name for the new road was Spital Street, but as a street of this name already existed nearby (in Mile End New Town), the name Commercial Street was agreed in September 1845 with building commencing in October.

An act of July 1846 authorised the extension of Commercial Street northwards (from Christ Church to Shoreditch High Street), though building did not start until 1851. By 1856 it had been paved as far as Fleur-de-lis Street and was finally completed in 1858.

Commercial Street presented a strange assortment of architectural styles, but the most popular became known as ’warehouse gothic’, examples of which are still extant today.

The cutting of Commercial Street through the notorious rookeries of Spitalfields failed to alleviate the criminality of the district, despite opening up notorious thoroughfares to greater scrutiny. Thus it played an important part in the lives of the local community and indeed the lives of the victims of the Whitechapel Murders.


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NEARBY STREETS
Abs House, E1 Abs House is a block on Frying Pan Alley (Spitalfields)
Acorn Street, EC2M Acorn Street, Bishopsgate, was named from an old tavern sign. (City of London)
Adler Street, E1 Adler Street runs between the Whitechapel Road and the Commercial Road
Albany Court, E1 Albany Court is a block on Plumbers Row
Albert Place, E1 Albert Place is an old East End street
Albert Street, E1 Albert Street is an old East End street
Alderman’s Walk, EC2M Alderman’s Walk was formerly Dashwood’s Walk, for Francis Dashwood, who lived here in the 18th century (Liverpool Street)
Alley Street, Alley Street is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Alleyne Park, EC2N 100 Bishopsgate is a development of two mixed-use buildings on Bishopsgate in London. (City of London)
Angel Alley, E1 Angel Alley was a narrow passage which ran north-south from Wentworth Street to Whitechapel High Street (Aldgate East)
Appold Street, EC2A Appold Street runs north-south on the City of London side of Liverpool Street station (City of London)
Arcadia Court, E1 Arcadia Court is a block on Old Castle Street (Spitalfields)
Arthur Deakin House, E1 Arthur Deakin House is a block on Woodseer Street
Artillery Lane, E1 The name Artillery Lane remembers the skills of the operators of the longbow (Spitalfields)
Artillery Passage, E1 Artillery Passage dates from its time as part of The Old Artillery Ground (Spitalfields)
Artillery Street, Artillery Street is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Artizan Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (City of London)
Assam Street, E1 Assam Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Aldgate East)
Barnett House, E1 Barnett House is sited on Bell Lane (Spitalfields)
Bartlett House, E1 Bartlett House is sited on Wentworth Street (Spitalfields)
Bavaria House, EC2A Bavaria House is sited on Appold Street (City of London)
Bedford House, E1 Bedford House is a block on Wheler Street (Spitalfields)
Bell Lane, E1 Bell Lane has late C16/early C17 origins, dividing the Halifax estate from the nearby tenter ground (Spitalfields)
Bishopgate, EC2M Bishopgate is location of London (Liverpool Street)
Bishops Square, E1 Bishops Square resulted from a 2005 project to regenerate Spitalfields Market (Spitalfields)
Bishopsgate Arcade, EC2M Bishopsgate Arcade is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (Liverpool Street)
Bishopsgate Court, E1 Bishopsgate Court is a block on Norton Folgate (Spitalfields)
Bishopsgate Street Without, E1 Bishopsgate Street Without was absorbed into Bishopsgate (Liverpool Street)
Bishopsgate, EC2M Bishopsgate was originally the entry point for travellers coming from the north east into London (Liverpool Street)
Black Eagle Street, E1 John Stott, a mariner from Stepney, developed both Grey Eagle Street and Black Eagle Street between 1661 and 1670 (Spitalfields)
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 (Whitechapel)
Bloomfield House, E1 Bloomfield House is a block on Old Montague Street (Whitechapel)
Blossom Place, E1 Blossom Place ran west off Blossom Street (Spitalfields)
Blossom Street, E1 Blossom Street runs from Fleur De Lis Street to Folgate Street (Spitalfields)
Boden House, E1 Boden House is located on Woodseer Street
Boltersley Street, Boltersley Street is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Booth Street, E1 Booth Street is an old East End street
Bowl Court, EC2A Bowl Court is a road in the E1 postcode area (Shoreditch)
Bradbury Court, E1 Bradbury Court is a block on Old Castle Street (Aldgate East)
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 (Spitalfields)
Britannia House, E1 Britannia House is a block on Hanbury Street
Broadgate Tower, EC2A Broadgate Tower can be found on Primrose Street (City of London)
Broadwalk House, EC2A Broadwalk House is a block on Appold Street (City of London)
Brody House, E1 Brody House is a block on Strype Street (Spitalfields)
Browns Lane, E1 Browns Lane is marked on the 1862 Stanford map (Spitalfields)
Brune House, E1 Brune House is located on Bell Lane (Spitalfields)
Brune Street, E1 Brune Street was laid out between 1810 and 1824 but redeveloped in the early 20th century (Spitalfields)
Brushfield Street, E1 Brushfield Street is a thoroughfare running east-west from Commercial Street to Bishopsgate (Spitalfields)
Buxton Street, E1 Buxton Street developed in the early and mid-nineteenth century
Calcutta House, E1 Calcutta House is a block on Old Castle Street (Aldgate East)
Calvin Street, E1 Calvin Street was part of the Wheler Estate (Spitalfields)
Camomile Street, EC3A Camomile Street is a short street in the City of London (City of London)
Carillon Court, E1 Carillon Court can be found on Greatorex Street
Carter House, E1 Carter House is a block on Unnamed Road (Spitalfields)
Carter Street, E1 Carter Street is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Carter Street, EC3A Carter Street was off Cutler Street (City of London)
Casson House, E1 Casson House is sited on Hanbury Street
Casson Street, E1 Casson Street is a road in the E1 postcode area
Castle Alley, Castle Alley is an old East End street (Aldgate East)
Catherine Wheel Alley, EC2M Catherine Wheel Alley is an old alleyway here (Liverpool Street)
Cavendish Court, EC3A Cavendish Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area (City of London)
Celia Blairman House, E1 Celia Blairman House is a block on Folgate Street (Spitalfields)
Central House, E1 Central House is a block on Whitechapel High Street (Aldgate East)
Central Tower, E1 Central Tower is a block on Commercial Road (Aldgate East)
Chapel Place, E1 Chapel Place was a small alley in Spitalfields (Spitalfields)
Chapel Street, E1 Chapel Street run off the southern leg of Wheler Street (Spitalfields)
Charlotte De Rothschild Dwellings, E1 The Charlotte De Rothschild Dwellings replaced slum dwellings in 1886 (Spitalfields)
Chicksand House, E1 Chicksand House is sited on Chicksand Street
Chicksand Street, E1 Chicksand Street runs east from Brick Lane
Cityscape Apartments, E1 Cityscape Apartments is sited on Heneage Street
Clothier Street, EC3A A street within the E1, postcode (City of London)
Cobb Street, E1 Cobb Street was laid out in 1899-1904 by Sir Algernon Osborn (City of London)
Cock Alley, EC2M Cock Alley was a rather risque streetname leading west off Norton Folgate (City of London)
Code Street, E2 Code Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Spitalfields)
College East, E1 College East is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Aldgate East)
Commercial House, E1 Commercial House is a block on Commercial Street (Spitalfields)
Commercial Street, E1 Commercial Street is a major thoroughfare running north-south from Shoreditch High Street to Whitechapel High Street (Spitalfields)
Coney Way, E1 Coney Way is a road in the SW8 postcode area (Aldgate East)
Coppergate House, E1 Residential block (Spitalfields)
Corbet Place, E1 Corbet Place - an L-shaped street, onto which back several large industrial buildings of the early/mid-twentieth century (Spitalfields)
Corinthian House, EC2A Corinthian House is a block on Great Eastern Street (Shoreditch)
Crinoline Mews, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Spitalfields)
Crispin Place, E1 Crispin Place is the result of a regeneration programme within Spitalfields Market (Spitalfields)
Crispin Street, E1 Crispin Street was developed in the late 17th century as part of the Wheler estate (Spitalfields)
Crown Court, E1 Crown Court was a small courtyard off Little Pearl Street (Spitalfields)
Cutler Street, EC3A Cutler Street runs north off Houndsditch (City of London)
Daniel Gilbert House, E1 Daniel Gilbert House is a block on Code Street (Spitalfields)
Davis Terrace, E1 Davis Terrace is an old East End street
Deal Street, E1 Deal Street dates from the mid 1840s
Denning Point 33 Commercial Street, E1 A block within the E1 postcode (Aldgate East)
Devonshire Row, EC3A Devonshire Row leads off Bishopsgate (City of London)
Devonshire Square, E1 Devonshire Square lies at the end of Devonshire Row (City of London)
Dorset Street, E1 Dorset Street was a small thoroughfare running east-west from Crispin Street to Commercial Street (Spitalfields)
Dowson Place, E1 Dowson Place appears on the 1862 Stanford map
Dray Walk, E1 Dray Walk is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Spitalfields)
Dunk Street, E1 Dunk Street ran parallel to Great Garden Street (now Greatorex Street) to the west and King Edward Street, which has also ceased to exist, to the east
Duval Square, E1 Duval Square is a location in London (Spitalfields)
East India House, E1 East India House is located on Devonshire Square (Spitalfields)
East India House, EC2M East India House is a block on Middlesex Street (Spitalfields)
East Street, E1 East Street was one of the entrances into Spitalfields Market (Spitalfields)
Eden House, E1 Eden House is a block on Spital Square (Spitalfields)
Edge Street , Edge Street is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Elder Street, E1 Elder Street was laid out from 1722 as part of the St John and Tillard Estate (Spitalfields)
Ely Place, E1 Ely Place appears on the 1862 Stanford map
Esprit Court, E1 Esprit Court is a block on Brune Street (Spitalfields)
Evelyn House, E1 Evelyn House is a block on Greatorex Street
Exchange Arcade, EC2A Exchange Arcade is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)
Exchange Buildings, EC3A Exchange Buildings is a former street (City of London)
Exchange House, EC2A Exchange House is a block on Primrose Street (City of London)
Exchange Square, EC2A Exchange Square is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (City of London)
Fairchild Place, EC2A Fairchild Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Fashion Street, E1 Fashion Street is a thoroughfare running east-west from Brick Lane to Commercial Street. (Spitalfields)
Field House, E1 Field House can be found on Buxton Street (Spitalfields)
Finch Street, E1 Finch Street lay along the line of present day Monthope Road (Whitechapel)
Fleur De Lis Street, E1 Fleur De Lis Street runs west from Commercial Street (Spitalfields)
Fleur De Lys Court, EC3A Fleur De Lys Court was situated off Houndsditch (City of London)
Flower and Dean Street, E1 Flower and Dean Street was a narrow street running east-west from Commercial Street to Brick Lane. (Spitalfields)
Flower and Dean Walk, E1 Flower and Dean Walk is a street of social housing created in the 1980s (Spitalfields)
Folgate Street, E1 Folgate Street, formerly White Lion Yard and White Lion Street, has 17th century origins (Spitalfields)
Fort Street, E1 There was originally a second Fort Street - besides the renamed Duke Street (Spitalfields)
Fort Street, E1 Fort Street was formerly Duke Street (Spitalfields)
Fournier Street, E1 Fournier Street is a street running east-west from Brick Lane to Commercial Street alongside Christ Church (Spitalfields)
Freeman Street, Freeman Street is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Frostic Walk, E1 Frostic Walk leads from Chicksand Street to Old Montague Street
Frying Pan Alley, E1 Frying Pan Alley is situated close to Middlesex Street and its Petticoat Lane market (Spitalfields)
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 (Spitalfields)
George Yard Buildings, E1 George Yard Buildings was a lodging house erected around 1875 (Aldgate East)
Goulston Street, E1 Goulston Street is a thoroughfare running north-south from Wentworth Street to Whitechapel High Street (Spitalfields)
Gravel Lane, E1 Gravel Lane is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (City of London)
Great Pearl Street, E1 Great Pearl Street was once a major street of the area (Spitalfields)
Greatorex House, E1 Greatorex House is sited on Greatorex Street
Greatorex Street, E1 Greatorex Street was formerly called High Street
Green Dragon Yard, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Whitechapel)
Grey Eagle Street, E1 Grey Eagle Street was part of the Wilkes Estate with building leases granted in 1761 (Spitalfields)
Grimsby Street, E2 Grimsby Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Shoreditch)
Gun Street, E1 Gun Street was part of the Old Artillery Ground - land formerly designated one of the Liberties of the Tower of London (Spitalfields)
Gun Yard, E1 Gun Yard ran west out of Norton Folgate (Spitalfields)
Gunthorpe Street, E1 Gunthorpe Street is a narrow street running north-south from Wentworth Street to Whitechapel High Street. (Aldgate East)
Hackney House, EC2A Hackney House is a block on Curtain Road (Shoreditch)
Hanbury Hall, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Spitalfields)
Hanbury House, E1 Hanbury House is located on Hanbury Street
Hanbury Street, E1 Hanbury Street is a long road running west-east from Commercial Street to Vallance Road
Hannan Court, E1 Hannan Court can be found on Pedley Street (Spitalfields)
Harrow Place, E1 Harrow Place is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (City of London)
Harrow Place, E1 Harrow Place is an old East End street (City of London)
Hearn Street, EC2A Hearn Street is a road in the EC2A postcode area (Shoreditch)
Heneage Street, E1 Heneage Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
Herbert House, E1 Herbert House is sited on Old Castle Street (Spitalfields)
Heron Tower, EC2N Heron Tower is a block on Bishopsgate (City of London)
Hewett Street, EC2A Hewett Street was already on the 1800 map, listed as Gloucester Row (Shoreditch)
Hobson’s Cottages, E1 Hobson’s Cottages was situated off Pelham Street
Hobsons Place, E1 Hobsons Place was short cul-de-sac
Holloway Street, E1 Holloway Street is an old East End street
Hopetown Street, E1 This is a street in the E1 postcode area (Spitalfields)
Horner Buildings, E1 The Horner Buildings are a vestige of the Victorian construction of Old Spitalfields Market (Spitalfields)
Horner Square, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Spitalfields)
Horse Hill, Horse Hill is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Houndsditch, EC3A Houndsditch runs through the Portsoken and Bishopsgate Without wards of the City of London - areas traditionally considered part of the East End (City of London)
Hudson Building, E1 Hudson Building is a block on Chicksand Street
Hunt Street, E1 Hunt Street is an old East End street
Hunton Street, E1 Hunton Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
Iwelines , Iwelines is an old East End street (City of London)
Jackson & Joseph Building, E1 Jackson & Joseph Building is a building on Princelet Street (Spitalfields)
Jacobson House, E1 Jacobson House is a block on Old Castle Street (Spitalfields)
Jerome Street, E1 Jerome Street was formerly Vine Street and part of the Wheler estate (Spitalfields)
John Sinclair Court, E1 John Sinclair Court is part of the Flower and Dean Estate (Spitalfields)
Kensington Apartments, E1 Kensington Apartments is a block on Pomell Way (Aldgate East)
Kent and Essex Yard, E1 Kent and Essex Yard ran north of Whitechapel High Street, close to the west side of Commercial Street (Aldgate East)
Kings Arms Court, E1 Kings Arms Court lies off Old Montague Street. (Whitechapel)
Kingward House, E1 Kingward House is a block on Greatorex Street
Kiran Apartments, E1 Kiran Apartments is located on Chicksand Street
Kushiyara House, E1 Kushiyara House is a block on Pedley Street (Spitalfields)
Ladbroke House, E1 Ladbroke House is a block on Commercial Street (Aldgate East)
Lamb Street, E1 Lamb Street is an old road of Spitalfields, possibly dating from the 1600s (Spitalfields)
Leyden Street, E1 Leyden Street was laid out in 1899-1904 by Sir Algernon Osborn (Spitalfields)
Lilian Knowles House, E1 Lilian Knowles House is a block on Crispin Street (Spitalfields)
Little Paternoster Row Little Paternoster Row was once known as French Alley (Spitalfields)
Little Pearl Street, E1 Little Pearl Street ran south from Great Pearl Street (Spitalfields)
Liverpool Street, EC2M Liverpool Street commemorates Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (Liverpool 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. (Spitalfields)
Lolesworth Street, E1 Lolesworth Street was renamed from George Street in 1893 (Spitalfields)
Lotus Court, E1 Lotus Court was approached through an archway on Hanbury Street (Spitalfields)
Luntley Place, E1 Luntley Place appears on the 1862 Stanford map
Magpie Alley, E1 Magpie Alley was an old name for the western section of Fleur de Lys Street (Spitalfields)
Market Street, E1 Market Street serves Spitalfields Market (Spitalfields)
Mcauley House, E1 Mcauley House is a building on Wentworth Street (Aldgate East)
McGlashon House, E1 McGlashon House is a block on Hunton Street
Middlesex Street, E1 Middlesex Street is home to the Petticoat Lane Market (City of London)
Miller’s Court, E1 Millers Court was a small court leading north from Dorset Street (Spitalfields)
Molesworth Street, E1 Molesworth Street is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Monmouth House, E1 Residential block (Spitalfields)
Montague Court, E1 Montague Court is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Monthope Road, E1 This is a street in the E1 postcode area
Moor Alley, EC2M Moor Alley ran from Norton Folgate to Moor’s Garden (City of London)
Moor’s Garden, EC2P Moor’s Garden was buried under the platforms of Liverpool Street station (City of London)
Mulberry Street, E1 Mulberry Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Nantes Passage, E1 Nantes Passage (also Church Passage) was built for Huguenot weavers (Spitalfields)
Nathaniel Close, E1 Nathaniel Close consists of houses and flats built in the early 1980s (Spitalfields)
New Castle Street, New Castle Street is an old East End street (Aldgate East)
New Church Street, E1 New Church Street led from Pedley Street to Buxton Street (Spitalfields)
New Court, E1 New Court was situated off Wentworth Street (Aldgate East)
New Evershed House, E1 New Evershed House is located on Old Castle Street (Aldgate East)
New Goulston Street, E1 New Goulston Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (City of London)
New Square, E1 New Square was a yard south of Quaker Street (Spitalfields)
New Street, EC2M New Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (Liverpool Street)
New Street, EC2M New Street was situated off Bishopsgate (Liverpool Street)
North Street, E1 North Street was one of the named entrance streets into Old Spitalfields Market (Spitalfields)
Norton Folgate, E1 Norton Folgate links Bishopsgate and Shoreditch High Street (Spitalfields)
Norvin House, E1 Norvin House can be found on Commercial Street (Spitalfields)
Novem House, E1 Novem House is a block on Chicksand Street
Odeon Court, E1 Odeon Court is a block on Chicksand Street
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 (Aldgate East)
Old Montague Street, E1 Old Montague Street is a thoroughfare running east-west from Baker’s Row (now Vallance Road) to Brick Lane
Osborn House, E1 Osborn House is a block on Middlesex Street (City of London)
Osborn Place, E1 Osborn Place appears on maps between 1800 and 1900
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 (Aldgate East)
Osborne House, E1 Osborne House is a block on Osborn Street (Aldgate East)
Osborne House, EC2M Osborne House is a block on Devonshire Square (City of London)
Palmer Street, Palmer Street is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Park Lane City Apartments, E1 Park Lane City Apartments is a block on Middlesex Street (Spitalfields)
Parliament Court, E1 Parliament Court was laid out in the 1680s as part of the development of the Old Artillery Ground (Spitalfields)
Pavilion House, E1 Pavilion House is a block on Greatorex Street
Paxton House, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Spitalfields)
Pecks Yard, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Spitalfields)
Pedley Street, E1 Pedley Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Spitalfields)
Pelham Street, E1 Pelham Street was the former name of Woodseer Street
Petticoat Square, E1 A street within the postcode (City of London)
Petticoat Tower, E1 Petticoat Tower is a block on Middlesex Street (City of London)
Pindar Street, EC2A Pindar Street is a road in the EC2A postcode area (City of London)
Plough Yard, EC2A Plough Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Pomell Way, E1 Pomell Way is a road in the E1 postcode area (Aldgate East)
Pool’s Square , E1 Pool’s Square - sometimes Poole’s Square - was a courtyard behind Quaker Street (Spitalfields)
Pope’s Head Court, E1 Pope’s Head Court was a courtyard south of Quaker Street (Spitalfields)
Primrose Street, EC2A Primrose Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (City of London)
Princelet Street, E1 Princelet Street started its life as Princes Street (Spitalfields)
Principal Place, EC2A Principal Place is a location in London (City of London)
Puma Court, E1 Puma Court was formerly known as Red Lion Court. (Spitalfields)
Quaker Street, E1 Quaker Street was at first called Westbury Street (Spitalfields)
Ramar House, E1 Ramar House is a building on Hanbury Street
Ramar Place, E1 Ramar Place was a tiny Whitechapel back street
Resolution Plaza, E1 Resolution Plaza is a location in London (Aldgate East)
River Thames at 51.501, High Street, E1 was renamed as Great Garden Street, E1 in 1874 (Whitechapel)
Rose Court, E1 Rose Court runs off Widegate Street (Spitalfields)
Salesforce Tower, EC2N Salesforce Tower is a block on Bishopsgate (City of London)
Sandy’s Row, E1 Sandy’s Row runs along the City of London boundary (Spitalfields)
Sandy’s Street, EC2M Sandy’s Street disappeared when Middlesex Street was extended in the 1890s (Liverpool Street)
Seven Stars Yard, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Spitalfields)
Shah Paran House, E1 Shah Paran House is a block on Pedley Street (Spitalfields)
Sheba Place, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Spitalfields)
Sheba Street, E1 After 1893, the new name for Queen Street was Sheba Street, E1 (Spitalfields)
Shepherd Street, Shepherd Street is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Shepherds Place, Shepherds Place is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Shield House, EC2M Shield House is a block on New Street (City of London)
Silwex House, E1 Residential block (Spitalfields)
Sloane Apartments, E1 Sloane Apartments is sited on Old Castle Street (Aldgate East)
Snowden Street, EC2A Snowden Street is a road in the EC2A postcode area (Shoreditch)
South Street, E1 South Street provided access from Brushfield Street into Spitalfields Market (Spitalfields)
Speck’s Fields, E1 Speck’s Fields led to the Crescent Foundry
Spelman House, E1 Spelman House is a block on Spelman Street
Spelman Street, E1 Spelman Street was formerly John Street and built up in the 19th century
Spital Square, E1 Spital Square was started in 1733 (Spitalfields)
Spital Street, E1 Spital Street is a road in the E1 postcode area
Spital Yard, E1 Spital Yard is a mews of 17th century origins, serving the backs of houses on Norton Folgate and Spital Square (Spitalfields)
St Clements House, E1 St Clements House is a building on Leyden Street (Spitalfields)
St. John’s Drive, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Spitalfields)
Station House, E1 Station House can be found on Code Street (Spitalfields)
Steward Street, E1 Steward Street ran further north originally that it does now (Spitalfields)
Stothard Place, E1 Stothard Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (Spitalfields)
Strype Street, E1 John Strype, who became an antiquary, historian and parson was the son of a Huguenot weaver and born near here in 1643 (Spitalfields)
Stuttle House, E1 Stuttle House is a block on Buxton Street
Sun Street Passage, EC2M Sun Street Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (Liverpool Street)
Tannery House, E1 Tannery House is a block on Deal Street
Tenter Ground, E1 Tenter Ground is one of the notable streetnames of Spitalfields (Spitalfields)
The Arcade, EC2A The Arcade is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)
The Broadgate Tower, EC2A A street within the EC2A postcode (City of London)
The Community Centre, E1 The Community Centre is a location in London (Spitalfields)
The Old Montague Apartments, E1 The Old Montague Apartments is a block on Old Montague Street
The Relay Building, E1 The Relay Building is a block on Commercial Street (Aldgate East)
The Steward Building, E1 The Steward Building can be found on Steward Street (Spitalfields)
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. (Spitalfields)
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 (Spitalfields)
Tyne Street, E1 Tyne Street is a location in London (Aldgate East)
Unicorn House, E1 Unicorn House can be found on Shoreditch High Street (Shoreditch)
Unicorn House, EC2A Unicorn House is a building on Shoreditch High Street (Shoreditch)
Union Place, E1 Union Place was a small alleyway off Quaker Street (Spitalfields)
Universal House, E1 Universal House is a block on Wentworth Street (Spitalfields)
Vibeca Apartments, E1 Vibeca Apartments is a block on Chicksand Street
Victoria Avenue, E1 This is a street in the EC2M postcode area (Liverpool Street)
Victoria House, E1 Victoria House is a block on Middlesex Street (Liverpool Street)
Vine Yard, E1 Vine Yard provided rear access to the Royal Cambridge Music Hall (Spitalfields)
Vollasky House, E1 Vollasky House is a block on Daplyn Street
Weaver Street, E1 Weaver Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Spitalfields)
Wendt House, E1 Wendt House can be found on Shoreditch High Street (Shoreditch)
Wentworth Street, E1 Wentworth Street runs east-west from the junction of Brick Lane, Osborn Street and Old Montague Street to Middlesex Street (Spitalfields)
Wheler House, E1 Wheler House is a block on Quaker Street (Spitalfields)
Wheler Street (south section), E1 Wheler Street was split into two separate sections (Spitalfields)
Wheler Street, E1 Wheler Street runs north from Commercial Street (Spitalfields)
White Church Lane, E1 White Church Lane is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Aldgate East)
White Church Passage, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Aldgate East)
White Kennett Street, EC3A White Kennett Street was named after a Bishop of Peterborough (City of London)
White Lion Street, E1 White Lion Street became part of Folgate Street in 1939 (Spitalfields)
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 (Aldgate East)
Whitechapel Technology Centre, E1 Whitechapel Technology Centre is based in the East London Works (Whitechapel)
Whites Row, E1 White’s Row is a narrow thoroughfare running east-west from Commercial Street to Crispin Street. (Spitalfields)
Wide Gate Street, Wide Gate Street is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Widegate Street, E1 Widegate Street is now a short street connecting Middlesex Street and Sandy’s Row (Spitalfields)
Wilk Court, E1 Wilk Court was a courtyard off Great Pearl Street (Spitalfields)
Wilkes Street, E1 Wilkes Street is a street of early eighteenth century houses, some of which were refronted in the early nineteenth century (Spitalfields)
Windsor Street, EC2M Windsor Street was formerly a named street of the area (Liverpool Street)
Woodseer Street, E1 Woodseer Street was formerly known as Pelham Street and part of the Halifax Estate
Worship Mews, EC2A Worship Mews is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)
Wynfrid House, E1 Wynfrid House is a block on Mulberry Street


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