Prince of Orange Court, E1

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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
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
Michael Upham Bala Place, SE16 Added: 16 Jan 2023 21:16 GMT	Bala Place, SE16 My grandfather was born at 2 Bala Place. 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
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
fariba Tower Bridge Business Complex, S Added: 28 Jun 2021 00:48 GMT	Tower Bridge Business Complex, S need for my coursework Source: university Reply
Martin Eaton Shoreditch Added: 14 Oct 2021 03:56 GMT	Boundary Estate Sunbury, Taplow House. Reply
The Underground Map Aldgate Added: 8 Mar 2021 15:05 GMT	A plague on all your houses Aldgate station is built directly on top of a vast plague pit, where thousands of bodies are apparently buried. No-one knows quite how many. Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Christine D Elliott Blockhouse Street, SE15 Added: 20 Mar 2023 15:52 GMT	The Blute Family My grandparents, Frederick William Blute & Alice Elizabeth Blute nee: Warnham lived at 89 Blockhouse Street Deptford from around 1917.They had six children. 1. Alice Maragret Blute (my mother) 2. Frederick William Blute 3. Charles Adrian Blute 4. Violet Lillian Blute 5. Donald Blute 6. Stanley Vincent Blute (Lived 15 months). I lived there with my family from 1954 (Birth) until 1965 when we were re-housed for regeneration to the area. I attended Ilderton Road School. Very happy memories of that time. Reply
Pearl Foster Dukes Place, EC3A Added: 20 Mar 2023 12:22 GMT	Dukes Place, EC3A Until his death in 1767, Daniel Nunes de Lara worked from his home in Dukes Street as a Pastry Cook. It was not until much later the street was renamed Dukes Place. Daniel and his family attended the nearby Bevis Marks synagogue for Sephardic Jews. The Ashkenazi Great Synagogue was established in Duke Street, which meant Daniel’s business perfectly situated for his occupation as it allowed him to cater for both congregations. Reply
Dr Paul Flewers Hawthorne Close, N1 Added: 9 Mar 2023 18:12 GMT	Some Brief Notes on Hawthorne Close / Hawthorne Street My great-grandparents lived in the last house on the south side of Hawthorne Street, no 13, and my grandmother Alice Knopp and her brothers and sisters grew up there. Alice Knopp married Charles Flewers, from nearby Hayling Road, and moved to Richmond, Surrey, where I was born. Leonard Knopp married Esther Gutenberg and lived there until the street was demolished in the mid-1960s, moving on to Tottenham. Uncle Len worked in the fur trade, then ran a pet shop in, I think, the Kingsland Road. From the back garden, one could see the almshouses in the Balls Pond Road. There was an ink factory at the end of the street, which I recall as rather malodorous. Reply
KJH Andover Road, N7 Added: 7 Mar 2023 17:14 GMT	Andover Road, N7 (1939 - 1957) My aunt, Doris nee Curtis (aka Jo) and her husband John Hawkins (aka Jack) ran a small general stores at 92 Andover Road (N7). I have found details in the 1939 register but don’t know how long before that it was opened.He died in 1957. In the 1939 register he is noted as being an ARP warden for Islington warden Reply
The Queens Head Added: 2 Mar 2023 13:50 GMT	The Queens Head Queens Head demolished and a NISA supermarket and flats built in its place. Reply
Mike Elia Street, N1 Added: 28 Feb 2023 18:09 GMT	6 Elia Street When I was young I lived in 6 Elia Street. At the end of the garden there was a garage owned by Initial Laundries which ran from an access in Quick Street all the way up to the back of our garden. The fire exit to the garage was a window leading into our garden. 6 Elia Street was owned by Initial Laundry. Reply
Fumblina Whitfield Street, W1T Added: 21 Feb 2023 11:39 GMT	Error on 1800 map numbering for John Street The 1800 map of Whitfield Street (17 zoom) has an error in the numbering shown on the map. The houses are numbered up the right hand side of John Street and Upper John Street to #47 and then are numbered down the left hand side until #81 BUT then continue from 52-61 instead of 82-91. Reply
P Cash Woburn Place, WC1H Added: 19 Feb 2023 08:03 GMT	Occupants of 19-29 Woburn Place The Industrial Tribunals (later changed to Employment Tribunals) moved (from its former location on Ebury Bridge Road to 19-29 Woburn Place sometime in the late 1980s (I believe). 19-29 Woburn Place had nine floors in total (one in the basement and two in its mansard roof and most of the building was occupied by the Tribunals The ’Head Office’ of the tribunals, occupied space on the 7th, 6th and 2nd floors, whilst one of the largest of the regional offices (London North but later called London Central) occupied space in the basement, ground and first floor. The expansive ground floor entrance had white marble flooring and a security desk. Behind (on evey floor) lay a square (& uncluttered) lobby space, which was flanked on either side by lifts. On the rear side was an elegant staircase, with white marble steps, brass inlays and a shiny brass handrail which spiralled around an open well. Both staircase, stairwell and lifts ran the full height of the building. On all floors from 1st upwards, staff toilets were tucked on either side of the staircase (behind the lifts). Basement Floor - Tribunal hearing rooms, dormant files store and secure basement space for Head Office. Public toilets. Geound Floor - The ’post’ roon sat next to the entrance in the northern side, the rest of which was occupied by the private offices of the full time Tribunal judiciary. Thw largest office belonged to the Regional Chair and was situated on the far corner (overlooking Tavistock Square) The secretary to the Regional Chair occupied a small office next door. The south side of this floor was occupied by the large open plan General Office for the administration, a staff kitchen & rest room and the private offices of the Regional Secretary (office manager) and their deputy. First Dloor - Tribunal hearing rooms; separate public waiting rooms for Applicants & Respondents; two small rooms used by Counsel (on a ’whoever arrives first’ bases) and a small private rest room for use by tribunal lay members. Second Floor - Tribunal Hearing Rooms; Tribunal Head Office - HR & Estate Depts & other tennants. Third Floor - other tennants Fourth Floor - other tennants Fifth Floor - Other Tennants except for a large non-smoking room for staff, (which overlooked Tavistock Sqaure). It was seldom used, as a result of lacking any facities aside from a meagre collection of unwanted’ tatty seating. Next to it, (overlooking Tavistock Place) was a staff canteen. Sixth Floor - Other tennants mostly except for a few offices on the northern side occupied by tribunal Head Office - IT Dept. Seventh Floor - Other tenants in the northern side. The southern (front) side held the private offices of several senior managers (Secretariat, IT & Finance), private office of the Chief Accuntant; an office for two private secretaries and a stationary cupboard. On the rear side was a small kitchen; the private office of the Chief Executive and the private office of the President of the Tribunals for England & Wales. (From 1995 onwards, this became a conference room as the President was based elsewhere. The far end of this side contained an open plan office for Head Office staff - Secretariat, Finance & HR (staff training team) depts. Eighth Floor - other tennants. The Employment Tribunals (Regional & Head Offices) relocated to Vitory House, Kingsway in April 2005. Reply

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

46 Aldgate High Street This Grade II Listed office building is one of the few timber-framed buildings in the City that predates the Great Fire of 1666.

46 Aldgate High Street

Aldgate East In a land east of Aldgate, lies the land of Aldgate East...

Aldgate East

Altab Ali Park Altab Ali Park is a small park on Adler Street, White Church Lane and Whitechapel Road.

Altab Ali Park

Boar’s Head Theatre The Boar’s Head Theatre was an inn-yard theatre in the Whitechapel area.

Boar’s Head Theatre

Corner of Johns Hill and Pennington Street (1906) The corner of Johns Hill and Pennington Street, Wapping, December 1906.

Corner of Johns Hill and Pennington Street (1906)

Eastminster Eastminster (The Abbey of St Mary de Graces) was a Cistercian abbey on Tower Hill and founded by Edward III in 1350.

Eastminster

Goodman’s Fields Goodman’s Fields was a farm beyond the walls of the City.

Goodman’s Fields

Goodman’s Fields Theatre Two 18th century theatres bearing the name Goodman’s Fields Theatre were located on Alie Street, Whitechapel.

Goodman’s Fields Theatre

St George’s German Lutheran Church St George’s German Lutheran Church is a church in Alie Street, Whitechapel.

St George’s German Lutheran Church

Whitechapel Gallery The Whitechapel Gallery is a public art gallery in Aldgate.

Whitechapel Gallery

NEARBY STREETS

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

Adler Street, E1

Agra Place, E1 Before 1890, Agra Place was named Smith’s Place.

Agra Place, E1

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

Albany Court, E1

Aldgate Tower, E1 Aldgate Tower is a block on Leman Street.

Aldgate Tower, E1

Alie Street, E1 Originally called Ayliff Street, Alie Street was named after a relative of William Leman, whose great-uncle, John Leman had bought Goodman’s Fields.

Alie Street, E1

Amazon Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Amazon Street, E1

Anthony Street, E1 Anthony Street previously ran from Commercial Road through to Cable Street. Just a few metres survive.

Anthony Street, E1

Apollo Court, E1W Apollo Court is a block on Thomas More Street.

Apollo Court, E1W

Arrival Square, E1W A street within the E1W postcode

Arrival Square, E1W

Arrivalley Square, E1W A street within the E1W postcode

Arrivalley Square, E1W

Artichoke Hill, E1W Artichoke Hill is a road in the E1W postcode area

Artichoke Hill, E1W

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

Assam Street, E1

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

Back Church Lane, E1

Bailey Tower, E1 Bailey Tower is a block on Challoner Walk.

Bailey Tower, E1

Basil House, E1 Basil House is a block on Henriques Street.

Basil House, E1

Batson House, E1 Batson House is a building on Fairclough Street.

Batson House, E1

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

Batty Street, E1

Beadnell Court, E1 Beadnell Court is a block on Cable Street.

Beadnell Court, E1

Bernhard Baron House, E1 Bernhard Baron House is a building on Henriques Street.

Bernhard Baron House, E1

Betts House, E1 Betts House is the oldest block on the St George’s Estate.

Betts House, E1

Betts House, E1W Betts House is a block on Mary Sambrook Children’s Centre.

Betts House, E1W

Betts Street, E1W Betts Street was formerly a lengthy street in the area.

Betts Street, E1W

Bicknell House, E1 Bicknell House is a block on Ellen Street.

Bicknell House, E1

Bigland Street, E1 Bigland Street leads east from Cannon Street Road.

Bigland Street, E1

Blue Anchor Yard, E1 Blue Anchor Yard is a road in the E1 postcode area

Blue Anchor Yard, E1

Bluegate Field, E1 Bluegate Field was a poetic name used in the 18th century for a section of Cable Street.

Bluegate Field, E1

Bowmans Mews, E1 Bowmans Mews is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Bowmans Mews, E1

Boyard Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Boyard Street, E1

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

Boyd Street, E1

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

Bradbury Court, E1

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

Braham Street, E1

Breezer’s Hill, E1W Breezer’s Hill is a short, narrow hill running between The Highway (formerly Ratcliffe Highway and St George Street) and Pennington Street.

Breezer’s Hill, E1W

Breezers Court, E1W Breezers Court is a block on The Highway.

Breezers Court, E1W

Bridgen House, E1 Bridgen House can be found on Philpot Street.

Bridgen House, E1

Bridle Mews, E1 Bridle Mews is a location in London.

Bridle Mews, E1

Brokmer House, E1 Brokmer House can be found on Crowder Street.

Brokmer House, E1

Brook House, E1 Brook House is a block on Fletcher Street.

Brook House, E1

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

Buckle Street, E1

Burlington Court, E1 Burlington Court is sited on Cable Street.

Burlington Court, E1

Buross Street, E1 Buross Street runs south off Commercial Road.

Buross Street, E1

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

Burslem Street, E1

Cable Street, E1 Cable Street started as a straight path along which hemp ropes were twisted into ships’ cables.

Cable Street, E1

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

Calcutta House, E1

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

Camperdown Street, E1

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

Cannon Street Road, E1

Canter Way, E1 Canter Way is a location in London.

Canter Way, E1

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

Cartwright Street, E1

Cashmere House, E1 Cashmere House is a block on Leman Street.

Cashmere House, E1

Cassia House, E1 Cassia House is a block on Piazza Walk.

Cassia House, E1

Catalina House, E1 Catalina House is sited on Canter Way.

Catalina House, E1

Caxton Apartments, E1 Caxton Apartments is a block on Cable Street.

Caxton Apartments, E1

Cayzer House, E1W Cayzer House is located on Thomas More Street.

Cayzer House, E1W

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

Ceylon House, E1 Ceylon House is sited on Alie Street.

Ceylon House, E1

Challoner Walk, E1 Challoner Walk is a location in London.

Challoner Walk, E1

Chamber Street, E1 Chamber Street is a thoroughfare running east-west from Leman Street to Mansell Street.

Chamber Street, E1

Chandlery House, E1 Chandlery House is a block on Gower’s Walk.

Chandlery House, E1

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

Chapman Street, E1

Chaucer Gardens, E1 Chaucer Gardens is a location in London.

Chaucer Gardens, E1

Cheviot House, E1 Cheviot House is sited on Commercial Road.

Cheviot House, E1

Chi Building, E1 Chi Building is located on Crowder Street.

Chi Building, E1

Chigwell Hill, E1W Chigwell Hill is a road in the E1W postcode area

Chigwell Hill, E1W

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

Christian Street, E1

Christopher Court, E1 Christopher Court is a block on Leman Street.

Christopher Court, E1

Church House, E1 Church House is a block on Wellclose Square.

Church House, E1

Circle Place, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Circle Place, E1

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

Colefax Building, E1

Comfort House, E1 Comfort House is a block on Turner Street.

Comfort House, E1

Commercial Road, E1 Commercial Road is a major thoroughfare (the A13) running east-west from the junction of Burdett Road and East India Dock Road to Braham Street.

Commercial Road, E1

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

Cornell Building, E1

Counter House, E1W Counter House is located on Gauging Square.

Counter House, E1W

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

Crofts Street, E1

Crowder Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Crowder Street, E1

Danvers House, E1 Danvers House is a block on Greatorex street.

Danvers House, E1

Darbishire Place, E1 Darbishire Place is a location in London.

Darbishire Place, E1

Define House, E1 Define House is a block on Hessel Street.

Define House, E1

Delafield House, E1 Delafield House is a building on Umberston Street.

Delafield House, E1

DeMazenod House, E1 DeMazenod House is a block on Chamber Street.

DeMazenod House, E1

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

Dickson House, E1

District Court, E1 District Court is sited on Commercial Road.

District Court, E1

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

Dock Street, E1

Drewett House, E1 Drewett House can be found on Christian Street.

Drewett House, E1

Dryden Building, E1 Dryden Building is a block on Commercial Road.

Dryden Building, E1

Duru House, E1 Duru House is a block on Commercial Road.

Duru House, E1

East Flank, E1 East Flank is a road in the SE18 postcode area

East Flank, E1

East Smithfield, E1W East Smithfield, an ancient street, derives from ’smooth field’.

East Smithfield, E1W

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

East Tenter Street, E1

Education Square, E1 Education Square is a location in London.

Education Square, E1

Ellen Place, E1 Ellen Place existed until the twentieth century.

Ellen Place, E1

Ellen Street, E1 Ellen Street is an older street of the area, already existing and with this name by the 1820s.

Ellen Street, E1

Eluna Apartments, E1W Eluna Apartments is a block on Wapping Lane.

Eluna Apartments, E1W

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

Ensign Street, E1

Ensigreen Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Ensigreen Street, E1

Enterprise House, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Enterprise House, E1

Everard House, E1 Everard House is a block on Ellen Street.

Everard House, E1

Fabian House, E1 Fabian House is a block on Cannon Street Road.

Fabian House, E1

Fairclough Street, E1 Fairclough Street runs from Back Church Lane to Christian Street.

Fairclough Street, E1

Fenton Street, E1 Fenton Street runs south from Commercial Road.

Fenton Street, E1

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

Flank Street, E1

Fletcher Street, E1 Fletcher Street runs south off of Cable Street.

Fletcher Street, E1

Flintlock Close, E1 Flintlock Close is a location in London.

Flintlock Close, E1

Florin Court, E1 Florin Court is a block on Dock Street.

Florin Court, E1

Forbes Street, E1 Forbes Street replaced Splidts Street after the Second World War.

Forbes Street, E1

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

Fordham Street, E1

Frazer House, E1 Frazer House can be found on Leman Street.

Frazer House, E1

Garamond Building, E1 Garamond Building is a block on Crowder Street.

Garamond Building, E1

Gauging Square, E1W A street within the E1W postcode

Gauging Square, E1W

Gemini Court, E1W Gemini Court is a block on Thomas More Street.

Gemini Court, E1W

George Leybourne House, E1 George Leybourne House is a block on Wellclose Square.

George Leybourne House, E1

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

Golding Street, E1

Goodman Stile, E1 Goodman Stile is a location in London.

Goodman Stile, E1

Goodman Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Goodman Street, E1

Goodmans Yard, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Goodmans Yard, E1

Gower’s Walk, E1 Gower’s Walk leads south from Commercial Road.

Gower’s Walk, E1

Graces Alley, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Graces Alley, E1

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

Greenfield Road, E1

Guinea Court, E1 Guinea Court is a building on Dock Street.

Guinea Court, E1

Guinness Court, E1 Guinness Court is a block on Guinness Court.

Guinness Court, E1

Hadfield House, E1 Hadfield House is a block on Ellen Street.

Hadfield House, E1

Halliday House, E1 Halliday House is a block on Stutfield Street.

Halliday House, E1

Hanson House, E1 Hanson House is sited on Philchurch Street.

Hanson House, E1

Harkness House, E1 Harkness House is a building on Christian Street.

Harkness House, E1

Harrison House, E1 Harrison House is a block on Challoner Walk.

Harrison House, E1

Hatton House, E1 Hatton House is a block on Hindmarsh Close.

Hatton House, E1

Hawksmoor Mews, E1 Hawksmoor Mews is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Hawksmoor Mews, E1

Haydon Street, E1 The eastern end of Haydon Street was called Mansell Passage.

Haydon Street, E1

Henriques Street, E1 Henriques Street was formerly called Berner Street.

Henriques 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

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

Hessel Street, E1

Hindmarsh Close, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Hindmarsh Close, E1

Hodgeson House, E1 Hodgeson House is sited on Christian Street.

Hodgeson House, E1

Hogarth Court, E1 Hogarth Court is a block on Batty Street.

Hogarth Court, E1

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

Hooper Street, E1

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

Hubert Ashton House, E1

Jane Street, E1 Jane Street is now only a few yards long, with no houses.

Jane Street, E1

John Fisher Street, E1 A street within the SE1 postcode

John Fisher Street, E1

John Sessions Square, E1 John Sessions Square lies off of Alie Street.

John Sessions Square, E1

Johnson Smirke Building, EC3N Johnson Smirke Building is a block on Royal Mint Court.

Johnson Smirke Building, EC3N

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

Joscoyne House, 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

Kinder Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Kinder Street, E1

Kindersley House, E1 Kindersley House is a block on Philchurch Street.

Kindersley House, E1

Knock Fergus, E1 Knock Fergus was absorbed into Cable Street during the 1860s.

Knock Fergus, E1

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

Langdale Street, E1

Langmore House, E1 Langmore House is a block on Stutfield Street.

Langmore House, E1

Leman Street, E1 Leman Street was named after Sir John Leman.

Leman Street, E1

Liberty House, E1 Liberty House can be found on Ensign Street.

Liberty House, E1

Luke House, E1 Luke House is located on Tillman Street.

Luke House, E1

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

Manningtree Street, E1

Manous House, E1 Manous House is a block on Hessel Street.

Manous House, E1

Mansell Street, E1 Mansell Street runs north-south on the City of London border.

Mansell Street, E1

Mansell Street, EC3N Mansell Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.

Mansell Street, EC3N

Marden House, E1 Marden House is located on Batty Street.

Marden House, E1

Martineau Square, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Martineau Square, E1

Mary Graces Court, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Mary Graces Court, E1

Maryann Street, E1 Maryann Street existed from the 1810s until after the Second World War.

Maryann Street, E1

Meadowcroft Mews, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Meadowcroft Mews, E1

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

Mellish House, E1

Meranti House, E1 Meranti House can be found on Goodman’s Stile.

Meranti House, E1

Michael’s House, E1 Michael’s House is a block on Alie Street.

Michael’s House, E1

Mill Yard, E1 Mill Yard is a road in the E1 postcode area

Mill Yard, E1

Mitali Passage, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Mitali Passage, E1

Mulberry Court, E1 Mulberry Court is a block on School Mews.

Mulberry Court, E1

Mulberry Court, E1W A street within the E1 postcode

Mulberry Court, E1W

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

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

Nelson Street, E1

Neroli House, E1 Neroli House is a building on Piazza Walk.

Neroli House, E1

New Drum Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

New Drum Street, E1

New Loom House, E1 New Loom House is a block on Back Church Lane.

New Loom House, E1

Newton House, E1 Newton House is a block on Cornwall Street.

Newton House, E1

Nijjer House, E1 Nijjer House is a block on Commercial Road.

Nijjer House, E1

Noble Court, E1 Noble Court is a block on Cable Street.

Noble Court, E1

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

North Tenter Street, E1

Norton House, E1 Norton House is a block on Cannon Street Road.

Norton House, 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 Pump House, E1 Old Pump House is a block on Hooper Street.

Old Pump House, E1

Orchid Apartments, E1 Orchid Apartments is a block on Crowder Street.

Orchid Apartments, E1

Pace Place, E1 Pace Place is a road in the E1 postcode area

Pace Place, E1

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

Parfett Street, E1

Patriot House, E1 Patriot House is a block on Hessel Street.

Patriot House, E1

Pegswood Court, E1 Pegswood Court is a block on Cable Street.

Pegswood Court, E1

Penine House, E1 Penine House is a block on Camperdown Street.

Penine House, E1

Pennington Court, E1W Pennington Court is sited on The Highway.

Pennington Court, E1W

Pennington Street, E1W Pennington Street is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area.

Pennington Street, E1W

Perilla House, E1 Perilla House is a building on Bridle Mews.

Perilla House, E1

Peter Best House, E1 Peter Best House can be found on Nelson Street.

Peter Best House, E1

Philchurch Place, E1 Philchurch Place is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Philchurch Place, E1

Philchurch Street, E1 Philchurch Street, which disappeared after the Second World War, was originally Philip Street.

Philchurch Street, E1

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

Philpot Street, E1

Piazza Walk, E1 Piazza Walk is a location in London.

Piazza Walk, E1

Pimento House, E1 Pimento House is located on Gower’s Walk.

Pimento House, E1

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

Pinchin Street, E1

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

Pomell Way, E1

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

Ponler Street, E1

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

Porchester House, E1

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

Prescot House, E1

Prescot Street, E1 Prescot Street was named for Rebecca Prescott, wife of William Leman.

Prescot Street, E1

Princes Court Business Centre, E1W A street within the E1W postcode

Princes Court Business Centre, E1W

Prince’s Square, E1W Prince’s Square was part of an eighteenth century Swedish community.

Prince’s Square, E1W

Proud House, E1 Proud House is a block on Amazon Street.

Proud House, E1

Queen’s Place, E1 Queen’s Place seems to have been a victim of the London Blitz.

Queen’s Place, E1

Railway Arches, E1 Railway Arches is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Railway Arches, E1

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

Rampart Street, E1

Richard Neale House, E1 Richard Neale House is a block on Cornwall Street.

Richard Neale House, E1

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

Richard Street, E1

Riga Mews, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Riga Mews, E1

Rix Court, E1 Rix Court was replaced by a wool warehouse sometime during the twentieth century.

Rix Court, E1

Rope Walk Gardens, E1 Rope Walk Gardens is a location in London.

Rope Walk Gardens, E1

Ropewalk Gardens, EC1M Ropewalk Gardens is a location in London.

Ropewalk Gardens, EC1M

Rotherwick House, E1W Rotherwick House is located on Thomas More Street.

Rotherwick House, E1W

Royal Mint Court, E1 Royal Mint Court is a block on Royal Mint Court.

Royal Mint Court, E1

Royal Mint Court, E1W Royal Mint Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.

Royal Mint Court, E1W

Royal Mint Place, E1 Royal Mint Place is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Royal Mint Place, E1

Royal Mint Street, E1 Royal Mint Street began its life as Rosemary Lane.

Royal Mint Street, E1

Ruby House, E1 Ruby House is located on Myrdle Street.

Ruby House, E1

Rupert Street, E1 Rupert Street was situated to the east of Leman Street.

Rupert Street, E1

Sander Street, E1 Sander Street ran from Back Church Lane to Berner Street (Henriques Street).

Sander Street, E1

Sapphire Court, E1 Sapphire Court is a block on Ensign Street.

Sapphire Court, E1

Satin House, E1 Satin House is a block on Canter Way.

Satin House, E1

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

Scarborough Street, E1

School Mews, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

School Mews, E1

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

Settles Street, E1

Severne Street, E1 Severne Street - also Severn Street - was a victim of the London Blitz.

Severne Street, E1

Shearsmith House, E1 Shearsmith House is a building on Hindmarsh Close.

Shearsmith House, E1

Ship Alley, E1W Ship Alley used to lie off Wellclose Square.

Ship Alley, E1W

Shorter Street, EC3N Shorter Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Shorter Street, EC3N

Shorter Street, EC3N Shorter Street is a road in the EC3N postcode area

Shorter Street, EC3N

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

Sly Street, E1

Smithfield Court, E1 Smithfield Court is located on Cable Street.

Smithfield Court, E1

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

Somerset House, E1

South Tenter Street, E1 South Tenter Street is a road in the E1 postcode area

South Tenter Street, E1

Splidts Street, E1 Splidts Street was formerly Splidts Terrace and before that, Cain’s Place.

Splidts Street, E1

St George Street, E1W Prior to the London County Council renaming programme of 1937, St George Street denoted part of the modern street called The Highway.

St George Street, E1W

St Mark Street, E1 St Mark Street was built on the old Goodman’s Fields.

St Mark Street, E1

St Mary Grace’s Court, E1 St Mary Grace’s Court is a building on Cartwright Street.

St Mary Grace’s Court, E1

Stable Walk, E1 Stable Walk is a location in London.

Stable Walk, E1

Standon House, E1 Standon House is a block on Mansell Street.

Standon House, E1

Star Place, E1W Star Place is a road in the E1W postcode area

Star Place, E1W

Stockholm House, E1 Stockholm House is a building on Swedenborg Gardens.

Stockholm House, E1

Stutfield Street, E1 Stutfield Street has existed since the early nineteenth century.

Stutfield Street, E1

Sugar House, E1 Sugar House is a block on Leman Street.

Sugar House, E1

Sun Walk, E1W Sun Walk is a road in the E1W postcode area

Sun Walk, E1W

Suntash Apartments, E1 Suntash Apartments can be found on Umberston Street.

Suntash Apartments, E1

Swan Court, E1W Swan Court is sited on Star Place.

Swan Court, E1W

Swan Passage, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Swan Passage, E1

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

Swedenborg Gardens, E1

Symons House, E1 Symons House is a building on Alie Street.

Symons House, E1

Tait Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Tait Street, E1

Tate Apartments, E1 Tate Apartments is a block on Sly Street.

Tate Apartments, E1

Telfords Yard, E1W Telfords Yard is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area.

Telfords Yard, E1W

The Highway, E1W The Highway, formerly known as the Ratcliffe Highway and dating dates back to Saxon times, is a road which stretches from Wapping to Shadwell.

The Highway, E1W

The K Building, E1W The K Building is a block on East Smithfield.

The K Building, E1W

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

The Relay Building, E1

The White Chapel Building, E1 The White Chapel Building is a block on Whitechapel High Street.

The White Chapel Building, E1

Tillman Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Tillman Street, E1

Turnour House, E1 Turnour House is a block on Walburgh Street.

Turnour House, E1

Turnstone House, E1W Turnstone House is located on Star Place.

Turnstone House, E1W

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

Tyne Street, E1

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

Umberston Street, E1

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

Varden Street, E1

Victoria Court, E1 Victoria Court is a block on Cartwright Street.

Victoria Court, E1

Virginia Street, E1W Virginia Street is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area.

Virginia Street, E1W

Walburgh Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Walburgh Street, E1

Walford House, E1 Walford House is a block on Estate Road.

Walford House, E1

Wellclose Square, E1 Wellclose Square lies between Cable Street to the north and The Highway to the south.

Wellclose Square, E1

Wellclose Street, E1W Wellclose Street was originally built in the 1680s as Neptune Street.

Wellclose Street, E1W

Welstead House, E1 Welstead House is a block on Cannon Street Road.

Welstead House, E1

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

West Tenter Street, 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

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

Wicker Street, E1

Wilson Tower, E1 Wilson Tower is a block on Christian Street.

Wilson Tower, E1

Wiverton Tower, E1 Wiverton Tower is a block on New Drum Street.

Wiverton Tower, E1

Wool House, E1 Wool House is a building on Back Church Lane.

Wool House, E1

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

Wynfrid House, E1

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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.

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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: CC BY 2.0	Whitechapel Gallery Credit: LeHaye/Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1556738899 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: CC BY 2.0	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	The Turk’s Head, Wapping High Street (1890). Sketch from ’The Art Journal’ Credit: The Art Journal TUM image id: 1623746740 Licence:	St Mary’s (Whitechapel) station (1916) This existed between 1884 and 1938 between Aldgate East and Whitechapel. TUM image id: 1667998252 Licence:	North side of Aldgate High Street, c.1905 TUM image id: 1490909298 Licence:	Bell Lane, Spitalfields, looking towards Crispin Street (1912) Credit: CA Mathew/Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1641563861 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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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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Battle of Cable Street mural The Battle of Cable Street took place on the corner of Cable Street and Dock Street, and other places
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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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Cable Street, E1 in the early years of the twentieth century
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Berner Street, April 1909. The cartwheel indicates the entrance to Dutfield's Yard.
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Leman Street (1930s)
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