Whitechapel

Underground station, existing between 1863 and now

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2013
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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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Pavilion Theatre The Pavilion Theatre at 191–193 Whitechapel Road was the first major theatre to open in the East End.
St Mary’s (Whitechapel Road) St Mary’s was a station on the Metropolitan Railway and the District Railway lines, located between Whitechapel and Aldgate East stations.
Vine Tavern The Vine Tavern was situated on a site in the middle of Mile End Road, theoretically at number 31.

NEARBY STREETS
Ada Lewis Court, E1 Ada Lewis Court is located on Underwood Road
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)
Adler Street, E1 Adler Street runs between the Whitechapel Road and the Commercial Road
Albert Place, E1 Albert Place is an old East End street
Albert Street, E1 Albert Street is an old East End street
Ansell House, E1 Ansell House was the first block built on the Sidney Estate (Stepney)
Armsby House, E1 Armsby House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)
Arthur Deakin House, E1 Arthur Deakin House is a block on Woodseer Street
Arundel Street, Arundel Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Ashfield Street, E1 Ashfield Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Ashington House, E1 Ashington House is a block on Barnsley Street (Bethnal Green)
Back Church Lane, E1 Back Church Lane is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
Baker’s Row, E1 Baker’s Row became Vallance Road in 1896
Bancroft House, E1 Bancroft House is a block on Malcolm Road (Stepney Green)
Barnsley Street, E1 Barnsley Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Bethnal Green)
Basil House, E1 Basil House is a block on Henriques Street
Bath Street, In Poplar E14, Ann’s Place became Bath Street in 1891 (Whitechapel)
Batson House, E1 Batson House is a building on Fairclough Street
Batty Street, E1 Batty Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
Bearstead Court, E1 Bearstead Court is a block on Underwood Road
Beckett House, E1 Beckett House is part of a three block complex facing Jubilee Street (Stepney)
Bedford Square, E1 Bedford Square is an old East End square (Stepney)
Bedford Street, E1 Bedford Square, Shadwell was called Bedford Street after 1894 (Whitechapel)
Benjamin Truman Close, E1 Benjamin Truman Close is a location in London (Spitalfields)
Berner Street, Lower Berner Street was called Berner Street after 1868
Bernhard Baron House, E1 Bernhard Baron House is a building on Henriques Street
Berry House, E1 Berry House is located on Headlam Street (Whitechapel)
Bicknell House, E1 Bicknell House is a block on Ellen Street
Black Lion Yard, E1 Black Lion Yard, a narrow passage, extended from Old Montague Street, where it could be accessed via a set of steps, to Whitechapel Road (Whitechapel)
Blackwood House, E1 Blackwood House is a block on Collingwood Street (Whitechapel)
Bloomfield House, E1 Bloomfield House is a block on Old Montague Street (Whitechapel)
BLSA Building, E1 BLSA Building is a block on Newark Street (Whitechapel)
Boden House, E1 Boden House is located on Woodseer Street
Booth House, E1 Booth House is a block on Whitechapel Road (Whitechapel)
Booth Street, E1 Booth Street is an old East End street
Boyard Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode
Boyd Street, E1 Boyd Street is a road in the E1 postcode area
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)
Britannia House, E1 Britannia House is a block on Hanbury Street
Buckhurst Street, E1 Buckhurst Street runs alongside St Bartholomew Gardens (Stepney Green)
Bullen House, E1 Bullen House is a building on Collingwood Street (Whitechapel)
Buxton Street, E1 Buxton Street developed in the early and mid-nineteenth century
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)
Carillon Court, E1 Carillon Court can be found on Greatorex Street
Carlisle Street, Carlisle Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Caroline Adams House, E1 Caroline Adams House is a block on Pedley Street (Spitalfields)
Casson House, E1 Casson House is sited on Hanbury Street
Casson Street, E1 Casson Street is a road in the E1 postcode area
Castlemain Street, E1 Castlemain Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Cavell Street, E1 Cavell Street is a road in the E1W postcode area (Whitechapel)
Cephas House, E1 Cephas House is a block on Wickford Street (Stepney Green)
Challoner Walk, E1 Challoner Walk is a location in London
Chandlery House, E1 Chandlery House is a block on Gower’s Walk
Chapter House, E2 Chapter House is a block on Dunbridge Street (Bethnal Green)
Charlotte Court, Charlotte Court is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Chicksand House, E1 Chicksand House is sited on Chicksand Street
Chicksand Street, E1 Chicksand Street runs east from Brick Lane
Christian Street, E1 Christian Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
Chronos Building, E1 Chronos Building is a building on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Cityscape Apartments, E1 Cityscape Apartments is sited on Heneage Street
Clare Alexander House, E1 Clare Alexander House can be found on Turner Street (Whitechapel)
Clarence Street, Clarence Street is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Clark Street, E1 Clark Street is a long and old street of Stepney (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)
Coburg Dwellings, E1 Coburg Dwellings is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Stepney)
Codling Close, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
Codrington Court, E1 Codrington Court is sited on Scott Street (Whitechapel)
Coke Street, E1 Charles Street was renamed to Coke Street, E1 in 1882
Colefax Building, E1 Colefax Building is a block on Plumbers Row
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)
Colverson House, E1 Colverson House is a block on the Sidney Estate (Stepney)
Cornerstone Court, E1 Cornerstone Court is a building on Hemming Street (Whitechapel)
Court Street, E1 Court Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Coventry Road, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Bethnal Green)
Coverley Close, E1 Coverley Close is a road in the E1 postcode area
Cudworth Street, E1 Cudworth Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Danvers House, E1 Danvers House is a block on Greatorex street
Darling Place, E1 Darling Place was merged into Darling Row (Whitechapel)
Darling Row, E1 Darling Row is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Davenant House, E1 Davenant House is a block on Old Montague Street
Davenant Street, E1 Davenant Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Davis Terrace, E1 Davis Terrace is an old East End street
Dawson House, E1 Dawson House is a block on Walden Street (Whitechapel)
Deal Street, E1 Deal Street dates from the mid 1840s
Delafield House, E1 Delafield House is a building on Umberston Street
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)
Dowson Place, E1 Dowson Place appears on the 1862 Stanford map
Drake House, E1 Drake House can be found on Stepney Way (Stepney)
Drewett House, E1 Drewett House can be found on Christian Street
Dron House, E1 Dron House is a block on Adelina Grove (Stepney)
Ducie Street, Ducie Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Dunbridge Street, E2 Dunbridge Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Dundalk House, E1 Dundalk House faces Clark Street (Stepney Green)
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
Duru House, E1 Duru House is a block on Commercial Road
Durward Street, E1 Durward Street is a narrow thoroughfare running east-west from Brady Street to Baker’s Row (today’s Vallance Road) (Whitechapel)
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)
Eastman, Eastman is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Edwards Passage, E1 Edwards Passage leads north off Mile End Road beside the Trinity Almshouses (Stepney Green)
Elan Court, E1 Elan Court is a block on Newark Street (Whitechapel)
Elektra House, E1 Elektra House is a block on Ashfield Street (Stepney)
Ellen Place, E1 Ellen Place existed until the twentieth century
Ellen Street, E1 Ellen Street is an older street of the area, already existing and with this name by the 1820s
Ely Place, E1 Ely Place appears on the 1862 Stanford map
Empire House, E1 Empire House is a block on New Road (Whitechapel)
Enterprise House, E1 A street within the E1 postcode
Epping Place, E1 Epping Place was an old name for the northernmost end of Sidney Street (Whitechapel)
Evelyn House, E1 Evelyn House is a block on Greatorex Street
Everard House, E1 Everard House is a block on Ellen Street
Everard Street, Everard Street is an old East End street
Fairclough Street, E1 Fairclough Street runs from Back Church Lane to Christian Street
Fakruddin Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Whitechapel)
Fellbrigg Street, E1 Norfolk Street, E1 was renamed as Fellbrigg Street, E1 in 1883 (Whitechapel)
Fieldgate Mansions, E1 Fieldgate Mansions is a significant complex of tenement dwellings that was constructed between 1903 and 1907. (Whitechapel)
Fieldgate Street, E1 Fieldgate Street was once a lane leading across fields to St Dunstan’s Church (Whitechapel)
Finch Street, E1 Finch Street lay along the line of present day Monthope Road (Whitechapel)
Floyer House, E1 Floyer House is a block on Philpot Street (Whitechapel)
Forbes Street, E1 Forbes Street replaced Splidts Street after the Second World War
Ford House, E1 Ford House is a block on Ford Square (Stepney)
Ford Square, E1 Ford Square is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Stepney)
Fordham Street, E1 Fordham Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
Foster Street, E1 Foster Street may date from the 1830s (Whitechapel)
Foundry Court, E1 Foundry Court is a block on Plumbers Row (Whitechapel)
Fremantle House, E1 Fremantle House is located on Brady Street (Whitechapel)
Frostic Walk, E1 Frostic Walk leads from Chicksand Street to Old Montague Street
Fulbourne Street, E1 Fulbourne Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Furness Street , Furness Street is an old East End street
Garrod Building, E1 Garrod Building is a block on Turner Street (Whitechapel)
Gowers Walk, Gowers Walk is an old East End street
Gower’s Walk, E1 Gower’s Walk leads south from Commercial Road
Granary Road, E1 Granary Road is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
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)
Greenfield Road, E1 Greenfield Road is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
Greenfield Street, E1 Greenfield Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Grindall House, E1 Grindall House is a building on Collingwood Street (Whitechapel)
Grove Dwellings, E1 Grove Dwellings - in separate blocks - were built in 1910 on land leased from the Mercers company (Stepney)
Gwynne House, E1 Gwynne House is located on Turner Street (Whitechapel)
Hadfield House, E1 Hadfield House is a block on Ellen Street
Halcrow Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Whitechapel)
Halliday House, E1 Halliday House is a block on Stutfield Street
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)
Harkness House, E1 Harkness House is a building on Christian Street
Harrison House, E1 Harrison House is a block on Challoner Walk
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)
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)
Hemming Street, E1 Hemming Street commemorates Edward Hemming, who represented Bethnal Green on the first select vestry of the parish of Stepney in 1589. (Whitechapel)
Heneage Street, E1 Heneage Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
Henriques Street, E1 Henriques Street was formerly called Berner Street
Hobson’s Cottages, E1 Hobson’s Cottages was situated off Pelham Street
Hobsons Place, E1 Hobsons Place was short cul-de-sac
Hodgeson House, E1 Hodgeson House is sited on Christian Street
Hogarth Court, E1 Hogarth Court is a block on Batty Street
Horace Evans House, E1 Horace Evans House is a block on Ashfield Street (Whitechapel)
Hudson Building, E1 Hudson Building is a block on Chicksand Street
Hughes Mansions, E1 Hughes Mansions originally consisted of three roughly similar blocks containing 93 flats spread over the three buildings (Whitechapel)
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
Jacobs Court, E1 Jacobs Court is a block on Plumbers Row (Whitechapel)
Jarman House, E1 Jarman House, Beckett House and Wingrand House were built as a single block on the Sidney Estate (Stepney)
Jean Pardies House, E1 Jean Pardies House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)
John Garnett House, E1 John Garnett House is located on Newark Street (Whitechapel)
John Harrison House, E1 John Harrison House is a block on Varden Street (Whitechapel)
John Pritchard House, E1 John Pritchard House is sited on Buxton Street
Jubilee Mansions, E1 Jubilee Mansions is a block built by Stepney Borough Council between the wars (Stepney Green)
Jubilee Street, E1 Jubilee Street was built off the then-new Commercial Road and named to commemorate the Jubilee of George III in 1810. (Stepney Green)
Kempton Court, E1 Kempton Court is a block on Durward Street, built in 1995 (Whitechapel)
Kent House, E1 Kent House is a block on Varden Street (Whitechapel)
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)
Kings Arms Court, E1 Kings Arms Court lies off Old Montague Street. (Whitechapel)
Kingward House, E1 Kingward House is a block on Greatorex Street
Kingward Street, E1 King Edward Street is an old East End street
Kiran Apartments, E1 Kiran Apartments is located on Chicksand Street
Knighten Street, E1W Knighten Street follows the line of the former Russell’s Buildings
Kushiyara House, E1 Kushiyara House is a block on Pedley Street (Spitalfields)
Langmore House, E1 Langmore House is a block on Stutfield Street
Leigh House, E1 Leigh House is a block on Halcrow Street (Whitechapel)
Lime Close, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
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)
Lister House, E1 Lister House is located on Lomas Street (Whitechapel)
Little Collingwood Street, E1 Little Collingwood Street once ran parallel with Collingwood Street (Whitechapel)
Lomas Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Whitechapel)
London Street, The Opening, E14 was renamed as London Street, E14 in 1888 (Bethnal Green)
Louise De Marillac House, E1 Louise De Marillac House is a block on Jubilee Street (Stepney)
Luntley Place, E1 Luntley Place appears on the 1862 Stanford map
Malcolm Road, E1 Malcolm Road was a new name for the southern section of Braintree Street after 1949 (Stepney Green)
Maples Place, E1 Cannon Place became Maples Place in 1938 (Whitechapel)
Marden House, E1 Marden House is located on Batty Street
Mary Ann Street, Mary Ann Street is an old East End street
Maryann Street, E1 Maryann Street existed from the 1810s until after the Second World War
Matilda Street, Matilda Street is an old East End street
Mayo House, E1 Mayo House is a block on Lindley Street (Stepney)
McCalla House, E1 McCalla House is located on Pedley Street (Bethnal Green)
McGlashon House, E1 McGlashon House is a block on Hunton Street
Merceron Street, E1 Merceron Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Middlesea Street , Middlesea Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Milward Street, E1 Milward Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Mitali Passage, E1 A street within the E1 postcode
Mocatta House, E1 Mocatta House is a block on Brady Street (Whitechapel)
Monthope Road, E1 This is a street in the E1 postcode area
Moss Close, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Whitechapel)
Mount Terrace, E1 Mount Terrace is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Mulberry Street, E1 Mulberry Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Myrdle Court, E1 Myrdle Court is a block on Myrdle Street
Myrdle Street, E1 Myrdle Street leads south from Fieldgate Street (Whitechapel)
Neath Terrace , Neath Terrace is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
New Loom House, E1 New Loom House is a block on Back Church Lane
New Road, E1 New Road is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Newark Street, E1 Newark Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Northampton Street, Northampton Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Northesk House, E1 Northesk House is a block on Tent Street (Bethnal Green)
Nottingham Place, E1 Nottingham Place is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Novem House, E1 Novem House is a block on Chicksand Street
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)
Odeon Court, E1 Odeon Court is a block on Chicksand Street
Old Montague Street, E1 Old Montague Street is a thoroughfare running east-west from Baker’s Row (now Vallance Road) to Brick Lane
Orion House, E1 Orion House is an 11-storey block on the Collingwood Estate (Whitechapel)
Osborn Place, E1 Osborn Place appears on maps between 1800 and 1900
Oxford Street, Green Street was renamed to Oxford Street, E1 in 1867 (Whitechapel)
Parfett Street, E1 Parfett Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
Park House, E1 Park House is a block on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Pauline House, E1 Pauline House is a block on Old Montague Street
Pavilion House, E1 Pavilion House is a block on Greatorex Street
Pelham Street, E1 Pelham Street was the former name of Woodseer Street
Pellew House, E1 Pellew House is a block on Somerford Street (Whitechapel)
Pereira Street, E1 Pereira Street ran north/south in Bethnal Green (Whitechapel)
Peretra Street, Peretra Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Philchurch Place, E1 Philchurch Place is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
Philchurch Street, E1 Philchurch Street, which disappeared after the Second World War, was originally Philip Street
Phoenix Court, E1 Phoenix Court is a block on Cudworth Street (Bethnal Green)
Plumbers Row, E1 Plumbers Row is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Porchester House, E1 Porchester House is sited on Varden Street (Whitechapel)
Prince of Orange Court, E1 Prince of Orange Court was a former street in the area
Providence Street, Providence Street is an old East End street
Queen Street, E1 In 1883, King Street, E1 became Queen Street, E1
Queen’s Place, E1 Queen’s Place seems to have been a victim of the London Blitz
Ramar House, E1 Ramar House is a building on Hanbury Street
Ramar Place, E1 Ramar Place was a tiny Whitechapel back street
Raven Row, E1 Raven Row appears in 1832, probably named for the builder. (Whitechapel)
Red Cow Lane, E1 Red Cow Lane was an ancient Stepney thoroughfare linking Dog Row with Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Redmill House, E1 Redmill House is a block on Headlam Street (Whitechapel)
Regal Close, E1 Regal Close is a road in the E1 postcode area
Richardson Street, E1 Richardson Street ran from Lindley Street to Wolsey Street (Stepney)
River Thames at 51.501, High Street, E1 was renamed as Great Garden Street, E1 in 1874 (Whitechapel)
Rix Court, E1 Rix Court was replaced by a wool warehouse sometime during the twentieth century
Romford Street, E1 Romford Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Rope Walk Gardens, E1 Rope Walk Gardens is a location in London
Ropewalk Gardens, EC1M Ropewalk Gardens is a location in London
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)
Rutland Street, New Rutland Street was given the name Rutland Street, E1 in 1864 (Stepney)
Sambrook House, E1 Sambrook House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)
Sander Street, E1 Sander Street ran from Back Church Lane to Berner Street (Henriques Street)
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)
Scott Street, E1 Scott Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Selby Street, E1 Selby Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Shah Paran House, E1 Shah Paran House is a block on Pedley Street (Spitalfields)
Sidney Square, E1 Sidney Square is an old square dating from the 1820s (Stepney Green)
Sidney Street, E1 Sidney Street is a notably historic street of the East End (Stepney)
Smith’s Place, E1W Smith’s Place appears on maps of Wapping between 1750 and 1900
Sol Frankel House, E1 Sol Frankel House is a block on Pedley Street (Spitalfields)
Somerford Street, E1 Somerford Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Southampton Terrace, Southampton Terrace is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Sovereign House, E1 Sovereign House dates from 1970 (Stepney Green)
Soyeux Apartments, E1 Soyeux Apartments is a block on Scott Street (Whitechapel)
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 Street, E1 Spital Street is a road in the E1 postcode area
Splidts Street, E1 Splidts Street was formerly Splidts Terrace and before that, Cain’s Place
Spring Walk, E1 Spring Walk is a road in the E1 postcode area
St Mary Street, St Mary Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
St Philip’s House, E1 St Philip’s House is located on Stepney Way (Whitechapel)
Steeple Court, E1 Steeple Court is a block on Coventry Road (Bethnal Green)
Stepney City Apartments, E1 Stepney City Apartments is a former Victorian school, converted into flats (Stepney Green)
Stepney Green Court, E1 Stepney Green Court is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Stepney Way, E1 Stepney Way is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Stepney)
Stutfield Street, E1 Stutfield Street has existed since the early nineteenth century
Stuttle House, E1 Stuttle House is a block on Buxton Street
Summerford Street, Summerford Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Surma Close, E1 Surma Close is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Swan Place, E1 Swan Place was an old road absorbed during the nineteenth century into Sidney Street (Stepney)
Tannery House, E1 Tannery House is a block on Deal Street
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)
Tassaduq Ahmed House, E1 Tassaduq Ahmed House is a block on Pedley Street (Spitalfields)
Tent Street, E1 Tent Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Bethnal Green)
The Old Montague Apartments, E1 The Old Montague Apartments is a block on Old Montague Street
Tower House, E1 Tower House is a block on Fieldgate Street (Whitechapel)
Trahorn Close, E1 Trahorn Close is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Tree House, E1 Tree House is located on Jubilee Street (Stepney)
Treves House, E1 Treves House is a block on Vallance Road (Whitechapel)
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)
Tulip Street, E1 Tulip Street is an old East End street
Turner Street, E1 Turner Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Umberston Street, E1 Umberston Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
Underwood Road, E1 Underwood Road is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
Underwood Street, In Stepney E1, Albert Place became Underwood Street in 1883
Vallance Road, E1 Vallance Road is a significant road running north-south from Bethnal Green Road to Whitechapel Road. (Whitechapel)
Vawdrey Close, E1 Vawdrey Close replaced an older street called Whitehead Street (Stepney Green)
Vermont House, E1W Vermont House is a block on Knighten Street
Vibeca Apartments, E1 Vibeca Apartments is a block on Chicksand Street
Vine Court, E1 Vine Court is a small turning south from Whitechapel Road (Whitechapel)
Vollasky House, E1 Vollasky House is a block on Daplyn Street
Walden Street, E1 Walden Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Weaver Street, E1 Weaver Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Spitalfields)
Wexford House, E1 Wexford House is a 6-storey block containing 44 dwellings (Stepney)
White Hart Yard, E1 White Hart Court was built by Richard Brinckley in 1773 (Whitechapel)
Whitechapel Market, E1 Whitechapel Market is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Whitechapel Road, E1 Whitechapel Road is a major arterial road in East London (Whitechapel)
Whitechapel Technology Centre, E1 Whitechapel Technology Centre is based in the East London Works (Whitechapel)
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)
Wilton Court, E1 Wilton Court is a block on Cavell Street (Whitechapel)
Winchester Street, Winchester Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Wingrad House, E1 Wingrad House is a block on the northern section of Jubilee Street (Stepney)
Winthrop Street, E1 Winthrop Street was formerly a narrow street running east-west from Brady Street to Durward Street (Whitechapel)
Wodeham Gardens, E1 Wodeham Gardens is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Wolsey Street, E1 Wolsey Street is an old East End street of which a tiny remnant remains (Stepney)
Wood’s Buildings, E1 Wood’s Buildings, a narrow passageway, extended north from Whitechapel Road and led to Winthrop Street. (Whitechapel)
Woodseer Street, E1 Woodseer Street was formerly known as Pelham Street and part of the Halifax Estate
Wool House, E1 Wool House is a building on Back Church Lane
Woollen House, E1 Woollen House is a block on Clark Street (Stepney Green)
Workhouse Apartments, E1 Workhouse Apartments is a block on Feather Mews (Whitechapel)
Wyllen Close, E1 Wyllen Close is the name of both a road and blocks to which the road leads (Stepney Green)
Wynfrid House, E1 Wynfrid House is a block on Mulberry Street
Yalford Street, E1 Yalford Street was the name for New Street after 1874 (Whitechapel)


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