Senrab Street, E1

Senrab Street is the name ’Barnes’ reversed.

This land belonged to W.H. Pemberton Barnes, who had already used his name for Barnes Street.

Bryce Street became Senrab Street in 1883.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Limehouse Limehouse is a National Rail station, also connected to the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) network.

Limehouse

St Dunstan’s and All Saints Church St Dunstan’s, Stepney is an Anglican church which stands on a site that has been used for Christian worship for over a thousand years.

St Dunstan’s and All Saints Church

NEARBY STREETS

Albert Gardens, E1 Albert Gardens, an almost intact late-Georgian residential square (Shadwell)

Albert Gardens, E1

Ann Street, E1 Ann Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)

Ann Street, E1

Anne Goodman House, E1 Anne Goodman House is sited on Jubilee Street (Stepney Green)

Anne Goodman House, E1

Antill Terrace, E1 Antill Terrace was built off of Senrab Street (then Barbour Gardens) around 1865 (Stepney Green)

Antill Terrace, E1

Apsley House, E1 Apsley House is a block on Aylward Street (Stepney Green)

Apsley House, E1

Apsley Street, E1 Apsley Street was off Redman’s Road (Stepney Green)

Apsley Street, E1

Arbour House, E1 Arbour House was designed by B.J. Belsher, the Stepney Borough Surveyor (Stepney Green)

Arbour House, E1

Arbour Square, E1 Arbour Square is a late Georgian square in Stepney (Stepney Green)

Arbour Square, E1

Armsby House, E1 Armsby House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)

Armsby House, E1

Arta House, E1 Arta House is a block on Devonport Street (Shadwell)

Arta House, E1

Aston Street, E14 Aston Street is a long north-south running road north of Salmon Lane (Stepney Green)

Aston Street, E14

Avis Square, E1 Avis Square was created in 1961 (Stepney Green)

Avis Square, E1

Aylward Street, E1 Aylward Street has a complicated history (Stepney Green)

Aylward Street, E1

Baltonsborough Court, E1 Baltonsborough Court is located on Ben Jonson Road (Stepney Green)

Baltonsborough Court, E1

Barnardo Gardens, E1W Barnardo Gardens was created as local streets were swept away post-war (Shadwell)

Barnardo Gardens, E1W

Barnardo Street, E1 Dr Thomas John Barnardo founded a boy’s orphanage in Stepney Causeway (Shadwell)

Barnardo Street, E1

Barnes Street, E14 Barnes Street was built on land belonging to W.H. Pemberton Barnes (Stepney Green)

Barnes Street, E14

Beckett House, E1 Beckett House is part of a three block complex facing Jubilee Street (Stepney)

Beckett House, E1

Bekesbourne Street, E14 Bekesbourne Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Limehouse)

Bekesbourne Street, E14

Belgrave Street, E1 Belgrave Street connects Stepney High Street with Commercial Road (Stepney Green)

Belgrave Street, E1

Ben Jonson Road, E1 The satiric dramatist Ben Jonson (or Johnson) died in 1637. (Stepney Green)

Ben Jonson Road, E1

Bere Street, Bere Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)

Bere Street,

Berglen Court, E14 Berglen Court is a block on Branch Road (Limehouse)

Berglen Court, E14

Bermuda Street, E1 Bermuda Street was an old East End street (Stepney Green)

Bermuda Street, E1

Bermuda Way, E1 Bermuda Way runs between two residential blocks (Stepney Green)

Bermuda Way, E1

Billing House, E1 Billing House is a block on Commercial Road (Shadwell)

Billing House, E1

Bladen House, E1 Bladen House is a block on Dunelm Street (Stepney Green)

Bladen House, E1

Boisseau House, E1 Boisseau House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)

Boisseau House, E1

Boulcott Street, E1W Boulcott Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Ratcliff)

Boulcott Street, E1W

Bower Street, E1 Bower Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Shadwell)

Bower Street, E1

Branch Road, E14 Branch Road is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Limehouse)

Branch Road, E14

Brayford Square, E1 Brayford Square is a small shopping area from 1978 (Stepney Green)

Brayford Square, E1

Bromley Street, E1 Bromley Street was built between 1829 and 1843 by Daniel Goody (Stepney Green)

Bromley Street, E1

Brook Street, E1 Brook Street was an old name for this section of Cable Street (Ratcliff)

Brook Street, E1

Bull’s Buildings, E1W Bull’s Buildings was a close off White Horse Street (Ratcliff)

Bull’s Buildings, E1W

Burley House, E1 Burley House is part of the Mountmorres Estate (Stepney Green)

Burley House, E1

Butcher Row, E1W Butcher Row is a road in the E1W postcode area (Limehouse)

Butcher Row, E1W

Caroline Street, E1 Caroline Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Ratcliff)

Caroline Street, E1

Cayley Street, E14 Cayley Street, after demolition, became part of White Horse Open Space (Stepney Green)

Cayley Street, E14

Chalkwell House, E1 Chalkwell House can be found on Commercial Road (Shadwell)

Chalkwell House, E1

Chaseley Street, E14 Chaseley Street runs from Barnes Street to Yorkshire Road (Limehouse)

Chaseley Street, E14

Chudleigh Street, E1 Chudleigh Street was called Albany Street until 1938 (Stepney Green)

Chudleigh Street, E1

Clearbrook Way, E1 Clearbrook Way is a modern cul-de-sac, running west off West Arbour Street (Stepney Green)

Clearbrook Way, E1

Clichy House, E1 Clichy House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)

Clichy House, E1

Clovelly Way, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Stepney Green)

Clovelly Way, E1

Commercial Road East, Commercial Road East is an old East End street (Shadwell)

Commercial Road East,

Conder Street, E14 Conder Street, now a tiny cul-de-sac once ran north all the way to Maroon Street (Stepney Green)

Conder Street, E14

Copley Street, E1 Copley Street now runs south from Stepney Way (Stepney Green)

Copley Street, E1

Cornwood Drive, E1 Cornwood Drive runs off Jubilee Street (Stepney)

Cornwood Drive, E1

Corrigham House, E1 Corrigham House is a block on Pitsea Street (Ratcliff)

Corrigham House, E1

Cosmo Apartments, E1 Cosmo Apartments is sited on Westport Street (Shadwell)

Cosmo Apartments, E1

Cowley Street, Cowley Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)

Cowley Street,

Cromarty House, E1 Cromarty House is a block on Aston Street (Stepney Green)

Cromarty House, E1

Dagobert House, E1 Dagobert House is a block on Smithy Street (Stepney)

Dagobert House, E1

Dakin Place, E1 Dakin Place is one of a confusion of small roads leading off White Horse Road (Stepney Green)

Dakin Place, E1

Dame Colet House, E1 Dame Colet House is a block on Ben Jonson Road (Stepney Green)

Dame Colet House, E1

Dempsey Street, E1 Dempsey Street was created before 1830 along with surrounding streets (Stepney Green)

Dempsey Street, E1

Devonport Street, E1 Devonport Street connects Commercial Road and Cable Street (Shadwell)

Devonport Street, E1

Diggon Street, E1 Diggon Street is now a small remnant cul-de-sac off Stepney Way (Stepney Green)

Diggon Street, E1

Dongola Road, E1 Dongola Road connects Duckett Street and Harford Street (Stepney Green)

Dongola Road, E1

Dowson House, E1 Dowson House is located on Commercial Road (Shadwell)

Dowson House, E1

Drewton Street, E1 Drewton Street was previously James Street (Shadwell)

Drewton Street, E1

Dunelm Street, E1 Fair Street was renamed Dunelm Street in 1939 (Stepney Green)

Dunelm Street, E1

Durham Row, E1 Durham Row is a path leading west from White Horse Road (Stepney Green)

Durham Row, E1

East Arbour Street, E1 East Arbour Street leads north from Arbour Square (Stepney Green)

East Arbour Street, E1

Edith Ramsey House, E1 Edith Ramsey House is a block on Duckett Street (Stepney Green)

Edith Ramsey House, E1

Edward Mann Close East, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Ratcliff)

Edward Mann Close East, E1

Elsa Street, E14 Elsa Street is now in two sections - a street and a continuation as a walkway (Stepney Green)

Elsa Street, E14

Exmouth Court, E1 Exmouth Court appears on the 1900 map (Stepney Green)

Exmouth Court, E1

Exmouth Place, E1 Exmouth Place is on the 1860 map (Stepney Green)

Exmouth Place, E1

Exmouth Street, E1 Exmouth Street was largely destroyed during the Second World War and replaced by residential blocks on the Clicky Estate (Stepney)

Exmouth Street, E1

Fair Street, E1 Fair Street ran from Oxford Street to Charles Street (Stepney Green)

Fair Street, E1

Flamborough Street, E14 Flamborough Street is a Yorkshire place name, chosen by association with neighbouring York Square (Limehouse)

Flamborough Street, E14

Flamborough Walk, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Limehouse)

Flamborough Walk, E14

Garden Street, E1 Garden Street lies to the rear of what was called ’King John’s Palace’ (Stepney Green)

Garden Street, E1

George Scott House, E1 George Scott House is a block on West Arbour Street (Stepney Green)

George Scott House, E1

Gold Street, E1 Prospect Place was renamed as Gold Street in 1882 (Stepney Green)

Gold Street, E1

Grosvenor Street, E1 Grosvenor Street was renamed Mountmorres Road in 1939 (Stepney Green)

Grosvenor Street, E1

Hardinge Lane, E1W Hardinge Lane is a road in the E1 postcode area (Shadwell)

Hardinge Lane, E1W

Hardinge Street, E1W Hardinge Street existed in the 1750s or before as St George’s Path (Shadwell)

Hardinge Street, E1W

Harriott House, E1 Harriott House is a block on Jamaica Street (Stepney Green)

Harriott House, E1

Havering Street, E1 Havering Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Shadwell)

Havering Street, E1

Head Street, E1 Head Street replaced Heath Street in 1938 (Shadwell)

Head Street, E1

Heath Street, E1 Heath Street was the location of a rope walk by the beginning of the nineteenth century (Stepney Green)

Heath Street, E1

Horseley Court, E1 Horseley Court is a block on Candle Street (Stepney Green)

Horseley Court, E1

Jamaica Street, E1 Jamaica Street is the successor street to King Street (Stepney)

Jamaica Street, E1

James Place, James Place is an old East End street (Shadwell)

James Place,

Jarman House, E1 Jarman House, Beckett House and Wingrand House were built as a single block on the Sidney Estate (Stepney)

Jarman House, E1

Jean Pardies House, E1 Jean Pardies House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)

Jean Pardies House, E1

John Scurr House, E14 John Scurr House is located on Ratcliffe Lane (Limehouse)

John Scurr House, E14

Johnny Andrews House, E1 Johnny Andrews House is a block on Boulcott Street (Ratcliff)

Johnny Andrews House, E1

Johnson Street, E1 Johnson Street first appears as John Street on 1820s mapping, but not on 1810s maps (Shadwell)

Johnson Street, E1

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)

Jubilee Street, E1

Justice Apartments, E1 Justice Apartments is a block on Aylward Street (Stepney Green)

Justice Apartments, E1

King John Street, E1 King John Street leads off Stepney Green (Stepney Green)

King John Street, E1

King Street, E1 King Street was one of two King Streets in Stepney, the other being nearer to Bethnal Green (Stepney)

King Street, E1

Lace Court, E1 Lace Court is sited on Masters Street (Stepney Green)

Lace Court, E1

Lady Micos Almshouses, E1 Lady Micos Almshouses offers lodgings exclusively for women in Stepney (Stepney Green)

Lady Micos Almshouses, E1

Lake Street, E1 Lake Street was at first called Thomas Street (Shadwell)

Lake Street, E1

Latham House, E1 Latham House is a block on Chudleigh Street (Stepney Green)

Latham House, E1

Lavender House, E1 Lavender House is a block on Commercial Road (Ratcliff)

Lavender House, E1

Le Moal House, E1 Le Moal House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)

Le Moal House, E1

Levitas House, E1 Levitas House are flats situated on Jubilee Street, dating from 2020 (Stepney Green)

Levitas House, E1

Lighterman Mews, E1 Lighterman Mews is 1990s development (Stepney Green)

Lighterman Mews, E1

Lindley House, E1 Lindley House is a block on Lindley Street (Stepney)

Lindley House, E1

Lindley Street, E1 Lindley Street first appeared on a Stepney map during the 1840s (Stepney)

Lindley Street, E1

Longford House, E1 Longford House is a one of a number of Irish county themed blocks dating from the late 1950s (Stepney)

Longford House, E1

Lorne House, E1 Lorne House can be found on Ben Jonson Road (Stepney Green)

Lorne House, E1

Louise De Marillac House, E1 Louise De Marillac House is a block on Jubilee Street (Stepney)

Louise De Marillac House, E1

Lucas Street, Lucas Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)

Lucas Street,

Lukin Street, E1 Lukin Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Shadwell)

Lukin Street, E1

Malthouse Apartments, E1 Malthouse Apartments is a block on Caroline Street (Shadwell)

Malthouse Apartments, E1

Masters Street, E1 Masters Street is the western extension of Bohn Road (Stepney Green)

Masters Street, E1

Matlock Street, E14 Matlock Street is a surviving street of Stepney Green, its route intact after the war (Stepney Green)

Matlock Street, E14

Mercer Court, E14 Mercer Court is a block on Candle Street (Stepney Green)

Mercer Court, E14

Milrood House, E1 Milrood House is a block on Stepney Green (Stepney Green)

Milrood House, E1

Montpelier Place, E1 Montpelier Place is a road in the E1 postcode area (Shadwell)

Montpelier Place, E1

Moore House, E1 Moore House is a block on the Martineau Estate (Shadwell)

Moore House, E1

Mountmorres Road, E1 Grosvenor Street was called Mountmorres Road after 1939 (Stepney Green)

Mountmorres Road, E1

Musbury Street, E1 Musbury Street is a street of post-war blocks of flats (Stepney Green)

Musbury Street, E1

New Belvedere House, E1 New Belvedere House is a block on White Horse Road (Stepney Green)

New Belvedere House, E1

Odette Duval House, E1 Odette Duval House is a 9-storey block containing 52 dwellings (Stepney)

Odette Duval House, E1

Ogilvie House, E1 Ogilvie House is a block on Stepney Causeway (Ratcliff)

Ogilvie House, E1

Old Church Road, E1 Old Church Road originally extended north from Commercial Road to Stepney Way, opposite St Dunstan’s Church. (Shadwell)

Old Church Road, E1

Oley Place, E1 Oley Place - originally Wellington Street - was part of an estate belonging to Clare College, Cambridge (Stepney Green)

Oley Place, E1

Oman Way, E14 Oman Way is a postwar-built walkway leading to White Horse Open Space (Stepney Green)

Oman Way, E14

Pattison House, E1 Pattison House is a block on Aylward Street (Stepney Green)

Pattison House, E1

Pattison Street, E1 Pattison Street ran southeast from a junction with Jamaica Street (Stepney Green)

Pattison Street, E1

Pechora Way, E14 Pechora Way leads west from Maroon Street (Stepney Green)

Pechora Way, E14

Perth Street, E1 Perth Street was created as St Vincent Street during the 1830s (Stepney Green)

Perth Street, E1

Pevensey House, E1 Pevensey House is a block on Ben Jonson Road (Stepney Green)

Pevensey House, E1

Pitsea Street, E1 Pitsea Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Ratcliff)

Pitsea Street, E1

Pole Street, E1 Pole Street became part of Stepney Green Park (Stepney Green)

Pole Street, E1

Poonah Street, E1 Poonah Street first appears as a name in 1891 (Shadwell)

Poonah Street, E1

Portland Street, E1 Portland Street was replaced by Westport Street in 1939 (Stepney Green)

Portland Street, E1

Powlesland Court, E1 Powlesland Court is a block on White Horse Road (Stepney Green)

Powlesland Court, E1

Princes Street, E1 Princes Street was a former name for the northern section of Dempsey Street (Stepney)

Princes Street, E1

Raby Street, E14 Raby Street commemorates the name of a builder active in East London from the 1850s. (Stepney Green)

Raby Street, E14

Railton House, E1 Railton House is a block on Arbour Square (Shadwell)

Railton House, E1

Ratcliffe Cross Street, E1W Ratcliffe Cross Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Ratcliff)

Ratcliffe Cross Street, E1W

Ratcliffe House, E14 Ratcliffe House is a block on Barnes Street (Stepney Green)

Ratcliffe House, E14

Ratcliffe Lane, E14 Ratcliffe Lane runs south of Limehouse station (Limehouse)

Ratcliffe Lane, E14

Rectory Square, E1 Rectory Square, dating from the 1860s, was named from the rectory of St Dunstan’s parish church nearby (Stepney Green)

Rectory Square, E1

Recurrence Apartments, E1 Recurrence Apartments is located on Commercial Road (Stepney)

Recurrence Apartments, E1

Redmans Road, E1 Redmans Road is a long east-west road of Stepney (Stepney Green)

Redmans Road, E1

Robert Sutton House, E1 Robert Sutton House is a block on Tarling Street (Shadwell)

Robert Sutton House, E1

Rochelle Court, E1 Rochelle Court are flats with shops underneath from 1938 (Shadwell)

Rochelle Court, E1

Ronald Street, E1 Ronald Street appeared in a series of parallel streets first emerging in the 1830s (Shadwell)

Ronald Street, E1

Rosea House, E1 Rosea House is sited on Boulcott Street (Ratcliff)

Rosea House, E1

Rosery Court, E1 Rosery Court was built on the site of St Dunstan’s Rectory (Stepney Green)

Rosery Court, E1

Sambrook House, E1 Sambrook House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)

Sambrook House, E1

Senrab Street, E1 Senrab Street is the name ’Barnes’ reversed (Stepney Green)

Senrab Street, E1

Shipwright House, E1 Shipwright House is a block on Boulcott Street (Ratcliff)

Shipwright House, E1

Silver Street, E1 Silver Street ran parallel with Gold Street, though it was narrower (Stepney Green)

Silver Street, E1

Sims House, E1 Sims House is a block on Havering Street (Shadwell)

Sims House, E1

Smith Street, E1 Because of the number of Smith Streets in London, the road became Smithy Street during the 1930s (Stepney)

Smith Street, E1

Smithy Street, E1 Smithy Street was called Smith Street until 1938 (Stepney)

Smithy Street, E1

Solent House, E1 Solent House is a block on Ben Jonson Road (Stepney Green)

Solent House, E1

St Dunstans Mews, E1 St Dunstans Mews faces St Dunstan’s Churchyard (Stepney Green)

St Dunstans Mews, E1

St Thomas House, E1 St Thomas House is a block on East Arbour Street (Stepney Green)

St Thomas House, E1

Stepney Causeway, E1 Stepney Causeway is associated with Thomas John Barnardo, who opened his first shelter for homeless children at number 18. (Shadwell)

Stepney Causeway, E1

Stepney City Apartments, E1 Stepney City Apartments is a modern pair of blocks on the corner of Jubilee Street and Clark Street (Stepney Green)

Stepney City Apartments, E1

Stepney Green Court, E1 Stepney Green Court was built in 1895 (Stepney Green)

Stepney Green Court, E1

Stepney Green, E1 Stepney Green was originally a 15th century row of houses near to St Dunstan’s church (Stepney Green)

Stepney Green, E1

Stepney High Street, E1 Stepney High Street was previously the main street of Stepney (Stepney Green)

Stepney High Street, E1

Stepney Way, E1 Stepney Way is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Stepney)

Stepney Way, E1

Stifford House, E1 Stifford House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney Green)

Stifford House, E1

Summercourt Road, E1 Summercourt Road is parallel with Commercial Road, one block north (Stepney Green)

Summercourt Road, E1

Sutton Street East, In Stepney E1, Church Road became Sutton Street East in 1862 (Shadwell)

Sutton Street East,

Sutton Street, E1 Sutton Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Shadwell)

Sutton Street, E1

Temple Court, E1 Temple Court can be found on Rectory Square (Stepney Green)

Temple Court, E1

Thirza House, E1 Thirza House is a block on Devonport Street (Shadwell)

Thirza House, E1

Thirza Street, E1W Thirza Street was situated off Hardinge Street, immediately south of the railway (Shadwell)

Thirza Street, E1W

Thomas Street, Thomas Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)

Thomas Street,

Tillotson Street, E1 Tillotson Street was built on land belonging to Clare College, Cambridge (Stepney Green)

Tillotson Street, E1

Tottan Terrace, E1 Tottan Terrace is a pathway along the southern edge of the Belgrave Open Space (Stepney Green)

Tottan Terrace, E1

Tree House, E1 Tree House is located on Jubilee Street (Stepney)

Tree House, E1

Troon House, E1 Troon House is a block of flats situated west of White Horse Road (Stepney Green)

Troon House, E1

Troon Street, E14 Troon Street is a very short street and is the westward extension of Salmon Lane (Stepney Green)

Troon Street, E14

Vista Court, E1 Vista Court is a block on Bermuda Way (Stepney Green)

Vista Court, E1

Vogler House, E1 Vogler House is a 6-storey block containing 24 dwellings (Shadwell)

Vogler House, E1

Wakeling Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Limehouse)

Wakeling Street, E14

Waley Street, E1 Commemorates Henry le Waleys or Waleis, mayor of London in 1273, 1281-3 and 1298. (Stepney Green)

Waley Street, E1

Walter Street, E1 Walter Street was swept away after the Second World War (Stepney Green)

Walter Street, E1

Walter Terrace, E1 Walter Terrace is a renaming of the southern end of Walter Street in 1939 (Stepney Green)

Walter Terrace, E1

Warren Place, E1W A street within the E1 postcode (Ratcliff)

Warren Place, E1W

Wellesley Street, E1 Wellesley Street was severely truncated post-war (Stepney Green)

Wellesley Street, E1

West Arbour Street, E1 West Arbour Street runs north from Commercial Road to Aylward Street (Stepney Green)

West Arbour Street, E1

Westport Street, E1 Westport Street runs north from Commercial Road (Stepney Green)

Westport Street, E1

Wetton House, E1 Wetton House overlooks the southern edge of Stepney Green Park (Stepney Green)

Wetton House, E1

White Horse Road, E1 White Horse Road is an ancient lane, running to the east of St Dunstan’s church (Stepney Green)

White Horse Road, E1

White Horse Street, E14 Until the early 20th century, White Horse Street stretched uninterrupted from Stepney Churchyard to Butcher Row, leading down to the riverside (Limehouse)

White Horse Street, E14

Wickham Close, E1 Wickham Close is a road in the E1 postcode area (Stepney)

Wickham Close, E1

William Fry House, E1 William Fry House is a block on West Arbour Street (Stepney Green)

William Fry House, E1

Wingrad House, E1 Wingrad House is a block on the northern section of Jubilee Street (Stepney)

Wingrad House, E1

Yorkshire Road, E14 Yorkshire Road was named by association with nearby York Square (Limehouse)

Yorkshire Road, E14

Zenith Building, E14 Zenith Building is located on Commercial Road (Limehouse)

Zenith Building, E14

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