St George Street, E1W

Road in/near Wapping, existing until 1937

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December
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2022
Prior to the London County Council renaming programme of 1937, St George Street denoted part of the modern street called The Highway.

Also known as St George’s Street, the whole of this central area of The Highway was named after St George in the East church and the parish of St George in the East.

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

NEARBY STREETS
, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
Ada Marie Court, E1 Ada Marie Court is sited on James Voller Way (Shadwell)
Adam Meere House, E1 Adam Meere House is located on Tarling Street (Shadwell)
Admiralty House, E1W Admiralty House is a block on Vaughan Way (St Katherine Docks)
Agatha Close, E1W Agatha Close is a modern redevelopment
Agatha Street, E1W St James’s Place, marked on 1860s mapping, was renamed as Agatha Street in 1897
Agra Place, E1 Before 1890, Agra Place was named Smith’s Place (Shadwell)
Angel Mews, E1W A street within the E1 postcode (Shadwell)
Anne Boleyn House, E1W Anne Boleyn House is a block on Pearl Street
Ariel House, E1W Ariel House is sited on Vaughan Way
Arrival Square, E1W A street within the E1W postcode (St Katherine Docks)
Arrivalley Square, E1W A street within the E1W postcode (St Katherine Docks)
Artichoke Hill, E1W Artichoke Hill is a road in the E1W postcode area (St George in the East)
Asher Way, E1W Asher Way is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area
Back Church Lane, E1 Back Church Lane is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
Bailey Tower, E1 Bailey Tower is a block on Challoner Walk
Balkan Walk, E1W Balkan Walk is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area
Batson House, E1 Batson House is a building on Fairclough Street
Beadnell Court, E1 Beadnell Court is a block on Cable Street (St George in the East)
Bells Street, Bells Street is an old East End street (St George in the East)
Benson Quay, E1W Benson Quay is a road in the E1W postcode area
Berner Street, Lower Berner Street was called Berner Street after 1868
Betts House, E1 Betts House is the oldest block on the St George’s Estate (St George in the East)
Betts House, E1W Betts House is a block on Mary Sambrook Children’s Centre (St George in the East)
Betts Street, E1W Betts Street was formerly a lengthy street in the area (St George in the East)
Bewley House, E1 Bewley House is a block on Bewley Street (Shadwell)
Bewley Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Shadwell)
Bicknell House, E1 Bicknell House is a block on Ellen Street
Bigland Street, E1 Bigland Street leads east from Cannon Street Road (Shadwell)
Bill Faust House, E1 Bill Faust House is a block on Tarling Street (Shadwell)
Binnacle House, E1W Binnacle House is a building on Cobblestone Square
Blakesley Street, Lower John Street was renamed to Blakesley Street, E1 in 1865 (Shadwell)
Bluegate Field, E1 Bluegate Field was a poetic name used in the 18th century for a section of Cable Street (Shadwell)
Boyard Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode
Boyd Street, E1 Boyd Street is a road in the E1 postcode area
Breezer’s Hill, E1W Breezer’s Hill is a short, narrow hill running between The Highway and Pennington Street (St George in the East)
Breezers Court, E1W Breezers Court is a block on The Highway (St George in the East)
Bridgeport Place, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
Brinsley House, E1 Brinsley House is a block on Tarling Street (Shadwell)
Brokmer House, E1 Brokmer House can be found on Crowder Street (St George in the East)
Brook House, E1 Brook House is a block on Fletcher Street (St George in the East)
Burlington Court, E1 Burlington Court is sited on Cable Street (St George in the East)
Burslem Street, E1 Burslem Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Mile End)
Burwell Close, E1 Burwell Close is a road in the E1 postcode area (Shadwell)
Cable Street, E1 Cable Street started as a straight path along which hemp ropes were twisted into ships’ cables
Cannon Street Road, E1 Cannon Street Road runs south from Commercial Road (Shadwell)
Capstan Court, E1W Capstan Court can be found on Wapping Wall
Caxton Apartments, E1 Caxton Apartments is a block on Cable Street (St George in the East)
Challoner Walk, E1 Challoner Walk is a location in London
Chamberlain House, E1 Chamberlain House probably dates from the 1960s (Shadwell)
Chancery House, E1 Chancery House is a block on Lowood Street (Shadwell)
Chandler Street, E1W Chandler Street is a road in the E1W postcode area
Chandlery House, E1 Chandlery House is a block on Gower’s Walk
Chapman Place, Chapman Place is an old East End street (Shadwell)
Chapman Street, E1 Chapman Street runs between Cannon Street Road and Watney Street (Shadwell)
Chi Building, E1 Chi Building is located on Crowder Street (St George in the East)
Chigwell Hill, E1W Chigwell Hill is a road in the E1W postcode area
China Court, E1W China Court is a block on Asher Way
Choppins Court, E1W Choppins Court is a building on Choppins Court
Christian Street, E1 Christian Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
Church House, E1 Church House is a block on Wellclose Square (St George in the East)
Cobblestone Square, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
Compass House, E1W Compass House is a block on Raine Street
Cordage House, E1W Cordage House is a block on Cobblestone Square
Cork Square, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
Cornwall Street, E1 Cornwall Street was an original street of the area but nearly the entire street was destroyed during the Second World War (Shadwell)
Counter House, E1W Counter House is located on Gauging Square (St Katherine Docks)
Cowley Street, Cowley Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)
Crellin Street, E1 The former John Street became Crellin Street in 1904
Crowder Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (St George in the East)
Danvers House, E1 Danvers House is a block on Greatorex street
Dean House, E1 Dean House is a block on Tarling Street (Shadwell)
Dean Street, Cross Street became Dean Street in 1865 (4777) (Shadwell)
Deancross Street, E1 Deancross Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Shadwell)
Dellow House, E1 Dellow House is a block on Dellow Street (Shadwell)
Dellow Street, E1 Dellow Street was once Blue Gate Fields (Shadwell)
Discovery Walk, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
Donovan House, E1 Donovan House probably dates from the 1960s (Shadwell)
Douthwaite Square, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
Dunch Street, E1 Dunch Street is a street in (Shadwell)
Ellen Julia Court, E1 Ellen Julia Court is a block on James Voller Way (Shadwell)
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
Ellis Court, E1 Ellis Court is a block on James Voller Way (Shadwell)
Eluna Apartments, E1W Eluna Apartments is a block on Wapping Lane
Emery Way, E1W Emery Way is location of London
Ensign Street, E1 Ensign Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (St George in the East)
Everard House, E1 Everard House is a block on Ellen Street
Everard Street, Everard Street is an old East End street
Fabian House, E1 Fabian House is a block on Cannon Street Road (Shadwell)
Farthing Fields, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
Fisher House, E1 Fisher House probably dates from the 1960s (Shadwell)
Fletcher Street, E1 Fletcher Street runs south off of Cable Street (St George in the East)
Foley House, E1 Foley House is a block on Tarling Street (Shadwell)
Forbes Street, E1 Forbes Street replaced Splidts Street after the Second World War
Fowey Close, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
Garamond Building, E1 Garamond Building is a block on Crowder Street (St George in the East)
Garnet House, E1W Garnet House is a block on Garnet Street
Garnet Street, E1W Garnet Street is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area
Gauging Square, E1W A street within the E1W postcode (St George in the East)
George Leybourne House, E1 George Leybourne House is a block on Wellclose Square (St George in the East)
Ginger Line Building, E1W Ginger Line Building is a block on The Highway (Shadwell)
Golding Street, E1 Golding Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
Gosling House, E1 Gosling House is a block near to the Martineau Estate (Shadwell)
Graces Alley, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (St George in the East)
Hadfield House, E1 Hadfield House is a block on Ellen Street
Halliday House, E1 Halliday House is a block on Stutfield Street
Hannah Building, E1 Hannah Building is sited on Watney Street (Shadwell)
Hanson House, E1 Hanson House is sited on Philchurch Street
Harkness House, E1 Harkness House is a building on Christian Street
Harrison House, E1 Harrison House is a block on Challoner Walk
Hatton House, E1 Hatton House is a block on Hindmarsh Close (St George in the East)
Hawksmoor Mews, E1 Hawksmoor Mews is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Shadwell)
High Street Shadwell, E1W High Street Shadwell eventually became part of The Highway (Shadwell)
Hilliard House, E1W Hilliard House is sited on Prusom Street (Wapping)
Hindmarsh Close, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (St George in the East)
Hodgeson House, E1 Hodgeson House is sited on Christian Street
Inglefield Square, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
James Voller Way, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Shadwell)
Jewel Square, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
John Rennie Walk, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
Juniper Street, E1 Juniper Street is now simply a cul-de-sac (Shadwell)
Keetons Road, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
Kennet Street, E1W Kennet Street is a road in the E1W postcode area
Kinder Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Shadwell)
Kindersley House, E1 Kindersley House is a block on Philchurch Street
King Charles Terrace, E1W King Charles Terrace is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area
King David Lane, E1 King David Lane connects Cable Street with The Highway (Shadwell)
King Henry Terrace, E1W King Henry Terrace is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area
Kingsley Mews, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
Knock Fergus, E1 Knock Fergus was absorbed into Cable Street during the 1860s
Langdale Street, E1 Langdale Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
Langmore House, E1 Langmore House is a block on Stutfield Street
Leeward Court, E1W Leeward Court is a block on Asher Way
Liberty House, E1 Liberty House can be found on Ensign Street (St George in the East)
Lowder House, E1W Lowder House is a block on Wapping Lane
Lower Chapman Street, Lower Chapman Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)
Lowood House, E1 Lowood House is located on Bewley Street (Shadwell)
Lowood Street, E1 Lowood Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Shadwell)
Lucas Street, Lucas Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)
Luke House, E1 Luke House is located on Tillman Street (Shadwell)
Lukin Street, E1 Lukin Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Shadwell)
Mace Close, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
Maddocks House, E1 Maddocks House is a block on Cable Street (Shadwell)
Malay House, E1W Malay House is a block on Prusom Street
Marble Quay, E1W Marble Quay is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area
Martha Street, E1 Martha Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Shadwell)
Martineau Square, E1 A street within the E1 postcode
Martingale House, E1W Martingale House is a block on Raine 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
Maynards Quay, E1W Maynards Quay is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area
Meadowcroft Mews, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (St George in the East)
Meeting House Alley, E1W Alley is a road in the E1W postcode area
Mercers Street, Mercers Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)
Merchant Court, E1W Merchant Court can be found on Wapping Wall
Merita House, E1W Merita House is a block on Thomas More Street (St Katherine Docks)
Metropolitan Wharf, E1W Metropolitan Wharf is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area
Milk Yard, E1W Milk Yard is a road in the E1W postcode area
Montpelier Place, E1 Montpelier Place is a road in the E1 postcode area (Shadwell)
Monza Building, E1W Monza Building is located on Monza Street
Monza Street, E1W Monza Street lies south of the Shadwell Basin
Moore House, E1 Moore House is a block on the Martineau Estate (Shadwell)
Morris Street, E1 Morris Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Shadwell)
Morton Close, E1 This is a street in the E1 postcode area (Shadwell)
Mulberry Court, E1 Mulberry Court is a block on School Mews (Shadwell)
Mulberry Court, E1W A street within the E1 postcode (Shadwell)
Neptune Street, Neptune Street is an old East End street (St George in the East)
Nesham Street, E1W Nesham Street is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area (St Katherine Docks)
New Crane Place, E1W New Crane Place is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area (Wapping)
New Crane Wharf, E1W New Crane Wharf is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area (Wapping)
New Loom House, E1 New Loom House is a block on Back Church Lane
Newlands Quay, E1W A street within the E1W postcode (Shadwell)
Newton House, E1 Newton House is a 6-storey block on Cornwall Street (Shadwell)
Noble Court, E1 Noble Court is a block on Cable Street (St George in the East)
Norton House, E1 Norton House is a block on Cannon Street Road (Shadwell)
Old Gravel, Old Gravel is an old East End street
Orchid Apartments, E1 Orchid Apartments is a block on Crowder Street (St George in the East)
Oswell House, E1W Oswell House is a block on Farthing Fields
Pace Place, E1 Pace Place was formerly Little Ann Street before 1937 (Shadwell)
Park Vista Tower, E1W Park Vista Tower can be found on Cobblestone Square
Pegswood Court, E1 Pegswood Court is a block on Cable Street (St George in the East)
Pell Street, Pell Street is an old East End street (St George in the East)
Penang House, E1W Penang House can be found on Prusom Street
Penang Street, E1W Penang Street is a road in the E1W postcode area
Pennington Court, E1W Pennington Court is sited on The Highway (St George in the East)
Pennington Street, E1W Pennington Street is an east-west road in St George in the East, north of London Dock (St George in the East)
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
Pinchin Street, E1 Pinchin Street is an east-west thoroughfare stretching from Christian Street to Back Church Lane.
Ponler Street, E1 Ponler Street is a road in the E1 postcode area
Porters Walk, E1W Porters Walk is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area
Portland Square, E1W Portland Square is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area
President Drive, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
Prince of Orange Court, E1 Prince of Orange Court was a former street in the area
Princes Court Business Centre, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
Princes Court, E1W Princes Court is sited on Princes Court
Princes Square, Princes Square is an old East End street (St George in the East)
Princes Street, E1 Princes Street appeared on the 1750s Rocque map but was into surrounding streetnames soon afterwards (Shadwell)
Prince’s Square, E1W Prince’s Square was part of an eighteenth century Swedish community (St George in the East)
Prospect Place, E1W Prospect Place is a road in the E1W postcode area
Providence Street, Providence Street is an old East End street
Prusom Street, E1W Prusom Street is situated north of Wapping High Street
Quantum Court, E1 Quantum Court is a block on King David Lane (Shadwell)
Queen Victoria Terrace, E1W Queen Victoria Terrace is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area
Queen’s Place, E1 Queen’s Place seems to have been a victim of the London Blitz
Raine Street, E1W Raine Street is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area
Raine’s House, E1W Raine’s House is a block on Farthing Fields
Reardon House, E1W Reardon House is a block on Reardon Street
Reardon Street, E1W Reardon Street is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area
Redcastle Close, E1 Redcastle Close arrived with the construction of the Glamis Estate (Shadwell)
Richard Neale House, E1 Richard Neale House is a 6-storey block, originally built as part of the Tarling Estate (Shadwell)
Riverside Mansions, E1W Riverside Mansions is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area
Rix Court, E1 Rix Court was replaced by a wool warehouse sometime during the twentieth century
Robert Sutton House, E1 Robert Sutton House is a block on Tarling Street (Shadwell)
Roding Mews, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
Rum Close, E1W A street within the E1W postcode (Shadwell)
Sage Street, E1 This is a street in the E1 postcode area (Shadwell)
Samuel Street, E1 Samuel Street disappeared post-war and was largely absorbed into Wicker Street
Sapphire Court, E1 Sapphire Court is a block on Ensign Street (St George in the East)
School Mews, E1W School Mews leads south off Cable Street (Shadwell)
Severn Street, Severn Street is an old East End street
Severne Street, E1 Severne Street - also Severn Street - was a victim of the London Blitz
Shadwell Gardens, E1 Shadwell Gardens serves the Shadwell Gardens Estate (Shadwell)
Shadwell Place, E1 Shadwell Place is a road in the E1 postcode area (Shadwell)
Shead Court, E1 Shead Court is a block on James Voller Way (Shadwell)
Shearsmith House, E1 Shearsmith House is a building on Hindmarsh Close (St George in the East)
Sheridan Street, John Street was given the name Sheridan Street, E1 in 1864 (Shadwell)
Ship Alley, E1W Ship Alley used to lie off Wellclose Square (St George in the East)
Smithfield Court, E1 Smithfield Court is located on Cable Street (St George in the East)
Solander Gardens, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Shadwell)
Sovereign Close, E1W Sovereign Close is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area
Spencer Street, E1 Spencer Street ran east-west north of Shadwell station (Shadwell)
Spencer Way, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Shadwell)
Spice Court, E1W Spice Court is a block on Asher Way
Spirit Quay, E1W Spirit Quay is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area
Splidts Street, E1 Splidts Street was formerly Splidts Terrace and before that, Cain’s Place
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 Katharine By The Tower, E1W St Katharine By The Tower is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area
Stevedore Street, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
Stockholm House, E1 Stockholm House is a building on Swedenborg Gardens (St George in the East)
Stockholm Way, E1W Stockholm Way is a road in the E1W postcode area (St Katherine Docks)
Stutfield Street, E1 Stutfield Street has existed since the early nineteenth century
Sun Tavern Place, E1 Sun Tavern Place was not named directly after an inn but after Sun Tavern Fields, a ropewalk which it was built over (Shadwell)
Sun Walk, E1W Sun Walk is a road in the E1W postcode area
Sutton Street East, In Stepney E1, Church Road became Sutton Street East in 1862 (Shadwell)
Sutton Street, E1 Sutton Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Shadwell)
Swedenborg Gardens, E1 Swedenborg Gardens is a road in the E1 postcode area (St George in the East)
Tait Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Shadwell)
Tamarind Yard, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
Tarbert Walk, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Shadwell)
Tarling Street, E1 Tarling Street appears on maps of 1832 and 1855 as Terling Street, and may have been named from the builder (Shadwell)
Telfords Yard, E1W Telfords Yard is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area (St George in the East)
The Highway, E1W The Highway was once the Ratcliffe Highway
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 (St George in the East)
Thornwill House, E1 Thornwill House is a building on Martineau Street (Shadwell)
Tillman Street, E1 Tillman Street was redeveloped as part of the Bigland Estate around 1961. (Shadwell)
Tilman Street, Tilman Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)
Timberland Road, E1 Timberland Road is a road in the E1 postcode area (Shadwell)
Torrington Place, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
Tradewinds Court, E1W Tradewinds Court can be found on Asher Way
Trinity Tower, E98 Trinity Tower is a block on Thomas More Square (St Katherine Docks)
Tulip Street, E1 Tulip Street is an old East End street
Turnour House, E1 Turnour House is a block on Walburgh Street (Shadwell)
Twine Court, E1 Twine Court is an ancient turning leading off Cable Street (Shadwell)
Upper Chapman Street, Upper Chapman Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)
Vaughan Way, E1W Vaughan Way is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area
Vinegar Street, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
Virginia Street, E98 The first expedition to the colony of Virginia set out from Blackwall in 1606 (St George in the East)
Vogler House, E1 Vogler House is a 6-storey block containing 24 dwellings (Shadwell)
Wainwright House, E1W Wainwright House is a block on Wine Close
Walburgh Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Shadwell)
Walford House, E1 Walford House is a block on Estate Road
Wapping Lane, E1W Wapping Lane is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area
Wapping Wall, E1W Wapping Wall runs parallel to the northern bank of the Thames with many converted warehouses facing the river
Waterman Way, E1W Waterman Way is a road in the E1W postcode area
Watney Street, E1 Watney Street is the location for a famed East End street market (Shadwell)
Waveney Close, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
Wellclose Square, E1 Wellclose Square lies between Cable Street to the north and The Highway to the south (St George in the East)
Wellclose Street, E1W Wellclose Street was originally built in the 1680s as Neptune Street (St George in the East)
Wellington Terrace, E1W A street within the E1W postcode
Welstead House, E1 Welstead House is a block on Cannon Street Road (Shadwell)
West Gardens, E1W West Gardens is a road in the E1W postcode area
Whitehorn House, E1W Whitehorn House is sited on Prusom Street
Wicker Street, E1 Most of Wicker Street was redeveloped as part of the Berner Estate
Wilson Tower, E1 Wilson Tower is a block on Christian Street
Wine Close, E1W Wine Close is a road in the E1W postcode area
Wool House, E1 Wool House is a building on Back Church Lane
Yule Court, E1 Yule Court was replaced by the Shadwell Gardens Estate during the 1970s (Shadwell)


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