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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
Katharina Logan Ely Place, N1 Added: 9 Aug 2022 19:01 GMT	Ely place existed in name in 1857 On 7th July 1857 John James Chase and Mary Ann Weekes were married at St John the Baptist Hoxton, he of full age and she a minor. Both parties list their place of residence as Ely Place, yet according to other information, this street was not named until 1861. He was a bricklayer, she had no occupation listed, but both were literate and able to sign their names on their marriage certificate. Source: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF7-Q9Y7?cc=3734475 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
Marion James Edith Street, E2 Added: 12 Mar 2021 17:43 GMT	26 Edith Street Haggerston On Monday 11th October 1880 Charlotte Alice Haynes was born at 26 Edith Street Haggerston the home address of her parents her father Francis Haynes a Gilder by trade and her mother Charlotte Alice Haynes and her two older siblings Francis & George who all welcomed the new born baby girl into the world as they lived in part of the small Victorian terraced house which was shared by another family had an outlook view onto the world of the Imperial Gas Works site - a very grey drab reality of the life they were living as an East End working class family - 26 Edith Street no longer stands in 2021 - the small rundown polluted terrace houses of Edith Street are long since gone along with the Gas Companies buildings to be replaced with green open parkland that is popular in 21st century by the trendy residents of today - Charlotte Alice Haynes (1880-1973) is the wife of my Great Grand Uncle Henry Pickett (1878-1930) As I research my family history I slowly begin to understand the life my descendants had to live and the hardships that they went through to survive - London is my home and there are many areas of this great city I find many of my descendants living working and dying in - I am yet to find the golden chalice! But in all truthfulness my family history is so much more than hobby its an understanding of who I am as I gather their stories. Did Charlotte Alice Pickett nee Haynes go on to live a wonderful life - no I do not think so as she became a widow in 1930 worked in a canteen and never remarried living her life in and around Haggerston & Hackney until her death in 1973 with her final resting place at Manor Park Cemetery - I think Charlotte most likely excepted her lot in life like many women from her day, having been born in the Victorian era where the woman had less choice and standing in society, which is a sad state of affairs - So I will endeavour to write about Charlotte and the many other women in my family history to give them the voice of a life they so richly deserve to be recorded ! Edith Street was well situated for the new public transport of two railway stations in 1880 :- Haggerston Railway Station opened in 1867 & Cambridge Heath Railway Station opened in 1872 Reply
Bernard Miller Windsor Terrace, N1 Added: 12 Apr 2022 17:36 GMT	My mother and her sister were born at 9 Windsor Terrace My mother, Millie Haring (later Miller) and her sister Yetta Haring (later Freedman) were born here in 1922 and 1923. With their parents and older brother and sister, they lived in two rooms until they moved to Stoke Newington in 1929. She always said there were six rooms, six families, a shared sink on the first floor landing and a toilet in the backyard. 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
Old Nichol Street, E2 Added: 6 Nov 2021 15:03 GMT	Old Nichol Street, E2 Information about my grandfather’s tobacconist shop 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
Martin Eaton Shoreditch Added: 14 Oct 2021 03:56 GMT	Boundary Estate Sunbury, Taplow House. Reply
STEPHEN JACKSON Fellows Court, E2 Added: 14 Nov 2021 17:25 GMT	Fellows Court, E2 my family moved into the tower block 13th floor (maisonette), in 1967 after our street Lenthall rd e8 was demolished, we were one of the first families in the new block. A number of families from our street were rehoused in this and the adjoining flats. Inside toilet and central heating, all very modern at the time, plus eventually a tarmac football pitch in the grounds,(the cage), with a goal painted by the kids on the brick wall of the railway. 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
Liverpool Street Added: 21 Apr 2021 16:21 GMT	Liverpool Street the Bishopsgate station has existed since 1840 as a passenger station, but does not appear in the site’s cartography. Evidently, the 1860 map is in fact much earlier than that date. Reply
Talbot Yard, SE1 Added: 27 Jul 2021 14:31 GMT	correction Chaucer did not write Pilgrims Progress. His stories were called the Canterbury Tales Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

danny currie William Miller’s Yard Added: 30 Nov 2022 18:39 GMT	dads yard ron currie had a car breaking yard in millers yard back in the 60s good old days Reply
Lynette beardwood Ebury Street, SW1W Added: 29 Nov 2022 20:53 GMT	Spy’s Club Topham’s Hotel at 24-28 Ebury Street was called the Ebury Court Hotel. Its first proprietor was a Mrs Topham. In WW2 it was a favourite watering hole for the various intelligence organisations based in the Pimlico area. The first woman infiltrated into France in 1942, FANY Yvonne Rudellat, was recruited by the Special Operations Executive while working there. She died in Bergen Belsen in April 1945. Reply
Gardnor Road, NW3 Added: 16 Nov 2022 12:39 GMT	The Pearce family lived in Gardnor Road The Pearce family moved into Gardnor Road around 1900 after living in Fairfax walk, my Great grandfather, wife and there children are recorded living in number 4 Gardnor road in the 1911 census, yet I have been told my grand father was born in number 4 in 1902, generations of the Pearce continue living in number 4 as well other houses in the road up until the 1980’s Reply
Gardnor Road, NW3 Added: 16 Nov 2022 12:38 GMT	The Pearce family lived in Gardnor Road The Pearce family moved into Gardnor Road around 1900 after living in Fairfax walk, my Great grandfather, wife and there children are recorded living in number 4 Gardnor road in the 1911 census, yet I have been told my grand father was born in number 4 in 1902, generations of the Pearce continue living in number 4 as well other houses in the road up until the 1980’s Reply
Phil Stubbington Rodenhurst Road, SW4 Added: 14 Nov 2022 16:28 GMT	Numbers 60 to 70 (1901 - 1939) A builder, Robert Maeers (1842-1919), applied to build six houses on plots 134 to 139 on the Lincoln House Estate on 5 October 1901. He received approval on 8 October 1901. These would become numbers 60 to 70 Rodenhurst Road (60 is plot 139). Robert Maeers was born in Northleigh, Devon. In 1901 he was living in 118 Elms Road with his wife Georgina, nee Bagwell. They had four children, Allan, Edwin, Alice, and Harriet, born between 1863 and 1873. Alice Maeers was married to John Rawlins. Harriet Maeers was married to William Street. Three of the six houses first appear on the electoral register in 1904: Daniel Mescal “Ferncroft” William Francis Street “Hillsboro” Henry Elkin “Montrose” By the 1905 electoral register all six are occupied: Daniel Mescal “St Senans” Henry Robert Honeywood “Grasmere” John Rawlins “Iveydene” William Francis Street “Hillsboro” Walter Ernest Manning “St Hilda” Henry Elkin “Montrose” By 1906 house numbers replace names: Daniel Mescal 70 Henry Robert Honeywood 68 John Rawlins 66 William Francis Street 64 Walter Ernest Manning 62 Henry Elkin 60 It’s not clear whether number 70 changed from “Ferncroft” to “St Senans” or possibly Daniel Mescal moved houses. In any event, it can be seen that Robert Maeers’ two daughters are living in numbers 64 and 66, with, according to local information, an interconnecting door. In the 1911 census William Street is shown as a banker’s clerk. John Rawlins is a chartering clerk in shipping. Robert Maeers and his wife are also living at this address, Robert being shown as a retired builder. By 1939 all the houses are in different ownership except number 60, where the Elkins are still in residence. Reply
stephen garraway Treverton Street, W10 Added: 13 Nov 2022 13:56 GMT	Martin Street, Latimer Road I was born at St Charlottes and lived at 14, Martin Street, Latimer Road W10 until I was 4 years old when we moved to the east end. It was my Nan Grant’s House and she was the widow of George Frederick Grant. She had two sons, George and Frederick, and one daughter, my mother Margaret Patricia. The downstairs flat where we lived had two floors, the basement and the ground floor. The upper two floors were rented to a Scot and his family, the Smiths. He had red hair. The lights and cooker were gas and there was one cold tap over a Belfast sink. A tin bath hung on the wall. The toilet was outside in the yard. This was concreted over and faced the the rear of the opposite terraces. All the yards were segregated by high brick walls. The basement had the a "best" room with a large , dark fireplace with two painted metal Alsation ornaments and it was very dark, cold and little used. The street lights were gas and a man came round twice daily to turn them on and off using a large pole with a hook and a lighted torch on the end. I remember men coming round the streets with carts selling hot chestnuts and muffins and also the hurdy gurdy man with his instrument and a monkey in a red jacket. I also remember the first time I saw a black man and my mother pulling me away from him. He had a Trilby and pale Mackintosh so he must of been one of the first of the Windrush people. I seem to recall he had a thin moustache. Uncle George had a small delivery lorry but mum lost touch with him and his family. Uncle Fred went to Peabody Buildings near ST.Pauls. My Nan was moved to a maisonette in White City around 1966, and couldn’t cope with electric lights, cookers and heating and she lost all of her neighbourhood friends. Within six months she had extreme dementia and died in a horrible ward in Tooting Bec hospital a year or so later. An awful way to end her life, being moved out of her lifelong neighbourhood even though it was slums. Reply
Conder Street, E14 Added: 31 Oct 2022 18:47 GMT	Memories I lived at 7 Conder Street in a prefab from roughly 1965 to 1971 approx - happy memories- sad to see it is no more ? Reply
Eve Glover Holmesley Road, WD6 Added: 22 Oct 2022 09:28 GMT	Shenley Road Shenley Road is the main street in Borehamwood where the Job Centre and Blue Arrow were located Reply

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190 Bishopsgate A 1912 view of the City.

190 Bishopsgate

29 Aldgate High Street 29 Aldgate High Street is a demolished property, originally on the north side of Aldgate High Street..

29 Aldgate High Street

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 Aldgate was one of the massive gates which defended the City from Roman times until 1760.

Aldgate

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Aldgate East

Bevis Marks Synagogue Bevis Marks Synagogue is the oldest synagogue in the United Kingdom.

Bevis Marks Synagogue

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

Boar’s Head Theatre

Great Synagogue of London The Great Synagogue of London was, for centuries, the centre of Ashkenazi synagogue and Jewish life in London. It was destroyed during World War II, in the Blitz.

Great Synagogue of London

Petticoat Lane Market Petticoat Lane Market is a fashion and clothing market in the East End.

Petticoat Lane Market

Portsoken Portsoken is one of 25 wards in the City of London, each electing an alderman to the Court of Aldermen and commoners (the City equivalent of a councillor) elected to the Court of Common Council of the City of London Corporation.

Portsoken

St Augustine Papey St Augustine Papey was a mediaeval church in the City of London situated just south of London Wall.

St Augustine Papey

St Botolph’s St. Botolph’s without Aldgate, located on Aldgate High Street, has existed for over a thousand years.

St Botolph’s

St Ethelburga’s church St Ethelburga-the-Virgin within Bishopsgate is a church in the City of London.

St Ethelburga’s church

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

St James Duke’s Place St James Duke’s Place was an Anglican parish church in the Aldgate ward of the City of London.

St James Duke’s Place

St Mary Axe St Mary Axe was a medieval parish in the City of London whose name survives as that of the street which formerly occupied it.

St Mary Axe

St Mary Axe St Mary Axe was a mediaeval church situated just north of Leadenhall Street on a site now occupied by Fitzwilliam House.

St Mary Axe

Tenter Ground Tenter Ground harks back to the seventeenth century when this patch of land was surrounded by weavers’ houses and workshops and used to wash and stretch their fabrics on ’tenters’ to dry.

Tenter Ground

The 1912 streets of Spitalfields The fascinating story of one man’s random walk in 1912

The 1912 streets of Spitalfields

Toynbee Hall Toynbee Hall is a building which is the home of a charity of the same name.

Toynbee Hall

Wentworth Street Turn-of-the-century fashion in east London.

Wentworth Street

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

Whitechapel Gallery

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100 Bishopsgate, EC2M 100 Bishopsgate is a development of two mixed-use buildings on Bishopsgate in London.

100 Bishopsgate, EC2M

99 Bishopsgate, EC2N 99 Bishopsgate is a commercial skyscraper located on Bishopsgate, a major thoroughfare in the City of London financial district.

99 Bishopsgate, EC2N

Acorn Street, EC2M Acorn Street, Bishopsgate, was named from an old tavern sign.

Acorn Street, EC2M

Adams Court, EC2N Adam’s Court is thought to be named for Sir Thomas Adams.

Adams Court, EC2N

Alderman’s Walk, EC2M Alderman’s Walk was formerly Dashwood’s Walk, for Francis Dashwood, who lived here in the 18th century.

Alderman’s Walk, EC2M

Aldgate High Street, EC3N Once the route to one of the six original gates of the Wall of London, Aldgate High Street has an important place in medieval London’s history.

Aldgate High Street, EC3N

Aldgate House, EC3N Aldgate House is a building adjacent to Aldgate station.

Aldgate House, EC3N

Aldgate Square, EC3N Aldgate Square is a location in London.

Aldgate Square, EC3N

Angel Alley, E1 Angel Alley was a narrow passage which ran north-south from Wentworth Street to Whitechapel High Street..

Angel Alley, E1

Appold Street, EC2A Appold Street runs north-south on the City of London side of Liverpool Street station.

Appold Street, EC2A

Arcadia Court, E1 Arcadia Court is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Arcadia Court, E1

Artillery Lane, E1 The name Artillery Lane remembers the skills of the operators of the longbow.

Artillery Lane, E1

Artillery Passage, E1 Artillery Passage dates from its time as part of The Old Artillery Ground.

Artillery Passage, E1

Artizan Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Artizan Street, E1

Austin Friars, EC2N Austin Friars was an Augustinian friary from its foundation in the 1260s, until its dissolution in 1538.

Austin Friars, EC2N

Bartletts Place, EC2A Bartletts Place was Bartletts Buildings on the 1860s mapping, not appearing before then.

Bartletts Place, EC2A

Bell Lane, E1 Bell Lane has late C16/early C17 origins, dividing the Halifax estate from the nearby tenter ground.

Bell Lane, E1

Bells Alley, EC2N Bells Alley is a road in the SW6 postcode area

Bells Alley, EC2N

Bevis Marks, EC3A Bevis Marks is a short street in the ward of Aldgate in the City of London.

Bevis Marks, EC3A

Bishopgate, EC2M Bishopgate is location of London.

Bishopgate, EC2M

Bishops Square, E1 Bishops Square resulted from a 2005 project to regenerate Spitalfields Market.

Bishops Square, E1

Bishopsgate Arcade, EC2M Bishopsgate Arcade is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Bishopsgate Arcade, EC2M

Bishopsgate Churchyard, EC2M Bishopsgate Churchyard is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Bishopsgate Churchyard, EC2M

Bishopsgate, EC2M Bishopsgate was originally the entry point for travellers coming from the north east into London.

Bishopsgate, EC2M

Bishopsgate, EC3V Bishopsgate is named after one of the original eight gates in the London Wall.

Bishopsgate, EC3V

Blomfield Street, EC2M Blomfield Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Blomfield Street, EC2M

Blossom Place, E1 Blossom Place ran west off Blossom Street.

Blossom Place, E1

Blossom Street, E1 Blossom Street runs from Fleur De Lis Street to Folgate Street.

Blossom Street, E1

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

Braham Street, E1

Brick Lane, E1 Brick Lane runs north from the junction of Osborn Street, Old Montague Street and Wentworth Street, through Spitalfields to Bethnal Green Road.

Brick Lane, E1

Broad Street Place, EC2M Broad Street Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Broad Street Place, EC2M

Broadgate Circle, EC2M Broadgate Circle is situated at the centre of the Broadgate development.

Broadgate Circle, EC2M

Brody House, E1 Brody House is a block on Strype Street

Brody House, E1

Browns Lane, E1 Browns Lane is marked on the 1862 Stanford map.

Browns Lane, E1

Brune House, E1 Brune House is a block on Toynbee Street

Brune House, E1

Brune Street, E1 Brune Street was laid out between 1810 and 1824 but redeveloped in the early 20th century.

Brune Street, E1

Brushfield Street, E1 Brushfield Street is a thoroughfare running east-west from Commercial Street to Bishopsgate.

Brushfield Street, E1

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

Buckle Street, E1

Bury Street, EC3A Bury Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.

Bury Street, EC3A

Calvin Street, E1 Calvin Street was part of the Wheler Estate.

Calvin Street, E1

Camomile Street, EC3A Camomile Street is a short street in the City of London

Camomile Street, EC3A

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

Camperdown Street, E1

Catherine Wheel Alley, EC2M Catherine Wheel Alley is an old alleyway here.

Catherine Wheel Alley, EC2M

Cavendish Court, EC3A Cavendish Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.

Cavendish Court, EC3A

Celia Blairman House, E1 Residential block

Celia Blairman House, E1

Central House, E1 Residential block

Central House, E1

Christopher Street, EC2A Christopher Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Christopher Street, EC2A

Circle Place, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Circle Place, E1

Clothier Street, EC3A A street within the E1, postcode

Clothier Street, EC3A

Cobb Street, E1 Cobb Street was laid out in 1899-1904 by Sir Algernon Osborn.

Cobb Street, E1

Cock Alley, EC2M Cock Alley was a rather risque streetname leading west off Norton Folgate.

Cock Alley, EC2M

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

College East, E1

Commercial Street, E1 Commercial Street is a major thoroughfare running north-south from Shoreditch High Street to Whitechapel High Street.

Commercial Street, E1

Coney Way, E1 Coney Way is a road in the SW8 postcode area

Coney Way, E1

Coppergate House, E1 Residential block

Coppergate House, E1

Corbet Place, E1 Corbet Place - an L-shaped street, onto which back several large industrial buildings of the early/mid-twentieth century.

Corbet Place, E1

Crinoline Mews, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Crinoline Mews, E1

Crispin Place, E1 Crispin Place is the result of a regeneration programme within Spitalfields Market.

Crispin Place, E1

Crispin Street, E1 Crispin Street was developed in the late 17th century as part of the Wheler estate.

Crispin Street, E1

Crosby Square, EC3A Crosby Square is a location in London.

Crosby Square, EC3A

Crown Place, EC2A Crown Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Crown Place, EC2A

Cutler Street, EC3A Cutler Street runs north off Houndsditch.

Cutler Street, EC3A

Cutlers Gardens Arcade, EC2M Cutlers Gardens Arcade is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Cutlers Gardens Arcade, EC2M

Denning Point 33 Commercial Street, E1 A block within the E1 postcode

Denning Point 33 Commercial Street, E1

Devonshire Row, EC3A Devonshire Row leads off Bishopsgate.

Devonshire Row, EC3A

Devonshire Square, E1 Devonshire Square lies at the end of Devonshire Row.

Devonshire Square, E1

Dorset Street, E1 Dorset Street was a small thoroughfare running east-west from Crispin Street to Commercial Street.

Dorset Street, E1

Dowson Place, E1 Dowson Place appears on the 1862 Stanford map.

Dowson Place, E1

Dray Walk, E1 Dray Walk is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Dray Walk, E1

Dukes Place, EC3A Duke’s Place was formerly called Duke Street.

Dukes Place, EC3A

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

Duval Square, E1

Earl Street, EC2A Earl Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Earl Street, EC2A

East Street, E1 East Street was one of the entrances into Spitalfields Market.

East Street, E1

Elder Street, E1 Elder Street was laid out from 1722 as part of the St John and Tillard Estate.

Elder Street, E1

Eldon Street, EC2M Eldon Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Eldon Street, EC2M

Exchange Arcade, EC2A Exchange Arcade is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Exchange Arcade, EC2A

Exchange Place, EC2M Exchange Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Exchange Place, EC2M

Exchange Square, EC2A Exchange Square is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Exchange Square, EC2A

Fashion Street, E1 Fashion Street is a thoroughfare running east-west from Brick Lane to Commercial Street.

Fashion Street, E1

Fen Court, EC3M Fen Court is a location in London.

Fen Court, EC3M

Finsbury Avenue, EC2M Finsbury Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Finsbury Avenue, EC2M

Fleur De Lis Street, E1 Fleur De Lis Street runs west from Commercial Street.

Fleur De Lis Street, E1

Flower and Dean Street, E1 Flower and Dean Street was a narrow street running east-west from Commercial Street to Brick Lane.

Flower and Dean Street, E1

Flower and Dean Walk, E1 Flower and Dean Walk is a street of social housing created in the 1980s.

Flower and Dean Walk, E1

Folgate Street, E1 Folgate Street, formerly White Lion Yard and White Lion Street, has 17th century origins.

Folgate Street, E1

Fort Street, E1 There was originally a second Fort Street - besides the renamed Duke Street.

Fort Street, E1

Fort Street, E1 Fort Street was formerly Duke Street.

Fort Street, E1

Fournier Street, E1 Fournier Street is a street running east-west from Brick Lane to Commercial Street alongside Christ Church.

Fournier Street, E1

Frostic Walk, E1 Frostic Walk leads from Chicksand Street to Old Montague Street.

Frostic Walk, E1

Frying Pan Alley, E1 Frying Pan Alley is situated close to Middlesex Street and its Petticoat Lane market.

Frying Pan Alley, E1

George Street, E1 George Street was a street running north-south from Flower and Dean Street to Wentworth Street, crossing Thrawl Street approx. half way along its length..

George Street, E1

Goring Street, EC3A Goring Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.

Goring Street, EC3A

Goulston Street, E1 Goulston Street is a thoroughfare running north-south from Wentworth Street to Whitechapel High Street.

Goulston Street, E1

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

Gravel Lane, E1

Great St Helen’s, EC3A This is a street in the EC3A postcode area

Great St Helen’s, EC3A

Great Winchester Street, EC2N Great Winchester Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2N postal area.

Great Winchester Street, EC2N

Grey Eagle Street, E1 Grey Eagle Street was part of the Wilkes Estate with building leases granted in 1761.

Grey Eagle Street, E1

Gun Street, E1 Gun Street was part of the Old Artillery Ground - land formerly designated one of the Liberties of the Tower of London.

Gun Street, E1

Gun Yard, E1 Gun Yard ran west out of Norton Folgate.

Gun Yard, E1

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

Gunthorpe Street, E1

Hanbury Hall, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Hanbury Hall, E1

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

Harrow Place, E1

Heneage Lane, EC3A Heneage Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.

Heneage Lane, EC3A

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

Heneage Street, E1

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

Hopetown Street, E1

Horner Buildings, E1 The Horner Buildings are a vestige of the Victorian construction of Old Spitalfields Market.

Horner Buildings, E1

Horner Square, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Horner Square, E1

Houndsditch, EC3A Houndsditch runs through the Portsoken and Bishopsgate Without wards of the City of London - areas traditionally considered part of the East End.

Houndsditch, EC3A

Irongate House, EC3A Residential block

Irongate House, EC3A

Jerome Street, E1 Jerome Street was formerly Vine Street and part of the Wheler estate.

Jerome Street, 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

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

Lamb Street, E1

Leyden Street, E1 Leyden Street was laid out in 1899-1904 by Sir Algernon Osborn.

Leyden Street, E1

Little Paternoster Row, E1 Little Paternoster Row was once known as French Alley.

Little Paternoster Row, E1

Liverpool Street, EC2M Liverpool Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Liverpool Street, EC2M

Lolesworth Close, E1 Lolesworth Close is a short cul-de-sac on the east side of Commercial Street which was originally the western extremity of Flower and Dean Street.

Lolesworth Close, E1

London Fruit Exchange, E1 London Fruit Exchange is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

London Fruit Exchange, E1

London Wall Buildings, EC2M London Wall Buildings are a commercial development.

London Wall Buildings, EC2M

Magpie Alley, E1 Magpie Alley was an old name for the western section of Fleur de Lys Street.

Magpie Alley, E1

Market Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Market Street, E1

Middlesex Street, E1 Middlesex Street is home to the Petticoat Lane Market.

Middlesex Street, E1

Middlesex Street, EC3A Middlesex Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.

Middlesex Street, EC3A

Minsters Pavement, EC3A Minsters Pavement is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.

Minsters Pavement, EC3A

Mitre Avenue, EC3A Mitre Avenue is one of the streets of London in the E17 postal area.

Mitre Avenue, EC3A

Mitre Square, EC3A Mitre Square is a small square in the City of London.

Mitre Square, EC3A

Monmouth House, E1 Residential block

Monmouth House, E1

Moor Alley, EC2M Moor Alley ran from Norton Folgate to Moor’s Garden.

Moor Alley, EC2M

Moor’s Garden, EC2P Moor’s Garden was buried under the platforms of Liverpool Street station.

Moor’s Garden, EC2P

Nantes Passage, E1 Nantes Passage (also Church Passage) was built for Huguenot weavers.

Nantes Passage, E1

Nathaniel Close, E1 Nathaniel Close consists of houses and flats built in the early 1980s.

Nathaniel Close, E1

New Broad Street House, EC2M New Broad Street House is a block on Old Broad Street

New Broad Street House, EC2M

New Broad Street, EC2M New Broad Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

New Broad Street, EC2M

New Drum Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

New Drum Street, E1

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

New Goulston Street, E1

New Street, EC2M New Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

New Street, EC2M

North Street, E1 North Street was one of the named entrance streets into Old Spitalfields Market.

North Street, E1

Norton Folgate, E1 Norton Folgate links Bishopsgate and Shoreditch High Street.

Norton Folgate, E1

Octagon Arcade, EC2M Octagon Arcade is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Octagon Arcade, EC2M

Odeon Court, E1 Odeon Court is on Chicksand Street.

Odeon Court, E1

Old Broad Street, EC2M Old Broad Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Old Broad Street, EC2M

Old Broad Street, EC2N Old Broad Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2N postal area.

Old Broad Street, EC2N

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

Osborn Place, E1 Osborn Place appears on maps between 1800 and 1900.

Osborn Place, E1

Osborn Street, E1 Osborn Street is a short road leading from Whitechapel Road to the crossroads with Brick Lane, Wentworth Street and Old Montague Street.

Osborn Street, E1

Parliament Court, E1 Parliament Court was laid out in the 1680s as part of the development of the Old Artillery Ground.

Parliament Court, E1

Paxton House, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Paxton House, E1

Pecks Yard, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Pecks Yard, E1

Petticoat Square, E1 A street within the postcode

Petticoat Square, E1

Petticoat Tower, E1 Petticoat Tower is a block on Middlesex Street

Petticoat Tower, E1

Pindar Street, EC2A Pindar Street is a road in the EC2A postcode area

Pindar Street, EC2A

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

Pomell Way, E1

Primrose Street, EC2A Primrose Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Primrose Street, EC2A

Princelet Street, E1 Princelet Street started its life as Princes Street.

Princelet Street, E1

Principal Place, EC2A Principal Place is a location in London.

Principal Place, EC2A

Puma Court, E1 Puma Court was formerly known as Red Lion Court.

Puma Court, E1

Resolution Plaza, E1 Resolution Plaza is a location in London.

Resolution Plaza, E1

Sandyâ€™s Row, E1 Sandy’s Row runs along the City of London boundary.

Sandyâ€™s Row, E1

Sandyâ€™s Street, EC2M Sandy’s Street disappeared when Middlesex Street was extended in the 1890s.

Sandyâ€™s Street, EC2M

Seven Stars Yard, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Seven Stars Yard, E1

Snowden Street, EC2A Snowden Street is a road in the EC2A postcode area

Snowden Street, EC2A

South Street, E1 South Street provided access from Brushfield Street into Spitalfields Market.

South Street, E1

Spital Square, E1 Spital Square was started in 1733.

Spital Square, E1

Spital Yard, E1 Spital Yard is a mews of 17th century origins, serving the backs of houses on Norton Folgate and Spital Square.

Spital Yard, E1

St Botolph Street, EC3A St Botolph Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.

St Botolph Street, EC3A

St Helen’s Place, EC3A St Helen’s Place runs east from Bishopsgate.

St Helen’s Place, EC3A

St James’s Passage, EC3A St James’s Passage was formerly known as Church Passage.

St James’s Passage, EC3A

St James’s Place, EC3A St James’s Place was an open square, formerly Broad Court, which held a daily market that sold fruits of various kinds.

St James’s Place, EC3A

St Mary Axe, EC3A St Mary Axe is an ancient street of the City of London.

St Mary Axe, EC3A

St. John’s Drive, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

St. John’s Drive, E1

St. Mary’s Grove, EC3A Jeffrey’s Square disappeared under the St Mary Axe development.

St. Mary’s Grove, EC3A

Staple Hall, EC3A Staple Hall is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.

Staple Hall, EC3A

Steward Street, E1 Steward Street ran further north originally that it does now.

Steward Street, E1

Stock Exchange Building, EC2N Stock Exchange Building is one of the streets of London in the EC2N postal area.

Stock Exchange Building, EC2N

Stone House Court, EC3A Stone House Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.

Stone House Court, EC3A

Stoney Lane, EC3A Stoney Lane is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Stoney Lane, EC3A

Stothard Place, E1 Stothard Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Stothard Place, E1

Strype Street, E1 John Strype, who became an antiquary, historian and parson was the son of a Huguenot weaver and born near here in 1643.

Strype Street, E1

Sun Street Passage, EC2M Sun Street Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Sun Street Passage, EC2M

Sun Street, EC2M Sun Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Sun Street, EC2M

Tenter Ground, E1 Tenter Ground is one of the notable streetnames of Spitalfields.

Tenter Ground, E1

The Arcade, EC2A The Arcade is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

The Arcade, EC2A

The Broadgate Tower, EC2A A street within the EC2A postcode

The Broadgate Tower, EC2A

The Community Centre, E1 The Community Centre is a location in London.

The Community Centre, E1

Thrawl Street, E1 Originally built by Henry Thrall around 1656, Thrawl Street ran east-west from Brick Lane across a former tenter field owned by the Fossan brothers, Thomas and Lewis.

Thrawl Street, E1

Threadneedle Street, EC2N Threadneedle Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area.

Threadneedle Street, EC2N

Toynbee Street, E1 Toynbee Street, formerly Shepherd Street, was laid out in 1810-24 and redeveloped in 1927-36 as part of the London County Council’s Holland estate.

Toynbee Street, E1

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

Tyne Street, E1

Undershaft, EC3P Undershaft is a road in the EC3P postcode area

Undershaft, EC3P

Union Court, EC2N Union Court is an alleyway off of Broad Street.

Union Court, EC2N

Victoria Avenue, E1 This is a street in the EC2M postcode area

Victoria Avenue, E1

Wentworth Street, E1 Wentworth Street runs east-west from the junction of Brick Lane, Osborn Street and Old Montague Street to Middlesex Street.

Wentworth Street, E1

White Kennett Street, EC3A White Kennett Street was named after a Bishop of Peterborough.

White Kennett Street, EC3A

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

Whitecross Place, EC2M Whitecross Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Whitecross Place, EC2M

Whites Row, E1 White’s Row is a narrow thoroughfare running east-west from Commercial Street to Crispin Street.

Whites Row, E1

Whittington Avenue, EC3A Whittington Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.

Whittington Avenue, EC3A

Widegate Street, E1 Widegate Street is now a short street connecting Middlesex Street and Sandy’s Row.

Widegate Street, E1

Wilkes Street, E1 Wilkes Street is a street of early eighteenth century houses, some of which were refronted in the early nineteenth century.

Wilkes Street, E1

Wilson Street, EC2A Wilson Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Wilson Street, EC2A

Windsor Street, EC2M Windsor Street was formerly a named street of the area.

Windsor Street, EC2M

Wormwood Street, EC2N Wormwood Street refers to the wormwood plant which used to grow on the London Wall and in other areas of wasteland in the City.

Wormwood Street, EC2N

Wrestlers Court, EC3A Wrestlers Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.

Wrestlers Court, EC3A

NEARBY PUBS

All Bar One

All Bar One Bishopsgate

All Bar One Houndsditch

Astronomer

Babble City

Balls Brothers Austin Friars

Balls Brothers Wine Bar

Crab Tavern

Craft Beer Co

Devonshire Terrace

Dirty Dick’s Established in 1745 as The Old Jerusalem, the drinking house took the name of Dirty Dick’s in 1814.

Dirty Dick’s

Dirty Martini Dirty Martini is a pub near Liverpool Street station.

Pride of Spitalfields Pride of Spitalfields stands on Heneage Street.

Pride of Spitalfields

Runnymede

Slug and Lettuce

Still and Star The Still & Star was on Little Somerset Street near to Aldgate High Street.

Still and Star

Tapster This is a bar in Liverpool Street station.

Tapster

Ten Bells The Ten Bells has existed in various guises since the middle of the 18th century.

Ten Bells

The Alice

The Bell The Bell is on the non-City of London side of Middlesex Street.

The Bell

The Botanist

The Breakfast Club

The Bull The Bull dates back to the 17th century and stands on Devonshire Row.

The Bull

The Culpeper The Culpeper used to be called the Princess Alice.

The Primrose The Primrose was a pub on the corner of Norton Folgate and Primrose Street.

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Spitalfields

Spitalfields is near to Liverpool Street station and Brick Lane.

The area straddles Commercial Street and is home to several markets, including the historic Old Spitalfields Market, and various Brick Lane Markets on Brick Lane and Cheshire Street. Petticoat Lane Market lies on the area’s south-western boundaries.

The name Spitalfields appears in the form Spittellond in 1399; as The spitel Fyeld on the 16th-century Civitas Londinium map associated with Ralph Agas. The land belonged to St Mary Spital, a priory or hospital erected on the east side of the Bishopsgate thoroughfare in 1197, and the name is thought to derive from this. An alternative, and possibly earlier, name for the area was Lolsworth.

After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, Spitalfields was inhabited by prosperous French Huguenot silk weavers. In the early 19th century their descendants were reduced to a deplorable condition due to the competition of the Manchester textile factories and the area began to deteriorate into crime-infested slums. The spacious and handsome Huguenot houses were divided up into tiny dwellings which were rented by poor families of labourers, who sought employment in the nearby docks.

In the 19th century the area attracted Jewish immigrants and the 20th, the Bengali community.

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Bank station Credit: IG/steven.maddison TUM image id: 1653840363 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Great Synagogue of London (1810) Credit: Thomas Rowlandson (1756â TUM image id: 1518368926 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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 Aldgate Pump (1874) Aldgate Pump is a historic water pump located at the junction where Aldgate meets Fenchurch Street and Leadenhall Street. The pump is notable for its long, and sometimes dark history, as well as its cultural significance as a symbolic start point of the East End of London. The term "East of Aldgate Pump" is used as a synonym for the East End or for East London as a whole. Credit: Wellcome Images TUM image id: 1518792844 Licence:	Bevis Marks Synagogue Credit: John Salmon TUM image id: 1519475277 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Exterior of St Katherine Cree, City of London Credit: Prioryman TUM image id: 1519729630 Licence: CC BY 2.0	St James Duke Credit: Robert William Billings and John Le Keux TUM image id: 1520552156 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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
Petticoat Lane in the 1920s Credit: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) TUM image id: 1523993996 Licence:	Whitechapel Gallery Credit: LeHaye/Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1556738899 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Etching of All Hallows Staining tower, drawn in 1922 Credit: Public domain TUM image id: 1585749143 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Mark Lane station Credit: London Transport TUM image id: 1585759751 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Byward Tower, 1893 TUM image id: 1556882285 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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The Great Synagogue of London (1810)
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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.
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The Aldgate Pump (1874) Aldgate Pump is a historic water pump located at the junction where Aldgate meets Fenchurch Street and Leadenhall Street. The pump is notable for its long, and sometimes dark history, as well as its cultural significance as a symbolic start point of the East End of London. The term "East of Aldgate Pump" is used as a synonym for the East End or for East London as a whole.
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Bevis Marks Synagogue
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Exterior of St Katherine Cree, City of London
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St James Duke
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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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A drawing published in 1907 of the west front of the Church of Holy Trinity, Minories
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Petticoat Lane in the 1920s
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