Portelet Road, E1

Road in/near Stepney Green, existing between the 1850s and now

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August
13
2017
Portelet Road runs north from Carlton Square.

It was called Carlton Road before 1938. A few years later, much of the street suffered very bad wartime damage. Prefabs erected south of Leatherdale Street was redeveloped in 1966 as flats.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Black Boy The Black Boy public house stood on the Mile End Road.
Stepney Green Stepney Green tube station lies on the corner of Mile End Road and Globe Road in the Stepney neighbourhood of east London.

NEARBY STREETS
Adams House, E1 Adams House is a Grade II listed block of offices (Stepney Green)
Adriatic House, E1 Adriatic House is located on Ernest Street (Stepney Green)
Albert Jacob House, E2 Albert Jacob House is a block on Roman Road (Mile End)
Alderney Road, E1 Alderney Road began as a pathway called Alderney Place during the 1830s (Stepney Green)
Amiel Street, E1 Amiel Street is one of ten streets commemorating Stepney residents killed in the air raids of the Second World War (Stepney Green)
Anchor House, E1 Anchor House is a block on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Anchor Terrace, E1 Anchor Terrace is a named section of Cephas Avenue (Stepney Green)
Anson House, E1 Anson House is a block on Shandy Street (Stepney Green)
Arabian House, E1 Arabian House is sited on Ernst Road (Stepney Green)
Aral House, E1 Aral House is sited on Ernest Street (Stepney Green)
Argyle Road, E1 Argyle Road followed Carlton Square as an 1850s development by William Pemberton Barnes (Stepney Green)
Ashbee House, E2 Ashbee House can be found on Portman Place (Stepney Green)
Astra Apartments, E2 Astra Apartments can be found on Globe Road (Mile End)
Azov House, E1 Azov House is a block on Sandalwood Close (Stepney Green)
Baker Street, Baker Street is an old East End street (Mile End)
Bancroft House, E1 Bancroft House is a block on Malcolm Road (Stepney Green)
Bancroft Road, E1 Bancroft Road was constructed in stages between 1820 and 1850 (Stepney Green)
Bancroft’s Almshouses, E1 Bencroft’s Hospital and School, established in 1737, was on the north side of Mile End Road (Mile End)
Bantry House, E1 Bantry House was commissioned in 1953 (Stepney Green)
Barbanel House, E1 Barbanel House is sited on Colebert Avenue (Stepney Green)
Barents House, E1 Barents House is the westernmost block on the Ocean Estate (Stepney Green)
Beaumont Grove, E1 Beaumont Grove runs south from Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Bevin House, E2 Bevin House is a block on Knottisford Street (Mile End)
Biscay House, E1 Biscay House faces Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Bonwell Street, Bonwell Street is an old East End street (Mile End)
Bonwell Street, E2 Bonwell Street was redeveloped but still there as an unnamed road (Mile End)
Boyton Close, E1 Boyton Close covered half of the former Nicholas Street (Stepney Green)
Bradbeer House, E2 Bradbeer House can be found on Bethnal Green Estate (Bethnal Green)
Bradley Lynch Court, E2 Bradley Lynch Court is a block on Morpeth Street (Mile End)
Bradwell Street, E1 Bradwell Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Mile End)
Braintree House, E1 Braintree House is named for the road it would have previously faced - Braintree Street (Stepney Green)
Braintree Street, E1 Braintree Street, like Hadleigh Street, was named after a town in Essex (Bethnal Green)
Brancaster House, E1 Brancaster House is a block on Moody Street (Mile End)
Britannia House, E2 Britannia House is a block on Digby Street (Mile End)
Bullards Place, E2 Bullards Place is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Mile End)
Bullards Street, Bullards Street is an old East End street (Mile End)
Burns House, E2 Burns House is located on Bethnal Green Estate (Bethnal Green)
Butler House, E2 Butler House is a block on Butler Street (Mile End)
Butler Street, Butler Street is an old East End street (Mile End)
Calverley Street, E1 Calverley Street (as Calverley Walk) disappeared when the Ocean Estate was built over its site (Stepney Green)
Calverley Walk, E1 Calverley Street was renamed as Calverley Walk in 1938 (Stepney Green)
Cambay House, E1 Cambay House is located on Harford Street (Stepney Green)
Carlton Square, E1 The houses in the Carlton Square area were developed in the 1850s by William Pemberton Barnes on open land known as Globe Fields. (Stepney Green)
Carlyle Mews, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Stepney Green)
Cephas Avenue, E1 Cephas Avenue was called St Peter’s Road until 1939 (Stepney Green)
Cephas House, E1 Cephas House is a block on Wickford Street (Stepney Green)
Cephas Street, E1 One of two Silver Streets in the area along with Park Street and Peter Street became Cephas Street in 1865 (Stepney Green)
Chapman House, E1 Chapman House is sited on Westfield Way (Mile End)
Chesney House, E1 Chesney House is a block on Westfield Way (Mile End)
Chester Street, Chester Street is an old East End street (Mile End)
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)
Colebert Avenue, E1 Colebert Avenue was named in 1948 (Stepney Green)
Colebert House, E1 Colebert House can be found on Colebert Avenue (Stepney Green)
Colin Winter House, E1 Colin Winter House is a block on Nicholas Road (Stepney Green)
Colmar Close, E1 Colmar Close was redeveloped out of the southern part of the former Carlton Road (now Portelet Road) (Stepney Green)
Colnmore Court / Greenan Court, E2 Colnmore Court / Greenan Court is a block on Meath Crescent (Bethnal Green)
Commodore Street, E1 Commodore Street is the eastern extension of Shandy Street (Stepney Green)
Coopers Close, E1 Coopers Close is a road built over the site of the Anchor Brewery (Stepney Green)
Coral House, E1 Coral House is a block on Harford Street (Stepney Green)
Cordova Road, E3 Cordova Road was laid out in 1866 (Bow)
Cornwall Avenue, E2 Cornwall Avenue is a no-through road running off of Braintree Street (Bethnal Green)
Cornwall Road, Cornwall Road is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Dawson House, E2 Dawson House can be found on Bethnal Green Estate (Bethnal Green)
Devonshire Court, E1 Devonshire Court is a block on Bancroft Road (Stepney Green)
Devonshire Street, E1 Devonshire Street East (and West) became Devonshire Street in 1865 (Stepney Green)
Digby Street, E2 Digby Street is a road in the E2 postcode area (Mile End)
Doveton House, E1 Doveton House is a block on Doveton Street (Stepney Green)
Downey House, E1 Downey House is a block on Globe Road (Stepney Green)
Downy House, E1 Downy House is a residential block near to the Horn of Plenty (Stepney Green)
Driver’s Buildings, E1 Driver’s Buildings was a courtyard off Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Eaton Place, E1 Eaton Place seems to have originated in the 1860s and was renamed Shiloh Place in 1938 (Stepney Green)
Edward Street, E1 Edward Street connected Cephas Street with Nicholas Street (Stepney Green)
Edwin Street, E1 Edwin Street runs south from Cephas Street (Stepney Green)
Ellen Wilkinson House, E2 Ellen Wilkinson House is a block on Usk Street (Mile End)
Ely Terrace, E1 Friendly Place was renamed Ely Terrace in 1879 (Stepney Green)
Elysium Apartments, E1 Elysium Apartments can be found on Theven Street (Stepney Green)
Entick Street, E2 Entick Street was near to Malcolm Place - the course of the road still visible as a path parallel to Braintree Street (Bethnal Green)
Ernest Street, E1 Ernest Street was one of the few streets in the area to survive the Blitz (Stepney Green)
Essex Street, E1 Essex Street, at first called Isaac Street, was largely redeveloped after the Second World War (Bethnal Green)
Estate Road, E2 Commercial area (Mile End)
Evans Apartments, E2 Evans Apartments is located on Palmers Road (Mile End)
Floreston Street, E1 Floreston Street seems to have been added to the Stepney Green area during the 1860s (Stepney Green)
Forber House, E2 Forber House is a block on Braintree Street (Bethnal Green)
Formosa House, E1 Formosa House is a residential block, commissioned in 1956 (Stepney Green)
Fountain Apartments, E2 Fountain Apartments is a block on Sceptre Road (Bethnal Green)
Fox Close, E1 Most local street names - Fox Close included - commemorated local victims of the Blitz (Stepney Green)
Francis Bancroft Building, E1 The Francis Bancroft Building is one of the blocks surrounding the Novo Cemetery (Mile End)
Friendly Place, E1 Friendly Place ran behind buildings on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Frimley Street, E1 The remaining evidence of Frimley Street is a short, unnamed alleyway off the Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Frimley Way, E1 Frimley Way was built after 1966 by the London County Council (Stepney Green)
Galveston House, E1 Galveston House’s six floors contain 60 flats (Stepney Green)
Gawber Street, E2 Gawber Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Mile End)
Genoa House, E1 Genoa House is located on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Geography Square, E1 Geography Square is an open space within Queen Mary University of London (Mile End)
Gibson Close, E1 Gibson Close originated in 1948 (Stepney Green)
Globe Apartments, E1 The Globe Apartments are located on Globe Road on the corner of Portman Place (Bethnal Green)
Globe Road, E1 Globe Road is an older road of Stepney, mentioned as ’the lane from Bethnal Green to Mile End’ in 1581 (Stepney Green)
Globe Road, E2 Globe Road was mentioned as ’the lane from Bethnal Green to Mile End’ in 1581 (Mile End)
Godward Square, E1 Godward Square is a road in the E1 postcode area (Mile End)
Grand Regent Tower, E2 Grand Regent Tower is a block on Cadmium Square (Bow)
Grantley Street, E1 Grantley Street was formerly called Grafton Street until 1938 (Stepney Green)
Grebe Court, E1 Swan Court - later Grebe Court - was a small courtyard off Driver’s Buildings (Stepney Green)
Greenland House, E1 Greenland House is a block on Ernest Street (Stepney Green)
Grove Road, E3 Grove Road began its life as Grove Street, (Bow)
Hadleigh Close, E1 Hadleigh Close is a right-angled road, part of the Rogers Estate (Stepney Green)
Hadleigh House, E1 Hadleigh House is located on Lang Street (Stepney Green)
Hadleigh Street, E1 Hadleigh Street is one of a number of local streets with an Essex connection (Bethnal Green)
Hadleigh Walk, E1 Hadleigh Walk connects Hadleigh Street to the west (Stepney Green)
Harpley Square, E1 Harpley Square lies to the east of Globe Road (Stepney Green)
Haverfield Road, E3 Haverfield Road - formerly Hamilton Road until 1938 - was redeveloped as part of Mile End Park (Bow)
Hawke House, E1 Hawke House was commissioned in 1953 by the London County Council (Stepney Green)
Hayfield Place, E1 Hayfield Place was an old courtyard leading south off Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Hayfield Yard, E1 Hayfield Yard appears to date from the turn of the nineteenth century and possibly before (Stepney Green)
Helen’s Place, E2 Helen’s Place is a road in the E2 postcode area (Mile End)
Holton Street, E1 Holton Street is a street in two sections, divided by Carlton Square (Stepney Green)
Hugues House, E2 Hugues House is a block on Sceptre Road (Bethnal Green)
Hurdlow House, E1 Hurdlow House is sited on Moody Street (Bethnal Green)
Ibbott Street, E1 The name Ibbott Street was approved in 1948 (Stepney Green)
Ifor Evans Place, E1 Ifor Evans Place is named after Sir Ifor Leslie Evans (1897-1952) (Stepney Green)
Informatics Teaching Laboratory Building, E1 The Informatics Teaching Laboratory Building is part of the Queen Mary University of London (Stepney Green)
Ionian House, E1 Ionian House is a block on Ernest Street (Stepney Green)
James Street, James Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Keats House, E2 Keats House is a block on Roman Road (Bethnal Green)
Kenton House, E1 Kenton House is a building on Mantus Road (Stepney Green)
King Street, E1 King Street was renamed Wickford Street in 1912 (Stepney Green)
Lang Street, E1 Lang Street is a post-war road (Stepney Green)
Leatherdale Street, E2 After 1882, the new name for York Street was Leatherdale Street, E2 (Stepney Green)
Levant House, E1 Levant House is a six-story block with 24 flats on the Ocean Estate (Stepney Green)
Litcham House, E1 Litcham House is a block on Longnor Road (Mile End)
Lodge House, E1 Lodge House is located on Westfield Way (Mile End)
Long Wall, E3 Long Wall is a road in the E3 postcode area (Bow)
Longnor Road, E1 Longnor Road is a road in the E1 postcode area (Mile End)
Lynden House, E1 Lynden House is a block on Longnor Road (Mile End)
Magellan House, E1 Magellan House, a six-storey block with 23 flats, is part of the Ocean Estate (Stepney Green)
Malcolm Road, E1 Malcolm Road was a new name for the southern section of Braintree Street after 1949 (Stepney Green)
Malplaquet House, E1 Malplaquet House is a Grade II listed Georgian building at 137-139 Mile End Road in Stepney (Stepney Green)
Mantus Close, E1 Mantus Close was named after one of the Stepney victims of the Blitz (Stepney Green)
Mantus Road, E1 Mantus Road runs south of the railway line into Bethnal Green, (Stepney Green)
Massingham Street, E1 Massingham Street was called Norfolk Street until 1938 (Stepney Green)
Mathematical Sciences Building, E1 The Mathematical Sciences Building is part of Queen Mary University of London (Stepney Green)
Maynard House, E1 Maynard House is a block on Westfield Way (Mile End)
Meath Bridge, E1 Meath Bridge is a road in the E1 postcode area (Bethnal Green)
Meath Crescent, E1 Meath Crescent is a road in the E2 postcode area (Bethnal Green)
Mendip House, E2 Mendip House is a block on Kirkwall Place (Mile End)
Mile End Place, E1 A quiet side street off the bustling Mile End Road, lies a small and enchanting enclave known as Mile End Place. (Stepney Green)
Mile End Road, E1 Mile End Road is an ancient route from London to the East, moved to its present alignment after the foundation of Bow Bridge in 1110. (Stepney Green)
Milton House, E2 Milton House can be found on Bethnal Green Estate (Bethnal Green)
Montford House, E2 Montford House can be found on Victoria Park Square (Mile End)
Moody Street, E1 Moody Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Mile End)
Moore House, E2 Moore House is sited on Bethnal Green Estate (Bethnal Green)
Moray House, E1 Moray House can be found on Sandalwood Close (Mile End)
Morpeth Street, E2 Morpeth Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Mile End)
Morris House, E2 Morris House is a block on Bethnal Green Estate (Bethnal Green)
Nicholas Road, E1 Nicholas Road replaced the pre-war Nicholas Street (Stepney Green)
Nicholas Street, E1 The former Green Street was given the name Nicholas Street in 1882 (Stepney Green)
Norfolk Street, E1 Norfolk Street ran east from Globe Road (Stepney Green)
North Place, North Place is an old East End street (Mile End)
Osier Court, E1 Osier Court is a block on Osier Street (Stepney Green)
Osier Street, E1 Osier Street inherited part of the former Willow Street (Stepney Green)
Pacific House, E1 Pacific House is a block on Ernest Street (Stepney Green)
Palliser House, E1 Palliser House can be found on Ernest Street (Stepney Green)
Palmers Road, E2 Palmers Road is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Mile End)
Park Street, Park Street is an old East End street (Mile End)
Pavan Court, E2 Pavan Court is located on Sceptre Road (Bethnal Green)
Peary Place, E2 Peary Place is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Mile End)
Pemell Close, E1 Pemell Close marks one of the names - chosen by lot - of Stepney residents killed in Second World War air raids (Stepney Green)
Pemell House, E1 Pemell House is a block on Pemell Close (Stepney Green)
Pepys House, E2 Pepys House is a block on Hartley Street (Mile End)
Peter Landin Building, E1 Peter Landin Building is a building on Godward Square (Mile End)
Platinium Court, E1 Platinium Court is a block on Cephas Avenue (Stepney Green)
Pooley House, E1 Pooley House is a block on Westfield Way (Mile End)
Portelet Road, E1 Portelet Road runs north from Carlton Square (Stepney Green)
Portman Place, E1 Portman Place crosses Globe Road north of the railway tracks (Stepney Green)
Rahere Court, E1 Rahere Court is a block on Toby Lane (Mile End)
Raynham House, E1 Raynham House is a building on Harpley Square (Stepney Green)
Red Cow Lane, E1 Red Cow Lane was an ancient Stepney thoroughfare linking Dog Row with Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Redclyf House, E1 Redclyf House is a block on Stothard Street (Stepney Green)
Rickman House, E1 Rickman House is a block on Rickman Street (Stepney Green)
Rickman Street, E1 Rickman Street was a street from the immediate post-war period (Stepney Green)
Ryder House, E1 Ryder House is a block on Colebert Avenue (Stepney Green)
Sceptre House, E1 Sceptre House is a block on Malcolm Road (Stepney Green)
Sceptre Road, E2 Prior to the Second World War, Sceptre Road was slightly longer (Bethnal Green)
Sceptre Street, E1 The southernmost section of Sceptre Road was called Sceptre Street (Stepney Green)
Selincourt House, E1 Selincourt House is a block on Westfield Way (Mile End)
Shelley House, E2 Shelley House is a block on Bethnal Green Estate (Bethnal Green)
Sherren House, E1 Sherren House can be found on Nicholas Road (Stepney Green)
Shiloh Place, E1 Eaton Place became Shiloh Place in 1938 (Stepney Green)
Skidmore Street, E1 Skidmore Street predated the Ocean Estate (Stepney Green)
Sleigh House, E2 Sleigh House is a block on Roman Road (Mile End)
Smart Street, E2 Smart Street is a road in the E2 postcode area (Mile End)
Solebay Street, E1 Solebay Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Mile End)
Solway House, E1 Solway House is a block on Ernest Street (Stepney Green)
St Peters Court, E1 St Peters Court is sited on Cephas Street (Stepney Green)
St Peters Road, E1 St Peters Road ran along the line of modern Cephas Avenue (Stepney Green)
Stafford Cripps House, E2 Stafford Cripps House is a block on Globe Road (Bethnal Green)
Stayners Road, E1 Stayners Road connects the Mile End Road with Boyton Close (Stepney Green)
Stocks Court, E1 Stocks Court is a building on Globe Road (Stepney Green)
Stothard House, E1 Stothard House is located on Colebert Avenue (Stepney Green)
Stothard Street, E1 Stothard Street was named after a victim of Second World War bombing (Stepney Green)
Sugar Loaf Walk, E2 Sugar Loaf Walk is a road in the E2 postcode area (Mile End)
Swinburne House, E2 Swinburne House is a block on Bethnal Green Estate (Bethnal Green)
Tarrant House, E2 Tarrant House is a block on Roman Road (Bethnal Green)
Thurlow Place, Thurlow Place is an old East End street (Mile End)
Timmins Apartments, E2 Timmins Apartments is a block on Palmers Road (Mile End)
Timor House, E1 Timor House is a block on Duckett Street (Stepney Green)
Toby Lane, E1 Toby Lane is a road in the E1 postcode area (Mile End)
Tollet Street, E1 Tollet Street was the home of George Lusk, leader of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee (Stepney Green)
Tuscan House, E2 Tuscan House is a block on Digby Street (Mile End)
Upper John Street, E1 Upper John Street existed between the 1820s and 1871 (Stepney Green)
Usk Street, Usk Street is an old East End street (Mile End)
Usk Street, E2 Usk Street is a road in the E2 postcode area (Mile End)
Varey House, E1 Varey House is a block on Westfield Way (Mile End)
Vawdrey Close, E1 Vawdrey Close replaced an older street called Whitehead Street (Stepney Green)
Victoria Park Square, E2 Victoria Park Square is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Mile End)
Walter Street, E2 Walter Street is a road in the E2 postcode area (Mile End)
Warley Street, E2 Warley Street is a road in the RM14 postcode area (Mile End)
Waterfall House, E1 Waterfall House is a building on Toby Lane (Mile End)
Weddell House, E1 Weddell House, on the Ocean Estate, was built south of Ernest Street (Stepney Green)
Welwyn Street, E2 Welwyn Street is a road in the E2 postcode area (Mile End)
Wessex Street, E2 Wessex Street was one of the renamings of the many Essex Streets of London (Bethnal Green)
Westfield Way, E1 Westfield Way is a newer road which replaced a coal depot in the area (Mile End)
Wharton House, E2 Wharton House can be found on Palmers Road (Mile End)
Whitehead Street, E1 Union Street was renamed Whitehead Street in 1882 (Stepney Green)
Whitman House, E2 Whitman House is a building on Bethnal Green Estate (Bethnal 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)
Willow Street, E1 Willow Street, once redeveloped, became Osier Street (Stepney Green)
XX Place, E1 XX Place is one of the oddest street names that ever existed in London (Stepney Green)


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