Moorâ€™s Garden, EC2P

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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
Christine D Elliott Spitalfields Added: 11 Jun 2023 14:50 GMT	Spitalfields Charles Blutte came to Spitalfields from Walincourt, Picardie, France for reason of religious persecution. His brother Pierre Phillippe Blutte followed the following year. Between the two brothers they had eventually 20 children, they worked as silk weavers around the Brick Lane area. Member’s of Pierre’s family resided at 40 Thomas Street for over 100 years. Another residence associated with the Blutte family is Vine Court, Lamb Street, Spitalfields, number 16,17 & 18 Vine Court was owned by John Kindon, the father in law of Charles Blutte’s son Jean (John) who married Ann Kindon. This residence appears several times in the census records. Source: Quarto_52_Vol_LII_La_Providence 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
Sandra Field Masons Place, EC1V Added: 15 Apr 2023 16:15 GMT	Removal Order Removal order from Shoreditch to Holborn, Jane Emma Hall, Single, 21 Pregnant. Born about 21 years since in Masons place in the parish of St Lukes. Source: Sign up 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

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Peter Gambia Street, SE1 Added: 4 Dec 2023 07:05 GMT	Gambia Street, SE1 Gambia Street was previously known as William Street. Reply
Eileen Brecknock Road, N7 Added: 10 Nov 2023 09:42 GMT	Brecknock Road Pleating Company My great grandparents ran the Brecknock Road pleating Company around 1910 to 1920 and my Grandmother worked there as a pleater until she was 16. I should like to know more about this. I know they had a beautiful Victorian house in Islington as I have photos of it & of them in their garden. Source: Family history Reply
Squirrel’s Lane, IG9 Added: 6 Nov 2023 16:59 GMT	061123 Why do Thames Water not collect the 15 . Three meter lengths of blue plastic fencing, and old pipes etc. They left here for the last TWO Years, these cause an obstruction,as they halfway lying in the road,as no footpath down this road, and the cars going and exiting the park are getting damaged, also the public are in Grave Danger when trying to avoid your rubbish and the danger of your fences. Source: Squirrels Lane. Buckhurst Hill, Essex. IG9. I want some action ,now, not Excuses.MK. Reply
Christian Cornwall Road, W11 Added: 31 Oct 2023 10:34 GMT	Cornwall Road, W11 Photo shows William Richard Hoare’s chemist shop at 121 Cornwall Road. Reply
Vik Oaks Road, TW6 Added: 30 Oct 2023 18:48 GMT	Old pub sign from the Rising Sun Hi I have no connection to the area except that for the last 30+ years we’ve had an old pub sign hanging on our kitchen wall from the Rising Sun, Stanwell, which I believe was / is on the Oaks Rd. Happy to upload a photo if anyone can tell me how or where to do that! Reply
Phillip Martin Ashburnham Place, SE10 Added: 16 Oct 2023 06:25 GMT	16 Ashburnham Road On 15 October 1874 George Frederick Martin was born in 16 Ashburnham Road Greenwich to George Henry Martin, a painter, and Mary Martin, formerly Southern. Reply
Christine Bithrey Holly Park, N4 Added: 15 Oct 2023 15:20 GMT	The Hollies (1860 - 1900) I lived in Holly Park Estate from 1969 I was 8 years old when we moved in until I left to get married, my mother still lives there now 84. I am wondering if there was ever a cemetery within The Hollies? And if so where? Was it near to the Blythwood Road end or much nearer to the old Methodist Church which is still standing although rather old looking. We spent most of our childhood playing along the old dis-used railway that run directly along Blythwood Road and opposite Holly Park Estate - top end which is where we live/ed. We now walk my mothers dog there twice a day. An elderly gentleman once told me when I was a child that there used to be a cemetery but I am not sure if he was trying to scare us children! I only thought about this recently when walking past the old Methodist Church and seeing the flag stone in the side of the wall with the inscription of when it was built late 1880 If anyone has any answers please email me [email protected] Reply
Chris hutchison Broadhurst Gardens, NW6 Added: 15 Oct 2023 03:04 GMT	35 broadhurst gardens. 35 Broadhurst gardens was owned by famous opera singer Mr Herman “Simmy”Simberg. He had transformed it into a film and recording complex. There was a film and animation studio on the ground floor. The recording facilities were on the next two floors. I arrived in London from Australia in 1966 and worked in the studio as the tea boy and trainee recording engineer from Christmas 1966 for one year. The facility was leased by an American advertising company called Moreno Films. Mr Simbergs company Vox Humana used the studio for their own projects as well. I worked for both of them. I was so lucky. The manager was another wonderful gentleman called Jack Price who went on to create numerous songs for many famous singers of the day and also assisted the careers of Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff. “Simmy” let me live in the bedsit,upper right hand window. Jack was also busy with projects with The Troggs,Bill Wyman,Peter Frampton. We did some great sessions with Manfred Mann and Alan Price. The Cream did some demos but that was before my time. We did lots of voice over work. Warren Mitchell and Ronnie Corbett were favourites. I went back in 1978 and “Simmy “ had removed all of the studio and it was now his home. His lounge room was still our studio in my minds eye!! Reply

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190 Bishopsgate A 1912 view of the City.

190 Bishopsgate

34 Redchurch Street, E2 34 Redchurch Street has existed since at least the late seventeenth century.

34 Redchurch Street, E2

Honourable Artillery Company Museum The Honourable Artillery Company Museum opened in 1987.

Honourable Artillery Company Museum

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

Petticoat Lane Market

Shoreditch Shoreditch is a place in the London Borough of Hackney. It is a built-up district located 2.3 miles (3.7 km) north east of Charing Cross.

Shoreditch

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

Wesley’s Chapel Wesley’s Chapel - originally the City Road Chapel - is a Methodist church built under the direction of John Wesley.

Wesley’s Chapel

Whitefield’s Tabernacle Whitefield’s Tabernacle is a former church at the corner of Tabernacle Street and Leonard Street.

Whitefield’s Tabernacle

NEARBY STREETS

, Bishopsgate Street Without is an old East End street.

, Fox Street is an old East End street.

, Hearn Street is an old East End street.

21048, EC2A Holywell Lane runs west from Shoreditch High Street and runs on to Curtain Road.

21048, EC2A

Abingdon House, E2 Abingdon House is a building on Boundary Street.

Abingdon House, E2

Abs House, E1 Abs House is a block on Frying Pan Alley.

Abs House, E1

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

Acorn Street, EC2M

Alexander Russell House, EC2A Alexander Russell House is a block on Great Eastern Street.

Alexander Russell House, EC2A

Alphabeta Building, EC2A Alphabeta Building is sited on Worship Street.

Alphabeta Building, EC2A

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

Anning Street, EC2A

Antila Court, E1 Antila Court is a building on Sclater Street.

Antila Court, E1

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

Appold Street, EC2A

Arnold House, EC2A Arnold House is a block on Great Eastern Street.

Arnold House, EC2A

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

Artillery Street, Artillery Street is an old East End street.

Artillery Street,

Astrix House, EC2A Astrix House is a block on Holywell Row.

Astrix House, EC2A

Avant Garde Tower, E1 Avant Garde Tower is a block on Bethnal Green Road.

Avant Garde Tower, E1

Baroda House, EC1Y Baroda House is located on City Road.

Baroda House, EC1Y

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

Bartletts Place, EC2A

Battlewell Place , Battlewell Place is an old East End street.

Battlewell Place ,

Bavaria House, EC2A Bavaria House is sited on Appold Street.

Bavaria House, EC2A

Bedford House, E1 Bedford House is a block on Wheler Street.

Bedford House, E1

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

Bell Lane, E1

Bethnal Green Road, E1 Bethnal Green Road is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Bethnal Green Road, E1

Biscuit Building, E2 Biscuit Building is a block on Redchurch Street.

Biscuit Building, E2

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 Court, E1 Bishopsgate Court is a block on Norton Folgate.

Bishopsgate Court, E1

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

Bishopsgate, EC2M

Black Eagle Street, Black Eagle Street is an old East End street.

Black Eagle Street,

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

Blackall Street, EC2A

Blacksea House, EC2A Blacksea House is a block on Wilson Street.

Blacksea House, EC2A

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

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

Bonhill Street, EC2A

Bornhill Street, EC2A Bornhill Street is a location in London.

Bornhill Street, EC2A

Boundary Passage, E1 Boundary Passage is a road in the E1 postcode area

Boundary Passage, E1

Bowl Court, EC2A Bowl Court is a road in the E1 postcode area

Bowl Court, EC2A

Braithwaite Street, E1 Braithwaite Street is a road in the E1 postcode area

Braithwaite Street, E1

Britannic House, EC2M Britannic House is a block on Finsbury Circus.

Britannic House, EC2M

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

Broadgate Tower, EC2A Broadgate Tower can be found on Primrose Street.

Broadgate Tower, EC2A

Broadwalk House, EC2A Broadwalk House is a block on Appold Street.

Broadwalk House, EC2A

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 located on Bell Lane.

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

Burbage House, EC2A Burbage House is a block on Curtain Road.

Burbage House, EC2A

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

Calvin Street, E1

Camlet Street, E2 Camlet Street is one of the Huguenot streetnames of the area.

Camlet Street, E2

Carter House, E1 Carter House is a block on Unnamed Road.

Carter House, E1

Castle House, EC2A Castle House is a block on Paul Street.

Castle House, EC2A

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

Catherine Wheel Alley, EC2M

Celia Blairman House, E1 Celia Blairman House is a block on Folgate Street.

Celia Blairman House, E1

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

Chance Street, E1

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

Christina Street, EC2A

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

Christopher Street, EC2A

City Gate House, EC2A City Gate House is a block on Finsbury Square.

City Gate House, EC2A

City Road, EC1Y City Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.

City Road, EC1Y

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

Clere Street, EC2A

Clifton House, EC2A Clifton House is a block on Holywell Row.

Clifton House, EC2A

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

Clifton Street, EC2A

Club Row, E1 Club Row is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Club Row, E1

Club Row, E2 Club Row leaves Arnold Circus in a southerly direction.

Club Row, E2

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

Cock Alley, EC2M

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

Commercial Street, 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

Corinthian House, EC2A Corinthian House is a block on Great Eastern Street.

Corinthian House, EC2A

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

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

Crown Place, EC2A

Curtain Road, EC2A Curtain Road was the first location of a place called a ’theatre’ - in the sense of a location where acting is performed.

Curtain Road, EC2A

Curzon House, EC2A Curzon House is a block on Clifton Street.

Curzon House, EC2A

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

Cutlers Gardens Arcade, EC2M

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

Cygnet Street, E1

Davies House, EC2A Davies House is a block on Sun Street.

Davies House, EC2A

Development House, EC2A Development House is a block on Leonard Street.

Development House, EC2A

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

Dominion Street, EC2M

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

Dorset Street, E1

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 India House, EC2M East India House is a block on Middlesex Street.

East India House, EC2M

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

East Street, E1

Ebor Street, E1 Ebor Street is a road in the E1 postcode area

Ebor Street, E1

Eden House, E1 Eden House is a block on Spital Square.

Eden House, E1

Edge Street , Edge Street is an old East End street.

Edge Street ,

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

EMA House, EC2A EMA House is a block on Tabernacle Street.

EMA House, EC2A

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

Epworth Street, EC2A

Esprit Court, E1 Esprit Court is a block on Brune Street.

Esprit Court, E1

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

Exchange Arcade, EC2A

Exchange House, EC2A Exchange House is a block on Primrose Street.

Exchange House, 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

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

Fairchild Place, EC2A

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

Fairchild Street, EC2A

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

Fashion Street, E1

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

Finsbury Avenue, EC2M

Finsbury Circus House, EC2M Finsbury Circus House is a block on Eldon Street.

Finsbury Circus House, EC2M

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

Finsbury Circus, EC2M

Finsbury Court, EC2A Finsbury Court was obliterated in a redevelopment programme taking in Finsbury Pavement.

Finsbury Court, EC2A

Finsbury Pavement, EC2M Finsbury Pavement was the first pavement of firm ground north of the marshy Moorfields.

Finsbury Pavement, EC2M

Finsbury Square, EC2A Finsbury Square is a 0.7-hectare square in central London which includes a six-rink grass bowling green.

Finsbury Square, EC2A

Fitzroy House, EC2A Fitzroy House is a block on Epworth Street.

Fitzroy House, EC2A

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

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

Frankie House, E1 Frankie House is a block on Whitby Street.

Frankie House, E1

Freeman Street, Freeman Street is an old East End street.

Freeman Street,

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

Frying Pan Alley, E1

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

Gatesborough Street, EC2A

Gemini Apartments, E1 Gemini Apartments is located on Sclater Street.

Gemini Apartments, E1

Glyn House, EC1Y Glyn House is a block on City Road.

Glyn House, EC1Y

Great Eastern Street, EC2A Great Eastern Street was laid out in 1872-6

Great Eastern Street, EC2A

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

Hackney House, EC2A Hackney House is a block on Curtain Road.

Hackney House, EC2A

Hanbury Hall, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Hanbury Hall, E1

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

Hearn Street, EC2A

Hewett Street, EC2A Hewett Street was already on the 1800 map, listed as Gloucester Row.

Hewett Street, EC2A

Holderness House, EC2A Holderness House is a block on Clifton Street.

Holderness House, EC2A

Holywell Centre, EC2A Holywell Centre is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Holywell Centre, EC2A

Holywell Lane, Holywell Lane is an old East End street.

Holywell Lane,

Holywell Row, EC2A Holywell Row is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Holywell Row, EC2A

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

Jackson & Joseph Building, E1 Jackson & Joseph Building is a building on Princelet Street.

Jackson & Joseph Building, E1

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

Jerome Street, E1

Kayam House, EC2A Kayam House is a block on Paul Street.

Kayam House, EC2A

Kiffen Street, EC2A Kiffen Street links Leonard Street to Clere Street.

Kiffen Street, EC2A

King John Court, E1 King John Court runs between Holywell Lane and New Inn Yard.

King John Court, E1

Lackington Street, EC2M Lackington Street is a road in the EC2A postcode area

Lackington Street, EC2M

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

Lamb Street, E1

Legionier Street, Legionier Street is an old East End street.

Legionier Street,

Leonard Circus, EC2A Leonard Circus is a location in London.

Leonard Circus, EC2A

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

Leonard Street, EC2A

Lexington Apartments, EC1Y Lexington Apartments is a block on City Road.

Lexington Apartments, EC1Y

Life Line House, EC2A Life Line House is sited on Clifton Street.

Life Line House, EC2A

Ligonier Street, E2 Ligonier Street is a road in the E2 postcode area

Ligonier Street, E2

Lilian Knowles House, E1 Lilian Knowles House is a block on Crispin Street.

Lilian Knowles House, E1

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

Little Paternoster Row

Little Pearl Street , Little Pearl Street is an old East End street.

Little Pearl Street ,

Little York Street , Little York Street is an old East End street.

Little York Street ,

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

Lowndes House, EC1Y Lowndes House is located on City Road.

Lowndes House, EC1Y

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

Luke Street, EC2A

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

Magpie Alley, E1

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

Mark Street, EC2A

Market Street, E1 Market Street serves Spitalfields Market.

Market Street, E1

Mill House, EC2A Residential block

Mill House, EC2A

Monmouth House, E1 Residential block

Monmouth House, E1

Monmouth House, EC1Y Monmouth House is a block on City Road.

Monmouth House, EC1Y

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

Moor Alley, EC2M

Moorgate Hall, EC2M Moorgate Hall is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Moorgate Hall, EC2M

Moorgate House, EC2A Moorgate House is a block on Dysart Street.

Moorgate House, EC2A

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

Moorgate, EC2M

Morrell House, EC2A Morrell House is a block on Curtain Road.

Morrell House, EC2A

Motley Street, Motley Street is an old East End street.

Motley Street,

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 Bethnal Green Chai , New Bethnal Green Chai is an old East End street.

New Bethnal Green Chai ,

New Court, E1 New Court was situated off of Dorset Street.

New Court, E1

New Inn Broadway, EC2A New Inn Broadway is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

New Inn Broadway, EC2A

New Inn Road , New Inn Road is an old East End street.

New Inn Road ,

New Inn Square, EC2A New Inn Square is a road in the EC2A postcode area

New Inn Square, EC2A

New Inn Yard, E1 New Inn Yard once ran through Holywell Priory at the western end of which was the world’s first ’theatre’.

New Inn Yard, E1

New Liverpool House, EC2M New Liverpool House can be found on Eldon Street.

New Liverpool House, EC2M

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

New North Place, EC2A

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

Norvin House, E1 Norvin House can be found on Commercial Street.

Norvin House, E1

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

Octagon Arcade, EC2M

Old Nichol Street, E2 Old Nichol Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Old Nichol Street, E2

Old Nicholl Street, Old Nicholl Street is an old East End street.

Old Nicholl Street,

Oliver’s Yard, EC2A Oliver’s Yard is a road in the EC2A postcode area

Oliver’s Yard, EC2A

Palmer Street, Palmer Street is an old East End street.

Palmer Street,

Park House, EC2M Park House is a block on Finsbury Circus.

Park House, EC2M

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

Parliament Court, E1

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

Paul Street, EC2A

Paxton House, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Paxton House, E1

Pearl Street, Pearl Street is an old East End street.

Pearl Street,

Pecks Yard, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Pecks Yard, E1

Penny Gaff House, E2 Penny Gaff House is a building on Redchurch Street.

Penny Gaff House, E2

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

Phipp Street, EC2A

Phipps Street, EC2A After 1877, the new name for John Street was Phipps Street, EC2

Phipps Street, EC2A

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

Pindar Street, EC2A

Plough Yard, EC2A Plough Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Plough Yard, EC2A

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

Primrose Street, EC2A

Primrose Street, EC2A Primrose Street is a location in London.

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

Quaker Street, E1 Quaker Street was at first called Westbury Street.

Quaker Street, E1

Railway Arches, EC2A Railway Arches is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Railway Arches, EC2A

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

Ravey Street, EC2A

Redchurch Street, E1 Redchurch Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Redchurch Street, E1

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

Richmix Square, E1

River Plate House, EC2M River Plate House is a block on Finsbury Circus.

River Plate House, EC2M

Rose Court, E1 Rose Court runs off Widegate Street.

Rose Court, 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

Sclater Street, E1 Sclater Street connects Bethnal Green Road and Brick Lane.

Sclater Street, E1

Scrutton Street, EC2A Scrutton Street is the eastern extension of Epworth Street.

Scrutton Street, EC2A

Selater Street, Selater Street is an old East End street.

Selater Street,

Sheba Place, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Sheba Place, E1

Shepherd Street, Shepherd Street is an old East End street.

Shepherd Street,

Shepherds Place, Shepherds Place is an old East End street.

Shepherds Place,

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

Shoreditch High Street, E1

Shoreditch High Street, EC2A Shoreditch High Street is a road in the EC2A postcode area

Shoreditch High Street, EC2A

Shoreditch High Street, EC2A Shoreditch High Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Shoreditch High Street, EC2A

Shoreditch High Street, EC2A This is a street in the E8 postcode area

Shoreditch High Street, EC2A

Silwex House, E1 Residential block

Silwex House, E1

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

Snowden Street, EC2A

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

South Place, EC2M

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

St. John’s Drive, E1

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

Standard Place, EC2A

Stapleton House, EC2A Stapleton House is a block on Clifton Street.

Stapleton House, EC2A

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

Steward Street, E1

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

Stothard Place, E1

Summit House, EC2A Summit House is a block on Great Eastern Street.

Summit House, EC2A

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

Tabernacle Street, EC2A Tabernacle Street was where George Whitefield’s ’Tabernacle’ was built by his supporters after he separated from Wesley in 1741.

Tabernacle Street, EC2A

Tea Building, E1 Tea Building is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Tea Building, E1

Technico House, EC2A Technico House is located on Christopher Street.

Technico House, EC2A

Telephone House, EC2A Telephone House is a block on Paul Street.

Telephone House, EC2A

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 Bezier Apartments, EC1Y The Bezier Apartments is a block on City Road.

The Bezier Apartments, EC1Y

The Broadgate Tower, EC2A A street within the EC2A postcode

The Broadgate Tower, EC2A

The Steward Building, E1 The Steward Building can be found on Steward Street.

The Steward Building, E1

The Tea Building, E1 The Tea Building is a building on Shoreditch High Street.

The Tea Building, 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

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

Turville Street, E2 Turville Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Turville Street, E2

Unicorn House, E1 Unicorn House can be found on Shoreditch High Street.

Unicorn House, E1

Unicorn House, EC2A Unicorn House is a building on Shoreditch High Street.

Unicorn House, EC2A

Union Place, E1 Union Place was a small alleyway off Quaker Street.

Union Place, E1

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

Vandy Street, EC2A

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

Victoria Avenue, E1

Victoria House, E1 Victoria House is a block on Middlesex Street.

Victoria House, E1

Victoria House, EC2A Victoria House is a location in London.

Victoria House, EC2A

Wendt House, E1 Wendt House can be found on Shoreditch High Street.

Wendt House, E1

Wheler House, E1 Wheler House is a block on Quaker Street.

Wheler House, E1

Wheler Street, E1 Wheler Street runs north from Commercial Street.

Wheler Street, E1

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

Whitby Street, E1

White Lion Street, White Lion Street is an old East End street.

White Lion Street,

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

Wide Gate Street, Wide Gate Street is an old East End street.

Wide Gate Street,

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

Willow Court, EC2A Willow Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Willow Court, EC2A

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

Willow Street, EC2A

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

Wilson Street, EC2A

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

Wilson Street, EC2M

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

Windsor Street, EC2M

Worship Mews, EC2A Worship Mews is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Worship Mews, EC2A

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

Worship Street, EC2A

NEARBY PUBS

The Commercial Tavern is on Commercial Street.

Addiscombe Line

All Bar One

All Bar One Bishopsgate

Blackwall Tunnel The Old Kings Head is located at 28 Holywell Row, EC2.

Blackwall Tunnel

Casita

Crab Tavern

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

George Bar

Hamilton Hall

Honourable Artillery Company

Horse And Groom The Horse And Groom is on Curtain Road.

McQueen

Ninetyeight Bar and Lounge

Shoreditch House

Singer

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.

The Fox

The Owl And The Pussycat The Owl And The Pussycat is a pub on Redchurch St.

The Owl And The Pussycat

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

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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:
Petticoat Lane in the 1920s Credit: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) TUM image id: 1523993996 Licence:	St Lukes Hospital for Lunatics, London TUM image id: 1554045418 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The gravestone of English poet William Blake in Bunhill Fields Burial Ground Credit: https://careergappers.com/ TUM image id: 1622643378 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

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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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Bevis Marks Synagogue
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Petticoat Lane in the 1920s
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Mass grave for plague victims, Holywell Mount (1665) Holywell Mount is the source of the River Walbrook. Today it lies underneath Luke Street in Shoreditch but, then in open land, was used as a plague pit in 1665.
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The Primrose pub on the corner of Norton Folgate/Bishopsgate and Primrose Street (1912) The Primrose, which had existed since at least since 1839, was demolished in 1987
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Artillery Lane as viewed from Bishopsgate (1912)
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Optician built into the facade of St Ethelburga’s, Bishopsgate, c.1910
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The Ten Bells pub, Spitalfields (2012) The Jamie Oliver series Jamie’s Great Britain featured his great-great-grandfather was a landlord of the pub during the 1880s. Oliver was shown visiting the Ten Bells to discuss his East London roots, and to see how Londoners lived, drank and ate at the end of the 19th century.
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Old Spitalfields Market (2017) This is a covered market which has been on the site for over 350 years. In 2005, a regeneration programme resulted in the new public spaces: Bishops Square and Crispin Place, which are now part of the modern Spitalfields Market. A range of public markets runs daily, with independent local stores and restaurants - as well as new office developments.
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One of the bedrooms of Dennis Severs’ House in Folgate Street, Spitalfields. Each room of Dennis Severs’ House is a preserve ’experience’ of 18th-century Huguenot life.
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