Telephone House, EC2A

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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
Mike Elia Street, N1 Added: 28 Feb 2023 18:09 GMT	6 Elia Street When I was young I lived in 6 Elia Street. At the end of the garden there was a garage owned by Initial Laundries which ran from an access in Quick Street all the way up to the back of our garden. The fire exit to the garage was a window leading into our garden. 6 Elia Street was owned by Initial Laundry. 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

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

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Bunhill Fields Bunhill Fields was in use as a burial ground from 1665 until 1854.

Bunhill Fields

Courtyard Theatre The Courtyard is a theatre housed in the former Passmore Edwards Free Library.

Courtyard Theatre

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

Honourable Artillery Company Museum

St Luke’s Hospital for Lunatics St Luke’s Hospital for Lunatics was founded in London in 1751 for the treatment of incurable pauper lunatics by a group of philanthropists.

St Luke’s Hospital for Lunatics

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

, 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

Albert House, EC1V Albert House is a block on Old Street.

Albert House, EC1V

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

Alexander Russell House, EC2A

Alleyn House, EC1Y Alleyn House is a block on Chequer Street.

Alleyn House, EC1Y

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

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

Arnold House, EC2A

Ashford Street, N1 Ashford Street is a road in the N1 postcode area

Ashford Street, N1

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

Astrix House, EC2A

Bache’s Street, N1 This is a street in the N1 postcode area

Bache’s Street, N1

Baldwin Street, EC1V Baldwin Street was named after Richard Baldwin, Treasurer at St Bartholomew’s Hospital when the street was built in 1811.

Baldwin Street, EC1V

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

Baroda House, EC1Y

Basing House Yard, E2 Basing House Yard is a road in the E2 postcode area

Basing House Yard, E2

Bateman’s Row, EC2A This is a street in the EC2A postcode area

Bateman’s Row, EC2A

Bath Place, EC2A Bath Place leads off of Rivington Street.

Bath Place, EC2A

Bath Street, EC1V Bath Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Bath Street, EC1V

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

Battlewell Place ,

Bentima House, EC1V Bentima House is located on Old Street.

Bentima House, EC1V

Black & White Building, EC2A Black & White Building is a block on Rivington Street.

Black & White Building, EC2A

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

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

Boot Street, N1 Boot Street is a road in the N1 postcode area

Boot Street, N1

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

Boundary Street, E2 Boundary Street was at first called Cock Lane.

Boundary Street, E2

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

Bowl Court, EC2A

Bowling Green Walk, N1 Bowling Green Walk is a road in the N1 postcode area

Bowling Green Walk, N1

Braithwaite House, EC1Y Braithwaite House is a block on Bunhill Row.

Braithwaite House, EC1Y

Britannia Walk, N1 Britannia Walk is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Britannia Walk, N1

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

Brunswick Place, EC1V Brunswick Place is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Brunswick Place, EC1V

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

Builder Place ,

Bunhill Fields, EC1Y Bunhill Fields is a road in the EC1Y postcode area

Bunhill Fields, EC1Y

Bunhill Row, EC1Y Bunhill Row is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.

Bunhill Row, EC1Y

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

Burbage House, EC2A

Buttesland Street, N1 Buttesland Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Buttesland Street, N1

Calvert Avenue, E2 Calvert Avenue is one of the streets radiating from Arnold Circus.

Calvert Avenue, E2

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

Castle House, EC2A

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

Chapel Place, EC2A

Charles Gardner Court, N1 Charles Gardner Court is a building on Haberdasher Street.

Charles Gardner Court, N1

Charles Square, N1 Charles Square is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Charles Square, N1

Charlotte House, EC2A Charlotte House can be found on Charlotte Road.

Charlotte House, EC2A

Charlotte Road, EC2A Charlotte Road is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Charlotte Road, EC2A

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

Charlotte Street,

Chart Street, N1 Chart Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Chart Street, N1

Chequer Street, EC1Y Chequer Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.

Chequer Street, EC1Y

Cherry Tree Walk, EC1Y Cherry Tree Walk is a road in the EC1Y postcode area

Cherry Tree Walk, EC1Y

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 Lofts, EC2A City Lofts is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

City Lofts, EC2A

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

City Road, EC1Y

Classic House, EC1V Classic House is a block on Old Street.

Classic House, EC1V

Cleeve Workshops, E2 Cleeve Workshops is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Cleeve Workshops, E2

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

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

Cock Alley, EC2M

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

Corinthian House, EC2A

Coronet Street, N1 Coronet Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Coronet Street, N1

Corsham Street, N1 Corsham Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Corsham Street, N1

Cottons Gardens, E2 Cottons Gardens is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Cottons Gardens, E2

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

Cowper Street, EC2A

Cranwood Street, EC1V Cranwood Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Cranwood Street, EC1V

Cullum Welch Court, N1 Cullum Welch Court is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Cullum Welch Court, N1

Curtain House, EC2A Curtain House is sited on Curtain Road.

Curtain House, EC2A

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

Curtain 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

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

Dereham Place, EC2A

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

Development House, EC2A

DialaCab House, N1 DialaCab House is a block on East Road.

DialaCab House, N1

Drysdale Place, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Drysdale Place, N1

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

Drysdale Street,

Drysdale Street, N1 Drysdale Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Drysdale Street, N1

Dufferin Avenue, EC1Y Dufferin Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.

Dufferin Avenue, EC1Y

Dufferin Street, EC1Y Dufferin Street runs between Bunhill Row and Whitecross Street.

Dufferin Street, EC1Y

Ebenezer Street, EC1V A street within the N1 postcode

Ebenezer Street, EC1V

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

Elder Street, E1

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

EMA House, EC2A

Entex House, EC1V Entex House is a block on Old Street.

Entex House, EC1V

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

Epworth Street, EC2A

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

Erica Place ,

Errol Street, EC1Y Errol Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.

Errol Street, EC1Y

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

Featherstone Street, EC1Y Featherstone Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.

Featherstone Street, EC1Y

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

French Place, EC2A French Place is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

French Place, EC2A

Galileo Apartments, EC1Y Galileo Apartments is a block on Featherstone Street.

Galileo Apartments, EC1Y

Galway Street, EC1V Galway Street was named for the Earl of Galway.

Galway Street, EC1V

Garden Walk, EC2A Garden Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Garden Walk, EC2A

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

Gatesborough Street, EC2A

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

Glyn House, EC1Y

Godfrey House St Lukes Estate, EC1V Godfrey House is on the St Lukes Estate.

Godfrey House St Lukes Estate, EC1V

Godfrey House, EC1V Godfrey House is a block on Bath Street.

Godfrey House, EC1V

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

Great Eastern Street, EC2A

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

Hackney House, EC2A

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

Hampstead Place ,

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

Hoffman Square, N1 Hoffman Square is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Hoffman Square, N1

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

Hoxton Market, N1 Hoxton Market is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Hoxton Market, N1

Hoxton Square, N1 Hoxton Square is a garden square laid out in 1683

Hoxton Square, N1

Karma Yoga House, EC1V A street within the N1 postcode

Karma Yoga House, EC1V

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

Lamb’s Passage, EC1Y Lamb’s Passage was formerly Great Swordbearers (Sword Bearers) Alley.

Lamb’s Passage, EC1Y

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

Lizard Street, EC1V Lizard Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Lizard Street, EC1V

London City House, EC1V London City House is a block on City Road.

London City House, EC1V

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

Mallow Street, EC1Y Mallow Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.

Mallow Street, EC1Y

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

Mark Street, EC2A

Martha’s Buildings, EC1Y Martha’s Buildings is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Martha’s Buildings, EC1Y

Mercury House, N1 Mercury House is a block on Chart Street.

Mercury House, N1

Michael House, EC1Y Michael House is a block on Chiswell Street.

Michael House, EC1Y

Mill House, EC2A Residential block

Mill House, EC2A

Millie Court , Millie Court is an old East End street.

Millie Court ,

Mills Court, EC2A Mills Court is a location in London.

Mills Court, EC2A

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

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

Moorâ€™s Garden, EC2P

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

Moorgate House, EC2A

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,

Mundy Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Mundy Street, N1

Nena House, EC2A Nena House can be found on Great Eastern Street.

Nena House, EC2A

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

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

New North Place, EC2A

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

Norfolk Place,

Old Street, EC1Y Old Street runs west to east from Goswell Road in Clerkenwell to a crossroads in Shoreditch.

Old Street, EC1Y

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

Oliver’s Yard, EC2A

Parkinson Court, N1 Parkinson Court is a block on Charles Square.

Parkinson Court, N1

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

Paul Street, EC2A

Peerless Street, EC1V Peerless Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Peerless Street, EC1V

Perseverance Works, E2 Perseverance Works is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Perseverance Works, 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

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 a location in London.

Primrose Street, EC2A

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

Principal Place, EC2A

Printing House Yard, E2 Printing House Yard is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Printing House Yard, E2

Provost & East Building, Provost & East Building lies within the postcode.

Provost & East Building,

Quaker Court, EC1Y Quaker Court is a block on Banner Street

Quaker Court, EC1Y

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

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

Rivington House, EC2A

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

Rivington Place, EC2A

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

Rivington Street, EC2A

Royal Oak Court, N1 Royal Oak Court is a block on Ashford Street.

Royal Oak Court, N1

Rufus Street, N1 Rufus Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Rufus Street, N1

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

Sarah Street ,

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

Scrutton Street, EC2A

Shepherdess Place, N1 Shepherdess Place is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Shepherdess Place, N1

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

Silbury Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Silbury Street, N1

Silicon Way, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Silicon Way, N1

Singer Street, EC1V Singer Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Singer Street, EC1V

Singer Street, EC1V Singer Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Singer Street, EC1V

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

Snowden Street, EC2A

Square Studio, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Square Studio, N1

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

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

Summit House, EC2A

Suna House, EC2A Suna House is sited on Rivington Street.

Suna House, EC2A

Symister Mews, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Symister Mews, N1

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

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

Technico House, EC2A

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

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

The Tea Building, E1

Tilney Court, EC1Y Tilney Court lies off of Old Street.

Tilney Court, EC1Y

Timber Yard, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Timber Yard, N1

Touchard House, N1 Touchard House is a block on Charles Square.

Touchard House, N1

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

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

Vandy Street, EC2A

Victoria House, EC1V A street within the EC1V postcode

Victoria House, EC1V

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

Victoria House, EC2A

Vince Court, N1 Vince Court is a block on Charles Square.

Vince Court, N1

Vince Street, EC1V Vince Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Vince Street, EC1V

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

Waterson Street, E2

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

Wendt House, E1

Westland Place, N1 Westland Place is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Westland Place, N1

Willen House, EC1V Willen House is a block on Bath Street.

Willen House, EC1V

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

Winkworth Court, N1 Winkworth Court is a block on Brunswick Place.

Winkworth Court, N1

Works House, N1 Works House is a block on Brunswick Place.

Works House, N1

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

Zeus House 16-30, EC2A A street within the EC2A postcode

Zeus House 16-30, EC2A

Zeus House, N1 Zeus House is a block on Provost Street.

NEARBY PUBS

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

Blackwall Tunnel

Cargo, The Arches

Casita

Charlie Wright’s International

Dragon Bar

Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes

East Village

Far Rockaway

Honourable Artillery Company

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

Horse And Groom

Iambic Bar

Lounge Bohemia

Love’s Company, Unit 1

Masque Haunt

McQueen

Mkm Entertainment Ltd

Ninetyeight Bar and Lounge

Singer

The Fox

The Old Shoreditch Station

The Princess Of Shoreditch

The Windmill

Three Blind Mice

Trafik

XOYO (GROUND FLOOR)

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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.

An old form of the name is Soersditch, and the origin is lost, though early tradition connects it with Jane Shore, the mistress of Edward IV.

It was the site of an Augustinian priory in the 12th Century until its dissolution in 1539. In 1576 the first playhouse (theatre) in England was opened, and in 1577 The Curtain theatre was opened in the middle of what is Curtain Road today.

During the 17th Century, wealthy traders and Huguenot silk weavers moved to the area, establishing a textile industry centered to the south around Spitalfields Market. The area declined along with the textile industry and from the end of the 19th Century to the 1960s, Shoreditch was a by-word for crime, prostitution and poverty.

Today Shoreditch is a busy and popular district, noted for its large number of art galleries, bars, restaurants, media businesses and an urban golf club.

Shoreditch High Street station officially opened to the public on 27 April 2010 with services running between Dalston Junction and New Cross or New Cross Gate. The station replaced nearby Shoreditch, which closed on 9 June 2006. The next station to the south is Whitechapel and to the north is Hoxton.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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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:	Geffrye Museum, London (2012) Credit: Chang Yisheng TUM image id: 1557162652 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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. TUM image id: 1627419399 Licence:
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 Credit: CA Mathew/Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1641566818 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Artillery Lane as viewed from Bishopsgate (1912) Credit: CA Mathew/Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1641571742 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Optician built into the facade of St Ethelburga’s, Bishopsgate, c.1910 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1665401859 Licence:	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. Credit: Pete Gloria TUM image id: 1641485607 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1641983736 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Shepherd’s Place archway (built c. 1810), and Tenter Street (c. 1820) in 1909 TUM image id: 1492897455 Licence:	Shown on many older maps as Dashwood Walk, in the 17th century Alderman’s Walk was a passageway leading to the large house and gardens of Sir Frances Dashwood. The poet John Keats was christened at nearby St Botolph’s church in 1795 Credit: https://careergappers.com TUM image id: 1622637249 Licence:	Looking down Artillery Lane towards Artillery Passage in Spitalfields (1912) Credit: CA Mathew/Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1641420067 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Bell Lane, Spitalfields, looking towards Crispin Street (1912) Photographer C.A. Mathew walked the area on a single April day in 1912 taking photos of Spitalfields and Bishopsgate Credit: CA Mathew/Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1641563861 Licence:	Bloom Court, Blossom Street (1956) TUM image id: 1574858373 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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St Lukes Hospital for Lunatics, London
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The gravestone of English poet William Blake in Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
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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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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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Shepherd’s Place archway (built c. 1810), and Tenter Street (c. 1820) in 1909
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Looking down Artillery Lane towards Artillery Passage in Spitalfields (1912)
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Bloom Court, Blossom Street (1956)
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The site of Gun Yard (1912) Gun Yard disappeared at the time of the First World War. This north-facing view of Norton Folgate shows the widening at this point which demolished Gun Yard which would have been on the left here.
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