Charles Street, EC1Y

Road in/near Poplar, existing until 1939

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JANUARY
5
2024
Charles Street - one of many streets of this name in London - was renamed Viscount Street in 1939.



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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Railway Tavern The Railway Tavern was generally known as Charlie Brown’s.
St Matthias Old Church St Matthias Old Church is the modern name given to the Poplar Chapel built by the East India Company in 1654.
Tower Hamlets College Tower Hamlets College is a large further education and a constituent college of New City College.

NEARBY STREETS
Agnes Street, E14 Agnes Street is a road in the E14 postcode area (Bow Common)
Alton Street, E14 Alton Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Amoy Place, E14 Amoy Place is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Ancora House, E14 Ancora House is a block on Coalmakers Wharf (Poplar)
Andersens Wharf, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Limehouse)
Anglesey House, E14 Anglesey House is located on Lindfield Street (Poplar)
Annabel Close, E14 Annabel Close is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Annabel Street, E14 Annabel Street was replaced by a school (Poplar)
Arborfield House, E14 Arborfield House is a building on East India Dock Road (Poplar)
Arcadia Street, E14 Arcadia Street is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Arno Place, E14 Arno Place was redeveloped post-war (Westferry)
Arthur Lovell Court, E14 Arthur Lovell Court can be found on Lovat Close (Bow Common)
Ascot House, E14 Ascot House is a block on Chrisp Street (Poplar)
Aspen Court, E14 Aspen Court is sited on Dod Street (Poplar)
Astoria Way, E14 Astoria Way is a location in London (Poplar)
Augusta Street, E14 Augusta Street is a shadow of its former self (Poplar)
Aurora House, E14 Aurora House is a building on Kerbey Street (Poplar)
Bartlett Close, E14 Bartlett Close is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Bate Street, E14 Batson Street (Bate Street) was situated off Three Colt Street (Limehouse)
Beccles Street, E14 Beccles Street was previously called Jamaica Place (Limehouse)
Berber Place, E14 Berber Place is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Bethlehem House, E14 Bethlehem House is a block on Limehouse Causeway (Westferry)
Birchfield House, E14 Birchfield House can be found on Pinefield Close (Poplar)
Birchfield Street, E14 Birchfield Street was once called Drill Place (Poplar)
Birkdale House, E14 Birkdale House is located on St Anne’s Row (Limehouse)
Blomfield House, E14 Blomfield House is a block on Hale Street (Poplar)
Boardwalk, E14 Sophia Street was built in 1823 and demolished in 1939 (Poplar)
Boathouse Apartments, E14 Boathouse Apartments is a block on Cotall Street (Poplar)
Bogart Court, E14 Bogart Court is a block on Limehouse Link (Westferry)
Boston Lodge, E14 Boston Lodge is a residential block, part of a line of blocks facing New Festival Avenue (Poplar)
Bowen Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Brabazon Street, E14 Brabazon Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Brewster House, E14 Brewster House is a building on Barleycorn Way (Westferry)
Burdett Road, E14 Burdett Road is a major north-south route in East London (Bow Common)
Busbridge House, E14 Busbridge House is a block on Upper North Street (Poplar)
Butler House, E14 Butler House is a building on Lovat Close (Bow Common)
Bygrove Street, E14 Bygrove Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Callingham Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Bow Common)
Campion House, E14 Campion House is part of the Frances Wharf development (Bow Common)
Canoe Walk, E14 Canoe Walk is a location in London (Limehouse)
Canton Street, E14 Canton Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Carmen Street, E14 Carmen Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Carnell Apartments, E14 Carnell Apartments is a block on St Anne Street (Poplar)
Carron Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Carter Square, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Casson Apartments, E14 Casson Apartments is a block on Upper North Street (Poplar)
Castor Street, E14 Castor Street existed between the 1810s and 1960s (Poplar)
Chadwick Court, E14 Chadwick Court can be found on Lindfield Street (Poplar)
Chaldron Court, E14 Chaldron Court is a block on Thomas Road (Bow Common)
Charles Street, EC1Y Charles Street - one of many streets of this name in London - was renamed Viscount Street in 1939 (Poplar)
Charlesworth House, E14 Charlesworth House is a building on Dod Street (Poplar)
Cheadle House, E14 Cheadle House is a block on Copenhagen Place (Limehouse)
Chilcot Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Chusan Place, E14 Chusan Place was described by Charles Booth as "one of the blackest spots in London" (Poplar)
Clarissa House, E14 Clarissa House is a block on Market Way (Poplar)
Clubhouse Apartments, E14 Clubhouse Apartments is a block on Stainsby Road (Poplar)
Clyde Square, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Coalmakers Wharf, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Bow Common)
Colborne House, E14 Colborne House is a block on Nankin Street (Poplar)
Colebrook House, E14 Colebrook House is a block on Ellesmere Street (Poplar)
Conant House, E14 Conant House is a block on Pelling Street (Poplar)
Copenhagen Place, E14 Copenhagen Place is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Limehouse)
Cordelia Street, E14 Cordelia Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Corry House, E14 Corry House is a block on Shirbutt Street (Poplar)
Cotall Street, E14 Cotall Street is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Coutts Court, E14 Coutts Court is a block on Wallwood Street (Bow Common)
Creek House, E14 Creek House can be found on Narrow Street (Westferry)
Cross Street, E14 Cross Street was given the name Bungay Street in 1912 (Westferry)
Cruse House, E14 Cruse House is located on Poplar High Street (Poplar)
Devitt House, E14 Devitt House is a block on Wade’s Place (Poplar)
Dingle Gardens, E14 Dingle Gardens is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Dockmasters House, E14 Dockmasters House is a block on Hertsmere Road (Westferry)
Dod Street, E14 Dod Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Dolphin Lane, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Donne House, E14 Donne House is a block on Stainsby Road (Poplar)
Dormers Court, E14 Dormers Court is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Bow Common)
Duff Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Duke Of York House, E14 Duke Of York House is a block on East India Dock Road (Poplar)
Dundee Court, E14 Dundee Court is a block on Milligan Street (Westferry)
Dundee Wharf, E14 Dundee Wharf is a road in the E14 postcode area (Westferry)
Edgemere House, E14 Edgemere House is a block on St Anne Street (Poplar)
Edward Mills Way, E14 Edward Mills Way leads north from Canton Street (Poplar)
Elder Tree Court, E14 Elder Tree Court is a block on Bowen Street (Poplar)
Eldersfield House, E14 Eldersfield House is sited on Pennyfields (Poplar)
Elite House, E14 Elite House is located on St Anne Street (Limehouse)
Elizabeth Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Elland House, E14 Elland House is a block on Copenhagen Place (Limehouse)
Ellesmere Street, E14 Ellesmere Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Epad Apartments, E14 Epad Apartments is a block on Broomfield Street (Poplar)
Epstein Square, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Essex House, E14 Essex House can be found on Giraud Street (Poplar)
Evans Street, E14 Brothers Oliver and George Evan Evans laid out a street called Evans Street - construction continued until the mid-1850s (Poplar)
Farrance Street, E14 Farrance Street is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Fitzroy House, E14 Fitzroy House is a block on Wallwood Street (Bow Common)
Flora Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Flynn Court, E14 Flynn Court is a block on Garford Street (Westferry)
Fonda Court, E14 Fonda Court is a building on Premiere Place (Westferry)
Fore Street, E14 Fore Street was a previous name for the eastern end of Narrow Street. (Westferry)
Frances Wharf, E14 Frances Wharf is a residential development on Burdett Road (Bow Common)
Galley Apartments, E14 Galley Apartments is a block on Stainsby Road (Poplar)
Garford Street, E14 Garford Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Westferry)
Garland Court, E14 Garland Court is located on Limehouse Link (Westferry)
Gates Street, E14 Gates Street (later Canton Street) was laid out in 1846 by James Gates on his land north of the Evans brothers’ property (Poplar)
Gatwick House, E14 Gatwick House is a block on Clemence Street (Bow Common)
Gill Place, E14 Gill Place was located off Jamaica Place (Limehouse)
Gill Street, E14 Gill Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Limehouse)
Giraud Street, E14 Giraud Street nowadays is a short road running north from Cordelia Street (Poplar)
Gladstone House, E14 Gladstone House is a residential block (Poplar)
Gloster Ridley Court, E14 Gloster Ridley Court is a block on St Anne’s Row (Poplar)
Godalming Road, E14 Godalming Road is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Good Hope House, E14 Good Hope House is a block on Poplar High Street (Poplar)
Goodfaith House, E14 Goodfaith House is a block on Simpson’s Road (Poplar)
Goodspeed House, E14 Goodspeed House is a block on Simpson’s Road (Poplar)
Gorsefield House, E14 Gorsefield House is sited on East India Dock Road (Poplar)
Gough Street, E14 Gough Street was originally laid out as Thomas Street (Poplar)
Gough Walk, E14 Gough Walk is a walkway which follows the former route of a street called Gough Street (Poplar)
Granville House, E14 Granville House is a residential block (Poplar)
Grenada House, E14 Grenada House is a block on Limehouse Causeway (Westferry)
Grenade Street, E14 Grenade Street is a road in the E14 postcode area (Westferry)
Grundy Street, E14 Grundy Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Gurdon House, E14 Gurdon House is a block on Farrance Street (Poplar)
Hale Street, E14 Hale Street is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Harbour Way, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Harley House, E14 Harley House is part of the Frances Wharf development, located on Burdett Road (Bow Common)
Heckford House, E14 Heckford House is a block on Grundy Street (Poplar)
Hind Grove, E14 Hind Grove replaced Hind Street as part of a new development in the 1950s (Poplar)
Hind Street, E14 Hind Street was laid out in 1848-1849 along with Thomas Street on the Horne/Hind estate (Poplar)
Hobday Street, E14 Hobday Street is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Hopkins House, E14 Hopkins House is located on Canton Street (Poplar)
Inigo Jones House, E14 Inigo Jones House is a block on Gill Street (Limehouse)
Jamaica Street, E14 Jamaica Street was also known as Jamaica Place (Limehouse)
Jeremiah House, E14 Jeremiah House is sited on Jeremiah Street (Poplar)
Jeremiah Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Jonzen Walk, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Joseph Irwin House, E14 Joseph Irwin House is a block on Gill Street (Limehouse)
Kelly Court, E14 Kelly Court is located on Garford Street (Westferry)
Kemps Drive, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Kerbey Street, E14 Kerbey Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Kerensky House, E14 Kerensky House is a block on Upper North Street (Poplar)
Keymer Place, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Kildare Walk, E14 Kildare Walk is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
King Street, E14 King Street was renamed Ming Street in 1938 in reference to the local Chinese community (Poplar)
Knot Court, E14 Knot Court is a block on Copenhagen Place (Limehouse)
Landin House, E14 Landin House is a block on Thomas Road (Bow Common)
Langan House, E14 Langan House is a building on Keymer Place (Limehouse)
Leybourne House, E14 Leybourne House is a building on Farrance Street (Poplar)
Leyland House, E14 Leyland House is a block on Hale Street (Poplar)
Limborough House, E14 Limborough House is a block on Thomas Road (Bow Common)
Limehouse Causeway, E14 Limehouse Causeway was home to the original Chinatown of London. (Westferry)
Limehouse Court, E14 Limehouse Court is sited on Dod Street (Poplar)
Limekiln Hill, E14 Limekiln Hill was the former name for a section of Three Colt Street (Westferry)
Lindfield Street, E14 Lindfield Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Lonsdale House, E14 Lonsdale House is a block on Carmen Street (Poplar)
Lucienne Court, E14 Lucienne Court is a block on Lindfield Street (Poplar)
Mackrow Walk, E14 Mackrow Walk is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Maidstone House, E14 Maidstone House is a block on Carmen Street (Poplar)
Malam Gardens, E14 Malam Gardens is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Mary Jones Court, E14 Mary Jones Court is a block on Garford Street (Westferry)
Mellor House, E14 Mellor House is a block on Upper North Street (Poplar)
Menteath House, E14 Menteath House is a block on Farrance Street (Poplar)
Meridian House, E14 Meridian House is a block on Poplar High Street (Poplar)
Milligan Street, E14 Milligan Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Westferry)
Minchin House, E14 Minchin House is a block on Dod Street (Poplar)
Ming Street, E14 Ming Street - the former King Street - was renamed in recognition of the then local Chinese community (Poplar)
Morant Street, E14 Morant Street is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Moro Apartments, E14 Moro Apartments is a block on Edward Mills Way (Poplar)
Nankin Street, E14 Around 1858, Nankin Street (and nearby Pekin Street) was developed by Stephen Redman and other owners of adjacent land (Poplar)
Navis House, E14 Navis House is a block on Lindfield Street (Poplar)
New Festival Avenue, E14 New Festival Avenue is a walkway serving a number of new builds (Poplar)
Northcote House, E14 Northcote House is a building on Saracen Street (Poplar)
Norwich House, E14 Norwich House is a block on Cordelia Street (Poplar)
Oast Court, E14 Oast Court is a block on Newell Street (Limehouse)
Odell House, E14 Odell House is a block on Edward Mills Way (Poplar)
Old School Square, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Overstone House, E14 Overstone House is a block on East India Dock Road (Poplar)
Padstow House, E14 Padstow House is a block on Three Colt Street (Westferry)
Park Place, E14 Park Place ran south from Limehouse Causeway (Westferry)
Pasmore Court, E14 Pasmore Court is a block on Canton Street (Poplar)
Pavilion Apartments, E14 Pavilion Apartments is a block on Stainsby Road (Poplar)
Paynton Court, E14 Paynton Court is sited on Wallwood Street (Bow Common)
Pekin Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Pekin Street, E14 Pekin Street, along with other Chinese-themed streetnames locally, began life in 1858 (Poplar)
Pelling Street, E14 Pelling Street is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Pennyfields, E14 Pennyfields is the western extension of Poplar High Street (Poplar)
Pigott Street, E14 When the Lansbury Estate was built, Pigott Street was the final part of the plan, hosting a block of flats from 1982 (Poplar)
Pinefield Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Pixley Street, E14 Pixley Street connects Burdett Road with Copenhagen Place (Bow Common)
Playfair House, E14 Playfair House is a block on Nankin Street (Poplar)
Plessey Building, E14 Plessey Building can be found on Dod Street (Poplar)
Plimsoll Close, E14 Plimsoll Close is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Poplar High Street, E14 Until the late nineteenth century Poplar High Street was the district’s principal street. (Poplar)
Premiere Place, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Westferry)
Providence House, E14 Providence House is a block on Three Colt Street (Limehouse)
Pusey House, E14 Pusey House is located on Saracen Street (Poplar)
Quebec Wharf, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Bow Common)
Railway Arches, E14 Railway Arches is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Westferry)
Redbourne House, E14 Redbourne House is a building on Southwater Close (Bow Common)
Ricardo Street, E14 Ricardo Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Rich Street, E14 Rich Street is a road in the E14 postcode area (Westferry)
Ridley House, E14 Ridley House is a block on Chrisp Street (Poplar)
Rigden Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Roche House, E14 Roche House was built by Stepney Borough Council in 1939, containing 100 flats (Westferry)
Rogers Court, E14 Rogers Court is a block on Limehouse Link (Westferry)
Rook Street, E14 Rook Street - at first called Mary Street - ran between Poplar High Street and East India Road (Poplar)
Rope Court, E14 Rope Court is a block on Canoe Walk (Limehouse)
Rosefield Gardens, E14 Rosefield Gardens is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Russell House, E14 Russell House is a block on Saracen Street (Poplar)
Salisbury House, E14 Salisbury House is a block on Hobday Street (Poplar)
Salter Street, E14 Salter Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Westferry)
Saltwell Street, E14 Saltwell Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Saracen Street, E14 Saracen Street was a new street formed when the Lansbury Estate was built (Poplar)
Sarah Perry House, E14 Sarah Perry House is a block on Flora Close (Poplar)
Saunders Close, E14 Saunders Close is a road in the E14 postcode area (Westferry)
Scott Russell Place, E14 Scott Russell Place is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Shepherd Court, E14 Shepherd Court can be found on Annabel Close (Poplar)
Shirbutt Street, E14 Shirbutt Street is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)
Slate House, E14 Slate House is a block on Keymer Place (Limehouse)
Southwater Close, E14 Southwater Close is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Bow Common)
Spearman House, E14 Spearman House is a block on Nankin Street (Poplar)
St Annes Row, E14 St Annes Row is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
St Anne’s Street, E14 St Anne Street is a street of Poplar (Poplar)
St Saviour’s Court, E14 St Saviour’s Court is a block on Arcadia Street (Poplar)
Stainsby Road, E14 Stainsby Road was part of the Conant estate straddling the boundary with Limehouse (Poplar)
Stocks Place, E14 Stocks Place is a road in the E14 postcode area (Westferry)
Stoneyard Lane, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Storehouse Mews, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Westferry)
String Court, E14 String Court is a block on Copenhagen Place (Limehouse)
Sturry Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Poplar)
Swale Street, E14 Swale Street was redeveloped in 1954 and became part of Nankin Street (Poplar)
Talbot House, E14 Talbot House is located on Giraud Street (Poplar)
Taylor House, E14 Taylor House is a block on Stonehouse Mews (Westferry)
Tenbury Place, E14 Tenbury Place was situated off Jamaica Place (Westferry)
The Mitre, E14 The Mitre is a road in the E14 postcode area (Limehouse)
Thomas Road, E14 Thomas Road is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Bow Common)
Thompson House, E14 Thompson House is a block on Pekin Street (Poplar)
Thornfield House, E14 Thornfield House is a block on Rosefield Gardens (Poplar)
Three Colt Street, E14 Three Colt Street was first recorded in 1362 making it one of Limehouse’s oldest streets (Limehouse)
Tivoli Mews, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Limehouse)
Trendell House, E14 Trendell House is located on Farrance Street (Poplar)
Trinidad Street, E14 Trinidad Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Westferry)
Turner’s Buildings, E14 Turner’s Buildings was a small close off Pennyfields (Poplar)
Ulmar Place, E14 Ulmar Place was a small turning off King Street (Poplar)
Upper North Street, E14 The story of Upper North Street is closely tied to the development of the East India Dock Road between 1806 and 1810 (Poplar)
Vale House, E14 Vale House is a building on St Anne Street (Poplar)
Wades Place, E14 Wades Place is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
Welles Court, E14 Welles Court is a block on Limehouse Link (Westferry)
Wessex House, E14 Wessex House is a block on St Anne’s Row (Poplar)
West India Dock Road, E14 West India Dock Road is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Poplar)
West India House, E14 West India House is sited on West India Dock Road (Poplar)
Westcott House, E14 Westcott House is sited on East India Dock Road (Poplar)
Westferry Studios, E14 Westferry Studios is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Westferry)
Wigram House, E14 Wigram House is located on Wade’s Place (Poplar)
William Booth House, E14 William Booth House is a block on Hind Grove (Poplar)
William Lax House, E14 William Lax House is a block on East India Dock Road (Poplar)
Willis House, E14 Willis House is a block on Poplar High Street (Poplar)
Winchester House, E14 Winchester House is a block on Edward Mills Way (Poplar)
Woodstock Terrace, E14 Woodstock Terrace is a road in the E14 postcode area (Poplar)


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