Hughes Mansions, E1

Block in/near Whitechapel, existing between 1929 and now

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Hughes Mansions originally consisted of three roughly similar blocks containing 93 flats spread over the three buildings.

Hughes Mansions had been completed in 1929 as a replacement of the back-to-back houses originally here. They were named after Mary Hughes, a Quaker philanthropist and member of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney’s Housing Committee.

On 27 March 1945, a V2 rocket was fired towards London from remaining German forces in the Haagse Bos area of The Hague, Netherlands. The missile hit the very centre of the Hughes Mansions, totally destroying the centre block in the process. It was the final Second World War bomb to fall on London.

Hughes Mansions was rebuilt after the war and some of those who survived the V2 incident were rehoused here.




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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Pavilion Theatre The Pavilion Theatre at 191–193 Whitechapel Road was the first major theatre to open in the East End.
St Mary’s (Whitechapel Road) St Mary’s was a station on the Metropolitan Railway and the District Railway lines, located between Whitechapel and Aldgate East stations.
Weaver’s Fields Weavers Fields is an open space in Bethnal Green.

NEARBY STREETS
, Foster Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Ada Lewis Court, E1 Ada Lewis Court is located on Underwood Road
Albert Place, E1 Albert Place is an old East End street
Albert Street, E1 Albert Street is an old East End street
Allenbury Street, E2 Allenbury Street no longer exists (Bethnal Green)
Andover Court, E2 Andover Court is a building on Mint Street (Bethnal Green)
Arthur Deakin House, E1 Arthur Deakin House is a block on Woodseer Street
Arundel Street, Arundel Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Ashington House, E1 Ashington House is a block on Barnsley Street (Bethnal Green)
Bacon Street, E1 Bacon Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Shoreditch)
Bacon Street, E2 Bacon Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Shoreditch)
Bahram Court, E2 Bahram Court is a block on Mint Street (Bethnal Green)
Baker’s Row, E1 Baker’s Row became Vallance Road in 1896
Barnsley Street, E1 Barnsley Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Bethnal Green)
Barwell House, E2 Barwell House is a block on Menotti Street (Bethnal Green)
Bath Street, In Poplar E14, Ann’s Place became Bath Street in 1891 (Whitechapel)
Bearstead Court, E1 Bearstead Court is a block on Underwood Road
Bedford Street, E1 Bedford Square, Shadwell was called Bedford Street after 1894 (Whitechapel)
Benjamin Truman Close, E1 Benjamin Truman Close is a location in London (Spitalfields)
Berry House, E1 Berry House is located on Headlam Street (Whitechapel)
Black Lion Yard, E1 Black Lion Yard, a narrow passage, extended from Old Montague Street, where it could be accessed via a set of steps, to Whitechapel Road (Whitechapel)
Blackwood House, E1 Blackwood House is a block on Collingwood Street (Whitechapel)
Bloomfield House, E1 Bloomfield House is a block on Old Montague Street (Whitechapel)
Boden House, E1 Boden House is located on Woodseer Street
Boltersley Street, Boltersley Street is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Booth House, E1 Booth House is a block on Whitechapel Road (Whitechapel)
Booth Street, E1 Booth Street is an old East End street
Brady Street, E1 Brady Street is a road running north-south from Three Colts Lane to Whitechapel Road (Whitechapel)
Brick Lane, E1 Brick Lane runs north from the junction of Osborn Street, Old Montague Street and Wentworth Street, through Spitalfields to Bethnal Green Road (Spitalfields)
Britannia House, E1 Britannia House is a block on Hanbury Street
Bullen House, E1 Bullen House is a building on Collingwood Street (Whitechapel)
Buxton Street, E1 Buxton Street developed in the early and mid-nineteenth century
Cannon Place, E1 Cannon Place is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Carillon Court, E1 Carillon Court can be found on Greatorex Street
Carlisle Street, Carlisle Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Caroline Adams House, E1 Caroline Adams House is a block on Pedley Street (Spitalfields)
Carter Street, E1 Carter Street is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Casson House, E1 Casson House is sited on Hanbury Street
Casson Street, E1 Casson Street is a road in the E1 postcode area
Castlemain Street, E1 Castlemain Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Cavell Street, E1 Cavell Street is a road in the E1W postcode area (Whitechapel)
Chapter House, E2 Chapter House is a block on Dunbridge Street (Bethnal Green)
Cheshire Street, E1 Cheshire Street is a street in the East End linking Brick Lane with Bethnal Green and Whitechapel (Shoreditch)
Chicksand House, E1 Chicksand House is sited on Chicksand Street
Chicksand Street, E1 Chicksand Street runs east from Brick Lane
Chilton Street, E2 Chilton Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Shoreditch)
Church Row, E2 Church Lane was renamed to Church Row, E14 in 1875 (Bethnal Green)
Cityscape Apartments, E1 Cityscape Apartments is sited on Heneage Street
Clarence Street, Clarence Street is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Code Street, E2 Code Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Spitalfields)
Codrington Court, E1 Codrington Court is sited on Scott Street (Whitechapel)
Collingwood House, E1 Collingwood House is a block on Cambridge Heath Road (Whitechapel)
Collingwood Street, E1 Collingwood Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Cornerstone Court, E1 Cornerstone Court is a building on Hemming Street (Whitechapel)
Cotherstone Court, E2 Cotherstone Court is a block on Mint Street (Bethnal Green)
Court Street, E1 Court Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Coventry Road, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Bethnal Green)
Coverley Close, E1 Coverley Close is a road in the E1 postcode area
Cudworth Street, E1 Cudworth Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Cutters Court, E2 Cutters Court is sited on Three Colts Lane (Bethnal Green)
Daniel Gilbert House, E1 Daniel Gilbert House is a block on Code Street (Spitalfields)
Darling Row, E1 Darling Row is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Darting Road, Darting Road is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Davenant House, E1 Davenant House is a block on Old Montague Street
Davenant Street, E1 Davenant Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Davis Terrace, E1 Davis Terrace is an old East End street
Deal Street, E1 Deal Street dates from the mid 1840s
Dowson Place, E1 Dowson Place appears on the 1862 Stanford map
Ducie Street, Ducie Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Dunbridge Street, E2 Dunbridge Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Dunk Street, E1 Dunk Street ran parallel to Great Garden Street (now Greatorex Street) to the west and King Edward Street, which has also ceased to exist, to the east
Durward Street, E1 Durward Street is a narrow thoroughfare running east-west from Brady Street to Baker’s Row (today’s Vallance Road) (Whitechapel)
Eagle House, E1 Eagle House can be found on Headlam Street (Whitechapel)
East Mount Street, E1 East Mount Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Eastman, Eastman is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Ely Place, E1 Ely Place appears on the 1862 Stanford map
Embassy Court, E1 Embassy Court is a block on Brady Street (Bethnal Green)
Evelyn House, E1 Evelyn House is a block on Greatorex Street
Fakruddin Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Whitechapel)
Fellbrigg Street, E1 Norfolk Street, E1 was renamed as Fellbrigg Street, E1 in 1883 (Whitechapel)
Field House, E1 Field House can be found on Buxton Street (Spitalfields)
Finch Street, E1 Finch Street lay along the line of present day Monthope Road (Whitechapel)
Finnis Street, Finnis Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Fremantle House, E1 Fremantle House is located on Brady Street (Whitechapel)
Frostic Walk, E1 Frostic Walk leads from Chicksand Street to Old Montague Street
Fulbourne Street, E1 Fulbourne Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Fuller Street, E2 Fuller Street commemorates John Fuller (d 1592), judge and church warden of Stepney parish church (Bethnal Green)
Furness Street , Furness Street is an old East End street
Garrod Building, E1 Garrod Building is a block on Turner Street (Whitechapel)
George Street, E1 George Street was a street running north-south from Flower and Dean Street to Wentworth Street, crossing Thrawl Street approx. half way along its length (Spitalfields)
Glass Street, E2 Glass Street is a road in the E2 postcode area (Bethnal Green)
Goldman Close, E2 Goldman Close is a road in the E2 postcode area (Bethnal Green)
Granary Road, E1 Granary Road is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Granby Street, Granby Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Greatorex House, E1 Greatorex House is sited on Greatorex Street
Greatorex Street, E1 Greatorex Street was formerly called High Street
Greenheath Business Centre, E2 Greenheath Business Centre is a Bethnal Green commercial area (Bethnal Green)
Grimsby Street, E2 Grimsby Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Shoreditch)
Grindall House, E1 Grindall House is a building on Collingwood Street (Whitechapel)
Hanbury House, E1 Hanbury House is located on Hanbury Street
Hanbury Street, E1 Hanbury Street is a long road running west-east from Commercial Street to Vallance Road
Hannan Court, E1 Hannan Court can be found on Pedley Street (Spitalfields)
Hare Street, Hare Street is an old East End street (Shoreditch)
Harvey House, E1 Harvey House is a block on Brady Street (Whitechapel)
Headlam Street, E1 Headlam Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Heathpool Court, E1 Heathpool Court is a block on Brady Street (Whitechapel)
Hemming Street, E1 Hemming Street commemorates Edward Hemming, who represented Bethnal Green on the first select vestry of the parish of Stepney in 1589. (Whitechapel)
Heneage Street, E1 Heneage Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
Hereford Street, Hereford Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Hereford Street, E2 Hereford Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Hobson’s Cottages, E1 Hobson’s Cottages was situated off Pelham Street
Hobsons Place, E1 Hobsons Place was short cul-de-sac
Hopetown Street, E1 This is a street in the E1 postcode area (Spitalfields)
Horse Hill, Horse Hill is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Hudson Building, E1 Hudson Building is a block on Chicksand Street
Hughes Mansions, E1 Hughes Mansions originally consisted of three roughly similar blocks containing 93 flats spread over the three buildings (Whitechapel)
Hunt Street, E1 Hunt Street is an old East End street
Hunton Street, E1 Hunton Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
John Pritchard House, E1 John Pritchard House is sited on Buxton Street
Kelsey Street, E2 Kelsey Street was called Cross Street until 1869 (Bethnal Green)
Kempton Court, E1 Kempton Court is a block on Durward Street, built in 1995 (Whitechapel)
Kerbela Street, E2 Kerbela Street is a road in the E2 postcode area (Shoreditch)
Kingward House, E1 Kingward House is a block on Greatorex Street
Kingward Street, E1 King Edward Street is an old East End street
Kinsham House, E2 Kinsham House is a block on Ramsey Street (Bethnal Green)
Kiran Apartments, E1 Kiran Apartments is located on Chicksand Street
Kushiyara House, E1 Kushiyara House is a block on Pedley Street (Spitalfields)
Lisbon Street, Lisbon Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Lister House, E1 Lister House is located on Lomas Street (Whitechapel)
Little Collingwood Street, E1 Little Collingwood Street once ran parallel with Collingwood Street (Whitechapel)
Lomas Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Whitechapel)
London Street, The Opening, E14 was renamed as London Street, E14 in 1888 (Bethnal Green)
Luntley Place, E1 Luntley Place appears on the 1862 Stanford map
Mape Street, E2 While much altered, Mape Street began life in 1826 (Bethnal Green)
Maples Place, E1 Cannon Place became Maples Place in 1938 (Whitechapel)
McCalla House, E1 McCalla House is located on Pedley Street (Bethnal Green)
McGlashon House, E1 McGlashon House is a block on Hunton Street
Menotti Street, E2 Menotti Street, a shadow of its former length, was called Manchester Street until 1864 (Bethnal Green)
Merceron Street, E1 Merceron Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Middlesea Street , Middlesea Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Milward Street, E1 Milward Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Mocatta House, E1 Mocatta House is a block on Brady Street (Whitechapel)
Molesworth Street, E1 Molesworth Street is an old East End street (Spitalfields)
Monthope Road, E1 This is a street in the E1 postcode area
Moss Close, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Whitechapel)
Mount Terrace, E1 Mount Terrace is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Neath Terrace , Neath Terrace is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
New Church Street, E1 New Church Street led from Pedley Street to Buxton Street (Spitalfields)
Newspeak House, E2 Newspeak House is a block on Bethnal Green Road (Shoreditch)
Northampton Street, Northampton Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Northesk House, E1 Northesk House is a block on Tent Street (Bethnal Green)
Novem House, E1 Novem House is a block on Chicksand Street
Octagon Street, E1 Octagon Street appears on maps between 1900 and 1950 (Whitechapel)
Odeon Court, E1 Odeon Court is a block on Chicksand Street
Old Montague Street, E1 Old Montague Street is a thoroughfare running east-west from Baker’s Row (now Vallance Road) to Brick Lane
Orion House, E1 Orion House is an 11-storey block on the Collingwood Estate (Whitechapel)
Osborn Place, E1 Osborn Place appears on maps between 1800 and 1900
Oxford Street, Green Street was renamed to Oxford Street, E1 in 1867 (Whitechapel)
Pauline House, E1 Pauline House is a block on Old Montague Street
Pavilion House, E1 Pavilion House is a block on Greatorex Street
Pedley Street, E1 Pedley Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Spitalfields)
Pelham Street, E1 Pelham Street was the former name of Woodseer Street
Pellew House, E1 Pellew House is a block on Somerford Street (Whitechapel)
Pereira Street, E1 Pereira Street ran north/south in Bethnal Green (Whitechapel)
Peretra Street, Peretra Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Queen Street, E1 In 1883, King Street, E1 became Queen Street, E1
Ramar House, E1 Ramar House is a building on Hanbury Street
Ramar Place, E1 Ramar Place was a tiny Whitechapel back street
Ramsey Street, E2 A road with a long history, Ramsey Street has been realigned since the Second World War (Bethnal Green)
Raven Row, E1 Raven Row appears in 1832, probably named for the builder. (Whitechapel)
Redmill House, E1 Redmill House is a block on Headlam Street (Whitechapel)
Regal Close, E1 Regal Close is a road in the E1 postcode area
River Thames at 51.501, High Street, E1 was renamed as Great Garden Street, E1 in 1874 (Whitechapel)
Rochester Court, E2 Rochester Court is a block on Wilmot Street (Bethnal Green)
Russell Street, E1 Little Russell Street became Russell Street in 1864 (7996) (Whitechapel)
Rutherford House, E1 Rutherford House is a block on Brady Street (Whitechapel)
Sale Street, E2 Sale Street once ran much further east (Bethnal Green)
Scott Street, E1 Scott Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Selby Street, E1 Selby Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Seven Stars Yard, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Spitalfields)
Shah Paran House, E1 Shah Paran House is a block on Pedley Street (Spitalfields)
Sol Frankel House, E1 Sol Frankel House is a block on Pedley Street (Spitalfields)
Somerford Street, E1 Somerford Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Southampton Terrace, Southampton Terrace is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Soyeux Apartments, E1 Soyeux Apartments is a block on Scott Street (Whitechapel)
Speck’s Fields, E1 Speck’s Fields led to the Crescent Foundry
Spelman House, E1 Spelman House is a block on Spelman Street
Spelman Street, E1 Spelman Street was formerly John Street and built up in the 19th century
Spital Street, E1 Spital Street is a road in the E1 postcode area
Spring Walk, E1 Spring Walk is a road in the E1 postcode area
St Andrew Street, St Andrew Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
St Mary Street, St Mary Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
St Matthews Row, E2 The parish of St Matthew, with its church here, was formed out of the parent parish of Stepney in 1743. (Bethnal Green)
St Philip’s House, E1 St Philip’s House is located on Stepney Way (Whitechapel)
Station House, E1 Station House can be found on Code Street (Spitalfields)
Steadhem House, E2 Steadhem House is a block on Bacon Street (Shoreditch)
Steeple Court, E1 Steeple Court is a block on Coventry Road (Bethnal Green)
Stepney Green Court, E1 Stepney Green Court is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Stuttle House, E1 Stuttle House is a block on Buxton Street
Summerford Street, Summerford Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Surma Close, E1 Surma Close is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Swanfield Court, E2 Swanfield Court is located on Chilton Street (Shoreditch)
Tannery House, E1 Tannery House is a block on Deal Street
Tap Street, Tap Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Tapp Street, E2 Tapp Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Tassaduq Ahmed House, E1 Tassaduq Ahmed House is a block on Pedley Street (Spitalfields)
Teal Street, Teal Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Tent Street, E1 Tent Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Bethnal Green)
The Old Montague Apartments, E1 The Old Montague Apartments is a block on Old Montague Street
Three Colt Lane, Three Colt Lane is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Three Colts Lane, E1 Three Colts Lane is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Trahorn Close, E1 Trahorn Close is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Treves House, E1 Treves House is a block on Vallance Road (Whitechapel)
Tyssen Street, E2 Tyssen Street, for long a separate street, was absorbed into Brick Lane during the late nineteenth century (Shoreditch)
Underwood Road, E1 Underwood Road is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
Underwood Street, In Stepney E1, Albert Place became Underwood Street in 1883
Vallance Road, E1 Vallance Road is a significant road running north-south from Bethnal Green Road to Whitechapel Road. (Whitechapel)
Vallance Road, E2 The Bethnal Green end of Vallance Road was originally called White Street (Bethnal Green)
Vibeca Apartments, E1 Vibeca Apartments is a block on Chicksand Street
Vine Court, E1 Vine Court is a small turning south from Whitechapel Road (Whitechapel)
Violet Street, Violet Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Vollasky House, E1 Vollasky House is a block on Daplyn Street
Weaver Street, E1 Weaver Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Spitalfields)
White Street, E2 White Street was the former name for part of Vallance Road (Bethnal Green)
Whitechapel Road, E1 Whitechapel Road is a major arterial road in East London (Whitechapel)
Winchester Street, Winchester Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Winthrop Street, E1 Winthrop Street was formerly a narrow street running east-west from Brady Street to Durward Street (Whitechapel)
Witan Street, E2 Witan Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Wodeham Gardens, E1 Wodeham Gardens is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Wood Close, E2 Wood Close is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Wood’s Buildings, E1 Wood’s Buildings, a narrow passageway, extended north from Whitechapel Road and led to Winthrop Street. (Whitechapel)
Woodseer Street, E1 Woodseer Street was formerly known as Pelham Street and part of the Halifax Estate
Workhouse Apartments, E1 Workhouse Apartments is a block on Feather Mews (Whitechapel)


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