Turin Street, E2

Road in/near Bethnal Green, existing between 1808 and now.

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Turin Street was originally known as ’Hope Town’.

John Gadenne, a carpenter from nearby Satchwell Rents, subleased houses in new streets: New Tyssen Street, Union Street (or Hope Town) and City Garden Place by 1808.

Union Street was extended north as Montague Street. The two streets were then combined as Turin Street.

Building conditions deteriorated by 1939 when the area was compulsorily purchased by Bethnal Green Borough. The Second World War then intervened.

The immediate issue after the war was to house those whose homes had been bombed though other objectives were to complete and extend earlier clearance programmes in order to reduce the population density.

Some 5000 people soon were living in temporary housing, including prefabs - the London County Council’s first prefabs in east London were in Florida Street and Squirries Street. All but 15 of its 190 prefabs were still in use in 1955.

War damage was repaired by 1953 and attention shifted to slum clearance - flats were to be allotted to those in cleared areas rather than by a waiting list.

A large scheme was in place for the so-called Turin Street site. Building began in 1945 on the Avebury estate, which opened with 208 dwellings in 1948.


Main source: A History of the County of Middlesex | British History Online
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Added: 6 Nov 2021 15:03 GMT   

Old Nichol Street, E2
Information about my grandfather’s tobacconist shop

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Wendy    
Added: 22 Mar 2024 15:33 GMT   

Polygon Buildings
Following the demolition of the Polygon, and prior to the construction of Oakshott Court in 1974, 4 tenement type blocks of flats were built on the site at Clarendon Sq/Phoenix Rd called Polygon Buildings. These were primarily for people working for the Midland Railway and subsequently British Rail. My family lived for 5 years in Block C in the 1950s. It seems that very few photos exist of these buildings.

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:42 GMT   

Road construction and houses completed
New Charleville Circus road layout shown on Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1879 with access via West Hill only.

Plans showing street numbering were recorded in 1888 so we can concluded the houses in Charleville Circus were built by this date.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:04 GMT   

Charleville Circus, Sydenham: One Place Study (OPS)
One Place Study’s (OPS) are a recent innovation to research and record historical facts/events/people focused on a single place �’ building, street, town etc.

I have created an open access OPS of Charleville Circus on WikiTree that has over a million members across the globe working on a single family tree for everyone to enjoy, for free, forever.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Charles   
Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT   

My House
I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s.

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NH   
Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT   

Telephone House
Donald Hunter House, formerly Telephone House, was the BT Offices closed in 2000

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Paul Cox   
Added: 5 Mar 2024 22:18 GMT   

War damage reinstatement plans of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street
Whilst clearing my elderly Mothers house of general detritus, I’ve come across original plans (one on acetate) of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street. Might they be of interest or should I just dispose of them? There are 4 copies seemingly from the one single acetate example. Seems a shame to just junk them as the level of detail is exquisite. No worries if of no interest, but thought I’d put it out there.

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Diana   
Added: 28 Feb 2024 13:52 GMT   

New Inn Yard, E1
My great grandparents x 6 lived in New Inn Yard. On this date, their son was baptised in nearby St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch

Source: BDM London, Cripplegate and Shoreditch registers written by church clerk.

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Vic Stanley   
Added: 24 Feb 2024 17:38 GMT   

Postcose
The postcode is SE15, NOT SE1

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Bloom Court, Blossom Street (1956)
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The Gibraltar Tavern in Gibraltar Walk, Bethnal Green. This pub was present before 1750. The post-war Avebury Estate was extended in 1963. The pub disappeared under the site for the block called Cadogan House.
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Brick Lane streetsign.
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Buxton Street art, Spitalfields
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Cheshire Street (1969)
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Victoria and Albert Cottages take the form of two ranges of modest two-storey houses built along Deal Street, Spitalfields between 1857 and 1865
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Florida Street, Bethnal Green, looking east from Pollard Row (1939) The Hope pub on the left
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Gibraltar Walk, E2 The photo depicts a section of Gibraltar Walk which fell victim to post-war planners.
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Hanbury Street c.1918, looking east
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A view of Union Place in Spitalfields (1901)
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Pollard Row (1939)
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