Shadwell Basin was formerly part of the London Docks and nowadays is one the most significant bodies of water surviving from the historical period.
Monza Street was originally called Star Street and, like other nearby streets, contained small chandlers and other maritime shops.
As Fiona Rule notes in ’London’s Docklands: A History of the Lost Quarter’, by the 1880s, most of the shops had disappeared and in Star Street, lightermen advertised their services on small brass plaques fixed to the front doors of their homes.
