George Tavern

The George Tavern contains original brickwork some 700 years old.

George Tavern (2015)

Situated at 373 Commercial Road, the George Tavern’s building contains original brickwork some 700 years old, and is mentioned in texts by Geoffrey Chaucer, Samuel Pepys and Charles Dickens.
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Formerly known as the Halfway House, the George Tavern’s building contains original brickwork some 700 years old, and is mentioned in texts by Geoffrey Chaucer, Samuel Pepys and Charles Dickens.

Evidence shows that the Halfway House was rebuilt in the 18th century, sometime after 1745, a little to the northeast of the earlier inn.

The present building was probably built between 1820 and 1825 and first appears on Greenwood’s map of 1827. This version of the pub forms part of the development of Commercial Road, which was created following the Commercial Road Act of 1802 to link the newly built East India Docks and West India Docks to the boundary of the City of London.

The pub was remodelled in 1862 by James Harrison.

In the 1970s, a nightclub - Stepneys - was added in a back building, noted for its illuminated dance floor but the pub was forced to close around the time of the new millennium.

In 2002, artist Pauline Forster bought the derelict building at auction and reopened it as a music, performance, arts venue and pub.

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Tricia Shadwell Added: 27 Apr 2021 12:05 GMT	St George in the East Church This Church was opened in 1729, designed by Hawksmore. Inside destroyed by incendrie bomb 16th April 1941. Rebuilt inside and finished in 1964. The building remained open most of the time in a temporary prefab. Reply
Beverly Sand Havering Street, E1 Added: 3 Apr 2021 17:19 GMT	Havering Street, E1 My mother was born at 48 Havering Street. That house no longer exists. It disappeared from the map by 1950. Family name Schneider, mother Ray and father Joe. Joe’s parents lived just up the road at 311 Cable Street Reply
Mike Levy Arbour Square, E1 Added: 19 Sep 2023 18:10 GMT	Bombing of Arbour Square in the Blitz On the night of September 7, 1940. Hyman Lubosky (age 35), his wife Fay (or Fanny)(age 32) and their son Martin (age 17 months) died at 11 Arbour Square. They are buried together in Rainham Jewish Cemetery. Their grave stones read: "Killed by enemy action" Reply

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Brady Street looking toward the junction with Durward Street, 1979. Brady Street began its existence as Ducking Pond Lane, a short pathway to the ducking pond which stood at the junction with Ducking Pond Row (later Buck’s Row). By 1800 it had been renamed North Street and was extended northward as Upper North Street during the early 19th century. The entire thoroughfare was renamed Brady Street on 7 May 1875. TUM image id: 1490912211 Licence:	Brook Street, E1 - looking east (c. 1910) Brook Street is now renamed as part of Cable Street. The side street with the posts is Schoolhouse Lane and the building on the far right is the Friends’ Meeting House. Credit: Vin Miles (contributor) TUM image id: 1642777905 Licence:	Cannon Street Road in the early 1940s TUM image id: 1682607957 Licence:	Buck's Row (Durward Street) in 1938. TUM image id: 1490922288 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Juniper Street is a turning off of King David Lane, E1 Before the Glamis Estate arrived on the scene in the 1970s and largely replaced it, Juniper Street was a road of densely packed terraces. TUM image id: 1625068922 Licence:
Trinity Almshouses, Mile End Road, c. 1920 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1686152752 Licence:	The Vine Tavern, Mile End Road (1870) The sign promises that it WILL be rebuilt. Let’s hope that it was to everybody’s satisfaction. TUM image id: 1660666220 Licence:	Rotherhithe Street, Bermondsey with the ship ’Argo’ visible in the distance. By the mid 18th century Rotherhithe had a strong maritime and shipbuilding tradition. The Surrey Docks arrived during the 19th century and added 136 acres of interlinked waterways. TUM image id: 1606859545 Licence:	St George’s Street (now part of The Highway) in 1896 Old London postcard TUM image id: 1669931242 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The ruins of Ratcliff after the fire of 1794 TUM image id: 1490892246 Licence: CC BY 2.0