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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

The Underground Map Pepys Street, EC3N Added: 20 Sep 2020 13:01 GMT	Pepys starts diary On 1 January 1659, Samuel Pepys started his famous daily diary and maintained it for ten years. The diary has become perhaps the most extensive source of information on this critical period of English history. Pepys never considered that his diary would be read by others. The original diary consisted of six volumes written in Shelton shorthand, which he had learned as an undergraduate on scholarship at Magdalene College, Cambridge. This shorthand was introduced in 1626, and was the same system Isaac Newton used when writing. Reply
Katharina Logan Ely Place, N1 Added: 9 Aug 2022 19:01 GMT	Ely place existed in name in 1857 On 7th July 1857 John James Chase and Mary Ann Weekes were married at St John the Baptist Hoxton, he of full age and she a minor. Both parties list their place of residence as Ely Place, yet according to other information, this street was not named until 1861. He was a bricklayer, she had no occupation listed, but both were literate and able to sign their names on their marriage certificate. Source: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF7-Q9Y7?cc=3734475 Reply
Graham O’Connell Lloyds Wharf, SE1 Added: 10 Apr 2021 10:24 GMT	Lloyd & Sons, Tin Box Manufacturers (1859 - 1982) A Lloyd & Sons occupied the wharf (now known as Lloyds Wharf, Mill Street) from the mid 19th Century to the late 20th Century. Best known for making tin boxes they also produced a range of things from petrol canisters to collecting tins. They won a notorious libel case in 1915 when a local councillor criticised the working conditions which, in fairness, weren’t great. There was a major fire here in 1929 but the company survived at least until 1982 and probably a year or two after that. Reply
Marion James Edith Street, E2 Added: 12 Mar 2021 17:43 GMT	26 Edith Street Haggerston On Monday 11th October 1880 Charlotte Alice Haynes was born at 26 Edith Street Haggerston the home address of her parents her father Francis Haynes a Gilder by trade and her mother Charlotte Alice Haynes and her two older siblings Francis & George who all welcomed the new born baby girl into the world as they lived in part of the small Victorian terraced house which was shared by another family had an outlook view onto the world of the Imperial Gas Works site - a very grey drab reality of the life they were living as an East End working class family - 26 Edith Street no longer stands in 2021 - the small rundown polluted terrace houses of Edith Street are long since gone along with the Gas Companies buildings to be replaced with green open parkland that is popular in 21st century by the trendy residents of today - Charlotte Alice Haynes (1880-1973) is the wife of my Great Grand Uncle Henry Pickett (1878-1930) As I research my family history I slowly begin to understand the life my descendants had to live and the hardships that they went through to survive - London is my home and there are many areas of this great city I find many of my descendants living working and dying in - I am yet to find the golden chalice! But in all truthfulness my family history is so much more than hobby its an understanding of who I am as I gather their stories. Did Charlotte Alice Pickett nee Haynes go on to live a wonderful life - no I do not think so as she became a widow in 1930 worked in a canteen and never remarried living her life in and around Haggerston & Hackney until her death in 1973 with her final resting place at Manor Park Cemetery - I think Charlotte most likely excepted her lot in life like many women from her day, having been born in the Victorian era where the woman had less choice and standing in society, which is a sad state of affairs - So I will endeavour to write about Charlotte and the many other women in my family history to give them the voice of a life they so richly deserve to be recorded ! Edith Street was well situated for the new public transport of two railway stations in 1880 :- Haggerston Railway Station opened in 1867 & Cambridge Heath Railway Station opened in 1872 Reply
Jeff Owen Owen Street, EC1V Added: 20 Mar 2021 16:18 GMT	Owen’s School Owen Street is the site of Owen’s Boys’ School. The last school was built in 1881 and was demolished in the early 1990s to make way for the development which stand there today. It was a “Direct Grant” grammar school and was founded in 1613 by Dame Alice Owen. What is now “Owen’s Fields” was the playground between the old school and the new girls’ school (known then as “Dames Alice Owen’s School” or simply “DAOS”). The boys’ school had the top two floors of that building for their science labs. The school moved to Potters Bar in Hertfordshire in 1971 and is now one of the top State comprehensive schools in the country. The old building remained in use as an accountancy college and taxi-drivers’ “knowledge” school until it was demolished. The new building is now part of City and Islington College. Owen’s was a fine school. I should know because I attended there from 1961 to 1968. Reply
Bernard Miller Windsor Terrace, N1 Added: 12 Apr 2022 17:36 GMT	My mother and her sister were born at 9 Windsor Terrace My mother, Millie Haring (later Miller) and her sister Yetta Haring (later Freedman) were born here in 1922 and 1923. With their parents and older brother and sister, they lived in two rooms until they moved to Stoke Newington in 1929. She always said there were six rooms, six families, a shared sink on the first floor landing and a toilet in the backyard. Reply
jack stevens Whites Row, E1 Added: 26 Sep 2021 13:38 GMT	Mothers birth place Number 5 Whites Row which was built in around 1736 and still standing was the premises my now 93 year old mother was born in, her name at birth was Hilda Evelyne Shaw, Reply
margaret clark Thrawl Street, E1 Added: 15 Oct 2021 22:23 GMT	Margaret’s address when she married in 1938 ^, Josepine House, Stepney is the address of my mother on her marriage certificate 1938. Her name was Margaret Irene Clark. Her father Basil Clark was a warehouse grocer. Reply
Old Nichol Street, E2 Added: 6 Nov 2021 15:03 GMT	Old Nichol Street, E2 Information about my grandfather’s tobacconist shop Reply
Admin Tower Bridge, SE1 Added: 26 Aug 2022 15:19 GMT	Bus makes a leap A number 78 double-decker bus driven by Albert Gunter was forced to jump an accidentally opening Tower Bridge. He was awarded a £10 bonus. Reply
Steven Shepherd Pitfield Street, N1 Added: 4 Feb 2021 14:20 GMT	Our House I and my three brothers were born at 178 Pitfield Street. All of my Mothers Family (ADAMS) Lived in the area. There was an area behind the house where the Hoxton Stall holders would keep the barrows. The house was classed as a slum but was a large house with a basement. The basement had 2 rooms that must have been unchanged for many years it contained a ’copper’ used to boil and clean clothes and bedlinen and a large ’range’ a cast iron coal/log fired oven. Coal was delivered through a ’coal hole’ in the street which dropped through to the basement. The front of the house used to be a shop but unused while we lived there. I have many more happy memories of the house too many to put here. Reply
Mike Elia Street, N1 Added: 28 Feb 2023 18:09 GMT	6 Elia Street When I was young I lived in 6 Elia Street. At the end of the garden there was a garage owned by Initial Laundries which ran from an access in Quick Street all the way up to the back of our garden. The fire exit to the garage was a window leading into our garden. 6 Elia Street was owned by Initial Laundry. Reply
MCNALLY Blackfriars Added: 17 May 2021 09:42 GMT	Blackfriars (1959 - 1965) I lived in Upper Ground from 1959 to 1964 I was 6 years old my parents Vince and Kitty run the Pub The Angel on the corner of Upper Ground and Bodies Bridge. I remember the ceiling of the cellar was very low and almost stretched the length of Bodies Bridge. The underground trains run directly underneath the pub. If you were down in the cellar when a train was coming it was quite frightening Reply
Martin Eaton Shoreditch Added: 14 Oct 2021 03:56 GMT	Boundary Estate Sunbury, Taplow House. Reply
STEPHEN JACKSON Fellows Court, E2 Added: 14 Nov 2021 17:25 GMT	Fellows Court, E2 my family moved into the tower block 13th floor (maisonette), in 1967 after our street Lenthall rd e8 was demolished, we were one of the first families in the new block. A number of families from our street were rehoused in this and the adjoining flats. Inside toilet and central heating, all very modern at the time, plus eventually a tarmac football pitch in the grounds,(the cage), with a goal painted by the kids on the brick wall of the railway. Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

CydKB Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance Added: 31 Mar 2023 15:07 GMT	BlackJack Playground Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance was my favourite childhood park.I went to St Mary’s Catholic school, East Row from Nursery all the way through to Year 6 before Secondary School and I was taken here to play most days. There was a centre piece flower bed in the Voysey Garden surrounded by a pond which my classmates and I used to jump over when no one was looking. The Black jack playground was the go to playground for our sports days and my every day shortcut to get close to the half penny steps foot bridge via Kensal Road. There was also a shop where we could buy ice lollies on hot summer days.The Southern Row side of the Park was filled with pebbles which used to be so fun to walk through as a child, I used to walk through the deepness of the pebbles to get to Bosworth Road or east towards Hornimans Adventure Park. Reply
John Dean’s Court, EC4M Added: 29 Mar 2023 17:31 GMT	Auction of the paper stock of Janssen and Roberts A broadside advertisement reads: "By auction, to be sold on Thursday next being the 16th of this present July, the remainder of the stock in partnership between Janssen and Roberts, at their late dwelling-house in Dean’s Court, the south side of St. Pauls, consisting of Genoa papers according to the particulars underneath." The date in the ESTC record is purely speculative; July 16th was a Thursday in many years during the 18th century; 1750 is only one possibility. Extensive searching has found no other record of the partners or the auction. Source: ESTC - Search Results Reply
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Albert Mews, SW7 Added: 26 Mar 2023 14:50 GMT	Albert Mews It is not a gargoyle over the entrance arch to Albert Mews, it is a likeness of Prince Albert himself. Reply
Christine D Elliott Blockhouse Street, SE15 Added: 20 Mar 2023 15:52 GMT	The Blute Family My grandparents, Frederick William Blute & Alice Elizabeth Blute nee: Warnham lived at 89 Blockhouse Street Deptford from around 1917.They had six children. 1. Alice Maragret Blute (my mother) 2. Frederick William Blute 3. Charles Adrian Blute 4. Violet Lillian Blute 5. Donald Blute 6. Stanley Vincent Blute (Lived 15 months). I lived there with my family from 1954 (Birth) until 1965 when we were re-housed for regeneration to the area. I attended Ilderton Road School. Very happy memories of that time. Reply
Pearl Foster Dukes Place, EC3A Added: 20 Mar 2023 12:22 GMT	Dukes Place, EC3A Until his death in 1767, Daniel Nunes de Lara worked from his home in Dukes Street as a Pastry Cook. It was not until much later the street was renamed Dukes Place. Daniel and his family attended the nearby Bevis Marks synagogue for Sephardic Jews. The Ashkenazi Great Synagogue was established in Duke Street, which meant Daniel’s business perfectly situated for his occupation as it allowed him to cater for both congregations. Reply
Dr Paul Flewers Hawthorne Close, N1 Added: 9 Mar 2023 18:12 GMT	Some Brief Notes on Hawthorne Close / Hawthorne Street My great-grandparents lived in the last house on the south side of Hawthorne Street, no 13, and my grandmother Alice Knopp and her brothers and sisters grew up there. Alice Knopp married Charles Flewers, from nearby Hayling Road, and moved to Richmond, Surrey, where I was born. Leonard Knopp married Esther Gutenberg and lived there until the street was demolished in the mid-1960s, moving on to Tottenham. Uncle Len worked in the fur trade, then ran a pet shop in, I think, the Kingsland Road. From the back garden, one could see the almshouses in the Balls Pond Road. There was an ink factory at the end of the street, which I recall as rather malodorous. Reply
KJH Andover Road, N7 Added: 7 Mar 2023 17:14 GMT	Andover Road, N7 (1939 - 1957) My aunt, Doris nee Curtis (aka Jo) and her husband John Hawkins (aka Jack) ran a small general stores at 92 Andover Road (N7). I have found details in the 1939 register but don’t know how long before that it was opened.He died in 1957. In the 1939 register he is noted as being an ARP warden for Islington warden Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

34 Redchurch Street, E2 34 Redchurch Street has existed since at least the late seventeenth century.

34 Redchurch Street, E2

Bunhill Fields Bunhill Fields was in use as a burial ground from 1665 until 1854.

Bunhill Fields

Courtyard Theatre The Courtyard is a theatre housed in the former Passmore Edwards Free Library.

Courtyard Theatre

Honourable Artillery Company Museum The Honourable Artillery Company Museum opened in 1987.

Honourable Artillery Company Museum

Shoreditch Shoreditch is a place in the London Borough of Hackney. It is a built-up district located 2.3 miles (3.7 km) north east of Charing Cross.

Shoreditch

St Luke’s Hospital for Lunatics St Luke’s Hospital for Lunatics was founded in London in 1751 for the treatment of incurable pauper lunatics by a group of philanthropists.

St Luke’s Hospital for Lunatics

Tenter Ground Tenter Ground harks back to the seventeenth century when this patch of land was surrounded by weavers’ houses and workshops and used to wash and stretch their fabrics on ’tenters’ to dry.

Tenter Ground

Virginia Primary School Virginia Primary School is a mixed school in Tower Hamlets, built in 1887.

Virginia Primary School

Wesley’s Chapel Wesley’s Chapel - originally the City Road Chapel - is a Methodist church built under the direction of John Wesley.

Wesley’s Chapel

Whitefield’s Tabernacle Whitefield’s Tabernacle is a former church at the corner of Tabernacle Street and Leonard Street.

Whitefield’s Tabernacle

NEARBY STREETS

Abingdon House, E2 Abingdon House is a building on Boundary Street.

Abingdon House, E2

Albert House, EC1V Albert House is a block on Old Street.

Albert House, EC1V

Alexander Russell House, EC2A Alexander Russell House is a block on Great Eastern Street.

Alexander Russell House, EC2A

Alphabeta Building, EC2A Alphabeta Building is sited on Worship Street.

Alphabeta Building, EC2A

Anning Street, EC2A Anning Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Anning Street, EC2A

Appold Court, E2 Appold Court is a block on Godfrey Place.

Appold Court, E2

Appold Street, EC2A Appold Street runs north-south on the City of London side of Liverpool Street station.

Appold Street, EC2A

Arnold Circus, E2 Arnold Circus lies to the north of Shoreditch.

Arnold Circus, E2

Arnold House, EC2A Arnold House is a block on Great Eastern Street.

Arnold House, EC2A

Astrix House, EC2A Astrix House is a block on Holywell Row.

Astrix House, EC2A

Austin Street, E2 Austin Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Austin Street, E2

Bache’s Street, N1 This is a street in the N1 postcode area

Bache’s Street, N1

Bailey Court, E2 Bailey Court is a block on Hackney Road.

Bailey Court, E2

Baldwin Street, EC1V Baldwin Street was named after Richard Baldwin, Treasurer at St Bartholomew’s Hospital when the street was built in 1811.

Baldwin Street, EC1V

Baroda House, EC1Y Baroda House is located on City Road.

Baroda House, EC1Y

Bartletts Place, EC2A Bartletts Place was Bartletts Buildings on the 1860s mapping, not appearing before then.

Bartletts Place, EC2A

Bateman’s Row, EC2A This is a street in the EC2A postcode area

Bateman’s Row, EC2A

Bath Place, EC2A Bath Place leads off of Rivington Street.

Bath Place, EC2A

Bavaria House, EC2A Bavaria House is sited on Appold Street.

Bavaria House, EC2A

Bedford House, E1 Bedford House is a block on Wheler Street.

Bedford House, E1

Bethnal Green Road, E1 Bethnal Green Road is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Bethnal Green Road, E1

Biscuit Building, E2 Biscuit Building is a block on Redchurch Street.

Biscuit Building, E2

Bishopsgate Court, E1 Bishopsgate Court is a block on Norton Folgate.

Bishopsgate Court, E1

Black & White Building, EC2A Black & White Building is a block on Rivington Street.

Black & White Building, EC2A

Blackall Street, EC2A Blackall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Blackall Street, EC2A

Blacksea House, EC2A Blacksea House is a block on Wilson Street.

Blacksea House, EC2A

Blossom Place, E1 Blossom Place ran west off Blossom Street.

Blossom Place, E1

Blossom Street, E1 Blossom Street runs from Fleur De Lis Street to Folgate Street.

Blossom Street, E1

Bonhill Street, EC2A Bonhill Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Bonhill Street, EC2A

Boot Street, N1 Boot Street is a road in the N1 postcode area

Boot Street, N1

Bornhill Street, EC2A Bornhill Street is a location in London.

Bornhill Street, EC2A

Boundary Passage, E1 Boundary Passage is a road in the E1 postcode area

Boundary Passage, E1

Boundary Street, E2 Boundary Street was at first called Cock Lane.

Boundary Street, E2

Bowl Court, EC2A Bowl Court is a road in the E1 postcode area

Bowl Court, EC2A

Bowling Green Walk, N1 Bowling Green Walk is a road in the N1 postcode area

Bowling Green Walk, N1

Braithwaite Street, E1 Braithwaite Street is a road in the E1 postcode area

Braithwaite Street, E1

Broadgate Tower, EC2A Broadgate Tower can be found on Primrose Street.

Broadgate Tower, EC2A

Broadwalk House, EC2A Broadwalk House is a block on Appold Street.

Broadwalk House, EC2A

Brunswick Place, EC1V Brunswick Place is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Brunswick Place, EC1V

Bunhill Row, EC1Y Bunhill Row is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.

Bunhill Row, EC1Y

Burbage House, EC2A Burbage House is a block on Curtain Road.

Burbage House, EC2A

Calvert Avenue, E2 Calvert Avenue is one of the streets radiating from Arnold Circus.

Calvert Avenue, E2

Calvin Street, E1 Calvin Street was part of the Wheler Estate.

Calvin Street, E1

Camlet Street, E2 Camlet Street is one of the Huguenot streetnames of the area.

Camlet Street, E2

Castle House, EC2A Castle House is a block on Paul Street.

Castle House, EC2A

Celia Blairman House, E1 Celia Blairman House is a block on Folgate Street.

Celia Blairman House, E1

Chance Street, E1 Chance Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Chance Street, E1

Chapel Place, EC2A Chapel Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Chapel Place, EC2A

Charles Square, N1 Charles Square is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Charles Square, N1

Charlotte House, EC2A Charlotte House can be found on Charlotte Road.

Charlotte House, EC2A

Charlotte Road, EC2A Charlotte Road is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Charlotte Road, EC2A

Chiswell Street, EC1Y Chiswell Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.

Chiswell Street, EC1Y

Christina Street, EC2A Christina Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Christina Street, EC2A

Christopher Street, EC2A Christopher Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Christopher Street, EC2A

City Lofts, EC2A City Lofts is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

City Lofts, EC2A

City Road, EC1Y City Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.

City Road, EC1Y

Classic House, EC1V Classic House is a block on Old Street.

Classic House, EC1V

Cleeve Workshops, E2 Cleeve Workshops is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Cleeve Workshops, E2

Clere Street, EC2A Clere Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Clere Street, EC2A

Clifton House, EC2A Clifton House is a block on Holywell Row.

Clifton House, EC2A

Clifton Street, EC2A Clifton Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Clifton Street, EC2A

Club Row, E1 Club Row is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Club Row, E1

Club Row, E2 Club Row leaves Arnold Circus in a southerly direction.

Club Row, E2

Cock Alley, EC2M Cock Alley was a rather risque streetname leading west off Norton Folgate.

Cock Alley, EC2M

Collingwood Street, E2 Collingwood Street was at the heart of the Old Nicol rookery.

Collingwood Street, E2

Corinthian House, EC2A Corinthian House is a block on Great Eastern Street.

Corinthian House, EC2A

Coronet Street, N1 Coronet Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Coronet Street, N1

Corsham Street, N1 Corsham Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Corsham Street, N1

Cowper Street, EC2A Cowper Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Cowper Street, EC2A

Cranwood Street, EC1V Cranwood Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Cranwood Street, EC1V

Crown Place, EC2A Crown Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Crown Place, EC2A

Curtain House, EC2A Curtain House is sited on Curtain Road.

Curtain House, EC2A

Curtain Place, EC2A Curtain Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Curtain Place, EC2A

Curtain Road, EC2A Curtain Road was the first location of a place called a ’theatre’ - in the sense of a location where acting is performed.

Curtain Road, EC2A

Curzon House, EC2A Curzon House is a block on Clifton Street.

Curzon House, EC2A

Davies House, EC2A Davies House is a block on Sun Street.

Davies House, EC2A

Dereham Place, EC2A Dereham Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Dereham Place, EC2A

Development House, EC2A Development House is a block on Leonard Street.

Development House, EC2A

DialaCab House, N1 DialaCab House is a block on East Road.

DialaCab House, N1

Drysdale Street, N1 Drysdale Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Drysdale Street, N1

Earl Street, EC2A Earl Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Earl Street, EC2A

Ebor Street, E1 Ebor Street is a road in the E1 postcode area

Ebor Street, E1

Eden House, E1 Eden House is a block on Spital Square.

Eden House, E1

Elder Street, E1 Elder Street was laid out from 1722 as part of the St John and Tillard Estate.

Elder Street, E1

EMA House, EC2A EMA House is a block on Tabernacle Street.

EMA House, EC2A

Entex House, EC1V Entex House is a block on Old Street.

Entex House, EC1V

Epworth Street, EC2A Epworth Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Epworth Street, EC2A

Exchange House, EC2A Exchange House is a block on Primrose Street.

Exchange House, EC2A

Fairchild Place, EC2A Fairchild Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Fairchild Place, EC2A

Fairchild Street, EC2A Fairchild Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Fairchild Street, EC2A

Featherstone Street, EC1Y Featherstone Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.

Featherstone Street, EC1Y

Finsbury Court, EC2A Finsbury Court was obliterated in a redevelopment programme taking in Finsbury Pavement.

Finsbury Court, EC2A

Finsbury Square, EC2A Finsbury Square is a 0.7-hectare square in central London which includes a six-rink grass bowling green.

Finsbury Square, EC2A

Finsbury Street, EC2A Finsbury Street is a road in the EC2Y postcode area

Finsbury Street, EC2A

Fitzroy House, EC2A Fitzroy House is a block on Epworth Street.

Fitzroy House, EC2A

Fleur De Lis Street, E1 Fleur De Lis Street runs west from Commercial Street.

Fleur De Lis Street, E1

Folgate Street, E1 Folgate Street, formerly White Lion Yard and White Lion Street, has 17th century origins.

Folgate Street, E1

Frankie House, E1 Frankie House is a block on Whitby Street.

Frankie House, E1

French Place, EC2A French Place is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

French Place, EC2A

Galileo Apartments, EC1Y Galileo Apartments is a block on Featherstone Street.

Galileo Apartments, EC1Y

Garden Walk, EC2A Garden Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Garden Walk, EC2A

Gatesborough Street, EC2A Gatesborough Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Gatesborough Street, EC2A

Glyn House, EC1Y Glyn House is a block on City Road.

Glyn House, EC1Y

Great Eastern Street, EC2A Great Eastern Street was laid out in 1872-6

Great Eastern Street, EC2A

Gun Yard, E1 Gun Yard ran west out of Norton Folgate.

Gun Yard, E1

Hackney House, EC2A Hackney House is a block on Curtain Road.

Hackney House, EC2A

Hearn Street, EC2A Hearn Street is a road in the EC2A postcode area

Hearn Street, EC2A

Hewett Street, EC2A Hewett Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Hewett Street, EC2A

Hocker Street, E2 Hocker Street, like the other seven roads radiating from Arnold Circus commemorate the Huguenot connection with the area.

Hocker Street, E2

Hoffman Square, N1 Hoffman Square is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Hoffman Square, N1

Holderness House, EC2A Holderness House is a block on Clifton Street.

Holderness House, EC2A

Holywell Centre, EC2A Holywell Centre is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Holywell Centre, EC2A

Holywell Lane, EC2A Holywell Lane runs west from Shoreditch High Street and runs on to Curtain Road.

Holywell Lane, EC2A

Holywell Row, EC2A Holywell Row is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Holywell Row, EC2A

Hoxton Market, N1 Hoxton Market is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Hoxton Market, N1

Hoxton Square, N1 Hoxton Square is a garden square laid out in 1683

Hoxton Square, N1

Jerome Street, E1 Jerome Street was formerly Vine Street and part of the Wheler estate.

Jerome Street, E1

Karma Yoga House, EC1V A street within the N1 postcode

Karma Yoga House, EC1V

Kayam House, EC2A Kayam House is a block on Paul Street.

Kayam House, EC2A

Kiffen Street, EC2A Kiffen Street links Leonard Street to Clere Street.

Kiffen Street, EC2A

King John Court, E1 King John Court runs between Holywell Lane and New Inn Yard.

King John Court, E1

Lamb Street, E1 Lamb Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Lamb Street, E1

Leonard Circus, EC2A Leonard Circus is a location in London.

Leonard Circus, EC2A

Leonard Street, EC2A Leonard Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Leonard Street, EC2A

Lexington Apartments, EC1Y Lexington Apartments is a block on City Road.

Lexington Apartments, EC1Y

Life Line House, EC2A Life Line House is sited on Clifton Street.

Life Line House, EC2A

Ligonier Street, E2 Ligonier Street is a road in the E2 postcode area

Ligonier Street, E2

Longbow House, EC1Y Longbow House is a block on Chiswell Street.

Longbow House, EC1Y

Longbow House, EC2A Longbow House is a block on Chiswell Street.

Longbow House, EC2A

Lowndes House, EC1Y Lowndes House is located on City Road.

Lowndes House, EC1Y

Luke Street, EC2A Luke Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Luke Street, EC2A

Magpie Alley, E1 Magpie Alley was an old name for the western section of Fleur de Lys Street.

Magpie Alley, E1

Mallow Street, EC1Y Mallow Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.

Mallow Street, EC1Y

Mark Street, EC2A Mark Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Mark Street, EC2A

Marlow House, E2 Marlow House was built in 1899.

Marlow House, E2

Marlow Workshops, E2 Marlow Workshops is a Victorian block containing a mixture of residential and commercial use.

Marlow Workshops, E2

Martha’s Buildings, EC1Y Martha’s Buildings is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Martha’s Buildings, EC1Y

Mercury House, N1 Mercury House is a block on Chart Street.

Mercury House, N1

Mill House, EC2A Residential block

Mill House, EC2A

Mills Court, EC2A Mills Court is a location in London.

Mills Court, EC2A

Monmouth House, EC1Y Monmouth House is a block on City Road.

Monmouth House, EC1Y

Moor Alley, EC2M Moor Alley ran from Norton Folgate to Moor’s Garden.

Moor Alley, EC2M

Moorâ€™s Garden, EC2P Moor’s Garden was buried under the platforms of Liverpool Street station.

Moorâ€™s Garden, EC2P

Moorgate House, EC2A Moorgate House is a block on Dysart Street.

Moorgate House, EC2A

Morrell House, EC2A Morrell House is a block on Curtain Road.

Morrell House, EC2A

Nantes Passage, E1 Nantes Passage (also Church Passage) was built for Huguenot weavers.

Nantes Passage, E1

Navarre Street, E2 Navarre Street leads southwest from Arnold Circus towards Boundary Street.

Navarre Street, E2

Nena House, EC2A Nena House can be found on Great Eastern Street.

Nena House, EC2A

New Inn Broadway, EC2A New Inn Broadway is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

New Inn Broadway, EC2A

New Inn Square, EC2A New Inn Square is a road in the EC2A postcode area

New Inn Square, EC2A

New Inn Street, EC2A New Inn Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

New Inn Street, EC2A

New Inn Yard, E1 New Inn Yard once ran through Holywell Priory at the western end of which was the world’s first ’theatre’.

New Inn Yard, E1

New North Place, EC2A New North Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

New North Place, EC2A

Norton Folgate, E1 Norton Folgate links Bishopsgate and Shoreditch High Street.

Norton Folgate, E1

Old Street, EC1Y Old Street runs west to east from Goswell Road in Clerkenwell to a crossroads in Shoreditch.

Old Street, EC1Y

Oliver’s Yard, EC2A Oliver’s Yard is a road in the EC2A postcode area

Oliver’s Yard, EC2A

Palissy Street, E2 Palissy Street runs northeast from Arnold Circus.

Palissy Street, E2

Parkinson Court, N1 Parkinson Court is a block on Charles Square.

Parkinson Court, N1

Paul Street, EC2A Paul Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Paul Street, EC2A

Peerless Street, EC1V Peerless Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Peerless Street, EC1V

Perseverance Works, E2 Perseverance Works is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Perseverance Works, E2

Phipp Street, EC2A Phipp Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Phipp Street, EC2A

Pindar Street, EC2A Pindar Street is a road in the EC2A postcode area

Pindar Street, EC2A

Playground Gardens, E2 Playground Gardens is a location in London.

Playground Gardens, E2

Plough Yard, EC2A Plough Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Plough Yard, EC2A

Primrose Street, EC2A Primrose Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Primrose Street, EC2A

Primrose Street, EC2A Primrose Street is a location in London.

Primrose Street, EC2A

Principal Place, EC2A Principal Place is a location in London.

Principal Place, EC2A

Printing House Yard, E2 Printing House Yard is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Printing House Yard, E2

Provost & East Building, Provost & East Building lies within the postcode.

Provost & East Building,

Railway Arches, EC2A Railway Arches is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Railway Arches, EC2A

Ravey Street, EC2A Ravey Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Ravey Street, EC2A

Redchurch Street, E1 Redchurch Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Redchurch Street, E1

Rivington House, EC2A Rivington House is a block on Great Eastern Street.

Rivington House, EC2A

Rivington Place, EC2A Rivington Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Rivington Place, EC2A

Rivington Street, EC2A Rivington Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Rivington Street, EC2A

Rufus Street, N1 Rufus Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area.

Rufus Street, N1

Scrutton Street, EC2A Scrutton Street is the eastern extension of Epworth Street.

Scrutton Street, EC2A

Shoreditch High Street, E1 Shoreditch High Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Shoreditch High Street, E1

Shoreditch High Street, EC2A Shoreditch High Street is a road in the EC2A postcode area

Shoreditch High Street, EC2A

Shoreditch High Street, EC2A Shoreditch High Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Shoreditch High Street, EC2A

Shoreditch High Street, EC2A This is a street in the E8 postcode area

Shoreditch High Street, EC2A

Silicon Way, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Silicon Way, N1

Silwex House, E1 Residential block

Silwex House, E1

Singer Street, EC1V Singer Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Singer Street, EC1V

Singer Street, EC1V Singer Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area

Singer Street, EC1V

Snowden Street, EC2A Snowden Street is a road in the EC2A postcode area

Snowden Street, EC2A

Spital Square, E1 Spital Square was started in 1733.

Spital Square, E1

Spital Yard, E1 Spital Yard is a mews of 17th century origins, serving the backs of houses on Norton Folgate and Spital Square.

Spital Yard, E1

Square Studio, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Square Studio, N1

Standard Place, EC2A Standard Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Standard Place, EC2A

Stapleton House, EC2A Stapleton House is a block on Clifton Street.

Stapleton House, EC2A

Summit House, EC2A Summit House is a block on Great Eastern Street.

Summit House, EC2A

Sun Street, EC2M Sun Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Sun Street, EC2M

Suna House, EC2A Suna House is sited on Rivington Street.

Suna House, EC2A

Sunbury Workshops, E2 Sunbury Workshops is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Sunbury Workshops, E2

Symister Mews, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Symister Mews, N1

Tabernacle Street, EC2A Tabernacle Street was where George Whitefield’s ’Tabernacle’ was built by his supporters after he separated from Wesley in 1741.

Tabernacle Street, EC2A

Tea Building, E1 Tea Building is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Tea Building, E1

Technico House, EC2A Technico House is located on Christopher Street.

Technico House, EC2A

Telephone House, EC2A Telephone House is a block on Paul Street.

Telephone House, EC2A

The Arches, EC2A The Arches is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

The Arches, EC2A

The Bezier Apartments, EC1Y The Bezier Apartments is a block on City Road.

The Bezier Apartments, EC1Y

The Broadgate Tower, EC2A A street within the EC2A postcode

The Broadgate Tower, EC2A

The Tea Building, E1 The Tea Building is a building on Shoreditch High Street.

The Tea Building, E1

Timber Yard, N1 A street within the N1 postcode

Timber Yard, N1

Touchard House, N1 Touchard House is a block on Charles Square.

Touchard House, N1

Unicorn House, E1 Unicorn House can be found on Shoreditch High Street.

Unicorn House, E1

Unicorn House, EC2A Unicorn House is a building on Shoreditch High Street.

Unicorn House, EC2A

Union Place, E1 Union Place was a small alleyway off Quaker Street.

Union Place, E1

Vandy Street, EC2A Vandy Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Vandy Street, EC2A

Victoria House, EC1V A street within the EC1V postcode

Victoria House, EC1V

Victoria House, EC2A Victoria House is a location in London.

Victoria House, EC2A

Vince Court, N1 Vince Court is a block on Charles Square.

Vince Court, N1

Vince Street, EC1V Vince Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area.

Vince Street, EC1V

Virginia Road, E2 Virginia Road is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Virginia Road, E2

Wendt House, E1 Wendt House can be found on Shoreditch High Street.

Wendt House, E1

Wheler House, E1 Wheler House is a block on Quaker Street.

Wheler House, E1

Wheler Street, E1 Wheler Street runs north from Commercial Street.

Wheler Street, E1

Whitby Street, E1 Whitby Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Whitby Street, E1

Willow Court, EC2A Willow Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Willow Court, EC2A

Willow Street, EC2A Willow Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Willow Street, EC2A

Wilson Street, EC2A Wilson Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Wilson Street, EC2A

Winkworth Court, N1 Winkworth Court is a block on Brunswick Place.

Winkworth Court, N1

Works House, N1 Works House is a block on Brunswick Place.

Works House, N1

Worship Mews, EC2A Worship Mews is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Worship Mews, EC2A

Worship Street, EC2A Worship Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Worship Street, EC2A

Zeus House 16-30, EC2A A street within the EC2A postcode

Zeus House 16-30, EC2A

NEARBY PUBS

Addiscombe Line

Be at One Limited

Bill’s Restaurant

Blackwall Tunnel The Old Kings Head is located at 28 Holywell Row, EC2.

Blackwall Tunnel

Cargo, The Arches

Casita

Charlie Wright’s International

Commercial Tavern The Commercial Tavern is on Commercial Street.

Commercial Tavern

Dragon Bar

Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes

East Village

Far Rockaway

Honourable Artillery Company

Horse And Groom The Horse And Groom is on Curtain Road.

Horse And Groom

Iambic Bar

Lounge Bohemia

Love’s Company, Unit 1

McQueen

Mkm Entertainment Ltd

Ninetyeight Bar and Lounge

Singer

The Fox

The Owl And The Pussycat The Owl And The Pussycat is a pub on Redchurch St.

The Owl And The Pussycat

The Primrose The Primrose was a pub on the corner of Norton Folgate and Primrose Street.

The Primrose

The Princess Of Shoreditch

The Windmill

Three Blind Mice

Trafik

XOYO (GROUND FLOOR)

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Bank station Credit: IG/steven.maddison TUM image id: 1653840363 Licence: CC BY 2.0	"Cheapside and Bow Church" engraved by W. Albutt (1837) First published in The History of London: Illustrated by Views in London and Westminster. Steel engraved print after a picture by T.H. Shepherd. Credit: W. Albutt TUM image id: 1507465321 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Georg Giese from Danzig, 34-year-old German merchant at the Steelyard, painted in London by Hans Holbein in 1532 Credit: Hans Holbein TUM image id: 1490827371 Licence:	Walbrook Wharf is an operating freight wharf located in the City of London adjacent to Cannon Street station. TUM image id: 1508582712 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Bevis Marks Synagogue Credit: John Salmon TUM image id: 1519475277 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Exterior of St Katherine Cree, City of London Credit: Prioryman TUM image id: 1519729630 Licence: CC BY 2.0	St James Duke Credit: Robert William Billings and John Le Keux TUM image id: 1520552156 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Petticoat Lane in the 1920s Credit: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) TUM image id: 1523993996 Licence:	St Lukes Hospital for Lunatics, London TUM image id: 1554045418 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The gravestone of English poet William Blake in Bunhill Fields Burial Ground Credit: https://careergappers.com/ TUM image id: 1622643378 Licence:
Etching of All Hallows Staining tower, drawn in 1922 Credit: Public domain TUM image id: 1585749143 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Mark Lane station Credit: London Transport TUM image id: 1585759751 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Mass grave for plague victims, Holywell Mount (1665) Holywell Mount is the source of the River Walbrook. Today it lies underneath Luke Street in Shoreditch but, then in open land, was used as a plague pit in 1665. TUM image id: 1627419399 Licence:	"London Bridge from the Old Swan" by the Irish painter Hubert Pugh (1780) Shooting the tidal rapids at old London Bridge was dangerous; many passengers preferred to get off at the Old Swan, and walk. Immediately across the river in the painting is St Saviour’s Church, now Southwark Cathedral. Credit: Hubert Pugh (Bank of England Museum) TUM image id: 1623675815 Licence:	The Primrose pub on the corner of Norton Folgate/Bishopsgate and Primrose Street (1912) The Primrose, which had existed since at least since 1839, was demolished in 1987 Credit: CA Mathew/Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1641566818 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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"Cheapside and Bow Church" engraved by W. Albutt (1837) First published in The History of London: Illustrated by Views in London and Westminster. Steel engraved print after a picture by T.H. Shepherd.
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Walbrook Wharf is an operating freight wharf located in the City of London adjacent to Cannon Street station.
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The gravestone of English poet William Blake in Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
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Optician built into the facade of St Ethelburga’s, Bishopsgate, c.1910
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The Church of All Hallows Lombard Street as seen from Ball Alley in the 1820s. All Hallows was a rare City of London church not demolished due to the Great Fire or the Blitz but to falling attendances. Taken from ’The Churches of London’ by George Godwin (1839)
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Shepherd’s Place archway (built c. 1810), and Tenter Street (c. 1820) in 1909
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Shown on many older maps as Dashwood Walk, in the 17th century Alderman’s Walk was a passageway leading to the large house and gardens of Sir Frances Dashwood. The poet John Keats was christened at nearby St Botolph’s church in 1795
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Optician built into the facade of St Ethelburga’s, Bishopsgate, c.1910
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The shoemaker was a 1907 London comedy drama, a play "full of tears and laughter."
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