Ailsa Street, E14

Ailsa Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

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Dawn Greene Emily Street, E16 Added: 24 Aug 2017 13:08 GMT	22 Emily Street My dads family lived here in 1911 maybe before still checking that out the name was Emily Gladding lived at 22 Emily Street then she married George Cassilllo y Reply
Giraud Street, E14 Added: 16 Feb 2021 13:41 GMT	Giraud Street I lived in Giraud St in 1938/1939. I lived with my Mother May Lillian Allen & my brother James Allen (Known as Lenny) My name is Tom Allen and was evacuated to Surrey from Giraud St. I am now 90 years of age. Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

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
Nower Hill, HA5 Added: 27 Mar 2023 18:28 GMT	Nower Hill, HA5 lo Reply
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
The Queens Head Added: 2 Mar 2023 13:50 GMT	The Queens Head Queens Head demolished and a NISA supermarket and flats built in its place. Reply

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Church of St Michael and All Angels The Church of St Michael and All Angels, Poplar is a Grade II listed 19th-century brick-built church.

Church of St Michael and All Angels

Langdon Park Langdon Park is a DLR station in Poplar which opened in 2007.

Langdon Park

NEARBY STREETS

Abbott Road, E14 Abbott Road is the longest road in this part of Poplar, named after its builder.

Abbott Road, E14

Andrew Street, E14 Andrew Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Andrew Street, E14

Balmore Close, E14 Balmore Close is a road in the E14 postcode area

Balmore Close, E14

Bowen Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Bowen Street, E14

Brickfield Road, E3 Brickfield Road is a road in the E3 postcode area

Brickfield Road, E3

Bright Street, E14 Bright Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Bright Street, E14

Brion Place, E14 Brion Place is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Brion Place, E14

Bromley Hall Road, E14 Named at odds with the surrounding Scottish street names, this is named for the fifteenth-century Bromley Hall

Bromley Hall Road, E14

Brushwood Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Brushwood Close, E14

Byron Street, E14 Byron Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Byron Street, E14

Caisson Moor Court, E3 Caisson Moor Court is a block on Navigation Road.

Caisson Moor Court, E3

Celtic Street, E14 Celtic Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Celtic Street, E14

Chadbourn Street, E14 Chadbourn Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Chadbourn Street, E14

Chorley Court, E14 Chorley Court can be found on Madeira Street.

Chorley Court, E14

Chrisp Street, E14 Chrisp Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Chrisp Street, E14

Clutton Street, E14 This is a street in the E14 postcode area

Clutton Street, E14

Cobden Street, E14 Cobden Street was cleared in the 1950s to make way for Langdon Park.

Cobden Street, E14

Colston House, E14 Colston House is located on Morris Road.

Colston House, E14

Cording Street, E14 Cording Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Cording Street, E14

Daniel Bolt Close, E14 Daniel Bolt Close is a road in the E14 postcode area

Daniel Bolt Close, E14

Darnaway Place, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Darnaway Place, E14

Datapoint Business Centre, E16 A street within the E16 postcode

Datapoint Business Centre, E16

Dewberry Street, E14 Dewberry Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Dewberry Street, E14

Empson House, E3 Empson House is a building on Empson Street.

Empson House, E3

Empson Street, E3 Empson Street is one of the streets of London in the E3 postal area.

Empson Street, E3

Ettrick Street, E14 Ettrick Street is nowadays split into two sections by post war developments.

Ettrick Street, E14

Exeter House, E14 Exeter House is a block on St Ives Place.

Exeter House, E14

Findhorn Street, E14 Findhorn Street is one of a series of local roads with a Scottish highlands name.

Findhorn Street, E14

Foundry House, E14 Foundry House is a building on Morris Road.

Foundry House, E14

Gemini Business Centre, E16 Gemini Business Centre is a commercial centre.

Gemini Business Centre, E16

Gillender Street, E14 Gillender Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Gillender Street, E14

Hega House, E14 Hega House is a block on Ullin Street.

Hega House, E14

Hillary Mews, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Hillary Mews, E14

Ilsley Court, E14 Ilsley Court is a block on Teviot Street.

Ilsley Court, E14

Irvine Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Irvine Close, E14

Joshua Street, E14 Joshua Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Joshua Street, E14

Jura House, E14 Jura House is a block on Aberfeldy Street.

Jura House, E14

Katherine Court, E14 Katherine Court is a block on Wellspring Close.

Katherine Court, E14

Kilbrennan House, E14 Kilbrennan House is a block on Findhorn Street.

Kilbrennan House, E14

Lee Court, E3 Lee Court can be found on Navigation Road.

Lee Court, E3

Leven Road, E14 Leven Road is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.

Leven Road, E14

Lochnagar Street, E14 Lochnagar Street runs east from the Blackwall Tunnel northern approach road.

Lochnagar Street, E14

Lonsdale House, E14 Lonsdale House is a block on Carmen Street.

Lonsdale House, E14

Madeira Street, E14 Madeira Street is a location in London.

Madeira Street, E14

Mallory Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Mallory Close, E14

Nairn Street, E14 Nairn Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Nairn Street, E14

Neap Court, E3 Neap Court is a block on Navigation Road.

Neap Court, E3

North Crescent, E16 North Crescent is one of the streets of London in the E16 postal area.

North Crescent, E16

Oakes Mews, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Oakes Mews, E14

Oban Street, E14 Oban Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Oban Street, E14

Parkin House, E14 Parkin House is a block on Rifle Street.

Parkin House, E14

Parkview Apartments, E14 Parkview Apartments is a block on Chrisp Street.

Parkview Apartments, E14

Passfield Drive, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Passfield Drive, E14

Patent House, E14 Patent House is a building on Morris Road.

Patent House, E14

Queensbury House, E14 Queensbury House is located on Equinox Square.

Queensbury House, E14

Radford House, E14 Radford House is located on St Leonard’s Road.

Radford House, E14

Radial Avenue, E14 Radial Avenue is a location in London.

Radial Avenue, E14

Ridley House, E14 Ridley House is a block on Chrisp Street.

Ridley House, E14

Rifle Street, E14 Rifle Street dates from the early 1870s.

Rifle Street, E14

Salcombe Court, E14 Salcombe Court is a building on St Ives Place.

Salcombe Court, E14

South Crescent, E16 South Crescent is one of the streets of London in the E16 postal area.

South Crescent, E16

South Crescent, E16 South Crescent is a road in the E3 postcode area

South Crescent, E16

Spey Street, E14 Originally, the older Spey Street ran north-south, later to become part of Teviot Street.

Spey Street, E14

Spey Street, E14 The modern Spey Street shares its name with a former street of the area called Spey Street.

Spey Street, E14

Springer Court, E3 Springer Court is a block on Navigation Road.

Springer Court, E3

St Andrews Way, E14 St Andrews Way is a road in the E14 postcode area

St Andrews Way, E14

St Ives Place, E14 St Ives Place lies off Leven Road.

St Ives Place, E14

St Michael’s Court, E14 St Michael’s Court is a block on Ullin Street.

St Michael’s Court, E14

Sun Court, E3 Sun Court is sited on Navigation Road.

Sun Court, E3

Teviot Street, E14 Teviot Street has a complicated modern routing, part of it originally being Spey Street.

Teviot Street, E14

Torquay Court, E14 Torquay Court is a block on St Ives Place.

Torquay Court, E14

Towcester Road, E3 Towcester Road is one of the streets of London in the E3 postal area.

Towcester Road, E3

Tweed Walk, E14 Tweed Walk leads towards Limehouse Cut from Teviot Street.

Tweed Walk, E14

Tynne Court, E14 Tynne Court is a block on Teviot Street.

Tynne Court, E14

Uamvar Street, E14 Uamvar Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Uamvar Street, E14

Ullin Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Ullin Street, E14

Venue Street, E14 Venue Street is a road in the E14 postcode area

Venue Street, E14

Wellington Street, E14 Wellington Street, later Woodin Street, disappeared from the map in the 1950s. .

Wellington Street, E14

Wellspring Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode

Wellspring Close, E14

Wyvis Street, E14 Wyvis Street runs east-west beside Manorfield Primary School.

Wyvis Street, E14

Yeoman Court, E14 Yeoman Court is a block on Tweed Walk.

Yeoman Court, E14

Zetland Street, E14 Zetland Street runs west from a former section of Brunswick Street.

Zetland Street, E14

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Poplar

Poplar - site of the first air raids.

Poplar is a historic, mainly residential area of East London. The district became the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar in 1900 - abolished in 1965 and absorbed into Tower Hamlets. The district centre is Chrisp Street Market. Poplar contains notable examples of public housing including the Lansbury Estate and Balfron Tower.

Although many people associate wartime bombing with The Blitz during World War II, the first airborne terror campaign in Britain took place during the First World War.

Air raids in World War One caused significant damage and took many lives. WWI German raids on Britain caused 1413 deaths and 3409 injuries. Air raids provided an unprecedented means of striking at resources vital to an enemy’s war effort. Many of the novel features of the war in the air between 1914 and 1918—the lighting restrictions and blackouts, the air raid warnings and the improvised shelters—became central aspects of the Second World War less than 30 years later.

The East End of London was one of the most heavily targeted places. Poplar, in particular, was struck badly by some of the air raids during the First World War. Initially these were at night by Zeppelins which bombed the area indiscriminately, leading to the death of innocent civilians.

The first daylight bombing attack on London by a fixed-wing aircraft took place on 13 June 1917. Fourteen German Gotha G bombers led by Squadron Commander Hauptmann Ernst Brandenberg flew over Essex and began dropping their bombs. It was a hot day and the sky was hazy; nevertheless, onlookers in London’s East End were able to see ’a dozen or so big aeroplanes scintillating like so many huge silver dragonflies’. These three-seater bombers were carrying shrapnel bombs which were dropped just before noon. Numerous bombs fell in rapid succession in various districts. In the East End alone 104 people were killed, 154 seriously injured and 269 slightly injured.

The gravest incident that day was a direct hit on a primary school in Poplar. In the Upper North Street School at the time were a girls’ class on the top floor, a boys’ class on the middle floor and an infant class of about 50 students on the ground floor. The bomb fell through the roof into the girls’ class; it then proceeded to fall through the boys’ classroom before finally exploding in the infant class. Eighteen students were killed, of whom sixteen were aged from 4 to 6 years old. The tragedy shocked the British public at the time.

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Poplar DLR station was opened on 21 August 1987, originally with just two platforms, being served only by the Stratford-Island Gardens branch of the DLR. As the DLR was expanded eastwards, the station was extensively remodelled, given two extra platforms and expanded.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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Bridge Street cafe. Credit: Gill Rickson TUM image id: 1526166930 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Poplar Baths (2005) Credit: Gordon Joly TUM image id: 1582639714 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Bow Locks, with Bow Creek, beyond, at low tide (2006) Limehouse Cut begins to the right of the locks. Credit: Wiki Commons/Gordon Joly TUM image id: 1642165114 Licence: CC BY 2.0	East India Road, Poplar It takes it name from the former East India Docks and its route was constructed between 1806 and 1812 as a branch of the Commercial Road. The road begins in the west at Burdett Road and continues to the River Lea bridge in the east in Canning Town. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1562851965 Licence:	Air raid damage at Athol Street bus garage, Poplar View of the damage caused to the garage roof. It can be seen that several of the roofing panels are missing, whilst others are damaged. A line-up of seven STL-type buses can be seen on the left. Credit: Topical Press/London Transport Collection TUM image id: 1665500763 Licence:
Lochnagar Street, looking east towards Islay Wharf Before the coming of the Blackwall Tunnel approach road, there was a road called Brunswick Road from which Lochnagar Street ran and from which this photo was taken. This area of Poplar contains a large number of streets with Scottish names because they were built on an estate which had been bought by the McIntosh family in 1823. The initial letters of local street names were chosen alphabetically - Aberfeldy Street, Ailsa Street, Blair Street, Culloden Street, Dee Street, Ettrick Street, Findhorn Street, Leven Road, Oban Street, Portree Street, Spey Street, Teviot Street, Wyvis Street and Zetland Street. TUM image id: 1562852551 Licence:	Blackwall station and its pier in the early 20th century. East India Dock Wall Road led to it. Credit: http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/ TUM image id: 1607093206 Licence:	East India Dock Gates and the entrance to Blackwall Tunnel (1929). The photograph is taken from the corner of Woolmore Street and Robin Hood Lane. In the background is the Poplar Hospital for Accidents TUM image id: 1620309368 Licence:

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Bow Locks, with Bow Creek, beyond, at low tide (2006) Limehouse Cut begins to the right of the locks.
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East India Road, Poplar It takes it name from the former East India Docks and its route was constructed between 1806 and 1812 as a branch of the Commercial Road. The road begins in the west at Burdett Road and continues to the River Lea bridge in the east in Canning Town.
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Air raid damage at Athol Street bus garage, Poplar View of the damage caused to the garage roof. It can be seen that several of the roofing panels are missing, whilst others are damaged. A line-up of seven STL-type buses can be seen on the left.
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Lochnagar Street, looking east towards Islay Wharf Before the coming of the Blackwall Tunnel approach road, there was a road called Brunswick Road from which Lochnagar Street ran and from which this photo was taken. This area of Poplar contains a large number of streets with Scottish names because they were built on an estate which had been bought by the McIntosh family in 1823. The initial letters of local street names were chosen alphabetically - Aberfeldy Street, Ailsa Street, Blair Street, Culloden Street, Dee Street, Ettrick Street, Findhorn Street, Leven Road, Oban Street, Portree Street, Spey Street, Teviot Street, Wyvis Street and Zetland Street.
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