Assam Street, E1

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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
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
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
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
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
fariba Tower Bridge Business Complex, S Added: 28 Jun 2021 00:48 GMT	Tower Bridge Business Complex, S need for my coursework Source: university 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
The Underground Map Aldgate Added: 8 Mar 2021 15:05 GMT	A plague on all your houses Aldgate station is built directly on top of a vast plague pit, where thousands of bodies are apparently buried. No-one knows quite how many. Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

danny currie William Miller’s Yard Added: 30 Nov 2022 18:39 GMT	dads yard ron currie had a car breaking yard in millers yard back in the 60s good old days Reply
Lynette beardwood Ebury Street, SW1W Added: 29 Nov 2022 20:53 GMT	Spy’s Club Topham’s Hotel at 24-28 Ebury Street was called the Ebury Court Hotel. Its first proprietor was a Mrs Topham. In WW2 it was a favourite watering hole for the various intelligence organisations based in the Pimlico area. The first woman infiltrated into France in 1942, FANY Yvonne Rudellat, was recruited by the Special Operations Executive while working there. She died in Bergen Belsen in April 1945. Reply
Gardnor Road, NW3 Added: 16 Nov 2022 12:39 GMT	The Pearce family lived in Gardnor Road The Pearce family moved into Gardnor Road around 1900 after living in Fairfax walk, my Great grandfather, wife and there children are recorded living in number 4 Gardnor road in the 1911 census, yet I have been told my grand father was born in number 4 in 1902, generations of the Pearce continue living in number 4 as well other houses in the road up until the 1980’s Reply
Gardnor Road, NW3 Added: 16 Nov 2022 12:38 GMT	The Pearce family lived in Gardnor Road The Pearce family moved into Gardnor Road around 1900 after living in Fairfax walk, my Great grandfather, wife and there children are recorded living in number 4 Gardnor road in the 1911 census, yet I have been told my grand father was born in number 4 in 1902, generations of the Pearce continue living in number 4 as well other houses in the road up until the 1980’s Reply
Phil Stubbington Rodenhurst Road, SW4 Added: 14 Nov 2022 16:28 GMT	Numbers 60 to 70 (1901 - 1939) A builder, Robert Maeers (1842-1919), applied to build six houses on plots 134 to 139 on the Lincoln House Estate on 5 October 1901. He received approval on 8 October 1901. These would become numbers 60 to 70 Rodenhurst Road (60 is plot 139). Robert Maeers was born in Northleigh, Devon. In 1901 he was living in 118 Elms Road with his wife Georgina, nee Bagwell. They had four children, Allan, Edwin, Alice, and Harriet, born between 1863 and 1873. Alice Maeers was married to John Rawlins. Harriet Maeers was married to William Street. Three of the six houses first appear on the electoral register in 1904: Daniel Mescal “Ferncroft” William Francis Street “Hillsboro” Henry Elkin “Montrose” By the 1905 electoral register all six are occupied: Daniel Mescal “St Senans” Henry Robert Honeywood “Grasmere” John Rawlins “Iveydene” William Francis Street “Hillsboro” Walter Ernest Manning “St Hilda” Henry Elkin “Montrose” By 1906 house numbers replace names: Daniel Mescal 70 Henry Robert Honeywood 68 John Rawlins 66 William Francis Street 64 Walter Ernest Manning 62 Henry Elkin 60 It’s not clear whether number 70 changed from “Ferncroft” to “St Senans” or possibly Daniel Mescal moved houses. In any event, it can be seen that Robert Maeers’ two daughters are living in numbers 64 and 66, with, according to local information, an interconnecting door. In the 1911 census William Street is shown as a banker’s clerk. John Rawlins is a chartering clerk in shipping. Robert Maeers and his wife are also living at this address, Robert being shown as a retired builder. By 1939 all the houses are in different ownership except number 60, where the Elkins are still in residence. Reply
stephen garraway Treverton Street, W10 Added: 13 Nov 2022 13:56 GMT	Martin Street, Latimer Road I was born at St Charlottes and lived at 14, Martin Street, Latimer Road W10 until I was 4 years old when we moved to the east end. It was my Nan Grant’s House and she was the widow of George Frederick Grant. She had two sons, George and Frederick, and one daughter, my mother Margaret Patricia. The downstairs flat where we lived had two floors, the basement and the ground floor. The upper two floors were rented to a Scot and his family, the Smiths. He had red hair. The lights and cooker were gas and there was one cold tap over a Belfast sink. A tin bath hung on the wall. The toilet was outside in the yard. This was concreted over and faced the the rear of the opposite terraces. All the yards were segregated by high brick walls. The basement had the a "best" room with a large , dark fireplace with two painted metal Alsation ornaments and it was very dark, cold and little used. The street lights were gas and a man came round twice daily to turn them on and off using a large pole with a hook and a lighted torch on the end. I remember men coming round the streets with carts selling hot chestnuts and muffins and also the hurdy gurdy man with his instrument and a monkey in a red jacket. I also remember the first time I saw a black man and my mother pulling me away from him. He had a Trilby and pale Mackintosh so he must of been one of the first of the Windrush people. I seem to recall he had a thin moustache. Uncle George had a small delivery lorry but mum lost touch with him and his family. Uncle Fred went to Peabody Buildings near ST.Pauls. My Nan was moved to a maisonette in White City around 1966, and couldn’t cope with electric lights, cookers and heating and she lost all of her neighbourhood friends. Within six months she had extreme dementia and died in a horrible ward in Tooting Bec hospital a year or so later. An awful way to end her life, being moved out of her lifelong neighbourhood even though it was slums. Reply
Conder Street, E14 Added: 31 Oct 2022 18:47 GMT	Memories I lived at 7 Conder Street in a prefab from roughly 1965 to 1971 approx - happy memories- sad to see it is no more ? Reply
Eve Glover Holmesley Road, WD6 Added: 22 Oct 2022 09:28 GMT	Shenley Road Shenley Road is the main street in Borehamwood where the Job Centre and Blue Arrow were located Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

29 Aldgate High Street 29 Aldgate High Street is a demolished property, originally on the north side of Aldgate High Street..

29 Aldgate High Street

46 Aldgate High Street This Grade II Listed office building is one of the few timber-framed buildings in the City that predates the Great Fire of 1666.

46 Aldgate High Street

Aldgate Aldgate was one of the massive gates which defended the City from Roman times until 1760.

Aldgate

Aldgate bus station Aldgate Bus Station serves the Aldgate area of the City of London.

Aldgate bus station

Aldgate East In a land east of Aldgate, lies the land of Aldgate East...

Aldgate East

Altab Ali Park Altab Ali Park is a small park on Adler Street, White Church Lane and Whitechapel Road.

Altab Ali Park

Boar’s Head Theatre The Boar’s Head Theatre was an inn-yard theatre in the Whitechapel area.

Boar’s Head Theatre

Goodman’s Fields Goodman’s Fields was a farm beyond the walls of the City.

Goodman’s Fields

Goodman’s Fields Theatre Two 18th century theatres bearing the name Goodman’s Fields Theatre were located on Alie Street, Whitechapel.

Goodman’s Fields Theatre

Holy Trinity, Minories Holy Trinity, Minories was a Church of England parish church outside the eastern boundaries of the City of London, but within the Liberties of the Tower of London.

Holy Trinity, Minories

Pavilion Theatre The Pavilion Theatre at 191–193 Whitechapel Road was the first major theatre to open in the East End.

Pavilion Theatre

Portsoken Portsoken is one of 25 wards in the City of London, each electing an alderman to the Court of Aldermen and commoners (the City equivalent of a councillor) elected to the Court of Common Council of the City of London Corporation.

Portsoken

St Botolph’s St. Botolph’s without Aldgate, located on Aldgate High Street, has existed for over a thousand years.

St Botolph’s

St George’s German Lutheran Church St George’s German Lutheran Church is a church in Alie Street, Whitechapel.

St George’s German Lutheran Church

St Mary Matfelon St Mary Matfelon church was popularly known as St Mary’s, Whitechapel.

St Mary Matfelon

St Mary’s (Whitechapel Road) St Mary’s was a station on the Metropolitan Railway and the District Railway lines, located between Whitechapel and Aldgate East stations.

St Mary’s (Whitechapel Road)

The 1912 streets of Spitalfields The fascinating story of one man’s random walk in 1912

The 1912 streets of Spitalfields

Toynbee Hall Toynbee Hall is a building which is the home of a charity of the same name.

Toynbee Hall

Wentworth Street Turn-of-the-century fashion in east London.

Wentworth Street

Whitechapel Gallery The Whitechapel Gallery is a public art gallery in Aldgate.

Whitechapel Gallery

NEARBY STREETS

Adler Street, E1 Adler Street runs between the Whitechapel Road and the Commercial Road.

Adler Street, E1

Aldgate High Street, EC3N Once the route to one of the six original gates of the Wall of London, Aldgate High Street has an important place in medieval London’s history.

Aldgate High Street, EC3N

Aldgate House, EC3N Aldgate House is a building adjacent to Aldgate station.

Aldgate House, EC3N

Alie Street, E1 Originally called Ayliff Street, Alie Street was named after a relative of William Leman, whose great-uncle, John Leman had bought Goodman’s Fields.

Alie Street, E1

Amazon Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Amazon Street, E1

America Square, EC3N America Square is a street and small square, built in about 1760 and dedicated to the American colonies.

America Square, EC3N

Angel Alley, E1 Angel Alley was a narrow passage which ran north-south from Wentworth Street to Whitechapel High Street..

Angel Alley, E1

Arcadia Court, E1 Arcadia Court is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Arcadia Court, E1

Back Church Lane, E1 Back Church Lane is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Back Church Lane, E1

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

Batty Street, E1

Bell Lane, E1 Bell Lane has late C16/early C17 origins, dividing the Halifax estate from the nearby tenter ground.

Bell Lane, E1

Black Lion Yard, E1 Black Lion Yard was a narrow thoroughfare running north-south from Old Montague Street (where it was accessible via a set of steps) to Whitechapel Road.

Black Lion Yard, E1

Booth House, E1 Booth House is a block on Whitechapel Road.

Booth House, E1

Bowmans Mews, E1 Bowmans Mews is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Bowmans Mews, E1

Boyard Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Boyard Street, E1

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

Boyd Street, E1

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

Braham Street, E1

Bridle Mews, E1 Bridle Mews is a location in London.

Bridle Mews, E1

Brody House, E1 Brody House is a block on Strype Street

Brody House, E1

Brune House, E1 Brune House is a block on Toynbee Street

Brune House, E1

Brune Street, E1 Brune Street was laid out between 1810 and 1824 but redeveloped in the early 20th century.

Brune Street, E1

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

Buckle Street, E1

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

Burslem Street, E1

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

Camperdown Street, E1

Cannon St Road, E1 Cannon St Road is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Cannon St Road, E1

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

Cannon Street Road, E1

Canter Way, E1 Canter Way is a location in London.

Canter Way, E1

Carillon Court, E1 Carillon Court can be found on Greatorex Street

Carillon Court, E1

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

Casson Street, E1

Central House, E1 Residential block

Central House, E1

Challoner Walk, E1 Challoner Walk is a location in London.

Challoner Walk, E1

Chaucer Gardens, E1 Chaucer Gardens is a location in London.

Chaucer Gardens, E1

Chicksand Street, E1 Chicksand Street runs east from Brick Lane.

Chicksand Street, E1

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

Christian Street, E1

Circle Place, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Circle Place, E1

Cobb Street, E1 Cobb Street was laid out in 1899-1904 by Sir Algernon Osborn.

Cobb Street, E1

College East, E1 College East is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

College East, E1

Commercial Street, E1 Commercial Street is a major thoroughfare running north-south from Shoreditch High Street to Whitechapel High Street.

Commercial Street, E1

Coney Way, E1 Coney Way is a road in the SW8 postcode area

Coney Way, E1

Coppergate House, E1 Residential block

Coppergate House, E1

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

Court Street, E1

Crinoline Mews, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Crinoline Mews, E1

Crispin Street, E1 Crispin Street was developed in the late 17th century as part of the Wheler estate.

Crispin Street, E1

Crosswall, EC3N Crosswall was formerly named John Street, after King John.

Crosswall, EC3N

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

Davenant Street, E1

Denning Point 33 Commercial Street, E1 A block within the E1 postcode

Denning Point 33 Commercial Street, E1

Dorset Street, E1 Dorset Street was a small thoroughfare running east-west from Crispin Street to Commercial Street.

Dorset Street, E1

Dowson Place, E1 Dowson Place appears on the 1862 Stanford map.

Dowson Place, E1

Duval Square, E1 Duval Square is a location in London.

Duval Square, E1

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

East Tenter Street, E1

Education Square, E1 Education Square is a location in London.

Education Square, E1

Ellen Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Ellen Street, E1

Ely Place, E1 Ely Place appears on the 1862 Stanford map.

Ely Place, E1

Enterprise House, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Enterprise House, E1

Fairclough Street, E1 Fairclough Street runs from Back Church Lane to Christian Street.

Fairclough Street, E1

Fashion Street, E1 Fashion Street is a thoroughfare running east-west from Brick Lane to Commercial Street.

Fashion Street, E1

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

Fieldgate Street, E1

Flintlock Close, E1 Flintlock Close is a location in London.

Flintlock Close, E1

Flower and Dean Street, E1 Flower and Dean Street was a narrow street running east-west from Commercial Street to Brick Lane.

Flower and Dean Street, E1

Flower and Dean Walk, E1 Flower and Dean Walk is a street of social housing created in the 1980s.

Flower and Dean Walk, E1

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

Forbes Street, E1

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

Fordham Street, E1

Fournier Street, E1 Fournier Street is a street running east-west from Brick Lane to Commercial Street alongside Christ Church.

Fournier Street, E1

Frostic Walk, E1 Frostic Walk leads from Chicksand Street to Old Montague Street.

Frostic Walk, E1

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

Fulbourne Street, E1

George Street, E1 George Street was a street running north-south from Flower and Dean Street to Wentworth Street, crossing Thrawl Street approx. half way along its length..

George Street, E1

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

Golding Street, E1

Goodman Stile, E1 Goodman Stile is a location in London.

Goodman Stile, E1

Goodman Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Goodman Street, E1

Goulston Street, E1 Goulston Street is a thoroughfare running north-south from Wentworth Street to Whitechapel High Street.

Goulston Street, E1

Gower’s Walk, E1 Gower’s Walk leads south from Commercial Road.

Gower’s Walk, E1

Gravel Lane, E1 Gravel Lane is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Gravel Lane, E1

Greatorex Street, E1 Greatorex Street was formerly called High Street.

Greatorex Street, E1

Green Dragon Yard, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Green Dragon Yard, E1

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

Greenfield Road, E1

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

Gunthorpe Street, E1

Haydon Street, E1 The eastern end of Haydon Street was called Mansell Passage.

Haydon Street, E1

Haydon Street, EC3N Haydon Street heads east from the Minories.

Haydon Street, EC3N

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

Heneage Street, E1

Henriques Street, E1 Henriques Street was formerly called Berner Street.

Henriques Street, E1

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

Hessel Street, E1

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

Hooper Street, E1

Hopetown Street, E1 This is a street in the E1 postcode area

Hopetown Street, E1

Horner Buildings, E1 The Horner Buildings are a vestige of the Victorian construction of Old Spitalfields Market.

Horner Buildings, E1

Ibex House, EC3N Residential block

Ibex House, EC3N

India Street, EC3N India Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.

India Street, EC3N

John Sessions Square, E1 John Sessions Square lies off of Alie Street.

John Sessions Square, E1

Kent and Essex Yard, E1 Kent and Essex Yard ran north of Whitechapel High Street, close to the west side of Commercial Street.

Kent and Essex Yard, E1

Kinder Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Kinder Street, E1

Kings Arms Court, E1 Kings Arms Court lies off Old Montague Street.

Kings Arms Court, E1

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

Langdale Street, E1

Leman Street, E1 Leman Street was named after Sir John Leman.

Leman Street, E1

Leyden Street, E1 Leyden Street was laid out in 1899-1904 by Sir Algernon Osborn.

Leyden Street, E1

Little Paternoster Row, E1 Little Paternoster Row was once known as French Alley.

Little Paternoster Row, E1

Little Somerset Street, E1 Little Somerset Street was originally called Harrow Alley but colloquially known as ’Blood Alley.’

Little Somerset Street, E1

Lolesworth Close, E1 Lolesworth Close is a short cul-de-sac on the east side of Commercial Street which was originally the western extremity of Flower and Dean Street.

Lolesworth Close, E1

Luntley Place, E1 Luntley Place appears on the 1862 Stanford map.

Luntley Place, E1

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

Manningtree Street, E1

Mansell Street, E1 Mansell Street runs north-south on the City of London border.

Mansell Street, E1

Martineau Square, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Martineau Square, E1

Middlesex Street, EC3A Middlesex Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.

Middlesex Street, EC3A

Minories, EC3N Minories is one of the old streets of the City of London.

Minories, EC3N

Mitali Passage, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Mitali Passage, E1

Monthope Road, E1 This is a street in the E1 postcode area

Monthope Road, E1

Moss Close, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Moss Close, E1

Mount Terrace, E1 Mount Terrace is a road in the E1 postcode area

Mount Terrace, E1

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

Mulberry Street, E1

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

Myrdle Street, E1

Nathaniel Close, E1 Nathaniel Close consists of houses and flats built in the early 1980s.

Nathaniel Close, E1

New Drum Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

New Drum Street, E1

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

New Goulston Street, E1

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

New Road, E1

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

North Tenter Street, E1

Odeon Court, E1 Odeon Court is on Chicksand Street.

Odeon Court, E1

Old Castle Street, E1 Old Castle Street runs north-south from Wentworth Street to Whitechapel High Street, the southern section of which incorporates the former Castle Alley, murder site of Ripper victim Alice McKenzie.

Old Castle Street, E1

Old Montague Street, E1 Old Montague Street is a thoroughfare running east-west from Baker’s Row (now Vallance Road) to Brick Lane.

Old Montague Street, E1

Osborn Place, E1 Osborn Place appears on maps between 1800 and 1900.

Osborn Place, E1

Osborn Street, E1 Osborn Street is a short road leading from Whitechapel Road to the crossroads with Brick Lane, Wentworth Street and Old Montague Street.

Osborn Street, E1

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

Parfett Street, E1

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

Philchurch Place, E1

Piazza Walk, E1 Piazza Walk is a location in London.

Piazza Walk, E1

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

Pinchin Street, E1

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

Plumbers Row, E1

Pomell Way, E1 Pomell Way is a road in the E1 postcode area

Pomell Way, E1

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

Ponler Street, E1

Portsoken Street, EC3N Portsoken Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Portsoken Street, EC3N

Prescot Street, E1 Prescot Street was named for Rebecca Prescott, wife of William Leman.

Prescot Street, E1

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

Rampart Street, E1

Regal Close, E1 Regal Close is a road in the E1 postcode area

Regal Close, E1

Resolution Plaza, E1 Resolution Plaza is a location in London.

Resolution Plaza, E1

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

Richard Street, E1

Riga Mews, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Riga Mews, E1

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

Romford Street, E1

Rope Walk Gardens, E1 Rope Walk Gardens is a location in London.

Rope Walk Gardens, E1

Ropewalk Gardens, EC1M Ropewalk Gardens is a location in London.

Ropewalk Gardens, EC1M

Rupert Street, E1 Rupert Street was situated to the east of Leman Street.

Rupert Street, E1

Sander Street, E1 Sander Street ran from Back Church Lane to Berner Street (Henriques Street).

Sander Street, E1

Scarborough Street, E1 This is a street in the E1 postcode area

Scarborough Street, E1

Settles Street, E1 Settles Street links Fieldgate Street with Commercial Road.

Settles Street, E1

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

Sly Street, E1

South Street, E1 South Street provided access from Brushfield Street into Spitalfields Market.

South Street, E1

South Tenter Street, E1 South Tenter Street is a road in the E1 postcode area

South Tenter Street, E1

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

Spellman Street, E1

Spelman House, E1 Spelman House is a residential block in Whitechapel.

Spelman House, E1

Spelman Street, E1 Spelman Street was formerly John Street and built up in the 19th century.

Spelman Street, E1

Spring Walk, E1 Spring Walk is a road in the E1 postcode area

Spring Walk, E1

St Botolph Street, EC3A St Botolph Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.

St Botolph Street, EC3A

St Clare House, EC3N St Clare House is sited on Minories

St Clare House, EC3N

St Clare Street, EC3N St Clare Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.

St Clare Street, EC3N

St Mark Street, E1 St Mark Street was built on the old Goodman’s Fields.

St Mark Street, E1

Stable Walk, E1 Stable Walk is a location in London.

Stable Walk, E1

Stepney Green Court, E1 Stepney Green Court is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Stepney Green Court, E1

Strype Street, E1 John Strype, who became an antiquary, historian and parson was the son of a Huguenot weaver and born near here in 1643.

Strype Street, E1

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

Stutfield Street, E1

Sugar House, E1 Sugar House is a block on Leman Street

Sugar House, E1

Tenter Ground, E1 Tenter Ground is one of the notable streetnames of Spitalfields.

Tenter Ground, E1

The Community Centre, E1 The Community Centre is a location in London.

The Community Centre, E1

The Loom, EC3R The Loom is a location in London.

The Loom, EC3R

Thrawl Street, E1 Originally built by Henry Thrall around 1656, Thrawl Street ran east-west from Brick Lane across a former tenter field owned by the Fossan brothers, Thomas and Lewis.

Thrawl Street, E1

Toynbee Street, E1 Toynbee Street, formerly Shepherd Street, was laid out in 1810-24 and redeveloped in 1927-36 as part of the London County Council’s Holland estate.

Toynbee Street, E1

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

Turner Street, E1

Turning Street, E20 Turning Street is a location in London.

Turning Street, E20

Twyne House 3 Boyd Street, E1 Twyne House 3 Boyd Street is a location in London.

Twyne House 3 Boyd Street, E1

Tyne Street, E1 Tyne Street is a location in London.

Tyne Street, E1

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

Umberston Street, E1

Vine Court, E1 Vine Court is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Vine Court, E1

Vine Street, EC3N Vine Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.

Vine Street, EC3N

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

Walden Street, E1

Wentworth Street, E1 Wentworth Street runs east-west from the junction of Brick Lane, Osborn Street and Old Montague Street to Middlesex Street.

Wentworth Street, E1

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

West Tenter Street, E1

White Church Lane, E1 White Church Lane is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

White Church Lane, E1

White Church Passage, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

White Church Passage, E1

Whitechapel High Street, E1 Whitechapel High Street runs approximately west-east from Aldgate High Street to Whitechapel Road and is designated as part of the A11.

Whitechapel High Street, E1

Whitechapel Market, E1 Whitechapel Market is a road in the E1 postcode area

Whitechapel Market, E1

Whitechapel Road, E1 Whitechapel Road is a major arterial road in East London.

Whitechapel Road, E1

Whitechapel Technology Centre, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Whitechapel Technology Centre, E1

Whites Row, E1 White’s Row is a narrow thoroughfare running east-west from Commercial Street to Crispin Street.

Whites Row, E1

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

Wicker Street, E1

Wool House, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Wool House, E1

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City Sports Pub and Grill

Duke of Somerset

Emperor Wine Bar

Jamies

Pride of Spitalfields Pride of Spitalfields stands on Heneage Street.

Pride of Spitalfields

Still and Star The Still & Star was on Little Somerset Street near to Aldgate High Street.

Still and Star

The Abbey

The Angel

The Bell The Bell is on the non-City of London side of Middlesex Street.

The Bell

The Chambers

The Culpeper The Culpeper used to be called the Princess Alice.

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Aldgate East

In a land east of Aldgate, lies the land of Aldgate East...

The name Commercial Road had been proposed for the original Aldgate East station, which opened on 6 October 1884 as part of an eastern extension to the Metropolitan District Railway (now the District Line), some 500 feet to the west of the current station, close to the Metropolitan Railway’s Aldgate station. However, when the curve to join the Metropolitan Railway from Liverpool Street was built, the curve had to be particularly sharp due to the presence of Aldgate East station, at which it needed to be straight.

As part of London Transport’s 1935-1940 New Works Programme, the triangular junction at Aldgate was enlarged, to allow for a much gentler curve and to ensure that trains held on any leg of the triangle did not foul the signals and points at other places. The new Aldgate East platforms were sited almost immediately to the east of their predecessors, with one exit facing west toward the original location, and another at the east end of the new platforms.

The new eastern exit was now close enough to the next station along the line, St Mary’s (Whitechapel Road), that this station could also be closed, reducing operational overhead and journey times, as the new Aldgate East had effectively replaced two earlier stations.

The new station, opened on 31 October 1938 (the earlier station closing permanently the previous night), was designed to be completely subterranean, providing a much needed pedestrian underpass to the road above. However, in order to accommodate the space needed for this, and the platforms below, the existing track required lowering by more than seven feet. To achieve this task, whilst still keeping the track open during the day, the bed underneath the track was excavated, and the track held up by a timber trestle work. Then, once excavation was complete and the new station constructed around the site, an army of over 900 workmen lowered the whole track simultaneously in one night, utilising overhead hooks to suspend the track when necessary. The hooks still remain.

District and Hammersmith and City line trains running into Aldgate East along two sides of the triangle (from Liverpool Street and from Tower Hill) pass through the site of the earlier station, most of which has been obliterated by the current junction alignment, although the extensive width and height and irregular shape of the tunnel can be observed.

Since the station was built completely under a widened road, and was built after concrete had started to be used as a construction material, the platforms have a particularly high headroom. Combined with the late 1930s style of tiling typical of the stations of the then London Passenger Transport Board, the platform area of the station presents a particularly airy and welcoming appearance, unusual on the underground at the time of construction. The tiling contains relief tiles, showing devices pertinent to London Transport and the area it served, were designed by Harold Stabler and made by the Poole Pottery.

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Bethnal Green railway station entrance, some distance away from its namesake Central line tube station. The photo was taken on 25 October 2008 Credit: Wiki Commons/Sunil060902 TUM image id: 1606480779 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Great Synagogue of London (1810) Credit: Thomas Rowlandson (1756â TUM image id: 1518368926 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Boar’s Head was located on the north side of Whitechapel High Street. The Boar’s Head was originally an inn, which was built in the 1530s; it underwent two renovations for use as a playhouse: first, in 1598, when a simple stage was erected, and a second, more elaborate renovation in 1599. Credit: Unknown TUM image id: 1518792376 Licence:	The Aldgate Pump (1874) Aldgate Pump is a historic water pump located at the junction where Aldgate meets Fenchurch Street and Leadenhall Street. The pump is notable for its long, and sometimes dark history, as well as its cultural significance as a symbolic start point of the East End of London. The term "East of Aldgate Pump" is used as a synonym for the East End or for East London as a whole. Credit: Wellcome Images TUM image id: 1518792844 Licence:	St James Duke Credit: Robert William Billings and John Le Keux TUM image id: 1520552156 Licence: CC BY 2.0
The Third Goodmans Fields Theatre, Great Alie Street (1801) Credit: W. W. Hutchings TUM image id: 1520855916 Licence:	Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) addressing a "smoking debate" at Toynbee Hall (1902) TUM image id: 1660651336 Licence: CC BY 2.0	A drawing published in 1907 of the west front of the Church of Holy Trinity, Minories Credit: Uncredited TUM image id: 1523993568 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Petticoat Lane in the 1920s Credit: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) TUM image id: 1523993996 Licence:	Whitechapel Gallery Credit: LeHaye/Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1556738899 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Byward Tower, 1893 TUM image id: 1556882285 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Front elevation of St. Botolph’s church Credit: Superbfc TUM image id: 1496493752 Licence: CC BY 2.0	St Mary’s (Whitechapel) station (1916) This existed between 1884 and 1938 between Aldgate East and Whitechapel. TUM image id: 1667998252 Licence:	Middlesex Street (Petticoat Lane) on the site of Sandy’s Row (1912) Credit: CA Mathew/Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1641574406 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Battle of Cable Street mural The Battle of Cable Street took place on the corner of Cable Street and Dock Street, and other places Credit: Wiki CommonsAlan Denney TUM image id: 1642775177 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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The Boar’s Head was located on the north side of Whitechapel High Street. The Boar’s Head was originally an inn, which was built in the 1530s; it underwent two renovations for use as a playhouse: first, in 1598, when a simple stage was erected, and a second, more elaborate renovation in 1599.
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The Third Goodmans Fields Theatre, Great Alie Street (1801)
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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) addressing a "smoking debate" at Toynbee Hall (1902)
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A drawing published in 1907 of the west front of the Church of Holy Trinity, Minories
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Whitechapel Gallery
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St Mary’s (Whitechapel) station (1916) This existed between 1884 and 1938 between Aldgate East and Whitechapel.
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Middlesex Street (Petticoat Lane) on the site of Sandy’s Row (1912)
Credit: CA Mathew/Bishopsgate Institute
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Battle of Cable Street mural The Battle of Cable Street took place on the corner of Cable Street and Dock Street, and other places
Credit: Wiki CommonsAlan Denney
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The Ten Bells pub, Spitalfields (2012) The Jamie Oliver series Jamie’s Great Britain featured his great-great-grandfather was a landlord of the pub during the 1880s. Oliver was shown visiting the Ten Bells to discuss his East London roots, and to see how Londoners lived, drank and ate at the end of the 19th century.
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Old Spitalfields Market (2017) This is a covered market which has been on the site for over 350 years. In 2005, a regeneration programme resulted in the new public spaces: Bishops Square and Crispin Place, which are now part of the modern Spitalfields Market. A range of public markets runs daily, with independent local stores and restaurants - as well as new office developments.
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