Gunthorpe 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
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
Nant Street, E2 Added: 15 Jan 2023 09:49 GMT	The Bombing of Nant Street WW2 My uncle with his young son and baby daughter were killed in the bombing of Nant Street in WW2. His wife had gone to be with her mother whilst the bombing of the area was taking place, and so survived. Cannot imagine how she felt when she returned to see her home flattened and to be told of the death of her husband and children. 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
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
Liverpool Street Added: 21 Apr 2021 16:21 GMT	Liverpool Street the Bishopsgate station has existed since 1840 as a passenger station, but does not appear in the site’s cartography. Evidently, the 1860 map is in fact much earlier than that date. Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

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
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
Fumblina Whitfield Street, W1T Added: 21 Feb 2023 11:39 GMT	Error on 1800 map numbering for John Street The 1800 map of Whitfield Street (17 zoom) has an error in the numbering shown on the map. The houses are numbered up the right hand side of John Street and Upper John Street to #47 and then are numbered down the left hand side until #81 BUT then continue from 52-61 instead of 82-91. Reply
P Cash Woburn Place, WC1H Added: 19 Feb 2023 08:03 GMT	Occupants of 19-29 Woburn Place The Industrial Tribunals (later changed to Employment Tribunals) moved (from its former location on Ebury Bridge Road to 19-29 Woburn Place sometime in the late 1980s (I believe). 19-29 Woburn Place had nine floors in total (one in the basement and two in its mansard roof and most of the building was occupied by the Tribunals The ’Head Office’ of the tribunals, occupied space on the 7th, 6th and 2nd floors, whilst one of the largest of the regional offices (London North but later called London Central) occupied space in the basement, ground and first floor. The expansive ground floor entrance had white marble flooring and a security desk. Behind (on evey floor) lay a square (& uncluttered) lobby space, which was flanked on either side by lifts. On the rear side was an elegant staircase, with white marble steps, brass inlays and a shiny brass handrail which spiralled around an open well. Both staircase, stairwell and lifts ran the full height of the building. On all floors from 1st upwards, staff toilets were tucked on either side of the staircase (behind the lifts). Basement Floor - Tribunal hearing rooms, dormant files store and secure basement space for Head Office. Public toilets. Geound Floor - The ’post’ roon sat next to the entrance in the northern side, the rest of which was occupied by the private offices of the full time Tribunal judiciary. Thw largest office belonged to the Regional Chair and was situated on the far corner (overlooking Tavistock Square) The secretary to the Regional Chair occupied a small office next door. The south side of this floor was occupied by the large open plan General Office for the administration, a staff kitchen & rest room and the private offices of the Regional Secretary (office manager) and their deputy. First Dloor - Tribunal hearing rooms; separate public waiting rooms for Applicants & Respondents; two small rooms used by Counsel (on a ’whoever arrives first’ bases) and a small private rest room for use by tribunal lay members. Second Floor - Tribunal Hearing Rooms; Tribunal Head Office - HR & Estate Depts & other tennants. Third Floor - other tennants Fourth Floor - other tennants Fifth Floor - Other Tennants except for a large non-smoking room for staff, (which overlooked Tavistock Sqaure). It was seldom used, as a result of lacking any facities aside from a meagre collection of unwanted’ tatty seating. Next to it, (overlooking Tavistock Place) was a staff canteen. Sixth Floor - Other tennants mostly except for a few offices on the northern side occupied by tribunal Head Office - IT Dept. Seventh Floor - Other tenants in the northern side. The southern (front) side held the private offices of several senior managers (Secretariat, IT & Finance), private office of the Chief Accuntant; an office for two private secretaries and a stationary cupboard. On the rear side was a small kitchen; the private office of the Chief Executive and the private office of the President of the Tribunals for England & Wales. (From 1995 onwards, this became a conference room as the President was based elsewhere. The far end of this side contained an open plan office for Head Office staff - Secretariat, Finance & HR (staff training team) depts. Eighth Floor - other tennants. The Employment Tribunals (Regional & Head Offices) relocated to Vitory House, Kingsway in April 2005. Reply

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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

Aldgate Holy Trinity Priory The Holy Trinity Priory, also known as Christchurch Aldgate, was a priory of Austin canons (Black Canons) founded around 1108 by Queen Matilda of England.

Aldgate Holy Trinity Priory

Aldgate Pump Aldgate Pump is a historic water pump, located at the junction where Aldgate meets Fenchurch Street and Leadenhall Street.

Aldgate Pump

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

Altab Ali Park

Bevis Marks Synagogue Bevis Marks Synagogue is the oldest synagogue in the United Kingdom.

Bevis Marks Synagogue

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

Great Synagogue of London The Great Synagogue of London was, for centuries, the centre of Ashkenazi synagogue and Jewish life in London. It was destroyed during World War II, in the Blitz.

Great Synagogue of London

London Metal Exchange The London Metal Exchange (LME) is the futures exchange with the world’s largest market in options and futures contracts on base and other metals.

London Metal Exchange

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

Pavilion Theatre

Petticoat Lane Market Petticoat Lane Market is a fashion and clothing market in the East End.

Petticoat Lane Market

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 James Duke’s Place St James Duke’s Place was an Anglican parish church in the Aldgate ward of the City of London.

St James Duke’s Place

St Katharine Cree St Katharine Cree is a Church of England church on the north side of Leadenhall Street near Leadenhall Market.

St Katharine Cree

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

Abs House, E1 Abs House is a block on Frying Pan Alley.

Abs House, E1

Acorn Street, EC2M Acorn Street, Bishopsgate, was named from an old tavern sign.

Acorn Street, EC2M

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

Adler Street, E1

Albany Court, E1 Albany Court is a block on Plumbers Row.

Albany Court, 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

Aldgate Square, EC3N Aldgate Square is a location in London.

Aldgate Square, EC3N

Aldgate Tower, E1 Aldgate Tower is a block on Leman Street.

Aldgate Tower, E1

Aldgate, EC3N Aldgate was the easternmost gateway through the London Wall leading from the City of London to Whitechapel and the East End.

Aldgate, 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

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 a block on Old Castle Street.

Arcadia Court, E1

Artillery Lane, E1 The name Artillery Lane remembers the skills of the operators of the longbow.

Artillery Lane, E1

Artillery Passage, E1 Artillery Passage dates from its time as part of The Old Artillery Ground.

Artillery Passage, E1

Artizan Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Artizan Street, E1

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

Assam Street, E1

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

Back Church Lane, E1

Barnett House, E1 Barnett House is sited on Bell Lane.

Barnett House, E1

Bartlett House, E1 Bartlett House is sited on Wentworth Street.

Bartlett House, E1

Basil House, E1 Basil House is a block on Henriques Street.

Basil House, E1

Batson House, E1 Batson House is a building on Fairclough Street.

Batson House, 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

Bernhard Baron House, E1 Bernhard Baron House is a building on Henriques Street.

Bernhard Baron House, E1

Bevis Marks House, EC3 Bevis Marks House is a building on Goring Street.

Bevis Marks House, EC3

Bevis Marks House, EC3A Bevis Marks House is a block on Bevis Marks.

Bevis Marks House, EC3A

Bevis Marks, EC3A Bevis Marks is a short street in the ward of Aldgate in the City of London.

Bevis Marks, EC3A

Bicknell House, E1 Bicknell House is a block on Ellen Street.

Bicknell House, E1

Bishops Square, E1 Bishops Square resulted from a 2005 project to regenerate Spitalfields Market.

Bishops Square, 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

Bloomfield House, E1 Bloomfield House is a block on Old Montague Street.

Bloomfield House, E1

Boden House, E1 Boden House is located on Woodseer Street.

Boden House, E1

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

Booth House, 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

Bradbury Court, E1 Bradbury Court is a block on Old Castle Street.

Bradbury Court, E1

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

Braham Street, E1

Britannia House, E1 Britannia House is a block on Hanbury Street.

Britannia House, E1

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

Brody House, E1

Browns Lane, E1 Browns Lane is marked on the 1862 Stanford map.

Browns Lane, E1

Brune House, E1 Brune House is located on Bell Lane.

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

Brushfield Street, E1 Brushfield Street is a thoroughfare running east-west from Commercial Street to Bishopsgate.

Brushfield Street, E1

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

Buckle Street, E1

Bury House, EC3A Bury House is a building on Bury Street.

Bury House, EC3A

Calcutta House, E1 Calcutta House is a block on Old Castle Street.

Calcutta House, E1

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

Camperdown Street, 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

Carlisle Avenue, EC3N Carlisle Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.

Carlisle Avenue, EC3N

Carter House, E1 Carter House is a block on Unnamed Road.

Carter House, E1

Cashmere House, E1 Cashmere House is a block on Leman Street.

Cashmere House, E1

Cassia House, E1 Cassia House is a block on Piazza Walk.

Cassia House, E1

Casson House, E1 Casson House is sited on Hanbury Street.

Casson House, E1

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

Casson Street, E1

Catalina House, E1 Catalina House is sited on Canter Way.

Catalina House, E1

Catherine Wheel Alley, EC2M Catherine Wheel Alley is an old alleyway here.

Catherine Wheel Alley, EC2M

Central House, E1 Central House is a block on Whitechapel High Street.

Central House, E1

Central Tower, E1 Central Tower is a block on Commercial Road.

Central Tower, E1

Centurion House, EC3N Centurion House is a building on Jewry Street.

Centurion House, EC3N

Ceylon House, E1 Ceylon House is sited on Alie Street.

Ceylon House, E1

Chandlery House, E1 Chandlery House is a block on Gower’s Walk.

Chandlery House, E1

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

Chaucer Gardens, E1

Chicksand House, E1 Chicksand House is sited on Chicksand Street.

Chicksand House, E1

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

Chicksand Street, E1

Circle Place, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Circle Place, E1

Cityscape Apartments, E1 Cityscape Apartments is sited on Heneage Street.

Cityscape Apartments, E1

Clothier Street, EC3A A street within the E1, postcode

Clothier Street, EC3A

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

Cobb Street, E1

Colefax Building, E1 Colefax Building is a block on Plumbers Row.

Colefax Building, E1

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

College East, E1

Commercial House, E1 Commercial House is a block on Commercial Street.

Commercial House, 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

Corbet Place, E1 Corbet Place - an L-shaped street, onto which back several large industrial buildings of the early/mid-twentieth century.

Corbet Place, E1

Cornell Building, E1 Cornell Building is a block on Coke Street.

Cornell Building, E1

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

Coverley Close, E1

Cree House, EC3A Cree House can be found on Creechurch Lane.

Cree House, EC3A

Creechurch Lane, EC3A Creechurch Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.

Creechurch Lane, EC3A

Crinoline Mews, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Crinoline Mews, E1

Crispin Place, E1 Crispin Place is the result of a regeneration programme within Spitalfields Market.

Crispin Place, E1

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

Crispin Street, E1

Cunard Place, EC3A Cunard Place leads south off Leadenhall Street.

Cunard Place, EC3A

Cutler Street, EC3A Cutler Street runs north off Houndsditch.

Cutler Street, EC3A

Danvers House, E1 Danvers House is a block on Greatorex street.

Danvers House, E1

Davenant House, E1 Davenant House is a block on Old Montague Street.

Davenant House, E1

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

Davenant Street, E1

Deal Street, E1 Deal Street dates from the mid 1840s.

Deal Street, E1

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

Denning Point 33 Commercial Street, E1

District Court, E1 District Court is sited on Commercial Road.

District Court, 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

Drewett House, E1 Drewett House can be found on Christian Street.

Drewett House, E1

Dryden Building, E1 Dryden Building is a block on Commercial Road.

Dryden Building, E1

Dukes House, EC3A Dukes House is a block on Dukes Place.

Dukes House, EC3A

Dukes Place, EC3A Duke’s Place was formerly called Duke Street.

Dukes Place, EC3A

Duru House, E1 Duru House is a block on Commercial Road.

Duru House, E1

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

Duval Square, E1

East India House, E1 East India House is located on Devonshire Square.

East India House, E1

East India House, EC2M East India House is a block on Middlesex Street.

East India House, EC2M

East Street, E1 East Street was one of the entrances into Spitalfields Market.

East Street, E1

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

East Tenter Street, E1

Eastgate House, EC3A Eastgate House is a block on Dukes Place.

Eastgate House, EC3A

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

Eden House, E1

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

Education Square, E1

Ellen Street, E1 Ellen Street is an older street of the area, already existing and with this name by the 1820s.

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

Esprit Court, E1 Esprit Court is a block on Brune Street.

Esprit Court, E1

Evelyn House, E1 Evelyn House is a block on Greatorex Street.

Evelyn House, E1

Everard House, E1 Everard House is a block on Ellen Street.

Everard 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

Fenchurch Buildings, EC3A Fenchurch Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.

Fenchurch Buildings, EC3A

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

Fieldgate Street, 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

Fort Street, E1 There was originally a second Fort Street - besides the renamed Duke Street.

Fort Street, E1

Fort Street, E1 Fort Street was formerly Duke Street.

Fort Street, E1

Foundry Court, E1 Foundry Court is a block on Plumbers Row.

Foundry Court, E1

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

Fournier Street, E1

Frazer House, E1 Frazer House can be found on Leman Street.

Frazer House, E1

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

Frostic Walk, E1

Frying Pan Alley, E1 Frying Pan Alley is situated close to Middlesex Street and its Petticoat Lane market.

Frying Pan Alley, 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

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

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

Goring Street, EC3A

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 House, E1 Greatorex House is sited on Greatorex Street.

Greatorex House, 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

Gun Street, E1 Gun Street was part of the Old Artillery Ground - land formerly designated one of the Liberties of the Tower of London.

Gun Street, E1

Hanbury Hall, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Hanbury Hall, E1

Hanbury House, E1 Hanbury House is located on Hanbury Street.

Hanbury House, E1

Hanbury Street, E1 Hanbury Street is a long road running west-east from Commercial Street to Vallance Road.

Hanbury Street, E1

Harkness House, E1 Harkness House is a building on Christian Street.

Harkness House, E1

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

Harrow Place, E1

Heneage Lane, EC3A Heneage Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.

Heneage Lane, EC3A

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

Herbert House, E1 Herbert House is sited on Old Castle Street.

Herbert House, E1

Hobsons Place, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Hobsons Place, E1

Hogarth Court, E1 Hogarth Court is a block on Batty Street.

Hogarth Court, 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

Horner Square, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Horner Square, E1

Houndsditch, EC3A Houndsditch runs through the Portsoken and Bishopsgate Without wards of the City of London - areas traditionally considered part of the East End.

Houndsditch, EC3A

Hudson Building, E1 Hudson Building is a block on Chicksand Street.

Hudson Building, E1

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

India Street, EC3N

Irongate House, EC3A Irongate House is a block on Dukes Place.

Irongate House, EC3A

Jackson & Joseph Building, E1 Jackson & Joseph Building is a building on Princelet Street.

Jackson & Joseph Building, E1

Jacobs Court, E1 Jacobs Court is a block on Plumbers Row.

Jacobs Court, E1

Jacobson House, E1 Jacobson House is a block on Old Castle Street.

Jacobson House, E1

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

Jewry Street, EC3N

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

John Sessions Square, E1

John Sinclair Court, E1 John Sinclair Court is a block on Thrawl Street.

John Sinclair Court, E1

John Stow House, EC3A John Stow House is sited on Bevis Marks.

John Stow House, EC3A

Kensington Apartments, E1 Kensington Apartments is a block on Pomell Way.

Kensington Apartments, 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

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

Kings Arms Court, E1

Kingward House, E1 Kingward House is a block on Greatorex Street.

Kingward House, E1

Kiran Apartments, E1 Kiran Apartments is located on Chicksand Street.

Kiran Apartments, E1

Ladbroke House, E1 Ladbroke House is a block on Commercial Street.

Ladbroke House, E1

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

Lamb Street, E1

Landmark House, EC3A Landmark House is a block on Leadenhall Street.

Landmark House, EC3A

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

Lilian Knowles House, E1 Lilian Knowles House is a block on Crispin Street.

Lilian Knowles House, 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

London Fruit Exchange, E1 London Fruit Exchange is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

London Fruit Exchange, 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

Marden House, E1 Marden House is located on Batty Street.

Marden House, E1

Market Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Market Street, E1

Mcauley House, E1 Mcauley House is a building on Wentworth Street.

Mcauley House, E1

Meranti House, E1 Meranti House can be found on Goodman’s Stile.

Meranti House, E1

Michael’s House, E1 Michael’s House is a block on Alie Street.

Michael’s House, E1

Middlesex Street, E1 Middlesex Street is home to the Petticoat Lane Market.

Middlesex Street, E1

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

Middlesex Street, EC3A

Mitali Passage, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Mitali Passage, E1

Mitre Avenue, EC3A Mitre Avenue is one of the streets of London in the E17 postal area.

Mitre Avenue, EC3A

Mitre House, EC3A Mitre House is a block on Mitre Street.

Mitre House, EC3A

Mitre Square, EC3A Mitre Square is a small square in the City of London.

Mitre Square, EC3A

Mitre Street, EC3A Mitre Street connects Creechurch Lane with the Aldgate.

Mitre Street, EC3A

Monmouth House, E1 Residential block

Monmouth House, 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

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

Mulberry Street, E1

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

Nathaniel Close, E1

Neroli House, E1 Neroli House is a building on Piazza Walk.

Neroli House, E1

New Drum Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

New Drum Street, E1

New Evershed House, E1 New Evershed House is located on Old Castle Street.

New Evershed House, 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 Loom House, E1 New Loom House is a block on Back Church Lane.

New Loom House, E1

NMB House, EC3A NMB House is a block on Bevis Marks.

NMB House, EC3A

North Street, E1 North Street was one of the named entrance streets into Old Spitalfields Market.

North Street, E1

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

North Tenter Street, E1

Norvin House, E1 Norvin House can be found on Commercial Street.

Norvin House, E1

Novem House, E1 Novem House is a block on Chicksand Street.

Novem House, E1

Odeon Court, E1 Odeon Court is a block 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 House, E1 Osborn House is a block on Middlesex Street.

Osborn House, 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

Osborne House, E1 Osborne House is a block on Osborn Street.

Osborne House, E1

Osborne House, EC2M Osborne House is a block on Devonshire Square.

Osborne House, EC2M

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

Parfett Street, E1

Park Lane City Apartments, E1 Park Lane City Apartments is a block on Middlesex Street.

Park Lane City Apartments, E1

Parliament Court, E1 Parliament Court was laid out in the 1680s as part of the development of the Old Artillery Ground.

Parliament Court, E1

Pauline House, E1 Pauline House is a block on Old Montague Street.

Pauline House, E1

Pavilion House, E1 Pavilion House is a block on Greatorex Street.

Pavilion House, E1

Paxton House, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Paxton House, E1

Pecks Yard, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Pecks Yard, E1

Penine House, E1 Penine House is a block on Camperdown Street.

Penine House, E1

Perilla House, E1 Perilla House is a building on Bridle Mews.

Perilla House, E1

Petticoat Square, E1 A street within the postcode

Petticoat Square, E1

Petticoat Tower, E1 Petticoat Tower is a block on Middlesex Street.

Petticoat Tower, E1

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

Piazza Walk, E1

Pimento House, E1 Pimento House is located on Gower’s Walk.

Pimento House, 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

Princelet Street, E1 Princelet Street started its life as Princes Street.

Princelet Street, E1

Puma Court, E1 Puma Court was formerly known as Red Lion Court.

Puma Court, E1

Ramar House, E1 Ramar House is a building on Hanbury Street.

Ramar House, 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

Riga Mews, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Riga Mews, 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

Rose Court, E1 Rose Court runs off Widegate Street.

Rose Court, E1

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

Sandyâ€™s Row, E1 Sandy’s Row runs along the City of London boundary.

Sandyâ€™s Row, E1

Sandyâ€™s Street, EC2M Sandy’s Street disappeared when Middlesex Street was extended in the 1890s.

Sandyâ€™s Street, EC2M

Saracen’s Head Yard, EC3N Saracen’s Head Yard was to the south of Aldgate.

Saracen’s Head Yard, EC3N

Satin House, E1 Satin House is a block on Canter Way.

Satin House, E1

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

Settles Street, E1

Seven Stars Yard, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Seven Stars Yard, E1

Shield House, EC2M Shield House is a block on New Street.

Shield House, EC2M

Sloane Apartments, E1 Sloane Apartments is sited on Old Castle Street.

Sloane Apartments, E1

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

South 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 block on Spelman Street.

Spelman House, E1

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

Spelman Street, E1

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

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

Spring Walk, E1

St Botolph Building, EC3A St Botolph Building is a block on Houndsditch.

St Botolph Building, EC3A

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

St Clare Street, EC3N

St Clements House, E1 St Clements House is a building on Leyden Street.

St Clements House, E1

St James’s Passage, EC3A St James’s Passage was formerly known as Church Passage.

St James’s Passage, EC3A

St James’s Place, EC3A St James’s Place was an open square, formerly Broad Court, which held a daily market that sold fruits of various kinds.

St James’s Place, EC3A

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

St Mark Street, E1

St. John’s Drive, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

St. John’s Drive, E1

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

Stable Walk, E1

Standon House, E1 Standon House is a block on Mansell Street.

Standon House, E1

Steward Street, E1 Steward Street ran further north originally that it does now.

Steward Street, E1

Stoney Lane, EC3A Stoney Lane is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Stoney Lane, EC3A

Stothard Place, E1 Stothard Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Stothard Place, 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

Symons House, E1 Symons House is a building on Alie Street.

Symons House, E1

Tannery House, E1 Tannery House is a block on Deal Street.

Tannery 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 Old Montague Apartments, E1 The Old Montague Apartments is a block on Old Montague Street.

The Old Montague Apartments, E1

The Relay Building, E1 The Relay Building is a block on Commercial Street.

The Relay Building, E1

The Steward Building, E1 The Steward Building can be found on Steward Street.

The Steward Building, E1

The White Chapel Building, E1 The White Chapel Building is a block on Whitechapel High Street.

The White Chapel Building, E1

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

Tower House, E1 Tower House is a block on Fieldgate Street.

Tower House, 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

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

Tyne Street, E1

Universal House, E1 Universal House is a block on Wentworth Street.

Universal House, E1

Vallance Road, E1 Vallance Road is a significant road running north-south from Bethnal Green Road to Whitechapel Road.

Vallance Road, E1

Vibeca Apartments, E1 Vibeca Apartments is a block on Chicksand Street.

Vibeca Apartments, E1

Victoria Avenue, E1 This is a street in the EC2M postcode area

Victoria Avenue, E1

Victoria House, E1 Victoria House is a block on Middlesex Street.

Victoria House, E1

Vine Court, E1 Vine Court is a small turning south from Whitechapel Road.

Vine Court, E1

Vollasky House, E1 Vollasky House is a block on Daplyn Street.

Vollasky House, 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

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

White Kennett Street, EC3A White Kennett Street was named after a Bishop of Peterborough.

White Kennett Street, EC3A

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

Widegate Street, E1 Widegate Street is now a short street connecting Middlesex Street and Sandy’s Row.

Widegate Street, E1

Wilkes Street, E1 Wilkes Street is a street of early eighteenth century houses, some of which were refronted in the early nineteenth century.

Wilkes Street, E1

Windsor Street, EC2M Windsor Street was formerly a named street of the area.

Windsor Street, EC2M

Wiverton Tower, E1 Wiverton Tower is a block on New Drum Street.

Wiverton Tower, E1

Woodseer Street, E1 Woodseer Street was formerly known as Pelham Street and part of the Halifax Estate.

Woodseer Street, E1

Wynfrid House, E1 Wynfrid House is a block on Mulberry Street.

Wynfrid House, E1

NEARBY PUBS

All Bar One Bishopsgate

All Bar One Houndsditch

Astronomer

City Sports Pub and Grill

Jamies

Pause

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

Ten Bells The Ten Bells has existed in various guises since the middle of the 18th century.

Ten Bells

The Alice

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

The Bell

The Breakfast Club

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

The Culpeper

The Hoop & Grapes

The Magpie

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

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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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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:	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	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	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	Byward Tower, 1893 TUM image id: 1556882285 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 Great Synagogue of London (1810)
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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 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.
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St James Duke
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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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Petticoat Lane in the 1920s
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Whitechapel Gallery
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Byward Tower, 1893
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