Hackney Road, E2

Hackney Road, part of the parish boundary, was referred to in 1587 as the ’highway from Shoreditch to Mare Street’ and, as Collier’s Lane, dated from 1439 or earlier.

In recent years, Hackney Road has begun to experience the gentrification of nearby Columbia Road Market.

Hackney Road hosts a city farm - Hackney City Farm - located at the junction of Goldsmith’s Row next to Haggerston Park.

Main source:	A History of the County of Middlesex \| British History Online
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

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
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
Boo Horton Stepney Green, E1 Added: 31 May 2021 13:39 GMT	Angel & Trumpet, Stepney Green The Angel & Trumpet Public House in Stepney Green was run by my ancestors in the 1930’s. Unfortunately, it was a victim on WWII and was badly damaged and subsequently demolished. I have one photograph that I believe to bethe pub, but it doesn’t show much more that my Great Aunt cleaning the steps. 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
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
STEPHEN ARTHUR JACKSON Lynedoch Street, E2 Added: 14 Nov 2021 17:12 GMT	Lynedoch Street, E2 my father Arthur Jackson was born in lynedoch street in 1929 and lived with mm grandparents and siblings, until they were relocated to Pamela house Haggerston rd when the street was to be demolished Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Linda WEBB Craven Street, WC2N Added: 8 Jun 2023 23:16 GMT	Craven Street, WC2N James webb lived in Craven Street Westminster. He died in 1758 and his states he was of Craven Street. FROM England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 for James Webb PROB 11: Will Registers 1773-1776 Piece 1004: Alexander, Quire Numbers 1-45 (1775) Reply
claudia s Drakewood Road, SW16 Added: 8 Jun 2023 13:57 GMT	Drakewood Road, SW16 word Reply
Loraine Brocklehurst Holcombe Road, N17 Added: 24 May 2023 14:00 GMT	Holcombe Road, N17 I lived at 23Holcombe Rd. with my parents, Grandfather , Aunt and Uncle in 1954. My Aunt and Uncle lived there until it was demolished. I’m not sure what year that was as we emigrated to Canada. Reply
Jen Williams Corfield Street, E2 Added: 20 May 2023 17:27 GMT	Corfield Street, E2 My mother was born in 193 Corfield Street in 1920.Her father was a policeman. Reply
sofia East Acton Added: 19 May 2023 08:57 GMT	43 MELLITUS STREET 43 MELLITUS STREET Reply
Milson Road, W14 Added: 17 May 2023 11:50 GMT	Milson Road (1908 - 1954) My grandparents and great grandparents and great great grandparents the Manley family lived at 33 Milson Road from 1908 to 1935. My grandad was born at 33 Milson Road. His parents George and Grace had all four of their chidren there. When his father Edward died his mother moved to 67 Milson in 1935 Road and lived there until 1954 (records found so far, it may be longer). Before that they lived in the Porten Road. I wonder if there is anyone that used to know them? My grandad was Charles ’Ted’ Manley, his parents were called George and Grace and George’s parents were called Edward and Bessie. George worked in a garage and Edward was a hairdresser. Reply
Rendlesham Road, E5 Added: 16 Apr 2023 15:55 GMT	Rendlesham Road, E5 I lived at 14 Rendlesham Road in the 1940s and 50s. The house belonged to my grandfather James Grosvenor who bought it in the 1920s for £200.I had a brother who lived in property until 1956 when he married. Local families were the paisleys, the Jenners and the family of Christopher Gable. Reply
Sandra Field Masons Place, EC1V Added: 15 Apr 2023 16:15 GMT	Removal Order Removal order from Shoreditch to Holborn, Jane Emma Hall, Single, 21 Pregnant. Born about 21 years since in Masons place in the parish of St Lukes. Source: Sign up Reply

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Cambridge Crescent, E2

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Canrobert Street, E2

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Catherine Street,

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Centre Street, E2

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Charles Darwin House, E2

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Charles Dickens House, E2

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Charles Hayward Building, E2

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Charlotte King Court, E2

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Cheddington House, E2

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Cheverell House, E2

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Cicely Williams Court, E2

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Clare Street, E2

Claredale Street, E2 Claredale Street was known until the 1930s as Claremont Street but right at the beginning was Lausanne Street.

Claredale Street, E2

Claremont Court, E2 Claremont Court is a block on Mansford Street.

Claremont Court, E2

Clarkson Street, E2 Clarkson Street was formed after 1857.

Clarkson Street, E2

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Coate Street, E2

Cobden House, E2 Cobden House is a block on Nelson Gardens.

Cobden House, E2

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

Columbia Road, E2

Columbia Square, Columbia Square is an old East End street.

Columbia Square,

Constance Green Court, E2 Constance Green Court is a block on Goldsmiths Row.

Constance Green Court, E2

Corbridge Crescent, E2 Corbridge Crescent is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Corbridge Crescent, E2

Cosgrove House, E2 Cosgrove House is a building on Whiston Road.

Cosgrove House, E2

Courtauld House, E2 Courtauld House is a block on Goldsmiths’ Row.

Courtauld House, E2

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Crofts House, E2

Crown Works, E2 Crown Works is a small industrial zone off Temple Street.

Crown Works, E2

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Crystal Court, E8

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Daniel Street,

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Darwen Place, E2

Debdale House, E2 Debdale House is a building on Govan Street.

Debdale House, E2

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

Delta Street, E2

Dinmont House, E2 Dinmont House forms a block on the Dinmont Estate.

Dinmont House, E2

Dinmont Street, E2 Dinmont Street was built in 1822.

Dinmont Street, E2

Dove Row, E2 Dove Row is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Dove Row, E2

Drummond House, E2 Drummond House is a block on Goldsmiths’ Row.

Drummond House, E2

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

Dunloe Street, E2

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

Durant Street, E2

Durham Place, E2 Durham Place fronted Hackney Road until 1862.

Durham Place, E2

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

Edith Street, E2

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Eleanor Court, E2

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

Ellsworth Street, E2

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

Elwin Street, E2

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Emma Street, E2

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Esker Place, E2

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Esquared Apartments, E2

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Ezra Street, E2

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Felix Street, E2

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George Loveless House, E2

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Georgina Gardens,

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Gillman House, E2

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Gillman Street, E2

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Godwin House, E2

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Goldsmiths Row, E2

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Gosset Street, E2

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Grace Allen Court, E2

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Grove Passage, E2

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Grove Street, E1

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Gurney House, E2

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Gwilym Maries House, E2

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Haig House, E2

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Halley House, E2

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Hare Row, E2

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Hassard Place,

Hassard Street, Hassard Street is an old East End street.

Hassard Street,

Hassard Street, E2 This is a street in the E2 postcode area

Hassard Street, E2

Heath Place, E2 Heath Place was a former terrace along Cambridge Heath Road.

Heath Place, E2

Hector House, E2 Hector House is a block on Old Bethnal Green Road.

Hector House, E2

Helen House, E2 Helen House is sited on Temple Street.

Helen House, E2

Hollybush Gardens, E2 Hollybush Gardens is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Hollybush Gardens, E2

Horatio House, E2 Horatio House is a block on Horatio Street.

Horatio House, E2

Horatio Street, Horatio Street is an old East End street.

Horatio Street,

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

Horatio Street, E2

Howard Place, E2 Howard Place was formerly part of Hackney Road.

Howard Place, E2

Imperial Wharf, E8 Imperial Wharf is a block along the Regent’s Canal.

Imperial Wharf, E8

Ion Court, E2 Ion Court is located on Columbia Road.

Ion Court, E2

Ion Square, E2 Ion Square is a road in the E2 postcode area

Ion Square, E2

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

Ivimey Street, E2

James Brine House, E2 James Brine House can be found on Baroness Road.

James Brine House, E2

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James Hammett House, E2

James Middleton House, E2 James Middleton House is a block on Middleton Street.

James Middleton House, E2

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James Pennethorne Square, E2

Jellicoe House, E2 Jellicoe House is a block on Ropley Street.

Jellicoe House, E2

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

Jersey Street, E2

John Cartwright House, E2 John Cartwright House is a block on Old Bethnal Green Road.

John Cartwright House, E2

Joseph Priestley House, E2 Joseph Priestley House is a block on Canrobert Street.

Joseph Priestley House, E2

Kay Street, E2 Kay Street started life as Gloucester Place in 1826.

Kay Street, E2

Keeling House, E2 Keeling House is a block on Claredale Street.

Keeling House, E2

Kent Court, E2 Kent Court is sited on Kent Street.

Kent Court, E2

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

Kent Street, E2

Laburnum Court, E2 Laburnum Court is a block on Whiston Road.

Laburnum Court, E2

London Mill Apartments, E2 London Mill Apartments is sited on Whiston Road.

London Mill Apartments, E2

Mansfield Court, E2 Mansfield Court is a block on Whiston Road.

Mansfield Court, E2

Mansford Street, Mansford Street is an old East End street.

Mansford Street,

Mansford Street, E2 Mansford Street was known as Elizabeth Street until 1876.

Mansford Street, E2

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

Maple Street, E2

Margerie Court, E2 Margerie Court can be found on Clare Street.

Margerie Court, E2

Marian Place, E8 Marian Place is an old street - originally the access for the Bethnal Green Gas Works.

Marian Place, E8

Mary James House, E2 Mary James House is a block on St Peter’s Square.

Mary James House, E2

Matilda Street, E2 Bellona Street became Matilda Street before it disappeared from the map in the 1940s.

Matilda Street, E2

Matthew’s Place, E2 Matthew’s Place was built next to a factory on Hackney Road.

Matthew’s Place, E2

Maud Richards Court, E2 Maud Richards Court is a block on Ellen Phillips Lane.

Maud Richards Court, E2

Maude House, E2 Maude House is a building on Bath Grove.

Maude House, E2

Middleton Street, E2 Middleton Street was built after 1857.

Middleton Street, E2

Minerva Street, E2 Minerva Street was developed as part of the Cambridge Heath Estate.

Minerva Street, E2

Minstrel Court, E2 Minstrel Court is a block on Teesdale Close.

Minstrel Court, E2

Minto Place, Minto Place is an old East End street.

Minto Place,

Miss Chapel, E1 Miss Chapel is an old East End street.

Miss Chapel, E1

Moye Close, E2 Moye Close is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Moye Close, E2

Muscott House, E2 Muscott House is located on Whiston Road.

Muscott House, E2

Nelson Gardens, E2 Nelson Gardens runs off Old Bethnal Green Road.

Nelson Gardens, E2

Nestor House, E2 Nestor House is a block on Old Bethnal Green Road.

Nestor House, E2

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

Nicholl Street, E2

Norah Street , Norah Street is an old East End street.

Norah Street ,

Northchurch House, E2 Northchurch House is a block on Dove Row.

Northchurch House, E2

Old Bethnal Green Road, E2 Old Bethnal Green Road had a series of rather racy names until the nineteenth century.

Old Bethnal Green Road, E2

Orange Street, Orange Street is an old East End street.

Orange Street,

Paris House, E2 Paris House is a block on Old Bethnal Green Road.

Paris House, E2

Pendley House, E2 Pendley House is located on Dove Row.

Pendley House, E2

Pollard Row, Pollard Row is an old East End street.

Pollard Row,

Pollard Row, E2 Pollard Row runs north from Florida Street in Bethnal Green.

Pollard Row, E2

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

Pollard Street, E2

Priam House, E2 Priam House is a block on Old Bethnal Green Road.

Priam House, E2

Pritchard House, E2 Pritchard House can be found on Ada Place.

Pritchard House, E2

Pritchards Road, E2 Pritchards Road was named after Andrew Pritchard, a ’tilemaker of Hackney Road’.

Pritchards Road, E2

Pundersons Gardens, E2 Pundersons Gardens is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Pundersons Gardens, E2

Queensbridge Court, E2 Queensbridge Court can be found on Queensbridge Road.

Queensbridge Court, E2

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

Quilter Street, E2

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

Ravenscroft Street, E2

Robert Owen House, E2 Robert Owen House is a block on Baroness Road.

Robert Owen House, E2

Roger Dowley Close, E2 Roger Dowley Close is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Roger Dowley Close, E2

Sanchia Court, E2 Sanchia Court is a block on Wellington Row.

Sanchia Court, E2

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

Scawfell Street, E2

Seabright Gardens, E2 Seabright Gardens was established as Queen Caroline Place during the 1820s.

Seabright Gardens, E2

Seabright Terrace, E2 Seabright Place was a terrace along Hackney Road.

Seabright Terrace, E2

Sebright House, E2 Sebright House is a block on Kay Street.

Sebright House, E2

Shahjalal House, E2 Shahjalal House is a block on Pritchard’s Road.

Shahjalal House, E2

Sheldon Place, Sheldon Place is an old East End street.

Sheldon Place,

Sheppard House, E2 Sheppard House is a block on St Peter’s Close.

Sheppard House, E2

Shipton House, E2 Shipton House can be found on Allgood Street.

Shipton House, E2

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

Shipton Street, E2

Sivill House, E2 Sivill House is sited on Columbia Road.

Sivill House, E2

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

Squirries Street, E2

St Jude Street, E1 St Jude Street is an old East End street.

St Jude Street, E1

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

St Judes Road, E2

St Peter’s Close, E2 St Peter’s Close lies near to St Peter’s in Bethnal Green.

St Peter’s Close, E2

St Peter’s Square, E2 St Peter’s Square lies behind St Peter’s, Bethnal Green.

St Peter’s Square, E2

Stapleton House, E2 Stapleton House is a block on Ellsworth Street.

Stapleton House, E2

Stockton House, E2 Residential block

Stockton House, E2

Sturdee House, E2 Sturdee House is a block on Horatio Street.

Sturdee House, E2

Suffolk Place, E2 Suffolk Place, built in 1812, became part of Hackney Road in 1862.

Suffolk Place, E2

Teale Street, E2 Teale Street originated in 1836.

Teale Street, E2

Teesdale Close, E2 Teesdale Close, now a short street, was previously part of Teesdale Street which was split into two post-war.

Teesdale Close, E2

Teesdale Street, E2 Teesdale Street was Durham Street until 1875.

Teesdale Street, E2

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

Teesdale Yard, E2

Temple Street, E2 Temple Street formed the eastern boundary of the Rush Mead estate by 1821.

Temple Street, E2

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

Temple Yard, E2

The Oval, E2 The Oval, with 36 cottages and a chapel, was built on the eastern boundary of the Bullocks Estate by 1836.

The Oval, E2

Thomas Burt House, E2 Thomas Burt House can be found on Canrobert Street.

Thomas Burt House, E2

Thornaby House, E2 Thornaby House is located on Canrobert Street.

Thornaby House, E2

Threaders Apartments, E2 Threaders Apartments is a block on Jersey Street.

Threaders Apartments, E2

Thurtle Road, E2 Thurtle Road is a road in the E2 postcode area

Thurtle Road, E2

Treadway Street, E2 Treadway Street was originally called Hope Street.

Treadway Street, E2

Tredway Street, Tredway Street is an old East End street.

Tredway Street,

Tria Apartments, E2 Tria Apartments is a block on Durant Street.

Tria Apartments, E2

Verdigris Apartments, E2 Verdigris Apartments is a block on Old Bethnal Green Road.

Verdigris Apartments, E2

Violet Turner Court, E2 Violet Turner Court is a building on Kay Street.

Violet Turner Court, E2

Warner Place, E2 Warner Place is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Warner Place, E2

Wellington Place, Wellington Place is an old East End street.

Wellington Place,

Wellington Row, E2 Wellington Row is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Wellington Row, E2

Weymouth Terrace, E2 Weymouth Terrace is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Weymouth Terrace, E2

Wharf Place, E2 Wharf Place is a road in the E2 postcode area

Wharf Place, E2

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

Whiston Road, E2

William Channing House, E2 William Channing House is a block on Canrobert Street.

William Channing House, E2

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

Wimbolt Street, E2

Winbolt Street, Winbolt Street is an old East End street.

Winbolt Street,

Winifred Young Court, E2 Winifred Young Court is a block on Kay Street.

Winifred Young Court, E2

Winkley Street, E2 Winkley Street was Catherine Street until 1938.

Winkley Street, E2

Wistow House, E2 Wistow House is located on Whiston Road.

Wistow House, E2

Wolverley Street, E1 Wolverley Street is an old East End street.

Wolverley Street, E1

Woolstone House, E2 Woolstone House is sited on Whiston Road.

Woolstone House, E2

Wyndham Deedes House, E2 Wyndham Deedes House is a block on Hackney Road.

Wyndham Deedes House, E2

Yates House, E2 Yates House is a block on Roberta Street.

Yates House, E2

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

Yorkton Street, E2

Zander Court, E2 Zander Court, alphabetically, is one of the last addresses in London.

Zander Court, E2

NEARBY PUBS

Sebright Arms Sebright Arms is a pub on Coate Street.

Sebright Arms

The Acorn

The Albion Pub

The Hare The Hare is situated at 505 Cambridge Heath Road.

The Hare

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Bethnal Green

Bethnal Green - a happy corner

Bethnal Green is located 3.3 miles northeast of Charing Cross, It was historically an agrarian hamlet in the ancient parish of Stepney, Middlesex.

The name Blithehale or Blythenhale, the earliest form of Bethnal Green, is derived from the Anglo-Saxon healh (’angle, nook, or corner’) and blithe (’happy, blithe’).

Following population increases caused by the expansion of London during the 18th century, it was split off as the parish of Bethnal Green in 1743, becoming part of the Metropolis in 1855 and the County of London in 1889. The parish became the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green in 1900 and the population peaked in 1901, entering a period of steady decline which lasted until 1981. Bethnal Green has formed part of Greater London since 1965.

The economic history of Bethnal Green is characterised by a shift away from agricultural provision for the City of London to market gardening, weaving and light industry, which has now all but disappeared.

By about 1860 Bethnal Green was mainly full of tumbledown old buildings with many families living in each house. By the end of the century, Bethnal Green was one of the poorest slums in London. Jack the Ripper operated at the western end of Bethnal Green and in neighbouring Whitechapel. In 1900, the Old Nichol Street Rookery was demolished, and the Boundary Estate opened on the site near the boundary with Shoreditch. This was the world’s first council housing. The quality of the built environment was radically reformed by the aerial bombardment of World War II and the subsequent social housing developments.

Bethnal Green has a tube station on the Central Line of the London Underground. The station was opened as part of the long planned Central Line eastern extension on 4 December 1946; before that it was used as an air-raid shelter. On 3 March 1943, 173 people were killed in a crush while attempting to enter the shelter.

The station is an example of the New Works Programme 1935 - 1940 style adopted by London Transport for its new tube stations. Extensive use is made of pale yellow tiling, originally manufactured by Poole Pottery. The finishes include relief tiles, showing symbols of London and the area served by the London Passenger Transport Board, designed by Harold Stabler. The station entrances, all in the form of subway access staircases to the subterranean ticket hall, all show the design influences of Charles Holden, the consulting architect for London Transport at this time.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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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 Gibraltar Tavern in Gibraltar Walk, Bethnal Green. This pub was present before 1750. The post-war Avebury Estate was extended in 1963. The pub disappeared under the site for the block called Cadogan House. Credit: (Sourced by) Charlie Goodwin TUM image id: 1622121392 Licence:	Brady Street looking toward the junction with Durward Street, 1979. TUM image id: 1490912211 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Buxton Street art, Spitalfields TUM image id: 1653776269 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Houses in Cambridge Road, Bethnal Green. Cambridge Road was renamed to Cambridge Heath Road in 1938. Credit: English Heritage TUM image id: 1622038350 Licence:
Cheshire Street (1969). Credit: David Granick (1912-80) TUM image id: 1522751823 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Florida Street, Bethnal Green, looking east from Pollard Row (1939) The Hope pub on the left TUM image id: 1660579336 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Gibraltar Walk, E2 The photo depicts an earlier section of Gibraltar Walk which fell victim to post-war planners. TUM image id: 1622120462 Licence:	Pollard Row (1939) TUM image id: 1574859171 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Sclater Street, Bethnal Green, early 1900s TUM image id: 1605019600 Licence:
Rear of buildings in Wilmot Street, Bethnal Green (c.1869). These are possibly under construction judging by the scaffolding. This photograph taken from what is now Finnis Street. Photo info from www.wilmotst.com Credit: Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives TUM image id: 1677668158 Licence:	The Hare in Cambridge Heath Road TUM image id: 1658757525 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Pre-electric irons These would be heated on a stove or an open fire. Apart from there use ironing, wrapped in woollen stuff they were frequently used as substitute hot water bottles. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1622130663 Licence:	According to the "Illustrated London News" on 1 May 1869: ’Columbia Market, Bethnal-Green, built by Miss Burdett-Coutts. “The buildings are substantially constructed of yellow brick, with Portland-stone cornices and copings, and terra-cotta mouldings; the roofs are of green slate. Mr. H. A. Darbishire is the architect, and Messrs. W. Cubitt and Co. are the builders.”’ Credit: Illustrated London News TUM image id: 1680620694 Licence:	Before roads were realigned post-war, St Peter’s Close and Nelson Gardens, Bethnal Green met one another at a junction. Credit: London Metropolitan Archives TUM image id: 1620300969 Licence:

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The Gibraltar Tavern in Gibraltar Walk, Bethnal Green. This pub was present before 1750. The post-war Avebury Estate was extended in 1963. The pub disappeared under the site for the block called Cadogan House.
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Florida Street, Bethnal Green, looking east from Pollard Row (1939) The Hope pub on the left
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Gibraltar Walk, E2 The photo depicts an earlier section of Gibraltar Walk which fell victim to post-war planners.
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Pollard Row (1939)
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Rear of buildings in Wilmot Street, Bethnal Green (c.1869). These are possibly under construction judging by the scaffolding. This photograph taken from what is now Finnis Street. Photo info from www.wilmotst.com
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Pre-electric irons These would be heated on a stove or an open fire. Apart from there use ironing, wrapped in woollen stuff they were frequently used as substitute hot water bottles.
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Before roads were realigned post-war, St Peter’s Close and Nelson Gardens, Bethnal Green met one another at a junction.
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Corfield Street
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The Dinmont Estate was designed by G. Topham Forrest for the LCC and completed in 1935-6.
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Seabright Street, Bethnal Green The houses which formerly lined the road were old Weavers Houses - you can tell by the wide upstairs windows. They let in more light for the weavers to work. There is now a park where these houses stood.
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