Key Close, E1

Road in/near Stepney Green, existing between 1961 and now

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JANUARY
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2000
Key Close lies off Cambridge Heath Road.

Its development replaced Key Street in 1961.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Pavilion Theatre The Pavilion Theatre at 191–193 Whitechapel Road was the first major theatre to open in the East End.
Vine Tavern The Vine Tavern was situated on a site in the middle of Mile End Road, theoretically at number 31.
Wickhams Wickhams was a department store on the north side of the Mile End Road in London.

NEARBY STREETS
Abingdon Street, E1 Abingdon Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Adams House, E1 Adams House is a Grade II listed block of offices (Stepney Green)
Adelina Grove, E1 Adelina Grove became an estate for people displaced by the London Wool Exchange building in 1929 (Stepney)
Adelina Place, E1 Adelina Place was a very narrow side street of Adelina Grove (Stepney)
Allenbury Street, E2 Allenbury Street no longer exists (Bethnal Green)
Allport Mews, E1 Allport Mews lies off Stepney Green itself (Stepney Green)
Amiel Street, E1 Amiel Street is one of ten streets commemorating Stepney residents killed in the air raids of the Second World War (Stepney Green)
Anchor House, E1 Anchor House is a block on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Anchor Terrace, E1 Anchor Terrace is a named section of Cephas Avenue (Stepney Green)
Andover Court, E2 Andover Court is a building on Mint Street (Bethnal Green)
Ansell House, E1 Ansell House was the first block built on the Sidney Estate (Stepney)
Armsby House, E1 Armsby House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)
Arundel Street, Arundel Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Ashington House, E1 Ashington House is a block on Barnsley Street (Bethnal Green)
Assembly Passage, E1 Assembly Passage is a long, cobbled walkway that leads from Mile End Road to Redmans Road (Stepney Green)
Bahram Court, E2 Bahram Court is a block on Mint Street (Bethnal Green)
Bancroft House, E1 Bancroft House is a block on Malcolm Road (Stepney Green)
Barbanel House, E1 Barbanel House is sited on Colebert Avenue (Stepney Green)
Barnsley Street, E1 Barnsley Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Bethnal Green)
Barwell House, E2 Barwell House is a block on Menotti Street (Bethnal Green)
Bath Street, In Poplar E14, Ann’s Place became Bath Street in 1891 (Whitechapel)
Beckett House, E1 Beckett House is part of a three block complex facing Jubilee Street (Stepney)
Bedford Street, E1 Bedford Square, Shadwell was called Bedford Street after 1894 (Whitechapel)
Berry House, E1 Berry House is located on Headlam Street (Whitechapel)
Blackwood House, E1 Blackwood House is a block on Collingwood Street (Whitechapel)
BLSA Building, E1 BLSA Building is a block on Newark Street (Whitechapel)
Boisseau House, E1 Boisseau House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)
Boyton Close, E1 Boyton Close covered half of the former Nicholas Street (Stepney Green)
Brady Street, E1 Brady Street is a road running north-south from Three Colts Lane to Whitechapel Road (Whitechapel)
Braintree House, E1 Braintree House is named for the road it would have previously faced - Braintree Street (Stepney Green)
Brilliant Street, E1 Brilliant Street was a tiny street linking Silver Street and Gold Street (Stepney Green)
Buckhurst Street, E1 Buckhurst Street runs alongside St Bartholomew Gardens (Stepney Green)
Bullen House, E1 Bullen House is a building on Collingwood Street (Whitechapel)
Cambridge Heath Road, E1 Cambridge Heath Road was originally Cambridge Road (Stepney Green)
Cannon Place, E1 Cannon Place is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Castlemain Street, E1 Castlemain Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Cavell Street, E1 Cavell Street is a road in the E1W postcode area (Whitechapel)
Cephas Avenue, E1 Cephas Avenue was called St Peter’s Road until 1939 (Stepney Green)
Cephas House, E1 Cephas House is a block on Wickford Street (Stepney Green)
Cephas Street, E1 One of two Silver Streets in the area along with Park Street and Peter Street became Cephas Street in 1865 (Stepney Green)
Chesworth Court, E1 Chesworth Court is one of the blocks grouped around Fulneck Place (Stepney Green)
Chronos Building, E1 Chronos Building is a building on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Cleveland Grove, E1 Cleveland Grove, a cul-de-sac, leads west from Cleveland Street (Stepney Green)
Cleveland Street, E1 Cleveland Street replaced the delightfully-named Red Cow Lane (Stepney Green)
Cleveland Way, E1 Cleveland Way commemorates the Wentworth family, lords of the manor of Stepney from 1550 and earls of Cleveland from 1626-67. (Stepney Green)
Clichy House, E1 Clichy House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)
Coburg Dwellings, E1 Coburg Dwellings is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Stepney)
Codrington Court, E1 Codrington Court is sited on Scott Street (Whitechapel)
Colebert Avenue, E1 Colebert Avenue was named in 1948 (Stepney Green)
Colebert House, E1 Colebert House can be found on Colebert Avenue (Stepney Green)
Colin Winter House, E1 Colin Winter House is a block on Nicholas Road (Stepney Green)
Collingwood House, E1 Collingwood House is a block on Cambridge Heath Road (Whitechapel)
Collingwood Street, E1 Collingwood Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Colverson House, E1 Colverson House is a block on the Sidney Estate (Stepney)
Coopers Close, E1 Coopers Close is a road built over the site of the Anchor Brewery (Stepney Green)
Cornerstone Court, E1 Cornerstone Court is a building on Hemming Street (Whitechapel)
Cottage Court, E1 Cottage Court was situated off Hayfield Passage, first visible on the 1860s mapping (Stepney Green)
Court Street, E1 Court Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Coventry Road, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Bethnal Green)
Cressy Court, E1 Cressy Court was called Little Union Place until 1937 (Stepney Green)
Cressy House, E1 Cressy House was built at the corner of Cressy Place and Hannibal Road in 1894 (Stepney Green)
Cressy Place, E1 Cressy Place is one of the older streets in Stepney Green (Stepney Green)
Cudworth Street, E1 Cudworth Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Cutters Court, E2 Cutters Court is sited on Three Colts Lane (Bethnal Green)
Dagobert House, E1 Dagobert House is a block on Smithy Street (Stepney)
Darling Place, E1 Darling Place was merged into Darling Row (Whitechapel)
Darling Row, E1 Darling Row is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Devonshire Street, E1 Devonshire Street East (and West) became Devonshire Street in 1865 (Stepney Green)
Donegal House, E1 Donegal House was built in 1970 as part of the Collingwood Estate (Bethnal Green)
Doveton House, E1 Doveton House is a block on Doveton Street (Stepney Green)
Doveton Street, E1 Doveton Street was formerly Queen Street (until 1883), Queen’s Court and Peacock Place (earlier) (Stepney Green)
Drake House, E1 Drake House can be found on Stepney Way (Stepney)
Dressage Court, E2 Dressage Court is a block on Three Colts Lane (Bethnal Green)
Dron House, E1 Dron House is a block on Adelina Grove (Stepney)
Ducie Street, Ducie Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Dunbridge Street, E2 Dunbridge Street is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Dunstan Houses, E1 Dunstan Houses on Stepney Green were built in 1899 by the East End Dwellings Company to provide housing for the poor (Stepney Green)
Durward Street, E1 Durward Street is a narrow thoroughfare running east-west from Brady Street to Baker’s Row (today’s Vallance Road) (Whitechapel)
Eagle House, E1 Eagle House can be found on Headlam Street (Whitechapel)
East Mount Street, E1 East Mount Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Eastman, Eastman is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Edward Street, E1 Edward Street connected Cephas Street with Nicholas Street (Stepney Green)
Edwards Passage, E1 Edwards Passage leads north off Mile End Road beside the Trinity Almshouses (Stepney Green)
Edwin Street, E1 Edwin Street runs south from Cephas Street (Stepney Green)
Elizabeth Bates Court, E1 Elizabeth Bates Court is a block on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Elysium Apartments, E1 Elysium Apartments can be found on Theven Street (Stepney Green)
Embassy Court, E1 Embassy Court is a block on Brady Street (Bethnal Green)
Epping Place, E1 Epping Place was an old name for the northernmost end of Sidney Street (Whitechapel)
Exmouth Street, E1 Exmouth Street was largely destroyed during the Second World War and replaced by residential blocks on the Clicky Estate (Stepney)
Fellbrigg Street, E1 Norfolk Street, E1 was renamed as Fellbrigg Street, E1 in 1883 (Whitechapel)
Finnis Street, Finnis Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Floyer House, E1 Floyer House is a block on Philpot Street (Whitechapel)
Foster Street, E1 Foster Street may date from the 1830s (Whitechapel)
Fox Close, E1 Most local street names - Fox Close included - commemorated local victims of the Blitz (Stepney Green)
Fremantle House, E1 Fremantle House is located on Brady Street (Whitechapel)
Friesian House, E2 Friesian House can be found on Buckhurst Street (Bethnal Green)
Fulbourne Street, E1 Fulbourne Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Fulneck Place, E1 Fulneck Place is a short cul-de-sac which runs under a modern arch (Stepney Green)
Garrod Building, E1 Garrod Building is a block on Turner Street (Whitechapel)
Gibson Close, E1 Gibson Close originated in 1948 (Stepney Green)
Globe Road, E1 Globe Road is an older road of Stepney, mentioned as ’the lane from Bethnal Green to Mile End’ in 1581 (Stepney Green)
Gold Street, E1 Prospect Place was renamed as Gold Street in 1882 (Stepney Green)
Granary Road, E1 Granary Road is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Grindall House, E1 Grindall House is a building on Collingwood Street (Whitechapel)
Grove Dwellings, E1 Grove Dwellings - in separate blocks - were built in 1910 on land leased from the Mercers company (Stepney)
Gwynne House, E1 Gwynne House is located on Turner Street (Whitechapel)
Hadleigh Close, E1 Hadleigh Close is a right-angled road, part of the Rogers Estate (Stepney Green)
Hadleigh House, E1 Hadleigh House is located on Lang Street (Stepney Green)
Hadleigh Walk, E1 Hadleigh Walk connects Hadleigh Street to the west (Stepney Green)
Halcrow Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Whitechapel)
Hannibal Road, E1 Hannibal Road leads south from the junction of Mile End Road and Stepney Green (Stepney Green)
Hare Street, E1 Hare Street once ran from Silver Street to Pole Street (Stepney Green)
Harvey House, E1 Harvey House is a block on Brady Street (Whitechapel)
Hawkins Street, E1 Hawkins Street is an old East End street, appearing on maps during the 1840s (Stepney)
Hayfield Court, E1 Hayfield Court is a block on Hayfield Passage (Stepney Green)
Hayfield House, E1 Hayfield House is a block on Hayfield Passage (Stepney Green)
Hayfield Passage, E1 Hayfield Passage leads down to Stepney Green from Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Hayfield Place, E1 Hayfield Place was an old courtyard leading south off Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Hayfield Yard, E1 Hayfield Yard appears to date from the turn of the nineteenth century and possibly before (Stepney Green)
Headlam Street, E1 Headlam Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Heathpool Court, E1 Heathpool Court is a block on Brady Street (Whitechapel)
Hemming Street, E1 Hemming Street commemorates Edward Hemming, who represented Bethnal Green on the first select vestry of the parish of Stepney in 1589. (Whitechapel)
Ibbott Street, E1 The name Ibbott Street was approved in 1948 (Stepney Green)
Jamaica Street, E1 Jamaica Street is the successor street to King Street (Stepney)
Jarman House, E1 Jarman House, Beckett House and Wingrand House were built as a single block on the Sidney Estate (Stepney)
Jean Pardies House, E1 Jean Pardies House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)
Kempton Court, E1 Kempton Court is a block on Durward Street, built in 1995 (Whitechapel)
Kenton House, E1 Kenton House is a building on Mantus Road (Stepney Green)
Key Close, E1 Key Close lies off Cambridge Heath Road (Stepney Green)
King Street, E1 King Street was renamed Wickford Street in 1912 (Stepney Green)
King Street, E1 King Street was one of two King Streets in Stepney, the other being nearer to Bethnal Green (Stepney)
Lang Street, E1 Lang Street is a post-war road (Stepney Green)
Le Moal House, E1 Le Moal House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)
Leigh House, E1 Leigh House is a block on Halcrow Street (Whitechapel)
Lindley House, E1 Lindley House is a block on Lindley Street (Stepney)
Lindley Street, E1 Lindley Street first appeared on a Stepney map during the 1840s (Stepney)
Lisbon Street, Lisbon Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Lister House, E1 Lister House is located on Lomas Street (Whitechapel)
Little Collingwood Street, E1 Little Collingwood Street once ran parallel with Collingwood Street (Whitechapel)
Lomas Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Whitechapel)
London Street, The Opening, E14 was renamed as London Street, E14 in 1888 (Bethnal Green)
Louise De Marillac House, E1 Louise De Marillac House is a block on Jubilee Street (Stepney)
Malcolm Place, E1 Malcolm Place runs along the railway and the south edge of Bethnal Green Gardens (Stepney Green)
Malcolm Road, E1 Malcolm Road was a new name for the southern section of Braintree Street after 1949 (Stepney Green)
Malplaquet House, E1 Malplaquet House is a Grade II listed Georgian building at 137-139 Mile End Road in Stepney (Stepney Green)
Mantus Close, E1 Mantus Close was named after one of the Stepney victims of the Blitz (Stepney Green)
Mantus Road, E1 Mantus Road runs south of the railway line into Bethnal Green, (Stepney Green)
Mape Street, E2 While much altered, Mape Street began life in 1826 (Bethnal Green)
Maples Place, E1 Cannon Place became Maples Place in 1938 (Whitechapel)
Mariana Court, E1 Mariana Court is a block on Assembly Passage (Stepney)
Matcham Court, E1 Matcham Court is a block on Hannibal Road (Stepney Green)
Mayo House, E1 Mayo House is a block on Lindley Street (Stepney)
Mccoy House, E2 Mccoy House is a building on Three Colts Lane (Bethnal Green)
Menotti Street, E2 Menotti Street, a shadow of its former length, was called Manchester Street until 1864 (Bethnal Green)
Merceron Street, E1 Merceron Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Milward Street, E1 Milward Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Mocatta House, E1 Mocatta House is a block on Brady Street (Whitechapel)
Mount Terrace, E1 Mount Terrace is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Neath Terrace , Neath Terrace is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Newark Street, E1 Newark Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Nicholas Road, E1 Nicholas Road replaced the pre-war Nicholas Street (Stepney Green)
Nicholas Street, E1 The former Green Street was given the name Nicholas Street in 1882 (Stepney Green)
Northampton Street, Northampton Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Northesk House, E1 Northesk House is a block on Tent Street (Bethnal Green)
O’Leary Square, E1 O’Leary Square is a development of the Sidney Estate (Stepney)
Oasis Court, E1 Oasis Court is a block on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Octagon Street, E1 Octagon Street appears on maps between 1900 and 1950 (Whitechapel)
Odette Duval House, E1 Odette Duval House is a 9-storey block containing 52 dwellings (Stepney)
Orion House, E1 Orion House is an 11-storey block on the Collingwood Estate (Whitechapel)
Osier Court, E1 Osier Court is a block on Osier Street (Stepney Green)
Osier Street, E1 Osier Street inherited part of the former Willow Street (Stepney Green)
Oxford Street, Green Street was renamed to Oxford Street, E1 in 1867 (Whitechapel)
Pacific Court, E1 Pacific Court is a building on Assembly Passage (Stepney)
Park House, E1 Park House is a block on Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Pelican House, E1 Pelican House is a block on Cambridge Heath Road (Stepney Green)
Pellew House, E1 Pellew House is a block on Somerford Street (Whitechapel)
Pemell Close, E1 Pemell Close marks one of the names - chosen by lot - of Stepney residents killed in Second World War air raids (Stepney Green)
Pemell House, E1 Pemell House is a block on Pemell Close (Stepney Green)
Pereira Street, E1 Pereira Street ran north/south in Bethnal Green (Whitechapel)
Peretra Street, Peretra Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Phoenix Court, E1 Phoenix Court is a block on Cudworth Street (Bethnal Green)
Platinium Court, E1 Platinium Court is a block on Cephas Avenue (Stepney Green)
Princes Street, E1 Princes Street was a former name for the northern section of Dempsey Street (Stepney)
Raven Row, E1 Raven Row appears in 1832, probably named for the builder. (Whitechapel)
Raynham House, E1 Raynham House is a building on Harpley Square (Stepney Green)
Red Cow Lane, E1 Red Cow Lane was an ancient Stepney thoroughfare linking Dog Row with Mile End Road (Stepney Green)
Redclyf House, E1 Redclyf House is a block on Stothard Street (Stepney Green)
Redmans Road, E1 Redmans Road is a long east-west road of Stepney (Stepney Green)
Redmill House, E1 Redmill House is a block on Headlam Street (Whitechapel)
Richardson Street, E1 Richardson Street ran from Lindley Street to Wolsey Street (Stepney)
Rochester Court, E2 Rochester Court is a block on Wilmot Street (Bethnal Green)
Roland Mews, E1 Roland Mews emerges through an archway under Roland House (Stepney Green)
Romford Street, E1 Romford Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Russell Street, E1 Little Russell Street became Russell Street in 1864 (7996) (Whitechapel)
Rutherford House, E1 Rutherford House is a block on Brady Street (Whitechapel)
Ryder House, E1 Ryder House is a block on Colebert Avenue (Stepney Green)
Sambrook House, E1 Sambrook House is a block on Stepney Way (Stepney)
Sandhurst House, E1 Sandhurst House can be found on Wolsey Street (Stepney)
Sceptre House, E1 Sceptre House is a block on Malcolm Road (Stepney Green)
Sceptre Street, E1 The southernmost section of Sceptre Road was called Sceptre Street (Stepney Green)
Scott Street, E1 Scott Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Sherren House, E1 Sherren House can be found on Nicholas Road (Stepney Green)
Sidney Street, E1 Sidney Street is a notably historic street of the East End (Stepney)
Silver Street, E1 Silver Street ran parallel with Gold Street, though it was narrower (Stepney Green)
Smith Street, E1 Because of the number of Smith Streets in London, the road became Smithy Street during the 1930s (Stepney)
Smithy Street, E1 Smithy Street was called Smith Street until 1938 (Stepney)
Somerford Street, E1 Somerford Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Southampton Terrace, Southampton Terrace is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Sovereign House, E1 Sovereign House dates from 1970 (Stepney Green)
Soyeux Apartments, E1 Soyeux Apartments is a block on Scott Street (Whitechapel)
St Andrew Street, St Andrew Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
St Peters Court, E1 St Peters Court is sited on Cephas Street (Stepney Green)
St Peters Road, E1 St Peters Road ran along the line of modern Cephas Avenue (Stepney Green)
St Philip’s House, E1 St Philip’s House is located on Stepney Way (Whitechapel)
Steeple Court, E1 Steeple Court is a block on Coventry Road (Bethnal Green)
Stepney Green Court, E1 Stepney Green Court is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Stepney Way, E1 Stepney Way is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Stepney)
Stothard House, E1 Stothard House is located on Colebert Avenue (Stepney Green)
Stothard Street, E1 Stothard Street was named after a victim of Second World War bombing (Stepney Green)
Summerford Street, Summerford Street is an old East End street (Whitechapel)
Surma Close, E1 Surma Close is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Swan Place, E1 Swan Place was an old road absorbed during the nineteenth century into Sidney Street (Stepney)
Tap Street, Tap Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Tapp Street, E2 Tapp Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Teal Street, Teal Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Tent Street, E1 Tent Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Three Colt Lane, Three Colt Lane is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Three Colts Lane, E1 Three Colts Lane is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area (Bethnal Green)
Trahorn Close, E1 Trahorn Close is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Tree House, E1 Tree House is located on Jubilee Street (Stepney)
Treves House, E1 Treves House is a block on Vallance Road (Whitechapel)
Trinity Green, E1 Trinity Green is the nominal address of the Trinity Green Almshouses (Stepney Green)
Trinity Mews, E1 Trinity Mews is a modern development (Stepney)
Turner Street, E1 Turner Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Whitechapel)
Vawdrey Close, E1 Vawdrey Close replaced an older street called Whitehead Street (Stepney Green)
Violet Street, Violet Street is an old East End street (Bethnal Green)
Wexford House, E1 Wexford House is a 6-storey block containing 44 dwellings (Stepney)
Whitehead Street, E1 Union Street was renamed Whitehead Street in 1882 (Stepney Green)
Wickford House, E1 Wickford House is part of the 1948-built Cleveland estate (Stepney Green)
Wickford Street, E1 Wickford Street was a new name for King Street (Stepney Green)
Wickham Close, E1 Wickham Close is a modern cul-de-sac leading east off Jamaica Street (Stepney)
Willow Street, E1 Willow Street, once redeveloped, became Osier Street (Stepney Green)
Wingrad House, E1 Wingrad House is a block on the northern section of Jubilee Street (Stepney)
Winthrop Street, E1 Winthrop Street was formerly a narrow street running east-west from Brady Street to Durward Street (Whitechapel)
Wodeham Gardens, E1 Wodeham Gardens is a road in the E1 postcode area (Whitechapel)
Wolsey Street, E1 Wolsey Street is an old East End street of which a tiny remnant remains (Stepney)
Wood’s Buildings, E1 Wood’s Buildings, a narrow passageway, extended north from Whitechapel Road and led to Winthrop Street. (Whitechapel)
Workhouse Apartments, E1 Workhouse Apartments is a block on Feather Mews (Whitechapel)
Wyllen Close, E1 Wyllen Close is the name of both a road and blocks to which the road leads (Stepney Green)


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