Roberta Street, E2

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

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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
Christine D Elliott Spitalfields Added: 11 Jun 2023 14:50 GMT	Spitalfields Charles Blutte came to Spitalfields from Walincourt, Picardie, France for reason of religious persecution. His brother Pierre Phillippe Blutte followed the following year. Between the two brothers they had eventually 20 children, they worked as silk weavers around the Brick Lane area. Member’s of Pierre’s family resided at 40 Thomas Street for over 100 years. Another residence associated with the Blutte family is Vine Court, Lamb Street, Spitalfields, number 16,17 & 18 Vine Court was owned by John Kindon, the father in law of Charles Blutte’s son Jean (John) who married Ann Kindon. This residence appears several times in the census records. Source: Quarto_52_Vol_LII_La_Providence 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
Mike Levy Arbour Square, E1 Added: 19 Sep 2023 18:10 GMT	Bombing of Arbour Square in the Blitz On the night of September 7, 1940. Hyman Lubosky (age 35), his wife Fay (or Fanny)(age 32) and their son Martin (age 17 months) died at 11 Arbour Square. They are buried together in Rainham Jewish Cemetery. Their grave stones read: "Killed by enemy action" 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

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Eileen Brecknock Road, N7 Added: 10 Nov 2023 09:42 GMT	Brecknock Road Pleating Company My great grandparents ran the Brecknock Road pleating Company around 1910 to 1920 and my Grandmother worked there as a pleater until she was 16. I should like to know more about this. I know they had a beautiful Victorian house in Islington as I have photos of it & of them in their garden. Source: Family history Reply
Squirrel’s Lane, IG9 Added: 6 Nov 2023 16:59 GMT	061123 Why do Thames Water not collect the 15 . Three meter lengths of blue plastic fencing, and old pipes etc. They left here for the last TWO Years, these cause an obstruction,as they halfway lying in the road,as no footpath down this road, and the cars going and exiting the park are getting damaged, also the public are in Grave Danger when trying to avoid your rubbish and the danger of your fences. Source: Squirrels Lane. Buckhurst Hill, Essex. IG9. I want some action ,now, not Excuses.MK. Reply
Christian Cornwall Road, W11 Added: 31 Oct 2023 10:34 GMT	Cornwall Road, W11 Photo shows William Richard Hoare’s chemist shop at 121 Cornwall Road. Reply
Vik Oaks Road, TW6 Added: 30 Oct 2023 18:48 GMT	Old pub sign from the Rising Sun Hi I have no connection to the area except that for the last 30+ years we’ve had an old pub sign hanging on our kitchen wall from the Rising Sun, Stanwell, which I believe was / is on the Oaks Rd. Happy to upload a photo if anyone can tell me how or where to do that! Reply
Phillip Martin Ashburnham Place, SE10 Added: 16 Oct 2023 06:25 GMT	16 Ashburnham Road On 15 October 1874 George Frederick Martin was born in 16 Ashburnham Road Greenwich to George Henry Martin, a painter, and Mary Martin, formerly Southern. Reply
Christine Bithrey Holly Park, N4 Added: 15 Oct 2023 15:20 GMT	The Hollies (1860 - 1900) I lived in Holly Park Estate from 1969 I was 8 years old when we moved in until I left to get married, my mother still lives there now 84. I am wondering if there was ever a cemetery within The Hollies? And if so where? Was it near to the Blythwood Road end or much nearer to the old Methodist Church which is still standing although rather old looking. We spent most of our childhood playing along the old dis-used railway that run directly along Blythwood Road and opposite Holly Park Estate - top end which is where we live/ed. We now walk my mothers dog there twice a day. An elderly gentleman once told me when I was a child that there used to be a cemetery but I am not sure if he was trying to scare us children! I only thought about this recently when walking past the old Methodist Church and seeing the flag stone in the side of the wall with the inscription of when it was built late 1880 If anyone has any answers please email me [email protected] Reply
Chris hutchison Broadhurst Gardens, NW6 Added: 15 Oct 2023 03:04 GMT	35 broadhurst gardens. 35 Broadhurst gardens was owned by famous opera singer Mr Herman “Simmy”Simberg. He had transformed it into a film and recording complex. There was a film and animation studio on the ground floor. The recording facilities were on the next two floors. I arrived in London from Australia in 1966 and worked in the studio as the tea boy and trainee recording engineer from Christmas 1966 for one year. The facility was leased by an American advertising company called Moreno Films. Mr Simbergs company Vox Humana used the studio for their own projects as well. I worked for both of them. I was so lucky. The manager was another wonderful gentleman called Jack Price who went on to create numerous songs for many famous singers of the day and also assisted the careers of Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff. “Simmy” let me live in the bedsit,upper right hand window. Jack was also busy with projects with The Troggs,Bill Wyman,Peter Frampton. We did some great sessions with Manfred Mann and Alan Price. The Cream did some demos but that was before my time. We did lots of voice over work. Warren Mitchell and Ronnie Corbett were favourites. I went back in 1978 and “Simmy “ had removed all of the studio and it was now his home. His lounge room was still our studio in my minds eye!! Reply
Sue L Battersea Added: 13 Oct 2023 17:21 GMT	Duffield Street, Battersea I’ve been looking for ages for a photo of Duffield Street without any luck. My mother and grandfather lived there during the war. It was the first property he was able to buy but sadly after only a few months they were bombed out. My mother told the story that one night they were aware of a train stopping above them in the embankment. It was full of soldiers who threw out cigarettes and sweets at about four in the morning. They were returning from Dunkirk though of course my mother had no idea at the time. I have heard the same story from a different source too. Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Weaver’s Fields Weavers Fields is an open space in Bethnal Green.

Weaver’s Fields

NEARBY STREETS

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

Achilles House, E2

Admiral Court, E2 Admiral Court can be found on Horatio Street.

Admiral Court, E2

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

Ainsley Street, E2

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

Ajax House, E2

Allgood Street, E2 Allgood Street was the former Henrietta Street, renamed in 1938.

Allgood Street, E2

Alliston House, E2 Alliston House is a block on Bethnal Green Road.

Alliston House, E2

Antenor House, E2 Antenor House is located on Old Bethnal Green Road.

Antenor House, E2

Antila Court, E1 Antila Court is a building on Sclater Street.

Antila Court, E1

Argos House, E2 Argos House can be found on Old Bethnal Green Road.

Argos House, E2

Arline Street, E2 Arline Street, Hassard Road was redeveloped as the Dorset Estate.

Arline Street, E2

Arthur Wade House, E2 Arthur Wade House is a block on Baroness Road.

Arthur Wade House, E2

Ashington House, E1 Ashington House is a block on Barnsley Street.

Ashington House, E1

Avant Garde Tower, E1 Avant Garde Tower is a block on Bethnal Green Road.

Avant Garde Tower, E1

Avantgarde Place, E1 Avantgarde Place is a location in London.

Avantgarde Place, E1

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

Bacon Street, E1

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

Bacon Street, E2

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

Bapley Place,

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

Bareham Street ,

Barnard House, E2 Barnard House is sited on Ellsworth Street.

Barnard House, E2

Barnet Grove, E2 Barnet Grove is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.

Barnet Grove, E2

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

Baroness Road, E2

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

Baroness Street,

Barwell House, E2 Barwell House is a block on Menotti Street.

Barwell House, E2

Bath Grove, Bath Grove is an old East End street.

Bath Grove,

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

Baxendale Street, E2

Bethnal Green Road, E2 Bethnal Green Road was a Victorian invention.

Bethnal Green Road, E2

Blythe Street, E2 Blythe Street was formerly a much longer street.

Blythe Street, E2

Board School, Board School is an old East End street.

Board School,

Brick Lane, E2 The northernmost section of Brick Lane lies within the E2 postcode.

Brick Lane, E2

Briggs House, E2 Briggs House is a block on Chambord Street.

Briggs House, E2

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

Buckfast Street, E2

Cadell House, E2 Cadell House is a block on Allgood Street.

Cadell House, E2

Cadogan House, E2 Cadogan House is one of four blocks which formed a 1963 westwards extension of the Avebury Estate

Cadogan House, E2

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

Camden Street,

Canrobert Street, E2 Canrobert Street began as Charles Street in 1836.

Canrobert Street, E2

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

Carlisle Street,

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

Catherine Street,

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

Caudbridge Street ,

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

Chambord House, E2

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

Chambord Street, E2

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

Chapel Street,

Chapter House, E2 Chapter House is a block on Dunbridge Street.

Chapter House, E2

Charles Darwin House, E2 Charles Darwin House is a block on Canrobert Street.

Charles Darwin House, E2

Charles Dickens House, E2 Charles Dickens House is a block on Mansford Street.

Charles Dickens House, E2

Cheshire Street, E1 Cheshire Street is a street in the East End linking Brick Lane with Bethnal Green and Whitechapel.

Cheshire Street, E1

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

Chilton Street, E2

Church Row, E2 Church Lane was renamed to Church Row, E14 in 1875.

Church Row, 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

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,

Corfield Street, E2 Corfield Street runs along the route of the former Camden Gardens.

Corfield Street, E2

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

Crown Works, E2

Culpin House, E2 Culpin House is located on Turin Street.

Culpin House, E2

Cutters Court, E2 Cutters Court is sited on Three Colts Lane.

Cutters Court, E2

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

Cygnet Street, E1

Cymon Street, E2 Cymon Street was near to Turin Street.

Cymon Street, E2

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

Daniel Street,

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

Delta Street, E2

Dence House, E2 Dence House is located on Turin Street.

Dence House, E2

Derbyshire Street, E2 Derbyshire Street originated as part of the Willetts estate.

Derbyshire Street, E2

Dickinson House, E2 Dickinson House is sited on Turin Street.

Dickinson House, E2

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

Diss Street, E2

Ducal Street, E2 Duke Street was renamed to Ducal Street, E2 in 1883.

Ducal Street, E2

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

Dunbridge Street, E2

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

Durant Street, 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

Embassy Court, E1 Embassy Court is a block on Brady Street.

Embassy Court, E1

Esquared Apartments, E2 Esquared Apartments is a block on Allgood Street.

Esquared Apartments, E2

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

Ezra Street, E2

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

Finnis Street,

Florida Street, E2 Florida Street leads east from Squirries Street.

Florida Street, E2

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

Fuller Street,

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

Gainford House, E2

Gemini Apartments, E1 Gemini Apartments is located on Sclater Street.

Gemini Apartments, E1

George Gardens, George Gardens is an old East End street.

George Gardens,

George Loveless House, E2 George Loveless House is a block on Diss Street.

George Loveless House, E2

Georgina Gardens, Georgina Gardens is an old East End street.

Georgina Gardens,

Gibraith Walk , Gibraith Walk is an old East End street.

Gibraith Walk ,

Gibraltar Gardens, E2 Gibraltar Gardens was a small Bethnal Green road.

Gibraltar Gardens, E2

Gibraltar Walk, E2 Gibraltar Walk leads north from Bethnal Green Road.

Gibraltar Walk, E2

Gillett House, E2 Gillett House is a block on Turin Street.

Gillett House, E2

Goldman Close, E2 Goldman Close is a road in the E2 postcode area

Goldman Close, E2

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

Gosset Street, E2

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

Gossett Street,

Gowan House, E2 Gowan House is a block on Chambord Street.

Gowan House, E2

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

Granby Row,

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

Granby Street,

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

Granby Street, E2

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

Grimsby Street, E2

Grove Street, E2 Lower Grove Street was called Grove Street after 1867.

Grove Street, E2

Gwilym Maries House, E2 Residential block

Gwilym Maries House, E2

Hague Street, E2 Hague Street was built in 1826.

Hague Street, E2

Haig House, E2 Haig House is a block on Shipton Street.

Haig House, E2

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

Hare Street,

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

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

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

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

Hereford Street,

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

Hereford Street, 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

Hutton House, E2 Hutton House is a block on Turin Street.

Hutton House, E2

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

James Hammett House, E2 James Hammett House is a block on Ravenscroft Street.

James Hammett House, E2

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

James Middleton House, 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

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

Johnson House, E2

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

Joseph Priestley House, E2

Karslake House, E2 Karslake House is a block on Gibraltar Walk.

Karslake House, E2

Karstake House, E2 Karstake House dates from 1963.

Karstake House, E2

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

Keeling House, E2

Kelsey Street, E2 Kelsey Street was called Cross Street until 1869.

Kelsey Street, E2

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

Kerbela Street, E2

Kinsham House, E2 Kinsham House is a block on Ramsey Street.

Kinsham House, E2

Kirton Gardens, E2 Kirton Gardens is a road in the E2 postcode area

Kirton Gardens, E2

London Street, The Opening, E14 was renamed as London Street, E14 in 1888.

London Street,

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

Mape Street, E2 While much altered, Mape Street began life in 1826.

Mape Street, E2

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

Maple Street, E2

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

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

Maude House, E2

McKinnon Wood House, E2 McKinnon Wood House is a block on Turin Street.

McKinnon Wood House, E2

Menotti Street, E2 Menotti Street, a shadow of its former length, was called Manchester Street until 1864.

Menotti Street, E2

Middleton Street, E2 Middleton Street was built after 1857.

Middleton Street, E2

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

Minto Place,

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

Miss Chapel,

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

Mount Street,

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

New Tyson Street, New Tyson Street is an old East End street.

New Tyson Street,

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

Newline Street,

Newspeak House, E2 Newspeak House is a block on Bethnal Green Road.

Newspeak House, E2

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

Norah Street ,

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,

Padbury Court, E2 Padbury Court links Brick Lane and Gibraltar Walk.

Padbury Court, E2

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

Paris House, E2

Penny Gaff House, E2 Penny Gaff House is a building on Redchurch Street.

Penny Gaff House, E2

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

Peter Street,

Philippe Roth Catering, E1 Philippe Roth Catering is a location in London.

Philippe Roth Catering, E1

Pollard Place, E2 Pollard Place ran off Pollard Row.

Pollard Place, E2

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

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

Pundersons Gardens, E2

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

Quilter Street, E2

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

Ramsey Street,

Ramsey Street, E2 A road with a long history, Ramsey Street has been realigned since the Second World War.

Ramsey Street, E2

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

Ravenscroft Street, E2

Rhoda Street, E2 Rhoda Street was formerly Peter Street.

Rhoda Street, E2

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

Rob Street,

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

Robert Owen House, E2

Rochester Court, E2 Rochester Court is a block on Wilmot Street.

Rochester Court, E2

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

Roger Dowley Close, E2

Rosemoon House, E2 Rosemoon House is a block on Voss Street.

Rosemoon House, E2

Rushmead, E2 Rushmead is a road in the E2 postcode area

Rushmead, E2

Sale Street, E2 Sale Street once ran much further east.

Sale Street, E2

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

Sanchia Court, E2

Sanger House, E2 Sanger House is sited on Turin Street.

Sanger House, E2

Satchwell Kents, Satchwell Kents is an old East End street.

Satchwell Kents,

Satchwell Rents, E2 Satchwell Rents owes its origins to a set of buildings dating from 1689.

Satchwell Rents, E2

Satchwell Road, E2 Satchwell Road dates from the 1950s.

Satchwell Road, E2

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

Satchwell Street,

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

Scawfell Street, E2

Sclater Street, E1 Sclater Street connects Bethnal Green Road and Brick Lane.

Sclater Street, E1

Seabright Street, E2 Seabright Street is a shadow of its former self.

Seabright Street, E2

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

Selater Street,

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

Shackleman Street ,

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

Shacklewell Street, 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

Snell House, E2 Snell House is a block on Turin Street.

Snell House, E2

Southampton Terrace, Southampton Terrace is an old East End street.

Southampton Terrace,

Speakman House, E2 Speakman House is one of four blocks built around a communal area.

Speakman House, E2

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

Squerries Street,

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

Squirries Street, E2

St Andrew Street, St Andrew Street is an old East End street.

St Andrew Street,

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

St Jude Street,

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

St Matthews Row, 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

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

Stamp Place, E2

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

Stapleton House, E2

Steadhem House, E2 Steadhem House is a block on Bacon Street.

Steadhem House, E2

Stephen Court, E2 Stephen Court is a block on Hackney Road.

Stephen Court, E2

Stockton House, E2 Residential block

Stockton House, E2

Streatley Buildings, E2 Streatley Buildings was the first block of the new Boundary Estate - completed in 1896.

Streatley Buildings, E2

Strickland House, E2 Strickland House is a building on Chambord Street.

Strickland House, E2

Stuart House, E2 Stuart House stands in an area of the Avebury Estate.

Stuart House, E2

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

Sturdee House, E2

Swanfield Court, E2 Swanfield Court is located on Chilton Street.

Swanfield Court, E2

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

Swanfield Street, E2

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

Tap Street,

Tapp Street, E2 Tapp Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Tapp Street, E2

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

Teal Street,

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

Teesdale Street, E2

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

Tent Street, E1

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

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

Thorold Street,

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

Threaders Apartments, E2

Torrance House, E2 Torrance House is a block on Turin Street.

Torrance House, 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

Turin Street, E2 Turin Street was originally known as ’Hope Town’.

Turin Street, E2

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

Turville Street, E2

Tyrell Street, E2 Tyrell Street appears on maps between the 1830s and 1900s.

Tyrell Street, E2

Tyssen Street, E2 Tyssen Street, for long a separate street, was absorbed into Brick Lane during the late nineteenth century.

Tyssen Street, E2

Vallance Road, E2 The Bethnal Green end of Vallance Road was originally called White Street.

Vallance Road, E2

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

Verdigris Apartments, E2

Viaduct Place, E2 Viaduct Place connects Viaduct Street with Seabright Street.

Viaduct Place, E2

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

Viaduct Street, E2

Voss Street, E2 Voss Street is the successor to an interlinked series of alleyways behind Bethnal Green Road.

Voss Street, E2

Walton Buildings, Walton Buildings is an old East End street.

Walton Buildings,

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

Warner Place, E2

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

Wear 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

Westhope House, E2 Westhope House is a block on Derbyshire Street.

Westhope House, E2

White Street, E2 White Street was the former name for part of Vallance Road.

White Street, E2

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

William Channing House, E2

Wilmot Street, E2 Wilmot Street is one of the older Bethnal Green streets.

Wilmot Street, 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,

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

Winchester Street,

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

Winkley Street, E2

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

Wolverley Street,

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

Wood Close, E2

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

Yates House, E2

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

Zander Court, E2

NEARBY PUBS

Gibraltar Tavern The Gibraltar Tavern (a.k.a. The Gib) was situated at 28 Gibraltar Walk, Bethnal Green.

Gibraltar Tavern

Sager & Wilde

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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:	The Ten Bells pub, Spitalfields (2012) The Jamie Oliver series Jamie’s Great Britain featured his great-great-grandfather was a landlord of the pub during the 1880s. Oliver was shown visiting the Ten Bells to discuss his East London roots, and to see how Londoners lived, drank and ate at the end of the 19th century. Credit: Wiki Commons/Wordspotandsmith TUM image id: 1641510553 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Old Spitalfields Market (2017) This is a covered market which has been on the site for over 350 years. In 2005, a regeneration programme resulted in the new public spaces: Bishops Square and Crispin Place, which are now part of the modern Spitalfields Market. A range of public markets runs daily, with independent local stores and restaurants - as well as new office developments. Credit: Pete Gloria TUM image id: 1641485607 Licence: CC BY 2.0	A view east along Whitechapel Road including the Pavilion Theatre. The Pavilion was the first major theatre to open in the East End. It opened in 1827 and closed in 1935. TUM image id: 1622205635 Licence:
St Mary’s (Whitechapel) station (1916) This existed between 1884 and 1938 between Aldgate East and Whitechapel. TUM image id: 1667998252 Licence:	Brady Street looking toward the junction with Durward Street, 1979. TUM image id: 1490912211 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Brick Lane streetsign. Credit: James Cridland TUM image id: 1490913219 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Buxton Street art, Spitalfields TUM image id: 1653776269 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Cheshire Street (1969). Credit: David Granick (1912-80) TUM image id: 1522751823 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Commercial Street looking south, c.1907. Spitalfields Market is on the right. TUM image id: 1490908687 Licence:	Victoria and Albert Cottages take the form of two ranges of modest two-storey houses built along Deal Street, Spitalfields between 1857 and 1865 Credit: Spitalfields Trust TUM image id: 1605904747 Licence:	Buck's Row (Durward Street) in 1938. TUM image id: 1490922288 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	Fournier (Church) Street, 1946, showing Jones' pawnbrokers. TUM image id: 1490914747 Licence: CC BY 2.0

In the neighbourhood...

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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
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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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Brady Street looking toward the junction with Durward Street, 1979.
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Brick Lane streetsign.
Credit: James Cridland
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Buxton Street art, Spitalfields
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Cheshire Street (1969).
Credit: David Granick (1912-80)
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Victoria and Albert Cottages take the form of two ranges of modest two-storey houses built along Deal Street, Spitalfields between 1857 and 1865
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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 a section of Gibraltar Walk which fell victim to post-war planners.
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Pollard Row (1939)
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