Three Colt Street was first recorded in 1362 making it one of Limehouse’s oldest streets
By the 17th Century, Limehouse was at the centre of the shipbuilding and provisioning trade. Three Colt Street was a major trading thoroughfare, providing access to the docks on the western side of the Isle Of Dogs and connecting Limehouse with Stepney.
At the northern end of Nicholas Hawksmoor’s St Anne’s Church, built between 1714-1727 and paid for by Queen Anne’s coal tax.
Three Colt Street was extended southwards after 1850, replacing the area known at that time as Limekiln Hill next to Ropemaker’s Fields.
By the time of the late 19th Century Charles Booth’s poverty survey, the road was lined with homes and shops that were ’middle class’ or ’fairly comfortable’.
In 1931 Dr Oatley from the London Hospital set up a Sunday School for the Chinese children of Limehouse. The road largely escaped the Blitz but only a couple of shops remain.
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Three Colt Street was first recorded in 1362 making it one of Limehouse’s oldest streets
